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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17
DUN'S SEES BETTER
BUSINESS PROSPECT
Trade Organization Says Senti-
ment Is Better but Expan-
sion Is Not Widespread

Lit weekly business review Oh II.
G. Dun and company, follows:
1.-The more numerous indications of
a~cceleration of commercial activity
as spring approaches are encouraging,
but do not suggest rapid and wide
spread expansion. Some advance now,
in response to seasonal forces, is
wholly natural, yet this trend is be-
ing viewed with recognition of the
fact that various obstacles to CON-
plete revival still remain.
Full recovery from a severe dis
location Of trade necessarily must be
a slow and uneven process, and evil
dence that not all of the essential ad-
justments have been effected leads to
caution in measuring such progress as
has been achieved. The foundation
for better business, however, is being
steadily laid, with strengthening of
confidence, which is especially i'm
portant in the present situation, grad
ually spreading.
"A further gain in sentiment re-
Gently has been promoted by a more
favorable turn in agricultural condi-
tions, due to beneficial rains and
snowfall over an extended area of the
country, and this phase has a deeper
significance than the temporary i'm
pediment to retail distr ibution
through inclement weather. The re-
suits Of the harvests this year will
have a vital bearing on the future of
business, and any development now
which tends to brighten the crop out
look by improving the state Of the
soil is a promising augury.
Another hopeful sign of late &C.
currence Is the movement toward
greater firmness in commodity prices,
as reflected in the second consecutive
weekly excess of advances in Dun's
comprehensive list of wholesale quota
lions. At no previous time since the
depression began in the autumn Of
1929 has a similar record been made,
and even comparative stability In
markets for leading raw materials and
manufactured products would be dis
tinctly helpful.
considerable unsettlement con-
tinues and the rise in prices for cot
ton and copper has not been suS-
tanned, but the general showing is
more satisfactory from the viewpoint
of sellers. Specific instances of en-
larging operations have been mani
tested in textile divisions. the auto
mobile industry, iron and steel lines
and hides and feathers, among others,
and pressure to secure quick deliver
les has revealed the smallnesS of
available supplies in different chan
nes. After many months of restrict
ed demands, purchasing to replenish
depleted stocks and provide for the
requirements of a new season is be-
coming more prominent"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17
50 ATTEND LIONS
St. PATR|CK'S FETE
Mandan Man Tells Of Advance
ments by Irish People; En-
tertainment Is Varied

Approximately SO persons, men,
bers Of the Bismarck Lions club and
their friends, attended the st. Pa
tricks party given Monday night in
the Lions den at the G. P. Hotel.
r. F. Gallagher, Mandan. gave an
address on st. Patrick and his con-
nection with the Irish people. Con-
trary to the ideas of many persons,
Gallagher said, the Irish are really q
p~eace-loving ace and are showing
the way nov in the advancement of
political science and constructive
government. In Ireland, he said,
minorities as well as majorities are
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17
Woman
And Lecturer Dies

Washington, March 17.-PeThe
ashes of Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper.
author, journalist and lecturer, were
to be sent Tuesday to Muncie, Ind,
for interment in the family burial
plot.
Mrs. Harper, who died Saturday of
paralysis, was widely known as a
protagonist of woman suffrage.
Since 1904 she had been a delegate
to European conferences of the inter-
national council of women and the in
ternational suffrage alliance. At the
time of her death she was living at
the headquarters of the American
Association of University Women here.
A daughter is left.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17

homicide" and subject to three years
Imprisonment and a fine Of $1,000 UNI
der q bill introduced in the senate.
The house appropriations commit
tee Monday upheld the action Of the
state department Of administration
and finance In allowing the Univer-
sity Of Minnesota s.. 400, 900 for main
tenance. repairs and permanent i'm
provements for each year of the next
biennium. This is an increase Of
SITS, 900 over the last two years, but
$475. 900 less than requested by the
university.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17

given a voice In the conduct Of the
government, the effect being to keep
all groups better satisfied.
s. w. Corwin showed three reels
Of motion pictures, one relating to
the destruction Of the state capitol
buildings, me to the development Of
the automobile business and one
showing a hunting trip.
Emmett Griffin sang several Irish
songs and two local boxers put on q
%four-round bout.
Following the entertainment and
dinner, members of the club amused
themselves at cards.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17
South 500 Meetings
Set for Next Week

