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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24
REPORTED
IN SALE OF ANNUITIES
Special Dispatch to The Star.

WHEELING, w. Va, February "a
The Fidelity Investment Association,
which is devoted to the sale of annuities,
reports contracts written for January
of $4,724 900, compared with $3,808 900
in January, 1880, gain of $4,000 or
"a per cent. These figures also repre-
sent an increase of $788,Oo0 over De-
cember Resources of the Association
increased from $25.047,124 as of JAM
uary /. 1881, to S25,393, TOT as Of Feb
ruary !, gain of $346,582.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24


payment Eek dividend tParty extra tPiuS AZ stock
Payable in cash payable
dend Plus So
Plus 20 1919 m Plus
n n stock. " - " " ~
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, February "a Especially
Cotton opened about IS cents bale
higher at the opening today. This
market was spurred by reports freely
spread before the opening that stocks
would burst through their previous
highs. Mill buyers were in the market
for cotton of all deliveries. Market let
tiers all reviewed large increase in cot
ton goods business in recent weeks. Of
ferings from Southern houses we're
pinched off on the scale up.
Opening prices were March, 11o9,
up IS; May, 1140, up IT; July, 1855,
up 10; october, 1871, up 10: December,
1906, up II, and January, l2.17, up 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24
Public Utilities
EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.

This is the twenty-ninth article Of
series on the subject of public utilities,
covering the principal operating and
holding companies, giving their history,
feld OF operations and an analysis Of the
capital structure. Mr.. Hughes will dis
cuSs bonds as well as stocks. but will
present the facts without any attempt to
recommend purchase or sale OF specific
securities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24
FOREIGN RoNns

wv with warrants.
XIV without warrants
New,
Wi-When issued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24
Money to Loan

secured by first deed Of trust on real estate
Prevailing Interest and commission.
joseph |. Weller 40 WASH [: Trust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24
NEW YORK CURB MARKET s s; 4 : ::: S x::

Note-An stocks sold in one hundred-share lots
excepting those designated by the letter (80s) 250s
which shows those stocks were sold in odd lots.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
MAN Who FEARED
MOOSE KILLS SELF
46-Year.Old Man, Charged With
Staying Blonde, Drinks
Poison in Reno

Reno. Nevada. March 26.@R-
Fear of the hangman's moose drove
David Pixies. 46-year-old slayer OF
Florence Bennett. %, pretty blonde,
to commit suicide by drinking poison
In q Reno hotel Wednesday.
This was revealed In q letter ad-
dressed to Mrs. A. M. Cox. Ocean
Beach. Calf. which was turned over
to Coroner Seth w. Longabaugh,
Reno. The letter read:
by the time you receive this note,
will be dead many hours. I killed my
sweetheart. Florence Bennett, In San
Francisco last night at S p. m. The
police are looking for me as I write
this now.
write Daisy and give David. my
son, my love. I must die by hanging
to pay for my crime, * I am taking
poison. Goodbye forever"
The letter was scrawled In pencil.
In the envelope were two one-dollar
bills. Police also had another letter,
addressed to them. in which Pinkes
admitted the Staying and charged
that his victims unfaithfulness
drove" him to murder.
Pixies had been sought as the
slayer since Monday night, when the
woman was found dying Of q gunshot
wound in q San Francisco apartment.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
GERMANY, AUSTRIA
PLAN TO GO AHEAD
Disregard Suggestion That They
Appear Before League Of
Nations Council

Berlin. March 26.-R-Despite .
British suggestion that Germany and
Austria take their projected economic
union before the council Of the
League Of Nations, the two govern.
nents were represented Thursday "a
firm In their intention to carry out
plans to which most Of the nations OF
Europe have taken exception.
Chancellor Bruening, q government
statement said, told the British am
bassador the proposed customs &C
cord was within the bounds Of the
Geneva protocol and the treaty Of st.
Germaine, which pledge Austria ID
maintain its independence, and that
In the opinion Of the two govern
ments there was no reason for the
league council to take up the matter.
The chancellor informed the am
bassador. however, that such was the
detail connected with the accord that
It probably would be two or three
months before It could be made effec-
tive. The council OF the League Of
Nations meets In May.
He further stated that II other
governments wished to examine legal
aspects Of the accord. Germany and
Austria would not object.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
DECISION ASSURES
G.. Q. P. MAJORITY
Election Ruling Gives RepubIi'
cans Lead Of Two Over
Democrats in House

