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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-14
COUNTY AGENTS
LAY LIVESTOCK
SPECIAL PLANS
Seek Farmers Group to Rep
resent Slope at International
Exposition

Efforts are being made by agri-
cultural agents in five counties on
the Missouri Slope to organize
groups to make the special trip to
the international Livestock Show at
Chicago December 1-8, according to
A. R. Miesen, Burleigh county agent.
Those who are attempting to in
terest groups in the trip on the
special Northern Pacific train fol-
low: Theodore Martell in Grant
county, r. C. Newcomer in Morton,
Carl T. Carlson in Kidder, A. L.
Norling in Mclean, and Miesen in
Burleigh.
The special train Of the Northern
Pacific is scheduled to leave Fargo
at 1920 p. m. December and arrive
in Chicago at 5:45 p. m. December 2.
Passengers from North Dakota
and Minnesota must go to Fargo on
regular trains and join the special
at that point, but those on the Win
nipeg branch, the Oakes to Wadena
branch, the Morris branch, Little
Falls to Brainerd, and the M. and l.
railway may 60, if they desire, to
St. Paul on regular trains and take
the special leaving there at 6:45
a. m. December 2.
Novel Sightseeing Tours
Sightseeing tours in Chicago, al
ways popular feature in the past,
will offer something new and novel
this year, according to information
forwarded tn Mr.. MieSen.
Trips will be made to the top Of
one Of Chicago's tallest buildings
for q birds eye view Of the city;
t, the board Of trade during business
hours; to Lincoln park; to the Ar
mour and company packing plant; to
the international Harvester COM
pany; to Burlington, Ind, via boat
on Lake Michigan; and through the
Universal Portland Cement company
plant at Burlington.
Twelve North Dakotans who rec
commended the trip highly after last
years show and who are urging
those who are interested in farming
and general business in the state to
make the 1928 excursion follow: Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Anderson. Bismarck;
Christian Jesperson, Buffalo; Will
liam Stinson. Bowesmont; Carl J.
Johnson, La Moure; S. A. Watson,
Bathgate; Claus Perhus, Davenport;
N. Amundsen, Abercrombie; T. S
Thompson, Page; Mrs. Mary Schroe.
der, jamestown; Mrs. NJ. Thoreson
Mayville; and Arthur Lahlum, Val.
ley City.
Breeding Stock Interests
In addition to the competitive fea.
lures Of the livestock and grain ant
hay exhibits, the nations creates
(Contir ued on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-14
F0rger Who Cashed
Checks in Bismarck
in Montana Prison

Information that one Of Bis
marck's recent "check artist visi-
tors" is now serving from two to
five years in the Montana state
prison for passing worthless checks
was received yesterday by Chris ].
Martineson, chief Of police, from
Austin B. Middleton, warden Of the
Montana institution.
The man is G. C. Hanna. He
started serving his Montana term
Oct. 12, 1928, after receiving 4 SEN
tence from Silver Bow county.
Hanna has criminal records in
Minnesota, Texas, and New Mexico,
according to the information.
He passed worthless checks to
several Bismarck business men
when he was here in August, &C.
cording to Martineson.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-14
HOOVER PLANS
MEXICAN VISIT
ON PEACE TRIP
Not Decided Whether 70 Visit
Southern Republic First or
Last
TO FINISH TOUR ON UTAH
Donovan and Willebrandt Call
at Palo Alto Stir Political
Talk
TO FINISH TOUR ON UTAH