Advantages of diversified farming
will be discussed by J.. G. Haney O.
the International Harvester company
and H. A. McNutt, agricultural agent
for the 500 Line railroad, at a series
of meetings to be held in towns on
the South 500 from March % to q.
The schedule Of meetings follows:
March %, Napoleon at 1880 p. M, and
Kintyre at 7 p. M; March "a, Danzig
at 2 p. M, and Ashley at z p. M;
March Is, Wihsek at 1880 p. M, and
Lehr at Z p. M; March 26. Kuhn at
2 p. M; March ~, Fredonia at 2
p. m.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17
Dry Organization Is
Formed at jamestown

jamestown, N. D., March 17.-H)-
Organized to promote the interests
of Stutsman county prohibitionists,
the American Patriotic and Educa-
ticnal association chose Rev. G. H.
Bruins, pastor of the Jamestown
Evangelical church, as head of the
organization.
Other officers elected are Rev. A.
L. Lindstrom. Kensal, vice president;
w. L. Montanye, Jamestown, secre-
tary, and Miss Ethel Newberry,
Jamestown, treasurer. Mr.. Montanye
also is secretary of the North Dakota
Seventh Day Adventists.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17
Auto Thieves Took
Disease Germ Phials

Chicago, March II. DR..
Edwin Reynolds told police that
within a few days 1t is likely the
men who stole his automobile the
other night will be found in some
pest house.
The automobile was recovered
Monday, but phials which the
doctor said contained enough ty-
phoid and smallpox germs to start
an epidemic of either disease,
were missing, along with access
series of the car.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST DIES

Brookline Mass. March 17.-H9e
Mrs. Mary Beecher Longyear, promi-
nent Christian Scientist and widow
Of John Munroe Longyear, wealthy
mining engineer, died at her home
here Sunday. She was an intimate
friend Of Mary Baker Eddy and was
the author of several books dealing
with religious subjects.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17

A new legume, introduced in Flor
ida in 1909, and which has been
spread over the south since, is re-
ported as being a valuable cover crop
by the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture. 1t is 'crotalaria," of which
there r 600 species, five of which
are native to eastern United States.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17
ACCIDENT VICTIM DIES

Minneapolis, March 17.-H)-An-
other traffic death Tuesday brought
the total here for the year to "a. John
Hedburg, %, succurShed to Injuries
at General hospital. Hedburg was in
jured Sunday when a a in which he
was riding overturned.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17
Clay County Woman
Succumbs in Fargo

Fargo, March 17.-(R-ReSident of
Clay county for half q century and
wife Of q prominent farmer near
Moorhead, Mrs. Ole p. Noken, IS, died
IN q Fargo hospital Tuesday.
Relatives left include two sisters,
MRS. 9. M. Bacon and Mrs. J. H.
Falon, Benidji, MINI. Funeral serv-
ices have not been arranged.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17
LEASE SEVEN

Fargo, N. D., March l7.-RESev-
en- quarter sections of state school
lands in Cass county were leased Sat
urday by w. E. Byerly, state land
commissioner, for the minimum rem
tai provided by law of $500 q quarter.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17

Chiffon hose reduced to
$1.35, SLIPS, $1.0O. All sizes
and popular c0l0rs. Rose Shop.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17
lock YOUR DOOR
ON BIRTHDAYS"
SAYS
HUGH TREVOR

THE woman who
wants to win and
hold alteration
should keep her
YOUTH" says Hugh
Trevor.
''Sta6e n d
screen stars hold
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17

tresses will tell you.
use soothing Lux
Toilet Soap, re6u-
lary as we dol"
Important actresses
throughout the world
do remain young,
lovely, ~alluring, year
after yearl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17

1no admiration ssss
they have won year after year.
Birthdays don't matter at all. And
nowadays other women are learning
their complexion secretl"
ITO keep youth, Guard com-
plexion beauty" the lovely ac-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17