Washington. March 20. - (AP) =
publicans chung to 217 house seats
Thursday, q lead Of two yer Demo-
Gratis, as q result Of the decision at
Mauch Chunk, Pa, that william r.
Coyle had won over Everett Kent
Democrat, In the November elections
In the elections, the Republicans
received q bare majority Of 218 seats
and the Democrats boosted their
number to PIG. A lone Farmer-LaboI
seat rounded out the 1875. Already
however, four vacancies have occur
red through deaths. three normally
Democratic seats and one Republican
TWO vacancies In New York we're I'LL
ed by Democrats.
Because Of the close division, each
change creates q new situation.
Democrats had hoped to gain the
seat from the 30th Pennsylvania dis.
trict, which would have resulted ir
a tie Of 2l7 to ait In event the other
seats were filled.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
JORNSON
NWAHPET0N JAIL
FACING 2 counts
23.Year.0 Old Back in Home
Town Where He Once Was
Lauded as Athlete
ADMITS EXPORTING $25,000
Youth Contemplated Killing
Himself While on South
ern Spending Spree
ADMITS EXPORTING $3.50

Wahpeton, N. D.. March 26.-R-
In the community where q few years
ago he was cheered and applauded
for his ability as an athlete, Gordon
Bjornson, %. Thursday sat in a jail
cell while authorities prepared to ar
raign him on charges of kidnapping
and extorting $25 1000 from o. A.
Leach, local banker and civic leader.
After an all-night ride by automo-
bile, during which bad roads we're en-
%countered, the former high school
athlete and fight promoter arrived
here at 6 q. m. in the custody Of
Arnold Forbes, Richland county at
torney, and Sheriff e. s. Mc1lwain,
Wahpeton.
County Attorney Forbes said Biorn-
son probably will be arraigned Fri
day. En- route to Wahpeton, whose
citizens Bjornson said he dreaded and
feared to face. the youth recounted
the story of the kidnapping and ex-
tortion, and his subsequent flight
which took him to many states In the
union and Canada during his SIS 900
spending SPREE"
To Press Both Charges
Forbes said he would press both
charges of kidnapping and extortion.
denying reports an agreement had
been reached between him and Bjorn-
sons counsel to drop the extortion
count.
A small crowd gathered at the
Richland county Jail Wednesday
night to get q glimpse Of the athlete
continued on page scven)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
TREASURY SEEKING
EX7RA$1M,0M,000
Will Offer 9o.Day Treasury
Bills, Selling at Discount,
Next Week

Washington. March 2e.-tF-An
additional 500, DOC, 200, needed because
of a prospective 500. 900 900 deficit
and loans to World war veterans,
will be sought Monday by the treas
ury.
Secretary Mellon said 90-day treas
ury bills for 500, OO0, 900 or there
abouts, selling at a discount, will be
offered next week at federal reserve
banks to the highest bidders. The
money will be used for government
expenses and to pay loans to veterans
on their adjusted compensation GER
~tificates.
The veterans bureau has received
1871, POI applications from veterans
for loans. Veterans Administrator
Hines estimated that II the 1917 aver
age loan value Of SOL ,203 checks al
ready mailed Is maintained the treas
ury will need $500, 100000.
Hines has asked the treasury to
supply $500,000,000 before April IL fol-
the loans. Until he made the re-
quest, only $500, 10000 0 had been pro-
vided In the belief that would he SUI
ficient for the bureau until the end
Of June. Loan applications. however,
were received In much larger volume
than had been expected and the adj
dAtionAl money was asked.
Declining revenues. including In.
come tax collections, have led to the
$700.000.00O deficit forecast.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
WITNESS DECLARES
BROTHERS IS MAN
HE CHASED june 9
Patrick Campbell Third to Pick
Defendant as Man Who
Fled From Tunnel
SAYS PRIEST WAS There
Truck Driver Said He Joined in
Chase When Get That Man.
Was Cried Out
SAYS PRIEST WAS THERE

