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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-14
His Dad Wired Him: Have
Bought Another Bank. Will
You Be President?'

St. Louis, Sept. 14.-In a small
automobile, bought and paid for on
the installment plan, Gregory Dowl-
ing, Is, and his bride of little more
than q year are driving in easy
stages across the country from
Hollywood, Calf, to St. Louis where
there awaits pot Of gold at the end
Of the rainbow.
When they arrive at St. Louis
the young husband will. walk into
the Page bank at 6135 Page boule-
ward and take charge as president.
With him by that time probably
will be John J. Bowling, grayinR
St. Louis financier and president q
the Savings Trust Company, st..
Louis, who worked his way upward
through life from a job as q grocery
clerk. The elder Bowling is hand
ink to his son on q silver platter 4
thing that he worked so hard to
achieve.
Gregory Bowling was working
in Hollywood motion picture studio
the other day when his father wired:
"Have Fought another bank.
Will you accept the presidency?
Letter follows"
The letter came and Gregory quit
his job in the movie studio and &C.
cepted the bank presidency.
Life has presented numerous quick
and unexpected turns for young
Bowling. Lea ring school four years
ago, he decided to 60 to California
and departed OH "a hours notice.
Through want ad he found q $35-
a-week job ~ a movie studio. Within
few months he was. promoted and
his salary doubled. Soon he came "a
know Dick Barthlemess, Colleen
Moore and other stars.
Equally - 4 unexpected was hil
marriage to pretty Carol Murray
who had moved to California from
Kansas City. They met on 4 pie
mic one Sunday and ! few weeks
later-on July 4, 1927-they were
wed.
Although they had only $ll.5o
between them after the marriage
young. bowling refused to accept
financial aid from his banker father
In his letters, the son said he could
T work anc make his own way in tht
| world.
Then came the telegram OFFERING
him the bank presidency.
Would he accept? Who wouldn't!
Gregory phoned Carol and broke thu
news as gently as possible.
Carol choked up. She COULDN'T
talk.
And 50 they sold their furniture
babe farewell to their California
friends and started for st. Louis Il
the installment auto. In Sc. Louis
too, : whole apartment house await
ed thsm-an apartment house deedel
to them by John J. Bowling.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-14
STOCK MARKET
STILL BOOMING
Two Score Issues Sail to New
High Records a. Specula-
ton RACES

New York, Sept. 14.-tN-Specu
lation for the advance was resumed
on Z broad scale in today's stock
market, which witnessed the estab.
!ishment Of nearly two score new
high records. Buying embraced q
wide list Of issues, but the motors,
motor accessories, oils, foods and
coppers gave the best demonstra.
tons Of group strength. Extreme
gains in the active issues ranged
from 2 to Is points, with the ticker
again falling half an hour or more
behind the market.
Despite bankers predictions Of
continued high money rates this
fall, operators for the advance went
confidently ahead with their cam
paign in the belief that the resump-
ton Of gold shipments from Great
Britain would ease the credit situa-
ton. Call money renewed at 2 per
cent, as against Z 1-2 yesterday, and
loans in the outside market" were
reported ut IL to 6 1-2 per cent.
Coty and motor products were in
the spectacular individual features,
each soaring 13 points to new high
records at PIT and 1913, respectively.
Adams Express climbed II 1-2 points,
Collins & Altman Z 1-2, Curtiss
Aeroplane z, Johns Manville 6, Com
mercial solvent 5 IL and Wright
aeronautical 5. U. s. Industrial al
cohol, Republic steel, Case thresh-
ing machine, Radio, Greene Cananea
Copper, pressed steel car preferred,
Freeport Texas and Wilson Co. A
sold to 5 points higher.
Among the many new high rec
ords were Barnsdall A, American
Encaustic thing, Texas corporation,
National enameling, Cerro de Pasco
copper and Hupp motors.
Trading was again in large vol
un1e, with blocks Of 5000 to $4,000
shares appearing on the tape 1t
frequent intervals. Bear traders,
who, had sold stocks fresly in ex-
pectation Of . sharp reaction on the
publication Of the broker3' loan in
crease, were driven to cover in sew.
eral Of the high priced specialties.
Public participation was on q broad
scale, with commission houses re-
porting unusually heavy orders from
middle. western cities.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-14
Grant County Fair
Exhibits Commended