KEEP youthful charm-with LUX
Toilet Soap. This
fragrant, very white
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the great film studios
-. is found in thea
tres everywhere! S#
You, too, will find W"#M9U
Lux Toilet Soap per- TNNM##|
fectl The caress of 81
dollar-a-cake French noRor.,v
soap for 10f a cakel Col, s e S,s r.,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-17

III 11OIlyWOOu y OUT
Of 10 starsf on Broadway .. in Europe,
they guard complexion beauty
KEEP youthful charm-with LUX
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
AIDS Of RHEEN|
UN|NFORNED
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a number of properties had
come into the company and gone
out" in his name he knew very
little of the transactions beyond
the fact that accounts were being
carried in his name.
Mr.. Hunt claimed that the prin-
cipal sources of the income Of
the concern were from building
loans" in which the company
specialized.
Statement Substantiated
Mr.. Holmead substantiated this
statement that the main source
of income was from commissions
on loans" although the company
did sell insurance.
Mr.. Hunt admitted that he
had never read the constitution
and bylaws of the concern and
that he was ignorant of the
duties of his office as outlined
there.
Although the WestcheSter Apart.
mentS was scheduled to be the
principal subject for today'S eX-
animation. the creditor repreSen-
tativeS devoted the entire morn
ing meeting to going a bit deeper
into the sale of the Shoreham
Building and taking over of the
Hurley Wright Building last July.
Rheem Again Quizzed
Calling Mr.. Rheem'S attention
to the fact that two notes, one
for $38O,OO0 and the other for
1925 900, obtained by the COM
pany officers from the Riggs
National Bank contained provi-
sions for their payment ION or
before five days" and their dates
corresponded with the date of
sale of the Shoreham Building,
Attorney Sullivan asked Mr..
Rheem to give details of the con-
versation he had had with Rob
ert V. Fleming, president of the
Riggs National Bank, in arrang-
ing the loans. Mr.. Rheem replied:
81 can't recall the details. /
very likely explained that the
loan was for temporary pur-
poses. may have mentioned
the ShOreham Building but l
can't recall"
A special account for $2,341,64
had been opened July 16. 1t was
closed out in two days.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
.LEBLANG,N0TED
TICKET BROKER,
DIES IN n. !.
Cut-Rate Theater Agent Rose
From Poverty to Millions
BY Means of His New Idea

NEW YORK, April 17.-Joseph
LEBLANC, cut-rate theater ticket
King. who rose from immigrant
boy to multi-millionaire through
IN idea, died today.
He was one of those million
aires you could call by his first
name. He was Joe" to everyone
IN Broadway. And his reduced
heater ticket agency in "Gray's
drugstore" at FOrty-third Street
and Broadway was as much an
Institution to Out-OftOwn visitors
as the Statue of Liberty.
Came from Budapest
Joe came from Budapest when
IL years old. His parents located
on the East Side of New York
which has produced its Al Smiths,
it's Irving Berlins and its Leb-
langS.
He began with tiny cigar store
and one day he got his idea. He
began buying up the theater
passes handed out to stores by
press agents in exchange for the
privilege TO putting show placardS
in the windows.
He would pedal from store to
store on his bicycle purchasing
the passes. Then he would sell
them.
Sold At Any Price
The next step was that Joe
began buying up blocks Of seats
for shows which could stand more
customers. He sold them at half
price, quarter-price, almost any
price.
1t looked so good to Joe that he
decided to move up to Broadway
His friends shook their heads
ominously and said that Joe
didn't know enough to let well
enough alone.
That was in 1918. Since then,
the cut-rate ticket business, OF
which he managed to keep a
virtual monopoly, developed into
million-dollar industry. LEBLANC
expanded until he was operating
in the entire business block on
Broadway between Forty-Second
and Forty-third Street.
Bought Real Estate
He bought heavily and profit
ably into real estate, including
many theaters. Incidentally, he
turned many stage "flops" into
smash hits"
He is survived by widow and
three daughters, two of them
married.
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RECALL TROOPS.
FISH DEMANDS
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American citizens and property
rights anywhere in the world. He
said:
II am IOathe to believe ans
administration would publicly
announce a policy that no pro-
lection would be ccOrded d
American property endangered
by lawlesS bands in a foreign
country, where the local govern
ment Is unable to maintain
order. I am sure no President
would announce such q policy,
because it would be an invita-
tiOn to depredatOrS to attack
and appropriate American prop
:erty abroad.
II am sure the Administration
will protect American property
and American citizens in Mica
ragua. If it does not. it viii be
derelict in that respect and its
policy would not be approved by
the American people. l do not
believe the present AdminiStra-
ton will Shirk its responsible
ties"
Senators Brookhart (RO o.
Iowa. and King CD of Utah
interpreted the reports of {
changed policy as furnishing
new reason for Withdrawing th'
Marines. They have opposed th'
Marine occupation of Nlcaragus
ever since American forces Wer'
ordered there by President [:oOl
idpe
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
PLEADS
NOT GUILTY
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print on the glass of her battered
spectacles. 1t is believed that
this evidence will be the main
point used against Tucker.
Hears From Sister
Assistant United States Attor,
ney William H. Collins, who will
conduct the prosecution, is in
veStiating letter he received
this morning from fuckers sis.
ter in San Francisco informing
him that prior to the date Of the
murder, Tucker had been in a
serious automobile accident in
Salem, Ore. and that he has
evidenced strange mental quirkS
since that time.
Mr.. Collins asserted that the
defendant would be given an ex-
animation by alienists if his
counsel so desired, but that the
report of the brain specialist
would not deter the Government
in proceeding with it's effort to
send Tucker to the electric chair
for the murder.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
$3,9OO,OOO Requests
Listed in Burke Will