Stanford University, Calf, Nov.
14.-(R)-Herbert Hoover will visit
Mexico during the good will tour of
Latin America, upon which he will
embark next Monday from San
Pedro, but whether it will be the
first or, the last of the republics on
the itinerary is yet to be decided.
Alternate plans are under consid-
GRAFTON, one calling for stop at
Acapulco, en- route to South Amer
lea, and the other for call at Vera
Cruz on the return trip from Rio de
Janeiro to Florida. Should the call
be made at Acapulco, which is about
200 miles almost due south of Mex
leo City, President Gales and
Dwight w. Morrow, the American
ambassador, probably would well
come the president-elect there dur
ing a one-day stay of the good will
ship, the battleship Maryland.
May Go to Capital
If the visit is deferred until near
the journeys end, the battleship
Utah, upon which the last leg of the
voyage will be made, would proceed
to Vera Cruz and the president-elect
would go to the Mexican capital by
rail to be welcomed there by Emilio
Portes Gil, who will succeed to the
Mexican presidency on December /.
While all details of the itinerary
Of the Latin-American trip still are
being carefully guarded, it is the
belief here that Mr.. Hoover would
prefer to make an official call upon
the president at Mexico City, since
he will call on the presidents Of
other republics in their capitals.
The rail trip to Mexico City also
would give him an opportunity to
see and study part of the country.
Ship Captain Calls
Captain Victor A Kimberly, COM
manding officer Of the Maryland,
was to call today on the president
elect at his home here for discus
sion of various angles of the voyage
to Valparaiso, where the party will
leave the Pacific battle fleet flag
ship to make the overland journey
to Buenos Aires. There the Utah
will be waiting them to convey them
ward to Florida.
The almost simultaneous visit of
William j. Donovan, assistant to the
attorney general of the United
States, and Mrs. Mabel Walker
Willebrandt, n assistant attorney
general, at the Hoover home yester-
day, renewed political discussions
around Palo Alto. Some Of the
prognosticators believe that Dono-
van, a close personal friend of the
president-elect, will succeed John G.
Sargent as attorney general on
March 4. Mrs. Willebrandt, whose
home is in California, said she had
called on the president-elect simply
to pay her respects, and that there
was no politi al significance to her
visit.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-14
S11,000L0SSIS
'ATTRIBUTEDT0
THOMAS CAREY
Hugh c. Corrigan, Postmaster,
Cleared of Blame by In.
vestigatOrs
SEARCH REVEALS BODY
Dead Man, Prominent Lodge
Member, Had Charge of
Federal Finances
SEARCH REVEALS BODY

st. Paul, Nov. 14.-P)-Shortages
attributed to Thomas v. Carey, as
sistant postmaster at Fargo, N. D.,
Who was found in the basement of
he postoffice late Tuesday with a
Dullet through his head, approximate
more than $1,000, according to
Rush D. Simmons, inspector for the
northwest postal division.
Mr.. Simmons said that Carey was
n charge of all finances at the post
,ffice. He stated Investigations of
ais inspectors cleared the postmas-
er. Hugh c. Corrigan, of any blame.
After completing their ten-day in
testigation the inspectors searched
Ior Carey two hours before finding
his body in the basement. Mr.. Sim
mons expects them in st. Paul
Thursday, at which time they will
make complete report of the affair.
The inspectors taking part in the
Investigation were Maurice l.. Ryan,
it. Paul; John Stretch. Winona:
Frank Talbot, Moorhead; and F..
Baldwin, Fargo.
Employed Is Years
Mr.. Carey, who was As years old,
lad been in the postoffice depart
nent for 25 years. He is survived
~ his widow and two children.
Carey was a member of Shiloh
odge, A. F. and A. M, York rite
.odies, and Ell Zagel temple of the
Shrine, and was also president last
tear of the Fargo Cosmopolitan
Hub and lieutenant governor of the
Dakota district year ago. He was
llso vice president of the Gate City
Loan company Of Fargo.
Plans Indicated
Carey had been asked Tuesday
morning to meet the postal inspec-
:ors in the afternoon and his actions
Indicate that he began to plan his
suicide following that. His wife said
that his conversation when he was
home at lunch worried her. He asked
she knew where to locate all Of his
keys and also if she could find his
private papers, if necessary. She
llso said that he had been worrying
turing the last few days and in
1icated that the postal inspection
was the cause. At the time she at
tributed this to the possible annoy
ance of having office routine upset
by the inspection.
Shortly after lunch Carey bought
, box of shells at Emory and John
sons store, but this incident at the
time passed unnoticed because he
,ustomarily carried a gun, it being
part OF his duties to bank postoffiee
money each day.
His actions at the office during
the day, however, did not deviate
from the ordinary enough to cause
notice on the part of his fellow en-
ployes. They said that he did not
appear to be worrying and the jani-
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NORTH DAKOTA
LIGNITE KINGS
MERGE MIN ES
Wall Street Interested in Pro-
posed West Virginia Coal
Purchases

New York. Nov. 14.-(R)-Wall
street showed interest today in the
proposed purchase Of the entire
stock Of the Cabin Greek Coal COM
pany, in West Virginia, by the Truax-
Traer Coal company Of Columbus.
N. D.
A report that negotiations had
about been completed in the deal
was looked upon in the street as
the first step in larger combination
Of coal companies.
The North Dakota company, which
owns Ignite strip mines near Velva,
N. D., recently bought $2,500, 900 II
linois strip coal properties.
Less than q month ago w. H. Cum
ningham, secretary Of the West Vir-
ginia Coal association, resigned to
accept the presidency Of the Truax-
Traer firm.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-14
NEW SUSPECTS
ARRESTED FOR
SHOOTING STAR
Northwestern Football Play.
er's Chance for Life Grows
Simmer