Carson, Sept. 1.-The Grant
County fair, recently closed here. &C.
complishsd much in regard to advtr-
Using the county, said . statement
issued today by fair officials.
1.-THE exhibitors showed that this
county Is able to stand face to face
with any county in the state when Il
comes to growing fruits, vegetables
and other products." said tho state
ment.
1.-THE south always advertises It.
jAlf O. being the only area that can
produce peanuts, but Grant county
farmers displayed 70 the satisfaction
az al observers that We can raise
peanuts in Grant county; too
4 The Carson Girls club booth was
ALSO commended for It's exhibits.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-14
WHEAT PRICES
STAND STEADY
Reports That Farmers Ar
Holding Wheat Influences
Traders

Chicago, Sept. 14.-(R-Prices
displayed unusual steadiness early
today in the wheat market; with
traders giving continued attention
to reports that United States farm
ers are Withholding supplies. In the
corn pit, an unofficial forecast of
frost tomorrow over western Sec
lions Of the corn belt had only .
slight bullish influence. Opening
u to Nc of, wheat sagged = trifle
more, and then recovered. Corn
started at Nc decline to 1Ac adj
vance but subsequently tended
downward. Oats were easy. Pro-
visions showed firmness.
In connection today with current
reports that domestic wheat grow
ers are storing their grain on q
much larger scale than usual, q
leading authority here was out with
. statement that whether stored on
farms or virtually loaned to country
elevators prospective supplies will
not be reduced one iota. He assert
ed that if any benefit accrues, Can
ada, Australia, and Argentina, are
undoubtedly the beneficiaries, and
that disposal Of Canada's tremend-
GUS surplus is improved through
reduction Of United States COMPETE
ton.
According to q long distance
weather forecast circulated extern
sively today, indications point to
severe frost September Is over the
corn belt west of the Mississippi
and possibly reaching south into
Oklahoma. Except for a
transient bulge on some transac-
tions at the start, however, the corn
market gave but little evidence Of
being disturbed by any immediate
chances Of frost. The position was
taken by numerous traders that
more than half Of the country's
corn crop is now safe from frost
damage.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-14
Racketeer Torch Kills Six Gangster War Hits Cleveland

| He was always intensely interested
lin his children, how they would pro-
gress in the world, what would be.
come Of them, were they happy, won.
Idering how he could do more for
them. Without his children and fam
lily, his life would have been hollow.
County officials looked forward to
visits, short but inspiring, from the
bailiff. He was acquainted with
every plank, nail and brick in tho
tuilding. Many are the stories that
have arisen concerning Cook and his
duties at the court house. Any
county official can tell half dozen
humorous Incidents in which the
aged man figured.
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adjoining properties, taken by emil
nent domain.
Built as a large, square farm house
IN 1890, it was bought and remodeled
into a mansion, 10 years later, by
Thomas Gold. His son-in-law, the
Hon. Nathan Appleton, acquired the
house upon Mr.. Colds death. Mr..
Appleton's daughter became the wife
of the poet, Henry w. Longfellow.
Generations had lived and some
had died within the house, and it
was beginning its second half century
Of existence when, in 1845, the poet
immortalized it in his poem. He lived
in the mansion, which he used as q
summer home, through the early
SOS.
The old house has continued as q
homestead down to the present day
The passing years brought some
changes. One was a mansard roof,
Another was portico somewhat
more elaborate than on the original
Within, the home has remained
charming. Here. unframed. are the
old rooms on either side Of the en-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-14
From Movie Studio Worker to Bank President