CLEVELAND, April II 1.N.SD.
Bequests totaling more than So
100000, were included in the will
of the late Mrs. Stevenson Burke,
noted Cleveland philanthropist,
which was on file in probate
court here today.
Miss Mary Ella Altenus, OF
Hartford, Conn, a niece of the
deceased woman, was Willed ST.
600 900 and a total of $975 900
was given to the Cleveland School
of Art, of which Mrs. Burke was
a patron.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
Auburn Shipments
Beat 1880 Full Year

AUBURN, Ind, April 17.-R.
H. Faulkner, president of the Au-
burn, Automobile Company. an
nounced that with the shipment
of 2.17O Auburn and Cord cars
by the company in the first II
days OF April, Auburn's total
shipments since January /, of
this year, had passed the 1880
entire total by 1875 cars.
Auburn and Cord front drive
shipments since January l, 1881,
ending April IL, totaled 1888 as
against 1858 for the full year
of 1890.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of April Is,
1928, SAG. .668.17; expenditures, $13,-
292, ,S57 .33; customs receipts, $16,.
l6,798.99.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
REBELS MENACE
BLUEF|ELDS
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also reported attacked by the
bandits.
Official advices confirmed the
previously reported killing of
Lieutenant Wood, U. S. M. c.,
while he was leading punitive
expedition against the rebel force
that shot dead Captain Harlem
Pefley at LogtoWn. Eight insurg-
ents we're slain and two wounded.
Woods dsRth brings the total Of
Americans killed in action in
Nicaragua within the last few
days to 10 men.
Reports stated also that the
Rev. Karl Bergener. missionary
from WatertOwn, Wis, was mur-
dered in the PrinzapOIka district.
One bandit chieftain, Augusto
Sandino's leader was killed in
the fighting about Puerto Ca
beZas, it was definitely learned
here.
COLON, April II G.N.S0
Bandit insurgents under Gen. Au
guStino Sandino today extended
the scope of their activities to
ward BluefieldS, American nava'
base on the Nicaraguan east
coast. according to word from
BluefieldS.
Messages reported the Sandin
istas had captured the town oi
Rama, only go mile. from Blue
field.
while United States naval au
thorities persisted in maintain
ing silence, it was confirmed
that the U. S. S. Sacramento il
heading for Puerto Cabezas, Whil'
the U. S. S. Memphis is also un
der way from Guantanamo Bay
Cuba.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
BibescO Badly Hurt
When Plane Crashes