Chicago, Nov. 14.-(AP)-The
riddle Of the shooting Of John C.
Acher, Northwestern University
football player, revolved around two
new suspects today.
Benjamin Zuckerman and Ben
jamin Glaser were arrested when
their sedan was found with q smash
ed fender. Police believed their car
was the machine which collided with
Acher's car shortly before he was
shot.
After q second operation last
night, doctors said the bullet in
Acher's spine could not be removed.
He might live, they said, but his
chances were few.
Police yesterday released Phillip
L. Mckee, resident Of the Ameri-
can Greenhouse Manufacturing COM
pany, when they became convinced
his car wsc not involved.
Acher was wounded by shots
from passing sedan after his car
and the sedan had collided ii .
minor accident.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-14
Suffering Bandit,
Laughed at, Loses
Temper and Liberty

Chicago, Nov. 14.-(P)-Hold-
ing up people is not good busi-
ness for he who stutters. Look
at Edward Lang.
Lang approached Gilbert Sell
ders, physical instructor. at
Crawford and Madison yester-
day. He poked a pistol at him.
"St-t-t-t-st--t-t.st-stick 'em upw
he stammered.
1t struck Selders as funny, so
he laughed. The stammering
stickup man got mad all over.
He threw his gun to the side
walk. It wasn't loaded, anyway.
He sailed into Selders with both
fists.
Unfortunately for Lang,
Selders is a physical instructor.
When the cry "Police!" went up,
it was Lang who shouted it.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-14

became peddler at the age Of 18,
shouldering a pack and trudging
through the small towns of Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland and Virginia.
His migrations landed him in Wis
consin, where he settled down and
opened a store. This venture pros
pered and became chain; then
Levitan interested himself in a bank.
Backed La Toilette
In the '90s he entered politics,
helping nominate La Toilette for
governor in 1893 and remaining af-
filiated with the progressive wing of
the party throughout his career. He
did not seek to hold office himself,
however, until after the World war,
when he became state treasurer.
His regime, friends say, has given
Wisconsin one of the most econom-
ical governments in the country. the
states entire business Of more than
$64 100000 being handled at an an
nual expense of only $4,000.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-14
REK0 ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF
n. D. BARRIERS
Cooperation on Legislative
and Shop Conditions Is Ar
ranged

North Dakota Master BARRIERS
and members of the State BARRIERS
association will hereafter cooperate
in matters of interest to both bodies,
it was decided at conference of
representatives of both bodies here
last night.
The conference was part of the
North Dakota BARRIERS association
convention, which closed with a ban
quet last night after being in ses-
sion two days.
L. E. Reko, Mandan, was elected
president of the state association at
a meeting which followed the con-
vention banquet las. night. Other
officers elected are A. H. Pearson,
vice president; A. w. Peterson, Sec
retary, and A. r. Bruhjell, treas
urer, all of Bismarc1-. Peterson and
Bruhlell served in their present ca
pacities last year.
Cooperation Arranged
Matters which the groups will CO.
operate on are legislative affairs,
efforts to get better shop conditions,
and matters which would work for
the general good of both associa-
tions, according t, p. G. Harrington,
a member of the state barber legis-
lative committee.
AS a first step in the cooperation,
members Of each association last
night decided to have a joint legis-
lative committee, composed Of three
members from each group, which
would combine in placing bills be-
fore the state law making body.
p. G. Harrington, Elmer Pearson
and Fred Ode will represent the
state barber group and the Master
BARRIERS will select their committee
in the near future. It was explained
that the Master BARRIERS at present
have legislative committee of
seven members, but three Of those
are to be selected for the joint COM
mittee.
Governor Walter Maddox, who
was scheduled to speak at the ban
quet, was unable to appea due to q
delay while motoring from Fargo.
Speakers at the banquet were p.
G. Harrington, Fred Ode, ]. C. Do
Ian, all Of Bismarck: Joseph
Schantz, Mandan, and l. o. Messelt,
Hazelton.
Convention Successful
"The convention was undoubtedly
more successful than any Of the as
sociation members dared to hone
for" Harrington declared this
morning.
"All preliminary plans were car
ried through, matters which were
scheduled to come before the asso-
citation were AIKEN up and disposed
Of, and plans were layed for 4 big
ger and better BARRIERS association in
the future.
Legislative matters which will
be taken up in the future were an
important item in the convention.
Laws regulating the barber profess
sion are generally known to be
faulty in some aspects, and plans
were laid for their correction"
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Madison, Wis, Nov. 14.-A Jew
ish Immigrant from Russia has
worked his way up from the weary
ing toll of an itinerant pack peddler
to the point where he is an outstand-
ing figure in Wisconsin's politics.
This man, Solomon Levitan, has
just been reelected to the office Of
state treasurer by majority of
more than two to one over his OPP
ponent. He has held the office since
1922, and has risen in popularity
each year.
House to House
Few men in politics today have a
more colorful past.
Levitan came to the United States
in 1850, penniless and friendless, un-
able to speak English. He worked
on a street paving gang in Baltimore
for a time, picking up the language
and saving what he could out of his
wages of 60 cents a day. Then he
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-14
Condition Of Warden
John ]. Lee Serious
Following Operation

