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The Alaskan., 1929-05-10
The Petersburg Marine Ways is making extensive repairs to the P. A. F. tender Laddie.

MT. Bidwell was waltzing about Wrangell harbor with a bevy of the fair sex on board. Ee was giving his yacht the Vigilant "a trial spin Sunday after having extensive overhauling made on the craft.
The Alaskan., 1929-05-10

Earl Dinner made a trip over to Wrangell last Sunday to make
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16
Loan Company Acting
AS Agent for Lender
And Borrower Loses

Loan companies who act as agent
for both the lender and the borrower
of money are operating contrary to
law and cannot compel payment of
q commission by the borrower. the
supreme court held Monday In the
case of Olof Olson and others VS.. The
Union Central and Union Life Insur-
ance company, Eaton Loan. agency of
J Fargo, and the First State Bank Of
! Kuhn.
/ The record shows that the Olsons
borrowed money from the insurance
4 company for which the Eaton agency
were the loan agents. The loan COM
: pany charged commission for OBJ
tanning the loan for the Olson's and
also received commission from the
insurance company.
When the loan company attempted
to foreclose q mortgage which the
Olson's had given in payment Of the
commission they appealed to the La
! Moure county district court which up
sheld their contention.
The mortgage was held to be void
and the loan agency was instructed
! to return any payments upon 1t, with
interest.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16
HUMAN ADDING MACHINE
DIES COMPUTING FIGURES

Peoria, ILL.,, April 16.-(Fe
william Strong, the man who
could compute figures with the
speed Of an adding machine-and
never knew how he did it's
dead.
He would stand beside . rail-
road track Is . long freight rolled
by. observing the car numbers,
and when the caboose flashed
past he would announce the total
as correctly as the tabulator with
paper and pad who stood beside
him.
Merchants employed him 1t I'M
ventory time, In place Of uslng
adding machines. He would tell
engineers how many bricks would
be needed for . wall; compute
cube root; give exact ages the
instant . birth date was given
him. Always to the question,
"How do you do IT." He would
answer, Il do not know"
Strong, who was 50 years old.
died yesterday on = railroad via
duct In Bartonvillc. q suburb,
where he was in the hsbit Of
going daily TO perform the feat Of
box car numbers, "just to keep In
practice" he caid.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16
NOTED CLERIC QUITS
MONTANA FOR n. Y,
Former Billings Rector Here on
Way to Take Up Work
Among Seamen Of East

Motoring to New York, the Rev.
Douglas Matthews, Mrs. Matthews
and their son, John, who have quit
Billings, Montana, stopped over here
during the night and this morning.
Matthews was Episcopal rector at
Billings several years, and he now
is on the way back to his home coun-
try. as he came from .Tenafly, N. j.,
to the rectorate at Billings.
In New York. Rector Matthews will
become chaplain of the Seamen's
Church Institute Oh South street.
around which clusters lot of tradi-
ton and romance of religious work
among the men who go down to sea
in ships.
During his stay in Billings, Rector
Matthews created q lot of interest
and attention by introducing the sub
ject of faith healing in st. Luke'S
parish, at q time when this was
creating a big stir in Episcopal
circles. The introduction was some
what experimental, but did not meet
with permanent support, though sew
eral cases of physical affliction re-
ported improvement from the effect
of prayers. The rector is among the
most progressive figures in the ranks
Of the Episcopal ministry.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16
Mechanics Invited
To Engineers Day
Events at State u

Grand Forks, NJ D., April 16.-
Final places for Engineers Day. April
26, at the University of North Dakota
we're outlined today by James r. Tay-
lor, Cando, who is in general charge
Regular classes and shop work will
take place, Taylor said, but special
exhibits by all departments in the
, engineering college may be seen.
Guides will be provided and the gen.
eral public is invited, he announced.
Special invitations have been dis
patched to garage men and others in
terested in mechanics. They will be
guests of the engineers while in the
city, and also will have an opportun-
ity to see special displays which will
!: be brought here by machine colnpa-
Ynies, Taylor said.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16
D, A, R. REFUSES TO
ACCEPT MRS. BAIL|E
Boston Woman Was Expelled
Last Year When She Made
Charges Against Body