secured the city and rounded up we'll
known characters whose means of
livelihood was the subject Of conjec-
ture. There was a scurrying for
cover and hasty exodus of conspic-
uous characters.
well detail policemen and detec-
tives to accompany them day and
night and give them no peace" Barry
said. and his officers Immediately
set out to carry out his orders.
Still Smolders
Although the racket appears to
have become quiescent, it is smolder-
ing in such lines as the dry cleaning
in which the familiar Chicago meth
Cd Of operation, an occasional
stencil bomb, a truck set afire, an &C.
casional dynamiting, indicate that
while the rAcketeers are fearful Of
Barry's threat, they have not quit
business.
Small tailor shops, kosher butch
ers, dry cleaning and similar estab-
lishments are continually feeling the
presence Of the racketeers whose
work is now covert and fairly well
concealed.
The death Of an aged woman who
was choked by gangsters when she
refused to accede to their demands
for money, late this summer, was
declared by Inspector Cody to be the
work Of . racketeer mob.
The bootleg racket, here as else.
where, appears to furnish the basis
Of recruiting operators for othe,
rackets and despite the effectiveness,
with which Barry's police curb gamb.
ling, the booze racket thriyes anc
leaves in its wake a long list Of gang
murders.
Rulers Killed
In the period since January, 1927
there have been thirteen murders Of
well-known underworld characters
including Big Joe and John Lonard,
and Lawrence Lupo, recognized
rulers in the liquor traffic, and moi
only not conviction but not even ar
arrest.
The Cleveland Association fol
Criminal Justice. I volunteer organ,
ization similar to those Of Chicago
and Baltimore. is an effective mean,
Of keeping the public informed Of thu
conditions within the administration
LOT justice and IN stimulating publ,
| officials who appear to weaken.
However, the Cleveland situation
compared with those Of Chicago, De
troit and St. Louis, appears to be in
finitely better than those cities.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-14
INEZ G0NTKAS.
! HEARING OPENS

The hearing in Emnons county il.
venile court Of Inez Gontka, 17-year-
old Hazelton self-confessed parricide.
opened this afternoon with the read
ing Of the findings Of the Emmons
county corcner'a jury which investi-
gated the case.
The hearing is being held before
Judge George n. Mckenna Of tho
Third judicial district at Napoleon.
The coronAr'1 report Is being read by
A. Z. Portz. Emmons county cor
|oner.
No witnesses had appeared at the
court at 3 p. m. today. The few
Fvathered in the court room were the
court officials; William LANCER. Bis
marck attorney who has been re-
tanned by the girls mother to defend
the 9irl; Charles Coventry, Emmons
county prosecutor; members Of the
Gotka family, and members Of the
|coroner's Jury.
Just what action would Be taken
by the court was problematicAl and
was dependent upon the information
brought before the court, McKenna
said At 3 p. m.
LANCER was retained BY Mrs.
Charles Gontke Monday afternoon.
Arrangements for the hearing today
were made over the telephone yes
terday afternoon BY LANCER and Cow
entry.
LANCER says that the girl will
aabsoluteIy not plead guilty to .
charge q first degree murder" InAz
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SHAFER BRANDS
NEW POLITICAL .
STEP NEEDLESS