John J. Lee, warden Of the state
penitentiary, is in serious condition
at local hospital from kidney COM
plications resulting from an opera
tion, according to attending physi-
Clans.
Mr.. Lee, who has been i'll for sew
eral months, was brought to the hos
pital Wednesday, Nov. Z. and under
went an operation for hernia Friday.
Nov. 9.
Complications set in and he has
been in serious condition since,
authorities say.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-14
WARREN BOY CHAMP

South St. Paul, Nov. 14.-(R-
Ernest Palmer Of Warren, Minn.,
captured baby beef grand champion
ship with "Black Bun, 1,200-pound
purebred Aberdeen Angus junior
yearling, at the annual junior live
stock show.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-14
NUTS CHALLENGES BLOODs

Chicago, Nov. l4.-B- Mrs.
Irene Castle Mclaughlin is to enter
nine graduates Of the municipal
pound in the national pet show. The
dogs will seek blue ribbons. Hitherto
their only awards have been tin cans.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-14
ILL-FATED SHIP
CAPTAIN WENT
DOWN IN LINER
Vessel Made Death Plunge
With Captain on Bridge
Without Life Belt

New York, Nov. 14.-(AP)-The
last words Of Captain w. j. Carey
of the Vestris we're:
Hell, no! You jump"
They were brought to New York
today by Alfred Duncan Of Liver
pool, one of the Vestris stewards,
who was on the Berlin.
He and the captain, he said, were
the last to leave the ship.
I'VE stood by the railing" he
said, land all the lifeboats had gone,
we were the last to jump.
Jump" he said.
You'd better jump, SIR"
said.
Hell, no! You jump" he said.
II jumped then, and l think he
jumped after me. But l never saw
him again.
New York, Nov. 14.-(AP)-Cap-
tain William j. Carey, master of the
ill-fated Vestris, who apparently
went down with his ship, was senior
captain of the Lamport & Holt COM
pany. He had been with the COM
pany more than 80 years, rising
from the ranks. He was about SIS
years old.
Captain Carey returned from q
vacation spent with his family in
England last Friday, the day before
the Vestris sailed. At Buenos
Aires he was to leave the Vestris,
which he had commanded for several
years, to take the bridge Of the Vol
taire, the crack liner of the Lam
port & Holt fleet.
It was the Voltaire, coming north
over the course the Vestris was fol-
lowing south, which reported by
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STOWAWAY IS BACK

New York, Nov. 14.-(R-Clar-
ence Terhune, 10-year-old stowaway
on the Graf Zeppelin, returned from
France.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-24
Kansas City Livestock

: KANSAS CITY, Jan. % (R)-(U. S.
d. A) = Hogs 11,000; uneven, early
trade to shippers mostly steady with
Saturdays average; big packers going
slow, bidding around 10c lower; stock
pigs steady; top $50 on 210-230 pounds;
early sales 180-250 pounds 8.2O-8.30;
14O-170 pounds 790-8.15; packing sows
6.75-735; stock pigs 7OO-775; average
cost Saturday SIG; weight 254 pounds;
for week 8O8; weight 251 pounds.
Cattle $4,000; very little done early
on beef steers; most early bids weak
to lower; supply moderate with better
grades scarce, she stock slow; steady;
bulls weak to Csc lower; vealers and
calves steady to soc higher; stockers
and feeders fairly active; strong to 25c
higher; bulk fed steers eligible to sell
around 11.75-140O; one load heavy
steers held considerably higher; bulk
butcher cows 7OO-925; medium bulls
75O-775; few on the beef order up
ward to 500; practical veal top 11.5O;
bulk stockers and feeders 10:00-1 1.50;
five loads 453 pound stockers 1880;
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-24
COTTON MARKET