Washington, April 16.-fP)-A Pc
tition for reinstatement in the ma
tional society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution by Mrs. Helen
Tufts Bailie of Boston, was refused
today by the 38th annual congress.
The resolution to refuse rcinstate-
ment of Mrs. Bailie was introduced
by Mrs. Robert J. Johnston, OF Iowa.
and Mrs. Alfred j. Brosseau. the pres
ident-general, Immediately moved a
vote. There was one dissenting voice
that arose from the group OF $500
delegates on the floor.
Mrs. Brosseau said Mrs. Bailie'S
counsel had made request to appear
before the congress, but added that
the board of management In consid-
ering the case last year had. heard
all the testimony and was of the
opinion no further evidence could be
offered.
Mrs. Bailie was expelled last year
after she had made public statements
charging the existence of blacklists
authorized, she said, by the national
officers of the .. A. r. accusing GER
tain public men and women OF social
istic beliefs and advising that they
be blacklisted ty all daughters.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16
MCDONNELL ATTENDS
SHIPPERS MEETING
Northwest Shippers Advisory
Board Convenes at Aber-
deem Thursday

Convening at Aberdeen, s, OAK.
Thursday, members Of the Northwest
Shippers Advisory board will conduct
their twenty-seventh formal meeting.
James r. Gillick. vice president Of
the Milwaukee road. will give an ad-
dress, at the forenoon session which
is called for 9:45 o'clock at the city
hall.
j. w. Rash, South Dakota state
railroad commissioner. will address
the afternoon session, set for the ball
room of the Alonzo Ward hotel.
This is the yearly South Dakota
and spring meeting Of the board.
G. w. Mcdonnell, North Dakota
railroad commissioner and vice chair.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16
MEXICAN CHIEFTAINS
| NNORTHERN SONORA
| Will not NEGOTIATE
DESPITE Desertions From Loyal
Rebel Forces, Leaders Will
Not Meet Federals

Naco, Ariz., April Is. - RI - The
Mexican rebel chieftains left by their
leaders with 5000 troops sat stolidly
In northern Sonora today. refusing to
negotiate with federal leaders as two
loyal armies began closing In on them.
General Francisco Manzo, who re-
Gently deserted the rebel cause, and
federal General Abelardo Rodriguez.
Of Lower California, made repeated
efforts yesterday to get General Ra-
mon Yucupicio. one Of the Indian
chiefs, to Bisbee. Ariz.. for q confer
ence, but were unsuccessful. Yu-
cupicio has refused to bulge with his
l 800 men from General Fausto To-
pete's erstwhile camp south Of the
federal garrison at Naco. Sonora
General Francisco Urbalejo. at Aqua
Prieta with about 800 rebels also re-
fused to confer with federal leaders
Desertions by two and threes. how
ever, were reported from both camps
While General Jose g. Escobar
revolutionary commander In chief
had gone to the west coast to take
command Of the hard pressed rebels
one federal army was reported ap-
preaching Sonora from chihuahua
and another 10000 strong under thu
personal command Of General p. Eliza
Gales was moving northward from
JaliSco
In a telegram received at the Agu:
Prieta post office from s. Serrano
rebel postmaster at Guaymas. denia
was made that that coast city was II
the hands of fedcrals. The Telegram
Tread: "The report that the federal
are holding Guaymas is entirely un
true. and you may continue to for
ward mail and funds as in the past.
Escobar's army was said to be Oc
cupying the area from San Bias t
lBamoa, northern Sinaloa, while tn
advance guard Of General Callc'
forces was at Guamuihil, Sinalo.
miles south Of Bamoa.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16
MISSIONARY KILLED
BY Chinese BANDITS
LAS WARFARE FLARES
Chaos Reigns Along Yangtze as
Machine Gun Fire Rakes
.+.~
River Cunboats