Criminal court building, Chicago,
ILL.,, March 26. -(AP)-A young
truck driver who chased q man fol
several blocks after the ~assassina-
ton Of Alfred Lingle pointed at Lee
Brothers at his murder trial Thurs
day and said II think that's the
man."
Patrick Campbell, the third person
to pick out Brothers as the man who
fled from the scene of the staying,
said he was half way out of the
Randolph street pedestrian tunnel
last June 9 when he heard q shot.
He had reached the street, Camp
bell said, when he heard a cry "stor
that man" and saw a man running.
He followed him down the street and
into an alley and then stopped as q
policeman took up the chase.
"And do you see that ma in the
courtroom?" he was asked.
II think that's the man ovel
there" and he poi ted at the de-
PENDANT.
On cross-examir ton, Campbell
said he received 81. from the states
attorneys office or two days he
spent at the dete i've bureau look
ing at pictures Of suspects. He sale
he expected to get paid for five othel
days he had lost, but that this wa.
the only remuneration he expected
from his connection with this case.
Of the other two eye witnesses
one testified he had received $1,000
salary as . states attorneys investi
gator and the other said he was psis
about $500.
Campbell, who is Is years old, wa,
calm and unruffled as he told hi.
story. He said that in addition I,
driving a truck he was q plumber
He had been out Of work for 81,
weeks, he said.
He mentioned Father John Rey
nolds Of Notre Dame University
who also has been called as q stat.
witness. He was near the priest
Campbell said, when the cry "ge'
that man" went up, and he talked tt
him after the man had eluded hi.
%pursuers. Campbell said he knew
the priests name only from reading
newspaper accounts of the case.
The courtroom was filled early
again, and several hundred person.
waited outside to take the place Of
any who left.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
500 PUPILS TAKE
PART N0PERElTA
WEDNESDAY night
Jack and the Beanstalk" Is
Successfully Presented by
Bismarck Children

A new experiment, that Of produc-
ing an operetta on a large scale with
pupils from all the grade schools in
the city participating was tried out
successfully Wednesday evening at
the city auditorium.
Using approximately 500 children,
selected from the first six grades OF
the Will, Roosevelt. Richholt. William
Mooro and Wachter schools, the oper.
eta, Jack and the Beanstalk" was
q worthwhile entertainment. At the
same time 1t gave an opportunity for
parents to gain a definite idea Of the
music work carried on in the schools
Six large choruses, grouped ac-
cording to grades, carried the bulk OF
the musical numbers and aided the
cast of Is characters in relating the
story Of Jacks adventures with the
beanstalk, the giant and his magic
hen. James Shrek, as the giant,
gave an exceptional performance.
The stage presence and poise Of the
main characters was noteworthy,
particularly in view of the fact that
they were selected from different
schools and this made 1t difficult to
hold Joint practices.
Dance numbers added interest to
the choruses. The costumes, repre-
senting many hours Of work on the
part of parents and teachers. contri-
buted greatly to the success Of the
entertainment.
The hit of the evening was made
by the chickens chorus, composed Of
IS ~first-grade children. who sang and
danced with all the ease Of the older
groups. Their yellow costumes with
hooded capes and bright orange bills
Continued on page ten)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
OREGON JURY MAY
GET CASE FRIDAY
Court Hearing Arguments Re.
garding Murder Charges
Against Pair

Hillsboro, Ore, March 26.-tFE
Moving into its final phase, the trial
Of Nelson Q. Bowles, young Portland
capitalist, and his former secretary,
lrma q. Loucks. for the murder OF
Bowles' wife. settled down to legal
arguments Thursday.
The jury probably will retire Fri
day to decide whether Bowles and
Miss Loucks fatally stabbed Mrs.
Bowles in Miss Loucks' Portland
apartment last Nov. IL.
Rebuttal testimony for the state
brought q surprise witness. Mrs.
Alice Raudsep, manager Of the house
In which Mrs. Bowles died, said the
night Of Nov. IL Miss Loucks return
ed to the apartment contradicting
testimony Miss Loucks gave In her
own, defense.
SIX Portland physicians, testifying
for the defense, said that, In their
opinion. Mira. Bowles stabbed herself.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
UNDERCOVER MAN IS
ARRESTED IN FARGO
Faces Serious Statutory Charge
Following 14-Year-oId
Girls Story

Fargo, March 26.-(R-C. A. Thor
son Of Minneapolis, undercover man
placed under fire" by . Fargo attor-
ney. during q liquor trial in Cass
county court Tuesday, was arrested
Thursday on q serious statutory
charge.
Thorson was arrested for an alleged
criminal assault upon q 14-year-old
Fargo girl and Is held In the Cass
county Jail pending arraignment
which probably will be Friday.
Complaint against Thorson was
made after testimony had been given
by the girl in the presence Of her
parents.
Thorson has been in the employ Of
the states attorneys office cince
Feb. 28 as an undercover agent at
tempting to obtain liquor "buys." His
tactics were bitterly assailed In the
trial.
The defendant was freed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
PRESIDENT HOOVER
ON HIS Way HOME
Executive ls Witness to Odd and
colorfuI Picture Of In
sular Life

