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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
DAVID R.. FORGAN
DIES in CHICAGO
Was a Champion Golfer as Well
as One Of Nations Finan-
cial Leaders

Evanston. ILL.,, Dec. 28.-P-David
r. Forgan, So. Chicago banker and
author on financial subjects, died al
his home Saturday after q brief Ill
ness.
When he was only Is years old
Young Forgan, with several other
boys. applied for a job as messenger
at the Clydesdale Bank in his ma
tive st. Andrews. Scotland. His
Sunday School teacher was an of.
fetal of the bank and Young Forgar
got the job.
After three years as bank mes
senger at the Clydesdale bank, For
gan struck out for himself and went
to Halifax. N. s., where he obtained
a position with the Bank of Nova
Scotia. In a short time he was placed
in charge of the banks business al
!; Winnipeg and later was made branch
manager at Fredericton, New Bruins
wick.
Forgan made his first connection
with banking in the United States In
1888, when he became assistant cash
Ter of the American Exchange bank
at Duluth, MINI. Two years Later
he went to the Northwestern Ma.
tional bank of Minneapolis rs cash.
Ter and then was promoted to vice
president.
The larger Chicago field called him
in 1896 to a similar position with the
Union National bank. Of which ne
became president in 1898. Two year;
later that institution was merged with
the First National bank, with hi
brother, James b. Forgan as presi'
dent.
After helping organize the Nationa'
City bank of Chicago in 1907, Forgar
became its president and continued
in that capacity until 1925, when the
National City bank was merged with
the National Bank of the Republic
Forgan became vice chairman. In the
meantime he had become recognized
as an authoritative writer and speaker
on financial problems and his advice
was frequently sought by bankers
legislatures and politicians from al
parts Of the country.
IOISdIl WdO WILL dv Nv"
Scotland, April is, 1862. the son Of
Robert and Elizabeth Forgan. At thai
famous golf center his father found
ed the firm of Robert Forgan anc
Son, Ltd, to manufacture golf balls
and clubs. David continued to take
his golf seriously while rising In the
banking world and in 1900 won the
first annual Western amateur cham
pionship tournament at Chicago
from a field that included many stars
He also won many other trophies
including at various times the cham
pionship of the Onwentsia and the
old Elm Country club.
In June, 1885, Forgan married Miss
Agnes Kerr of Winnipeg. They had
five children. He vas a close per-
sonal friend of William Howard Taft
chief justice and former president Of
the United States, and General
Charlie. D. Dawes, near whom he
lived at Evanston, north shore suburb
Of Chicago.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
Says Trip to Paris
Will Cost 81 Soon

New York, Dec. 28.-(P-Even
the office boy can afford a vaca-
ton in Paris before long. It cost
Clarence Chamberlin, burning
furnace oil in his Diesel powered
plane, just 81 here from Detroit.
He said six passengers could have
made 1t for 65 cents apiece and
that Paris would be q - trip IN
the near future.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
D~augherty to Tell
New Harding Story

Columbus, O., Dec. 28.-R-Harry
M. Daugherty. former attorney gener-
al in the cabinet Of Warren G. Hard
ing. will break q silence of eight years
to tell his story Of what went on be-
hind the scenes in the Harding adj
ministration.
In a book. "the inside story Of the
Harding tragedy" the lifelong friend
of the former president will give his
version Of the "Ohio gang" and draw
the veil from the so-called mystery"
of Harding's death.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
THREE CHILDREN DIE
in FLAMING GASOLINE
Small Girls Burn to Death,
Mother Seriously Injured
in Ohio Tragedy

Youngstown. O., Dec. 28.-Re
Sprayed with flaming gasoline three
small girls were burned to death and
their mother was seriously injured.
Mrs. Harry Brightball Of near
North Lima, Is miles south OF here,
was pumping air into the tank Of q
gasoline heater early Sunday when
the stove exploded. Her children,
Eleanora, Z, Mildred, S, and Elizabeth,
~, were fatally burned as the room
became a mass OF flames.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
TOKYO SAYS CHINESE
ARE PIT TO G