Shanghai, April 16-(P)-One Amer
lcan was dead. an American gunboat
bore the scars of machine gun fire.
and another American made his way
to Shanghai with a bullet in his hand
today as Chinese internal strife f1ared
without respect for foreign life or
flags.
Belated kilograms identified an
American missionary previously re-
ported dead in southern Kweichow as
Herbert K. Smith, Seventh Day Ad-
Nentist of Zionvillc, Ind. Consular
authorities lacked details of his death
but believed he was killed by brigands.
The gunboat Oahu was raked by ma
chine gun fire above 1chang. Hupeh,
as 1t proceeded up the Yangtse river.
No. one was injured and the identity
of those firing at it could not be de-
termined.
A young American named Marshal,
working his way around the world,
who was wounded Yesterday In the
hand when Chinese fired on the Brit
ish gunboat Tern near the same
place. was en- route to Shanghai. said
to have had enough of interior China
A telegram dated Kweiyang. Kwei-
chow, by way of Hankow and dated
April IL arrived here last night veri.
flying the previous reports of the mis-
sionary's death. It was signed by the
American Seventh Day Adventist
representative of Kweitang. and said
"Just received wire from HwangtS'
hopa Smith then killed"
NJ. G. Warren, of Chico, California
a Seventh Day Adventist representa-
tive who recently saw Smith at Kwei
yang, said Smith who was just Q
years old, had started a three weel
walking evangelical tour of southwes
Kwichow province. Hwangtsaopa wa
eight days walk from Kweiyang, will
other modes of travel impossible.
Warren said bandits had overrul
the province and he believed Smitl
had met his death at their hand.
Smiths wife and child had been lef
at Kweiyang and were believed to b
safe there.
He said the Hwangtsaopa dispatcl
evidently had been sent by the Chi
nese themselves since there were n
y lforeign mission members there.
was not dated - or its date was nc
known hcre-so the date of Smith
death could not be determined.
Smith arrived in China August q
1927. He was graduated at the Sew
enth Day Adventist language schot
and sent to Changking in June, 1872
being transferred in October I
KWeiyang. He Wc.S a graduate of til
Seventh Day Adventist Emanuel Mis-
sionary college at Berrien Spring
Michigan.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16

On Sale at Last-Lehigh
Ignite Briquettes for furnace.
fireplace, range or laundry
stove. The Wachter Transfer
Co., phone 81.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16

Tune in on KFYR every
morning for the A. w. Lucas
Co. days special.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16
] Moving Of Old Garage
. Attracts Daily Crowd

+ Devotees Of the spring sport Of
house moving are enjoying their IA
vorite pastime in legion In the TOO
block Of Thayer avenue these days.
George Roden. the contractor. Is
blocking up the old Evans, garage at
ITO. preliminary to little dryland
tacking by which It can be got over
aside the Reif harness shop and
located on q vacant lot there. He
will use q winch to accomplish the
moving.
Meanwhile the operation IS keep
Ing q crowd OF spectators hanging
around to observe Roden's skill IN
engineering.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16
GOLF COURSE DRIVER
FINED FOR TRESP Ass
Mandan Police Magistrate Pc
naIizes Disregard Of Park
Board Orders

Pleading guilty to a charge of rip
ping out a post and tearing down a
fence, then driving across the golf
course which the Mandan park COM
mission is developing in the Syndicate
addition. Hugh Hauser, of First street,
S. w., Mandan, paid a fine Of $40 be-
fore J. E. Campbell. police magistrate
there.
Hauser is charged with ignoring the
warning Of the caretaker and defiant
ly declaring, I'll teach 'em to block
off roads,"
Warrants for another person who
has ignored the park I.-J
signs, probably will be issued within
q day or two. while a third arrest i'm
pends of q person who dumped q
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16

man for this state. will give report
aC the meeting. Other state reports
will be given by the following men:
VIII. Perry, Minnesota: A. w. Tcmp-
kins. South Dakota: and e. H. Polleys.
Montana.
Eighteen committee reports. two
general reports. two special reports.
and nine railroad reports are on the
program.
The opening statement will be
made by Curtis L. Mosher, general
chairman, and r. F. Williamson. pres
ident Of the Aberdeen Chamber Of
Commerce, will give an address Of
welcome. r.. r. GunkelmAn, chair
man, will give q report from the ex-
ecutive committee. Lee Kuempel Is
general secretary.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16
Bismarck Pair Faces
Charges of Engaging
In Traffic of Liquor

Facing a charge Of engaging in the
liquor traffic, Peter verduin, Bis
marck, waived preliminary examina-
ton before Anton Beer, justice OF the
peace, and was bound over to district
court yesterday afternoon.
He is held in the county Jail in lieu
Of $1,000 bonds.
Verduin was arrested in raid con-
Quoted last weekend by Rollin
WEIGH, Burleigh county sheriff, and
a group of federal prohibition agents
on house on Front avenue between
Tenth and Eleventh streets, accord
ing to Roland H. Crane, deputy sher-
If.
Nicholas Yochim, who was appre-
hended In the same raid but has not
been arrested. will face the same
charge, according to Crane. It Is un.
derstood the two men plan to plead
guilty to the charges. They are said
to have conducted beer joint"
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

large number Of tin cans and other
refuse along side the main road.
At an early meeting Of the Mandan
park commission, special ordinance
will be passed prescribing minimum
penalty of $2S and costs for persons
other than park employees. driving We
hicles Of any kind through the golf
course.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-16
Yankee Ryder Cup
Golf Squad Lands