q. s. s. Arizona, March 26.-R-
President Hoover was enroute home
Thursday with fresh conceptions and
first hand information Of problems
the United States faces in her Cartb-
bean territory.
AS he dropped back into the restful
routine aboard the Arizona he had
pleasant memories Of tremendous re-
ceptions in Porto Rico and the Virgin
Islands which were almost fantastic.
Probably M Of the oldest parades
of all time passed before the President,
who saw vendors, school children and
native scratch bands side by side IN
q colorful picture Of insular life. Back
aboard the Arizona the President let
it be known he had enjoyed It all
greatly but had difficulty In convinc-
Ing himself it had been real.
Immediately after coming aboard
the Arizona at st. Thomas he resumed
his rest with q nap before q leisure
" dinner and talkies on the deck.
II the weather continues moderate.
" GOOD the Arizona should arrive at
Norfolk Sunday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
Notorious Cangster
Arrested In Missouri
Man Identified as Fred Burke,
Accused Of Murders and
Robberies, Held
REWARDS TOTAL $4,000
implicated In Valentines Day
Staying Of Seven and Many
Kidnapings

st. Joseph. Mo-, March 26.-(F-
Fred II. Burke, notorious killer anc
robber indicted for the st. Valentine,
day massacre Of seven gangsters II
Chicago In 1929. was arrested In q
farm house near Milan, Mo-, early
Thursday and brought to the st
Joseph jail, where he admitted hi
identity.
Burke was In bed when Police Cap
tain John Lard, Detectives Melvin
Swepston. e. r. Kelly and A. w.
Thedinga, accompanied by Sheriff
Hoover Of Mercer county, rushed into
his room with machine guns ready.
He was seized before he could reach
for his revolver, hanging on q chair
a few inches from his bed.
The prisoner expressed relief when
he learned the armed party was COM
posed Of officers.
Il thought I was being taken for a
ride" he said.
There Five Months
The police said Burke and a woman
companion who was in Kansas City
at the time Of his arrest had been
living with Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey Proc
tor near Milan since last November.
A farmer became suspicious and
notified the United States depart
ment Of justice which requested st.
Joseph police to investigate.
Rewards totaling $4,000 have been
offered for Burke's arrest, police said
A dozen murders and robberies to-
falling nearly a million dollars are
charged against Burke by various
police departments. Some Of the
crimes with which he Is charged are
Ransom kidnapings in Detroit over
q period OF eight years, $220.00o.
John Kay jewelry robbery In De-
troit, 1924, $4,000.
Mail truck holdup, Toledo, Ohio
patrolman slain, 100000.
Bank robbery, Cadillac, Mich, $780,
900.
First National bank robbery. Peru
Ind, $4,000.
Farmers and Merchants bank rob-
berry, jefferson. Wis. $352, O0O.
st. Valentines day massacre, Chi
cago, seven men slain.
Miaflores apartment killing, De-
troit, two slain.
Bank cashier wounded in Louis.
vile, KY, robbery.
Staying Of Patrolman Charles
Skelly. st. Joseph, Mich.
Admits His Identity
Chief Mathews told the World
Herald in a telephone conversation
that Burke admitted his identity after
N CONTINUED on page seven)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
Tribune Offering
Love Poems Book

II would have women love me in
wild fashion" sounds like q line from
a modern movie-talkie on Hot Love-"
but in reality 1t Is from a poem writ
ten by Guy De M~aupassant. the
Frenchman, more than half a e
fury ago.
This poem and a wide selection Of
other poems and poetical fragments
Of sentiment will be found In the new
booklet. LOVE POEMS. which we
are now offering readers through
our Washington bureau.
You viii find it Invaluable for ref
erence purposes and to refresh your
memory.
Send your letters direct 70 U
Washington Bureau. NOT TO The
Tribune office In Bismarck This win
insure quicker service to you than Il
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by w.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
MAN Who WORKED
ON LEPERS' ISLAND
DIES IN 87TH YEAR
Ira Dutton. Otherwise Known
as Brother Joseph, Sue
cumbs in Honolulu

Honolulu, March 26.-F-1ra Dut-
ton (Brother Joseph, Trappist monk.
widely known for his work among the
lepers of Molokai island. Hawaii, died
here early Thursday after q long ILL
ness. He was 81 years old and had
spent nearly IS years among the
isolated lepers.
BY his devotion to the unfortunates
of the little leper village of Kalawao,
on the Pacific island Of Molokai, Ira
Dutton achieved renown as one of the
great humanitarians of modern times.
Bearing the ecclesiastical iiame Of
Brother Joseph, he went to the leper
village In 1886, a comparatively young
man. never to return. Why he chose
the clustered life amid such sllrrourd-
ings probably will remain q mystery.
To Brother Joseph 1t was a secret Of
which he never spoke.
Served In Civil War
He served his country in the Civil
war and afterwards aided the govern
ment in collecting and burying the
bodies of his fallen comrades. He
devoted years to assisting others of
his comrades who had come out Of the
war broken in health and unable to
earn q living.
Brother Joseph, still Ira button,
then settled in Memphis. Tenn, and
engaged in business. He was success
full and led ar active social life until
1883. It was then he suddenly joined
the Catholic church. fOrSOok the world
CONTINUED on page seven)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
80 Were Killed in
Hindu-MOslem Riot