CONTINUED from page one)
gubernatorial candidate plans to
Stump the state.
In a statement made to The Bis
marck Tribune over long distance
telephone today Halvor Halvorson,
Mii1ot attorney. expressed himself az
strongly opposed to the action taken
by the state Democratic party in en-
dorsing Maddox for governor.
Halvorson Bides Time
GAS far as / can learn, Fred 1.
Anderson has not yet turned his
withdrawal papers over to the Sec
rotary of 6tate," he. said. Until this
is done Maddox, Of course, is not
the regular Democratic candidate.
II am strongly opposed to Mad
docks endorsement by the Demo-
Gratis. The idea Of . Republican
turning to the Democratic party for
support after he has been refused
by his own party is against my
principles. Politics should not be
conducted in this manner. It shows
that the party and its principles
mean little to some office-seekers,
They will run on any ticket to get
into office"
Halvorson, who = short time age
said he would run for governor il
the Democratic party endorsed Mad
dock, said today that he had not de-
cided whether or not he would run
but that he would make q definit.
announcement concerning his plan,
this afternoon.
With the announcement Of Mad
docks candidacy for the governor
ship, political leaders were sizing vi
his present status in state circles
and attempting to determine the ct
feet his candidacy will have on M
tional issues in this state.
i With the democratic party Rener
ally conceded to have been split wild
open BY Maddock's announcement
the observers were attempting to de
termine whether Al Smiths chance
Of carrying the state will be I'd
vanced or hurt by development
within the last few days.
Religious Question Up
The religious question is expecte
to be more prominent in this stat
than was the case heretofore.
Leaders Of some factions Ell
pressed the belief that lion-C Catholic
who heretofore had paid little 81
tention to the religious side Of I'll
question, because Of = dislike 70
Hoover, would refuse to cast thei
votes on . Democratic ballot with
Catholic on both the state and n,
tional ticket.
This was discounted by other
however, who EXPRESSED the belle
that Maddock's action would NAL
little difference in the situation
They pointed out that the Cathol
vote OF the state was about 10000
North Dakota, and those who hi
made up their minds to vote K
Smith previously, On the basis q :.
likion alone, would be Affected lit
BY Maddock's action.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-14
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Chicago, Sept. 14.-(A)-(U. S. y.
A.)-Hoss, 10000; market opened
steady on hogs scaling $50 pounds
down; heavier weights including
packing sows mostly 10 cents high
er; later trade on light hogs very
slow; now bidding 10@20c lower in
comparance with Thursdays aver
age; top $3.50 paid for a few loads
of choice $50 to Els lbs. Butchers,
medium to choice $50 to $50 lbs
12.60@13.30; 200 to $50 lbs 1900
1850; 160 to 200 lbs 42.O0@13.60;
100 to 16O lbs 11.6O@13.26. Pack:
inR sows 11.6e5l2. ,tEs:s Yiiedi.
UNI to choice 90 to 130 rs 1o.2b@
1925. t,se w n
Cattle, 5000. Calves. 1000. Ma
tured killing classes slow; generally
steady best light weight steers 1910
heavy cows draggy; bulls fully
teady; vealers 25@60c lower; stock
ers and feeders STEADY. Slaughter
classes, steers, good and choice 1900
to 1900 pounds 56.25@1s.60; 100 to
1900 pounds 16.25@1S.60; $50 to
100 pounds 16.70@18.50; common
and medium $50 pounds up $3.50
1910. Fed yearlings, good and
choice $50 to $50 pounds 1925 q
1850. Heifers, good and choice $50
pounds down 14.35@17.65; common
and medium 1S.36@14.60. Cows,
good and choice 9.4O@13.5O; COM
mon and medium 7.75@9.4O; low
cutter and cutter 6.25@7.76. Bulls,
lgood and choice (beef) 9.76@11.OO;
cutter to medium 7.25@0.67.. Veal.
ers milk fed) good and choice 1850
@18.50; medium 14.5O@17.50; Gull
and common 8.5O@14.t0. Stockel
and feeder steers, good and choice
iiall weights) 12.00@14,e5; common
and mediums9 .26@12.15.
/ Sheep, $4,000; weeks heavy killer
run taxing slaughter facilities. Buy
ers Indifferent; early fat lamb trade
25@60c lower; most natives Soc off
sheep slow; steady; feeding lamb,
unchanged; lambs, good and choic,
coz pounds DOWN. 13.26@14.66
medium 11.76@13.25; Gull and com
mon 8.00@11-75; medium to choic'
(92 to 100 pounds) (blank) ewes
medium to choice (160 pound
down. 4.25@7.00; Gull and common
1.75@6.26; feeder lambs, good an,
choice 13.06@14.75.
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WILLIAM COOK.
RESIDENT HERE
IS YEARS, DIES