Plymouth, Eng, April l6.-R-Led
by the debonair Walter Hagen, Amer
ica's Ryder cup golf squad arrived
here today aboard the Mauretania.
Hagen and his fellow-profes
expressed confidence they would de-
feat England's picked team In the
Ryder cup matches at Leeds. April 26
and ~.
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There is nothing wrong, is there?"
he asked, note of anxiety in his
voice.
"Nothin that I'm aware Of" said
Dick. Thu is purely friendly call,
and you Needn't go down to the pantry
and count the spoons"
I'm not the butler. either" corrected
longer. III tell the governor
He slipped out of the room and in
few minutes returned, preceding Lacy
Marshall. He would have remained
but Marshall pointedly opened the doc.
for him.
Il hope that fellow hasn't been
fresh, Capt Shannon" he said when
they were alone. "Tonger has grown
UP with me, and has never been wholly
civilized in consequence"
Il thought he was rather amusing,
said Dick.
Lacy Marshall grunted.
He doesn't amuse me at times" he
said dourly. One can pay too big a
price for loyalty--there are times when
longer puts very heavy strain upon
my patience"
He had the detectives card in his
hand and now looked at it again
You are from Scotland Yard, see.
What can I do for your"
First. want to ask you if you know
Mr.. MalpaS, your neXt-door neighbour
Marshall shook his head
No" he said rs this call in ref
erence to a complaint I made some
months ago
mo, l think that was settled b. the
local police. I've come to see you be-
cause l have information that this man
Malpas is running some sort of a feud
against you You say you do not know
him?'
II have never seen him, so I can't
tell you if I know him or rot Ger
tainly I know nobody whose name is
Malpas. Won't you sit down and will
you have a drink"
Dick refused the drink. but pulled UP
chair, and the other followed suit.
What makes you think that Malpas
has a grudge against me?" asked Lacy.
Its very likely that he has, because
made a complaint against him, as
you evidently know. He was such a
noisy beggar that he disturbed my
sleep"
What kind of noise did he make?"
"Hammering. mostly 1t sounded as
though he were tapping on the wall
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though possibly was mistaken there,
and 1t was more likely that he was
closing packing cases"
You have never seen him?"
Never"
Have you had any description of
hlm?' asked Dick. THAT would enable
you, even remotely. to identify him as
somebody you knew in South Africa?"
mo, know nobody" said Lacy Mar
shalt, shaking his head. One has enc
mics, OF course; it is impossible to
achieve any measure Of success with
out attaching these disagreeable APP
pendages to life"
Dick considered for moment He
was dubious about the advlsablllty Of
taking the millionaire entirely into his
confidence, but he decided that, at the
risk of subsequently giving himself Il
great deal of trouble, he would tell Mar
shalt all he knew.
"Malpas is employing somebody. or is
intending to employ somebody, to an
noy you, and to cause you inconVen-
fence OF a petty character. For ex-
ample. am under the impression that
the drunken woman who came here a
few days ago was sent by him.
"Woman?' MarshaltS broWS lowered.
Il never heard of any drunken woman
coming here"
He got up quickly. rang the bell and
longer came i'll almost immediately.
Capt, Shannon says that few days
ago drunken woman called at this
house and made some sort Of disturb
ance. You never told me"
DO l tell you cverything?" asked
longer YEARLY. "A woman certainly
did call and she was certainly oiled"
"Oiled?"
Il mean soused, or. to use a vulgar
expression, drunk. What lady! She
TELL into the hall and she fell out again
quick. She said she was Mrs. Lidderlcy
from Fourteen Streams"
Dick Shannon was looking at the
mans employer as he spoke and saw
Lacy Marshalts face go gray.
ITO Re Continued Tomorrow,
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Continued from Yesterdays Starr
CHAPTER XIV.