Cawnpore, India, March 26.-R-
The list Of dead In Wednesdays com.
munal rioting between Hindus and
MoSlems was increased to 80 Thurs
day when hospital records wera
checked. The check showed 48 Mos
lens were killed or died of injuries.
while the Hindu casualties were 81.
It was mi of the most vicious COM
munal battles India has ever zen
Even children were slaughtered. The
homes Of peaceful citizens were burn
ed to the ground.
The riots started over an attempt
by Hindu nationalists to force the
closing Of Moslem shops in protest
against the execution last week Of
Baghat Singh and two other Indians
for the murder Of q police Official
in 1928.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
ILLINOIS SOLONS
VOTE REPEAL
PROH|BlYIONLAW
Only Governor Emmerson's Sig
nature Needed to Make
Bill Into Law

Springfield, ILL.,, March 26-Rt
The question whether Illinois is to
abandon its prohibition enforcement!
laws Thursday was put up to Cover.
nor Louis Emmerson.
Members OF the state senate left
the problem in his hands "Wednesday
by passing by q vote OF Is to "a Q bin
already approved by the house. call
ing for repeal Of the state prohibition
law and the search and seizure act.
II signed by him the effect, oppo-
nents contended, would be to leave
the matter of enforcing the anti
liquor laws entirely In the hands Of
the federal government.
The governor will receive the bill
later this week and has 10 days In
which to consider It's provisions. He
has given no indication Of what 1t
will be. II he approves 1t, Illilicis will
become the sixth state to take similar
action. Montana, Nevada, Wisconsin.
New York and Massachusetts, once
had prohibition laws. but repealed
them.
tS~9~ $1,000
McDermott bill, named for sponsors
In the house and senate, opponents
attempted to attach q referendum
clause, but lost by a vote Of 26 to "a.
Republican leaders urged their col
leagues to vote for repeal to fulfill a
plank In the party's state platform.
adopted last fall, pledging its repre-
sentatives in congress to abide by the
will of the voters as expressed in a
referendum at the general election In
November Of 1880. They cited stats
tics compiled by the association OPP
posed to prohibition giving the refer
endum vote as 1,050,004 for repeal and
523, 100 against.
The deciding vote was cast bv Sem
ator Adelbert Roberts, q Chicago
negro.
Against my better judgment and
as painful as 1t is to me, I'm going to
vote with the wets," Senator Roberts
said. mi. President. I am casting q
mandate vote. it Is the peoples vote"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
Man Who Slew Alleged Betrayer Of
His DAUGHTER Will Not Serve Term

Introduction Of evidence began
Wednesday. The state offered
only one witness, r. p. Collier. In
whose tailor shop johnson shot
Adams Jan. II.
Robert L. williams, son Of an
Austin, Tex, Methodist pastor
and q student in Texas university,
testified he loved and had
planned to marry Elizabeth. but
Adams supplanted him In her af-
fections.
She died In williams automo-
bile while It was parked at the
First Methodist church Of Port
Arthur. williams said he was
inside talking to q minister about
trying to regain her favor. A
grand jury exonerated him In
connection with her death.
Johnson's lawyers dwelt on the
testimony Of r. w. Pierce Of
Port Arthur that Adams, after
the girl died, had said II was
Sad, but It got me out Of . tough
spot
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Beaumont, Tex. March 26.-(R-
A. B. johnson, 46-year-old team
ster foreman. who slew Otis Lee
Adams. AZ. alleged betrayer Of his
daughter. Thursday stood con-
victed on. q murder charge by q
jury which needed both written
and unwritten: laws.
The verdict, returned Wednes-
day night, assessed and suspend
ed q five-year prison sentence.
Johnson, whose 17-year-old
daughter, Elizabeth. was myster-
iously shot to death Dec. ~, lis
tened without emotion as District
Judge r. L. Murray explained the
sentence would become operative
only in the event Of conviction on
another felony charge.
The father testified he was
convinced Elizabeth committed
suicide to escape humiliation be-
cause Adams already had a wife
In DeQuincey. La. He swore he
was informed the youth, who
drove an ambulance. had boast
ed Of intimacy with the girl.