Tokyo, Dec. 28.-lPl-Chinese ir-
regular forces near Changchiatun,
Manchuria, a few miles northwest OF
Tienchuangtai, were reported fleelng
Monday after heavy fighting In an
encounter with General Amani's Jap
anese brigade which was aided IN the
attack by a squadron OF light bomo-
ing planes
The japanese brigade, dispatches to
the Rengo News Agency said. advanc-
ed in three columns, driving every
thing before it.
The japanese encountered another
group of irregulars at noon near san
chiatzu and Matao, the dispatches
said, and the Chinese were driven
back, leaving many dead behind as
they withdrew. F..
The gunfire could be heard at
Tienchuangtai. five miles away. the
reports said. The temperature was 70
below zero (centigrade). .
Tienchuangtai is a few miles west
of Yingkow, on the Yingkow branch
OF the Peiping- Mukden railway.
Don't Want Territory
Japan wouldn't accept Manchuria,
even as a gift" Premier Tsuyoshl
Inukai said Monday in an interview
that followed complaints OF American
business interests Japan is putting
foreigners at q disadvantage In the
territory.
United States Ambassador w. Cam
eron Forbes on Dec. "a presented COM
plants of American interests and also
is understood to have expressed Wash
ington's concern regarding the open
door policy.
Japan does not want the territory,
the premier said. because OF the enor-
nous expenditure necessary to DEFEND
its extensive frontiers. "Our only In
terest in Manchuria." he said, rs To
protect the empires treaty rights"
Regarding the future OF the open
door. he said: LAS the Manchurian
population increases the enforcement
of such principles becomes all the
more necessary" Japan. he added
welcomes foreign investments Tor the
purpose OF developing the country and
has no intention of making Manchur-
ia an economic or political protector
ate.
Favors Equal Opportunity
The premier informed Ambassador
Forbes Japan fayors equal opportun-
ity for all and hopes even greater op-
portunities will be presented for for
eign business investments as soon as
the present situation Is cleared up
Her plan. he said, is to amplify the
open door rather than abridge 1t.
Another mixed brigade was ordered
to Manchuria Sunday by the govern
ment. A note, answering recent COM
munications from the United States
Great Britain and France, said the
Continued on page Seven)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
FIRE CAUSES HEAVY LOSS

Altoona, Pa, Dec. 28.-tH1-A fire
that gained Roadway while a watch
man lay unconscious Sunday destroy
ed several units Of the Pennsylvania
railroad shops here. The loss was es-
timated at approximately 81 500. 900 BY
insurance officials. None was injur-
ed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
HYDE TO SPEAK

st. Paul. Dec. 28.-(R-Arthur NJ.
Hyde. secretary Of agriculture, will
speak at the 32nd annual Farmers
and EIomemakers' short course Jan.
10 to q at University Farm.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
The Weather

Cloudy tonight and Tuesday;
somewhat colder Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
ABDUCTION SUSPECT
HELD AT ST. LOUIS.
KIDNAPPING of Rich Doctor De-
y scribed by Unnamed In
formant.
BY the Associated Press.

Sy the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, April pa former
convict, Edward (Cocky) Leonard, was
under arrest today as police and county
authorities pushed their investigation
into the abduct:G:4 -Monday night of DR..
Isaac D. Kelley, jr., wealthy and So
cially prominent physician.
& Leonard was arrested late last night
and booked as an eXtortion suspect and
as having knowledge of Dr. Kelley's dis
appearance. He told police he knew
nothing about it. Leonard was arrested
in the kidnapping of Michael KatZ, mil
lionaire Kansas City druggist, in March,
1880, but later released.
So far as could be learned today, no
demands for ransom have been received.
Several anonymous telephone calls
have been received by police and DR..
Kelley's family, but police placed little
credence In any Of them. One caller
told Chief of Detectives Kaiser DR.. KEEL
ley was safe in Chicago, but hung up
when Kaiser sought to question him.
Sheriff Alfred Lii of ST. Louis County
reported today he had obtained an ac-
tual description of the kidnapping from
an unnamed informant. The kidnapping,
the sheriff said, occurred in suburban
Clayton, where DR.. Kelley was lured by
q telephone appeal for medical aid. The
kidnapping was the twelfth in the st.
Louis district in recent months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
RACE AGAINST DEATH
BY u. S. CUTTER FAILS

BY the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, April ga 12-hour
race by the United States Coast Guard
cutter Tahoe, bearing British seaman
injured in an explosion aboard a rum
boat, proved futile with the death Of
Henry P. Jordan late yesterday
Jordan was burned when a f1ve-gal-
lon can of gasoline exploded aboard the
British boat Ruth B., about 200 miles
south of here. The Ruth B., 65 feet
over all. was carrying liquor from Van
couver, B. c., to Ensenada, Lower Cali
fornia.
The cutter Tahoe took Jordan aboard
and averaged II knots an hour to reach
medical aid here. Jordan died after he
was taken to San Diego hospital. His
home was at New Westminster, B. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
GIRL SCOUT ORATORS
ENTER FINAL DEBATE
Six Troopers Seek Award of Trip
for Two-Week Vacation at
Camp May Father.