NEW YORK, Jan. % Up - Cotton
prices were lower today under liquida-
ton and southern selling, attributed to
Slightly larger ginning figures than eX-
pected, relatively easy Liverpool cables
and reiterated reports of easier spots
in parts of the south. Declines of 28-
81 points from Saturdays closing quo
tations brought in trade buying and
covering, but rallies were limited and
the mid-afternoon market was within
8 or 10 points off the lowest.
Spot quiet; middling 1885. Close:
January 1885.
March, 1886.
May, 18.45-46.
July, 1880.
October, 17.85.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. % P-Spot
cotton closed steady 80 points down.
Sales 208; middling 18.41.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-24
REG. U. s. PAT. Off.
70 @Ie2e. BY NEA SERVICE. INC.

lower, corn at nc decline to * q Ii c
advance, oats unchanged to nc down.,
and provisions unchanged to setback
of 7c
Although Chicago stocks of wheat
today showed 100000 bushels decrease
for the week and the United States
visible supply decrease of 2,587,000
bushels, the effect was more than
counterbalanced by knowledge that the
total domestic visible supply is still
22,0O0,000 bushels above last year and
that the amount of wheat on ocean
passage is 6,500,000 bushels larger than
a week. ago. The fact that practically
no wheat is coming into Chicago to
replace shipr .1nts caused some ur1-
easiness on the part of traders who
are short of wheat to deliver on March
contracts, but price bulgeS that re-
suited failed to last in fact of profit
taking sales.
Predictions of snow or rain over do
meStic winter wheat territory helped
to relieve anxiety which in some quar-
tiers had been aroused by chances of
drought damage throughout import
ant sections Slowness of export de-
mand today for wheat from North
America tended also to weaken prices,
actual supplies in sight in North Amer
ica being estimated at 60,0OO,000
bushels larger than last year, and
shipments from south of the equator
promising to be on liberal scale for
some time.
Corn prices were unsettled, easing
down early on account of big receiDtS of
corn at Kansas City, Omaha, st. Louis
and Chicago, but recovering later with
wheat market bulges and as result
of predicted storms likely to interfere
with the rural movement of corn. Some
corn export business was noted, but
quantities were not given. Oats aver
aged slightly lower, sympathizing with
wheat.
Provisions were 'steadied by compar-
ative firmnesS of the hog market.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-24
STRONG BUYING
IS FEATURE OF
METAL MARKETS

Good buying has featured the metal
market during the past week but
without reaction on the prices. Copper,
particularly, has, had large orders
both on foreign and domestic account
and the price tendency has been up
wards. Copper remains at 1890 cents
to the producer, lead at $50 and zinc
at $50 to 5.65.
Copper broke some records during
1927, even though the price averaged
low The United States refinery pro-
duction hit almost the three billion
pound mark and was the highest re-
finery on record by considerable
,, margin. To be more exact, the re-
finery production was 1,476,4O6 tons.
Another record was in exports
which totaled 641,865 tons, an amount
which was 116,5O4 tons greater than
in 1926 The exports for December
totaled 63,637 tons, one of the lar
gest months on record. The European
/ situation saved the copper industry
from having very poor year.
The year 1927 ended with a surplus
stock of 95,298 tons. This was an
increase OV6T UllG SGOGkS GG G11C CAAO
of 1926 by about 9,7S7 tons and is
without significance as it shows that
the enormous refinery production was
practically consumed during the year
The domestic situation was not SO
good as the deliveries dropped off
from 902174 tons to 824,844 tons and
the year 1928 is starting with a poor
domestic situation insofar as copper
! deliveries are concerned.
The average monthly production OF
copper from the United States mines
was less in 1927 than in either 1925
or 1926. During 1927 the monthly
average was 69,178 tons as against
72,7O9 tons in 1926 and 70,176 tons in
1925. The curtailment policy of the
producers during. the last six months
of the year is quite in evidence as
the average during that period was
67,191 tons monthly or about four
thousand tons month less than the
average during the first half of the
year.
Production Of crude lead in the
United States and Mexico during De-
cember amounted to 79,O72 short tons
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-24
GRAIN MARKET

CHICAGO, Jan. % Qp--Despite a
good rally at one time, wheat values
averaged lower today influenced by
heavy increase of stocks aflo2t and by
predicted moisture southwest and west.
Curtailment, however, of wheat sup
plies here made offerings of the March
delivery scarce, and led to transient
upturns.
Wheat closed unsettled, &c to &c net