LONDON, April II 1N.SO.
Prince George Bibesco, member
of an old and aristocratic Ru-
manian family, and three COM
panions were seriously injured to-
day when their plane crashed be
tween Gaya and Allahabad, Ben
gal, it was reported in dispatches
to the London evening news
papers.
The prince and his companions
were flying from Paris to Indo-
China.
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fusing to talk. He has steadfastIy
refused to admit that he had any
part in the robbery or murder.
Gary was taken into custody
few days after the murder but
released after he had presented
an alibi. Inspector William S.
Shelby stated, however. that the
man was always under police
surveillance. and that he would
have been taken into custody if
he had attempted to leave the
District.
Gary was released when his
wife, Mrs. MauGe Agnes OVENS
and his uncle, Aubrey A Pills
bury, of Silver Hill, declared that
they were with HIM the night of
the shooting.
Both the wife and uncle are
being held by police, but no
charge has been placed against
them.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
SCHOOL BUDGE7 I
p DUE APRIL 25

The school estimates for the
1888 budget will be ready for sub
mission to the District Commis-
sionerS April 25.
This was learned today from
DR.. Bran Simon, chairman of the
committee on finance of the
Board of Education, following the
second meeting Of the committee
at the Franklin Administration
Building. The committee will
meet again next week before sub
mitting its statement to the Com
miSSioners.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
AutO-GirO Is Forced
To Land in Darkness

HAGERSTOWN. Md. April II.
7orced to make landing on a
arm near this city last night in
lis auto-giro on account of dark
less, James G. Ray, pilot, will
AXE off today for Washington.
There he will arrange for the
ceremony next week when H. F.
Pitcairn, president of the Auto
Giro Company, will be presented
with the Collier trophy by Presi-
dent Hoover for one of the great
est contributions of the year to
the advan cement of avitaion.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
Air Pilot in Liquor
Case Waits Verdict

DETROIT, April II 0N.SD
A Federal court jury today was
10 return a sealed verdict in the
case of Russell A. Hosler, famous
flier, and Peter Kelly and Will
liam Holton, who are charged
with airplane liquor smuggling.
Hosler has piloted planes in
several national air tours and
took part in the All-American
Derby last year. 1t is alleged
that he flew planes carrying
liquor from Canada into the
United States.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
He AR
'LOWDOWN' ON
POLITICIANS
Frank Kent, Most Unpopular
Man in Washington, Tells
of Rows With Legislators

The various ways of making
a politician mad" were breezlly
and brilliantly set forth today,
by Frank r. Kent, political cor
respondent Of the Baltimore
Sun, before the American Society
of Newspaper Editors, holding
its ninth annual convention at
the National Press Club.
Criticism clothed in satire or
sarcasm is the surest way OF
making them vince" according
to Kent, who added:
THE higher they climb the
more they vince"
The average politician is thin.
skinned because he fears that
newspaper correspondents will
uncover his "faIse front, expose
his shams, and wreck his self
Importance" according to the
veteran Baltimore political writer.
Let Them Tell Truth
An appeal was made to the
assembled editors by Kent to
give their washington cor
respondents more lee-way in
telling the truth about politics
in the Capital" and to let them
write as they think. He said:
"YOu will find the Washing
ton correspondents as a body
the finest group in Washington.
The ethical standards of the
press gallery are higher than
Congressional standards. The
correspondents code is higher
than that Of public men gener-
ally"
The Baltimorean described re-
cent clashes of his with John j
RaSkob, chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee, Jouett
ShouSe, executive director of the
committee former Sena tors
Thomas j. Heflin, Cole L. Blease
and others. He said he took salts
faction from the title" given him
Of being the most unpopular man
| in Washington.
The first address Of the morn.
ing session Of the Society of Edi
tors was made by William Green
president of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor, who declared that
| organized laboriteS and the press
should work as unit to prevent
encroachment upon the freedom
of the press.
Labor and Press
He cited labor's fight for in
junction relief legislation anc
termed court DEGREES that prohibit
the distribution Of circulars and
handbillS dealing with labor dis
putes by the labor press an "enter
ing wedge" which might lead tC
more serious encroachment upon
the rights of free press.
President Green reviewed the
history of the relationship between
organized labor and the press, and
declared conditions have improved
tremendously in recent years. He
pleaded for the presentation OF
labor news in a truthful, just and
interesting way"
He added:
I'VE do not expect, nor do we
ask, for any special cOnSidera-
tiOn in the presentation of labor
policies in the press. We ask
only that justice and fair play
shall be accorded.