Seeking the award Of a two-week va
cation with all expenses paid, at Camp
May Father, Stokesville, Va, six Girl
Scouts will enter the finals of the first
annual Girl Scout oratorical contest at
the new National Museum at o'clock
The finalists are Barbara Fenton,
Frances Marshall, Margaret Snow, Jane
Hix, Winifred Bowman and Sylvia
waldman. The subject, why Girl
Scouting Is a National Asset" has been
discussed in preliminary contests dur
ing the past four weeks by practically
every one of the 81 troops in the District
Of Columbia.
The oratorical contest has been taken
up as one of the annual Girl Scout
projects by Troop 8, which formerly was
Mrs. Hoovers troop. The present con-
test is under the direction of Mrs. Percy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22

Sackett. Well known educators Of the
Capital win act as judges.
Girl Scouts likewise are busy prepar-
ing for the exhibition Of Scout activities
which will be feature of the Festival
of Nations next week In Constitution
Hail. Nightly rehearsals for the festival
are being held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22

agement Of q sporting goods shop
here. was near death with q bullet in
his brain today.
Rees, released from O hospital last
week after receiving treatment for
head injury suffered in moving sup
plies, was found dangerously wounded
yesterday In q garage his company
used as q storeroom.
A .22-caliber rife, fired once, was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22

nearby. Physicians said Rees was not
expected to live. Detectives declined
to announce their theories as to the
shooting.
Students voted Rees the most popu-
lar athlete on the Texas campus in
1880. He was quarterback for the 1929
Longhorn foot ball team, captain Of
the 30 basket ball team and catcher
for the base ball team,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22

FREE TUBE
FOR YOUR OLD TIRE

During opening week with each purchase
of Firestone Supreme, High Speed Heavy
Duty or High Speed Tire we will present
tube free-in exchange for your old tire, re-
CARELESS of make or condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
Menaced by Rising Floods.

WARSAW, April % (P.-RiSing
rivers and creeks in the northern
provinces Of Poland, particularly in the
Wilma district and the city Of wilma
itself, are menacing that area with
serious floods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22

Approximately 1000 new aeronautic
inventions were submitted last year to
the National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
MEMORIAL TO BE CLOSED
Superintendent of Belleau Wood
Park Protests Boards Decision.

PARIS, April % (P.-The Paris edi-
Rion of the New York Herald Tribune
today said that the Belleau Wood
Memorial Park would be closed to the
public June 80 for lack of funds by
decision of the Board of Governors of
the Belleau Wood Association, Wash
angton.
william b. Fits, superintendent of
Che memorial, protested to the board
against the decision and announced
to 1t that he would do his utmost
to find q means of keeping the memo
Eial permanently open.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
FORMER TEXAS ATHLETE
FOUND SHOT IN HEAD
By the Associated Press.

b the ASSociated Press,
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April a.
Fletcher A. Mona" Rees, 26, former
three-letter athlete at the University
Of Texas, who recently assumed man
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
Midnight Show at
Howard With
Famed Band

The Howard Theater is offering
an outstanding attraction this
week with Fletcher Henderson
and his famous jazz orchestra
heading a stage show of so per-
formers. including Jazz Lips
Richardson, late star of Hot
Chocolates" which has the dis
tinction of running for two years
on Broadway.
Fletcher Henderson and his or
chestra foster The reputation
they have earned by broadcasting
over the radio and being the
featured attraction at the Cot
ton Club, New York, as the
worlds greatest colored jazz
band.
This reputation has evidently
been responsible for the excep-
tionally large demand for the
reserved seat special midnight
shows tonight and Friday.
Since opening under the man
agement of Nathan Stiefel the
Howard has enjoyed a highly
profitable and popular business
which is easily accounted for by
the excellent line of attractions
offered. headed by the most noted
sepla stars in the amusement
world,
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
When Feature Is
Shown on Screen