TCNGER opened the door to Dick
Shannon. longer had the
knack of forestalling the foot
Il man and welcoming visitors
who had the slightest preten-
sions to Importance. and Dick recog-
nized him by the girls description. Au-
drey had said he was birdlike. and
certainly there was strong resem .
bance in this little old man. with his
head perked on one side, his bright eyes,
his quick jerky movements, to an in
9uisitive sparrow. His keen eyes looked
the detective through and through.
Mr.. Lacy Marshall is in--yes," he
said, standing square in the DOORWAY.
But yoG can't see him without an ap-
polntment. Nobody can see Mr.. Lacy
Marshall without an appointment. not
while l am around"
The utter lack of respect amused
DICK Shannon. Evidently this was laore
than an ordinary servant.
Perhaps you'll take my card to
him?"
Perhaps 1 will" said the other.
coolly. But it's Just as likely that 1
won't! All kinds of queer people want
to see Mr.. Lacy Marshall, because he's
kind and generous and big That's the
sort we train in South Africa, even if
We don't breed EN- there. Open-handed,
free hearted"
He paused to take the card that Dick
offered. and read
OH" he said little blankly.
you're detective, are you? Well,
step inside, captain. Have you come
to pinch anybody?"
rs it possible that anybody requires
pnching in this beautifully ordered
house, where even the footmen are so
polite and deferential that it is painful
to trouble them?"
longer chuckled.
I'm not a footman.' he said.
"You've made a slight error"
The son of the house," suggested
Dick. dhumoredly. "Or perhaps
you are Mr. Lacy Marshalt?"
God Forbid" grinned the man. II
shouldn't like to have his money and
responsibility. Step this way, captain"
He ushered the visitor into the draw
ing room, and, to Dicks surprise, fol-
lowed and closed the door.
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Foreign Meats Barred.

AS precaution against the spread of
foot and mouth disease and rinderpest
in this country, Secretary Wilbur has
issued an order prohibiting naval YES
sells from landing in United States ports
meats procured in foreign ports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
GETS HONORARY DEGREE
Catholic University Rector Given
Award by Marquette.

AWARD by marquette.
MILWAUKEE. March l R).-Mgr
James Hugh Ryan, rector of the Cath
olic University of American, Washing
ton. yesterday was awarded the homo
rary degree of doctor of laws by Mar
quette University.
Father William M Magee, S, j.,
president of Marquette, conferred the
degree.
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lnauguration-Easter-Spring
All Say Dress Up" Now!

Come in now and make your selections
while choice is better and while you can
take advantage of these very special pre-
season prices. We suggest that you choose
YOUR whole wardrobe at the same time, for
in this way you'll be sure of perfect match
irg. A small deposit will reserve your selec.
liens.
The Washington times., 1929-05-01
P0R TIA WINS
LAURELS TN !
THE LAW

Mrs. Norman Murray Smith,
wife Of Commander Smith, U. s.
N, now on duty in Washington,
has been admitted to practice be-
fore the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia. She is al.
ready member Of the Oregon
bar and belongs to the District
Women's Bar Association.
Moreover, Genevieve Thompson
Smith is known as writer of
plays and short stories, and she
was decorated by the French gov.
ernment for three years work in
behalf of the fatherIess children
of France. She Is the daughter
Of David p. Thompson, prominent
! banker and once II. s. Ambassa.
dor to Turkey. Mrs. Smith is a.
Bryn Mawr graduate and a mem
ber of the Bryn Mawr Club of
washington as well as of the.
American Association of Uniyer-
sity Women.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Goldiner,
Of 1000 Third st. N. W., announce
the engagement Of their daughter,
Eva, to A. Palma Aaronson, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice L. Aaron
son, Of this city.
A
Miss K. e. M. Dumbell, 2010
Massachusetts, Ave-, iS at the
Montclair, New York.
The Washington times., 1929-05-01
PARK
TN CASE OF
RAIN

An audience including represen-
tatives of the various groups of
official and resident society, will
witness the "IFete of the Cherry
Blossoms" to be given Friday
evening by the Bureau of Com
mercial Economies in honor of
the Japanese Ambassador, Mr..
Debuchi.
The ceremonies are planned to
take place, beginning at 1880
O'Clock, at the Washington Mo1u-
ment. But should there be rain
the program will be held that
evening, beginning at 9 o'clock,
in the Wardman Park Theater.
The Japanese Embassy has a spe-
cial reservation of 40 seats.
Col. u. s. Grant, 3rd, will tell
the story Of the Cherry Blossoms.
George Henry Payne. of New
York. will talk on Japan. The
official films of the "Enthron-
ment of the Japanese Emperor,
THE Inauguration of President
Herbert Hoover" will be previewed
from the unique talking motion
picture automobile of the bureau.
The entire Navy Band Of 80 must.
clans under the direction of Lieut..
Charles Benter, will play, and the
ushers are a group of young girls.
The public is invited.
The annual tea-dance given by
the associate members of the Con.
greSSiOnal Club iS announced for
May Is from to Z o'clock at
the club. Hostesses for the occa-
sion will be Miss Dorothy Kurtz,
Miss Olive McClintic and Miss
Elizabeth Ransley.