dance halls. He called it the slough
est spot in town." In that block
were Jack O'Neirs dance hall, Sew
enth Cavalry saloon, Jack Cham
pion's dance hall, and Pete Branni-
gan's saloon. Men were shot in
those four places almost every
night, Cook said.
Antelope and buffalo roamed the
hills near here in herds when I
came," Cook said. Buffalo meat
was available for every meal"
Cook watched Bismarck grow from
q small wilderness settlement of .
few log cabins to the modern city Of
10000 inhabitants which it is today.
The Northern Pacific railroad had
reached the city in June, 1873. All
the buildings were log structures.
People lived in tents until cold
weather came. River boat traffic
was heavy. There were no buildings
at the present site Of Mandan. The
ferry crossed thu river five miles
south Of Bismarck at the site Of
cid Fort Abraham Lincoln.
Acquainted With Indians
Indians, who came into the settle
ment by the hundreds to trade furs
for coffee, tea, rice, and potatoes,
rarely niolested inhabitants here, be-
cause Of the protection afforded by
the soldiers at the old fort.
Farming Of grains on a large scale
hadn't been started here when the
bailiff arrived.
Cook began farming and ranchine
on 100 acres four miles north Of the
city when he was 10 years old. He
farmed for 20 years. He said North
Dakota raised it's biggest crop in
1882. He raised 100 bushels Of oats
and q bushels OF wheat to the acre.
Wheat sold for 40 cents bushel
butter Tor IL cents I pound, and
spring chickens for IL cents each il
those days.
Cook was IL years old when Gus.
ter'S army was mastered by thu
Sioux Indians in Montana in 1875
He trainel, fed, and took care Of Co.
IAAnche, Colonel Keoeh's saddle
horse, before and after the massacre
Confanche, wounded, was the onl,
survivor Of Clusters last stand. Cool
took care Of the horse when it wal
brought back to Bismarck wounded
and he nursed It hack to health, rid
ing It every morning to exercise It
Cook left his farm after 20 year
70 become : city police official, ant
later Z deputy sheriff. He had beer
batliff at the Burleigh county cour
house TOR more than q years.
Smile Was Inspiring
Bills smile each morning and hi,
happiness inspiring "Good morning
folks" will be missed greatly in th'
local court house, for Bill was re
tpscted and loved BY the court nous.
Everyone who visited the couI
house knew the baili{f, Ill LOOKING
TOR him and his sunshiny personAlit,
when they visited the county build
int. He was ever cheerful, interest
Cd in everybody, and willing TO q
everything tn his power 70 max
other people comfortable.
Bi1mArck<ptrsons every day coul
see pill sitting out on the wicke
beneh on the court house porcl
whiting away st / stick, And tall
NC !lserfily With etsryone thAt cam
Through IT, doors 4 ~ buildinl
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RANGE OF CARLOT sALEs

Minneapolis, Sept. 14.-(R)-
Range 0 fcarlot grain sales:
Wheat: No. dark northern Ill
IA to 145; 2 dark northern 1877 to
1928; ! hard spring 118 IA to 1875
1-S; 2 amber durum 100 to 112; 2
dufum 81 3-6 to SO Is; ! mixed
duENra Us. -; / mixed wheat no
Btrley: Sample grade IS to 60;
3, go to 81.
II. Corn: None.
Oats: No. 4 white 81 So to SO
IA.
Rye: No. 8, 90 3-s.
!, Flax: No. !, PA 1-2 to els 1-2.
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SOUTH ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK

South st. Paul, Sept. 14.-(AP-
U.S.D.A.)-Cattle: 1900. Run slow
in arriving. NORMALLY steady on
most killing classes. One load mixed
grassy yearlings 400; bulk grass
steers salable 11.00@13.O0. She
stock and cutters unchanged. Bulls
steady, 8.76. Stockers and feeders
IN light supply, about steady with
Thursday. Calves, 1000. I'm
changed. Good lights 1850; choice
Hogs: $500. Opening around
steady with Thursday. Good and
choice 160-200-pohnd weights 1878
@12.90; top 1890; most 100000
pound weights 12.25@12.60. Bulk
sales and fed bids packing sows
11.60@11.75. Pigs uneven, 1880.
Average cost Thursday 1908;
weight 255.
Sheep: 1000. Opening steady
mostly on better grade lambs, around
Soc lower; most cullS 1000. Sheep
steady. Best native ewes to kill
srs 600.
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Ool0e sept. -. = Inc Aurore
Boreali1, recently viewed BY DR..
Carl StorIner, Norwegian Seien-
tist, Haunted out into the heav4ns
to . height Of 800 mil41. Parts o1
the phodom4nosl caught the rayS Of
tho sun. already 1T, # tn height
|o{ 0o0 niles.
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CHICAGO POTATOES

Chicago, Sept. 14.-A-(U. s. D.
A.)-Potatoes: Receipts So cars, on
track 121, total United States ship
rnents 723 cars; trading fair, mar
kst steady for good stock; Wiscon-
sin sacked Irish Cobblers TOOL 90,
|,According TO quality and condition;
Minnesota sacked Irish Cobblers
100: sacked Early Ohio( 00@1 90;
Nebraska sacked Irish Cobblers leo
@1.26; sacked 1riumphs 1.26; Mis-
souri, sacked Irish Cobbl6rs 90@1.00.
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BY JAMES P. KIRBY


BY JAMES P. KIRBY
Cleveland, O., Sept. IA family
IT six, including four children. were
sacrificed by the torch Of racketeers
when the garage, over which the
family slept, was burned to the
ground here last fall.
This was the worst fatality re-
corded in the long list of outrages
which mark the trail of racketeers
affecting the dry cleaning, under.
taking, kosher butchers, teamsters,
credit jewellers and other lines of bus
mess, and through which appear the
names and faces of we'll known Chi.
cago operators.
Pick Wrong Place
The burning Of the family is d.
rectly attributed by F. j. Hawkins,
who operates a moving and hauling
business on the East Side, to the
fact that racketeers attempted to
discipline him for his refusal to pay
tribute to the racket, intended to set
fire to his garage, and made the mis-.
take Of selecting a garage adjoin-
ing his establishment.
He explains that about q week be-
fore the fire, he was approached by
certain "organizers" who invited him
for the last time to '.join" an organ
ization Of which they were the pro-
motors, and to which he said he was
expected to contribute for the safety
Of his equipment.
The operations Of racketeers in
Cleveland came to light during the
early summer in political campaign
over the office Of county prosecutor.
An independent candidate for the
Republican nomination, who was
drafted by the Cleveland Bar Asso-
citation and defeated by the organize
ton candidate, made the charge dur
ing the campaign that racketeers had
been getting protection and, with the
election Of his opponent. would con-
tinue to be protected.
While the charge was made in the
heat Of political battle, which was
the hottest in Cuyahoga county in
many years, the allegation Of racket.
eering was Immediately taken up by
tuc newspapers ana the ponce.
lnstill Silence
The American Plan Association
then produced a series of affidavit,
from individuals in the dry clean.
ing, kosher butchers, and other sim.
liar lines Of business to show that
racketeers, well identified with the
movement in Chicago, had been busy
in Cleveland. and that fear Of re-
prisals on the part Of their victim.
had kept the latter silent.
A special grand jury investigation
was launched early in the summer
but there were no indictments and
there appears to be little likelihood
Of any, in the near future.
However, Cleveland possesses 4
robust and vigorous safety director
n the person Of Edwin D. Barry.
Barry's reaction to the suggestion
Of racketeering in Cleveland wa,
Characteristic. He forthwith sem
for Detective Inspector Cornelius w
Cody and Captain Emmett Potts.
"Run them out Of town." he or.
dered and forthwith detective.