FOX-Warner Baxter in '"The
iSco KiC." At 1883 a. M, 2:06,
4:34, 1880 and 9:58 p. m. Stage
shows at 1:20, 3:48, 6:44 and
9:12 p. m.
PALACE-Paul Lukas in '"The
Beloved Bachelor" At 1850 a.
M, 2:05, 4:45. 7:20 and 9:40 p.
m. Stage shows at las, 4:05,
6:45 and 9:05 p. m.
RIALTO-Lily Damita in "The
Woman Between" At 1856 q.
m, 2:06, 4:oS, 5:55, 7:51 and
9:47 p. mr
EARLE-Buddy Rogers .and
Li'yan Tashman in Road to
Reno" at 1885 a. M, 2:07,
4:38, 1923 and 1908 p. m. Stage
shows at ITO, 3:42, 6:33 and
9:03 p. m.
R-K-O KEITH'S-Jack Holt
and Ralph Graves in "a
Dangerous Affair" At 1923 a.
M. 1881. 3:34, 5:37, TAO and
9:43 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Eddie Cantor in
"Palmy Days" At 1875 a. M,
1885, 1885, $40, 7:40 and o:4O
p. m.
METROPCLITAN-Clive Brook
and Miriar' Hopkins in "24
Tours" At II. 12:48, 2:37, 4:26
6:15, 8:O4 ana 9:54 p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
Larrimore Play
Here Before
Broadway

Guthrie McClintic presents
Francine Larrimofe in new COM
edy, Brief Moment" by S. N.
Behrman, prior to her New York
premiere, in the Belasco Theater
one week beginning next Moday
night, with tnatineeS Thursday
and Saturday, as the second at
traction of the Professional
Players.
Following it's production here,
Brief Moment" will be seen in
the Belasco Theater in New York
as the first of a series of three
productions to be made there
this season by McClintic.
Regarded by many critics as
one of the best actresses in the
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
|LiIyan Tashnan
Acted in D. c. Stock

Lilyan Tashman, featured this
week at Warner Brothers Earle
Theater, in The Road to Reno" b"
was born in New York and reared
there. She became an artists
model-then was signed by zieg-
field, appearing two years in THE
Follies."
Miss Tashman did time on
Broadway stages, then played in
stock in Baltimore and Wash
ington. She went to Hollywood,
played in several pictures, quit
the business and took a long
trip abroad.
When she returned she took
up movie work again and later
married Edmund Lowe, Fox star.
Miss Tashman has been seen in
Murder by the Clock" up
Pops the Devil" Finn and
Haiti" and other Paramount pic
lures.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27

American theater, Miss Larri-
more is remembered for her act
ing in Scandal" Mice People, I"
Chicago" and Let's Us Be Gay!"
A niece of the late Jacob P.
Adler, one of the noted Yiddish
stars, Miss Larrimore has been
on the stage since she was a
child.
Alexander Woollcott, journalist
and the early book worm" of
the radio, becomes an actor for
the first time in Brief Mo-
ment." His role was written by
Behrman around his character
and thus the critic has the task
of interpreting himself on the
occasion of his stage debut.
Behrman wrote THE Second
Man" and Meteor" two Theater
Guild productions in which Al
fred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
acted.
Staged By McClintic
Guthrie McClintic has staged
many plays, ranging from such
melodramas as THE Trial of
Mary Dugan" and THE Shang-
hal Gesture" to high comedies
like 1.-THE Dover Road" and Sat
urday's Children" and to romance
such as THE BarrettS of VIM
pole, Street." in which his wife,
Katherine Cornell, has appeared
eight months in New York.
Supporting Miss Larrimore, in
addition to Woollcott. are Robert
Douglas, Louis Calhern, Paul
Harvey, Boris Marshalov, Frances
Rich and Helen Walpole. 10
Meilziner, who designed the set
ting for THE Barrets of Wimpole
Street." made the stage setting
for Brief Moment"
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
elaborate wardrobe as well as the
treSses of platinum blonde.

elaborate wardrobe as we'll a., the
tresses of a platinum blonde.
Popularity in Hollywood means
hard work as we'll as comfortable
salary checks. which is by way of
announcing that Clark Gable is
to be seen in still another film
This time it is with Joan Craw
ford in Possessed" which once
was "The Mirage" based on Ed
gar Selwyn's play.
In his last appearance with
Miss Crawford, which was dur.
ing the summer, Mr.. Gable wore
Salvation Army uniform
"Laughable Sinners" it may be
recalled, was the title.
In Tonight or Never" which
is finished and waiting release,
Gloria Swanson continues to hit
the high notes. She sings the
operatic aria from La Tosca"
that Helen Gahagan did for the
stage production-sings it we'll
say the reports. Then she also
has VienneSe waltz ballad
Tell Me Tonight" The musical
background for the film includes
a concert orchestra and some
gypsy troubadourS.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
Suggestiveness

All of Earl Carroll's bath tub
exploits are matched for vile sug'
gestiveness by the next to opening
skit of "Three's Crowd" 1t will
be one sketch that will not even
be attempted in what they call
puritanical Boston.
Moralists, by the way, can
find material for study in the
fact that three big musical
comedies, spotlessly clean, have
been consistently snubbed by road
audiences in the last IL months;
j. e., Fred Stones "Ripples"; Ed
Wynn's Simple Simon" and Joe
Cooks "Fine and Dandy" 1t is
one of the distressing symptoms
of a box-office depression that
managers find hard to under
stand.
1t doesn't mean that only stage
dirt can be sold profitably, for
some Of the smuttiest shows have
coasted speedily to the store
house. But it does mean shat
a different class of audience
buys the nude and blue musicals.
Evidently a larger one than can
be found for the above-the-belt
comedy.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
Halloween Shows
At Film Houses

Preparations are now under
way in several Warner Brothers
neighborhood theaters for Chill
dren's Halloween Costume Party
on Saturday, october 81, at the
matinee performances. The thea
tiers have been decorated for the
occasion, the programs have been
picked especially for the holiday,
and the festive spirit will be ram
pant in the. theaters.
Prizes. will be given for the
prettiest and funniest costumes
worn by the children, and awards
will be made based on applause
from the audiences. Theaters
holding costume parties are the
Ambassador, Apollo, Avalon, Ave
nue. Grand, Home, Colony, Tivoli
and York.
Matinees will start at 2 p. m.
and the judging Of the costumes
will be approximately 3:45 p. m.
These parties are in addition to
the regular shows.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
Reno Is Slammed

Reno, the city of convenient and
hasty divorces, takes a terrible
lambasting in the Earle Theater's
current feature. Whether Ne
Vada'S we'll advertised municipal
ity deserves it or not, the movies
paint it as a city which has made
a profitable racket out of the
business of undoing marriages.
There is the germ of a fine
story in the mad rush for 6O-day
DEGREES, but Road to Reno" elects
to tell it with the aid of a pivotal
character who is a preposterouS
featherhead, so genuinely incred-
ible it robs the narrative of any
sympathetic interest.
What Lilyan Tashman said
when she was asked to play the
mother of two grown-up children
would probably have made bet
ter story than Road to Reno"
But Lii likes her glad rags and
this picture invests her with an
The Washington times., 1931-10-27

Judge Samuel Blake, of the Los
Angeles Juvenile Court. 1t is he
who arranges for them to be sent
home at the expense Of the
county, or to be made wards OF
the court.
"Only a short time ago" re-
lates Judge Blake, two brothers.
aged 9 and s, hitch-hiked all the
way from Texas hoping to get
look at the stars.
Another 13-year-old Virginia
boy come out here to see Hoot
Gibson. To motorists who gave
him a lift, he always told the
story that his parents lived in the
next town. Step by step. he ar
rived in Los Angeles. He was
picked up on his way to Holly
wood when he tried to retrieve
some food from a garbage cam"
Impressed by this boys explana-
ton, the jurist arranged for him
to be entertained by Hoot for a
day. Then he sent him back to
Virginia with the promise that
he wouldn't tell the other young
SterS.
Recently, he got letter from
the youngster. saying that the
secret was burning him up, but
only his parents knew of the
happy ending of the journey.
Lest any child get an idea from
reading this, however, Judge
Lake warns that the usual finish
to the pilgrimage is a stiff lee.
ture. a quick trip home, and a
sound spanking.