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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-24
II Seeking Seats on
MinOt Commission

Minot, N. D., March 24.-Re
Seventeen candidates will contest for
office In Minot's city election Tues
day, April Z. There are nine candi-
dates for two city commission seats,
four for police magistrate. and four
for the park board with three to be
elected.
The candidates for city commission
are v. A. Corbett, Nap LeFleur. In
cumbents; Leo L. Ehr, r. w. O'Brien,
Sven Olson, H. e. Buck, Bart Carroll
G. e. Calkins. Howard w. Garrison.
For police magistrate the candi-
dates are Carl N. Cox, incumbent, T.
G. Wilde, J. r. McGrann, and L. w
Torgeson.
Dr.. J. 7. Newlove and George VAL
ker have no opposition for reelection
to the park board. while F. b. Lam
bert, incumbent by appointment, and
George Bischke, are candidates for
the other seat on the park board.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-24
BY WILLIAM r.. BEATTIE
Bureau Of Plant Industry, u. S.
Department Of A4ricu1ture

Ocp1(tmcut Oh A&f1C0lt0fc
Many are the causes Of failure that
beset the early gardeners. but a little
soil, q few seeds and q lot Of common
sense will do wonders in this matter
OF getting an early start In your gar
dening.
Here Is how 1t is done:
First make q shallow tray or box
three to four inches deep. IL to IA
inches wide, inside measurement, and
just long enough to fit the window,
preferably a south window. Fill the
box with light, loamy, sifted soil.
Smooth off the soil even with the
top Of the box. Then firm 1t with a
small piece OF board and lay off little
rows about two inches apart AMI one
quarter inch deep crosswise Of the
box.
Now you are ready to plant the
seeds Of tomato, pepper, eggplant,
cabbage, cauliflower and perhaps let
tuce In your window box.
Need Constant, Tender Care
Scatter the seeds uniformly. and
quite thinly In the little burrows and
sprinkle a little sifted soil over them
to cover them about one-quarte: inch
deep. Keep the soil moist but not
wet by sprinkling with water twice q
day until the plants come up.
When the plants appear they will
Immediately turn their heads toward
the window and the light. so it is a
good idea to turn the box around
every day to keep the plants from
becoming one-sided. Water very
sparingly and keep the plants mod
erately cool.
II you give the plants too much
water. you are likely to loose them for
the attack Of q disease known as
"damping Oft" which causes them to
rot at the surface o. the ground.
First Transplanting
BY the time the plants are two
inches high and are beginning to
crowd each other, two or three adj
ditional boxes, filled with rich soil,
should be provided. Take up the
plants carefully and transplant them
to the new boxes, spacing the plants
about two inches in each direction.
They should be set somewhat deep
er than they were In the seed box
and the coil thould be well firmed
around them. Water the plants as
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-24
Florist for White House for Last IS
Years Forced to Leave His Post Soon

/; I'VE try to meet the desires Of the
various first ladies. but the white
house floral decorations usually
must be decided by the flowers
blooming at the time" he says.
Sometimes a presidents wife will
send word she wants roses for q
: dinner, but If the buds are not
out far enough we have to substi-
tute carnations"
Roses, carnations. freesia and
snapdragons are the flowers most
used for the executive mansion,
Henlock says.
Thousands of people all over
the country have depended for
years upon Henlock's advice as to
when to come to Washington to
see the cherry blossoms. This
year, he predicts, they will be out
around April /.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-24
Man Maintains
Home in Church

Antioch, ILL.,, March 24.-R-
The address OF Clarence Spiering
and family still is:
Methodist Episcopal church,
Hickory Corners, ILL.,"
After his home across the street
from the church burned, Spiering
moved his family in, bag and bag
gage, declaring the church trus-
tees lost their right to the prop
erty because services were sus-
pended during the winter.
He was overruled by a justice
court but appealed from a cnarge
of breaking, entering and usurp-
ing" retaining possession while
the case Is pending.
His brindle pup whose banks
awakened the family during the
fire, was with him.
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meant a larger employment Of work.

meant a larger employment Of work
erS.
1.-The influence IF the curtailed pub
lie purchasing power has been plainly
revealed in the diminished retail
turnover, but many attractively-
priced offerings at the counters have
served al = partial offset, and Easter
requirements are giving an impetus
to distribution. With its .far-reach-
ing ramifications, business not un-
naturally shows many contrasts, yet
these do not obscure the moderately
better conditions in different chan
neIS."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-24
u Women Study
Auto Hygiene

Grand Forks, N. D., March "a.
-R-"Auto hygiene" a new
course at the University of North
Dakota, IS engaging the atten-
ton of co-eds. The text book"
used by the class Is an old car. the
object of the course being tc ia
miliarize students with the parts
and handling of an automobile.
Prof. r. r. Harding, head of the
industrial arts department, Is SUI
pervising the new course. AL
though the study is open to men,
the present class consists Of only
women.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-24

Washington, March 24.-,F-
Mrs. Herbert Hoover and the
presidents wives who succeed her
will have to do without the floral
planning Of Charles Henlock for
white house parties.
Henlock, "a, will retire March
81 after As years in the white
house green houses. Twenty OF
those years he has served as
chief, but the rigid requirements OF
the retirement law now compel
him to relinquish his position.
He sent masses Of pink azaleaS
to the white house for the we'd
ding Of Grover Cleveland. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, he says, was the
only president who ever visited
his green houses. though the first
ladies always come.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-24
of Big Money Deals Cloak Mystery Of Lawyers Murder
POliceman-Priest
Celebrates Mass

Chicago, March M.-R-The
Rev. Daniel r. DAILY, Chicago po-
liceman ordained Saturday as q
Roman Catholic priest. celebrated
his first mass Sunday at the visi-
tation church.
Six hundred former fellow
policeman and as many more
friends and relatives attended.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-24

LAY OH little rows two inches apart.
soon as they are t~ransplanted and
shade them the first day after trans
planting.
It is desirable to sift the soil before
placing It in the transplanting boxes
and 1t should be well firmed In the
box the same as for seed sowing.
Use Of Coldframc
Plants grown in the window Of any
dwelling r likely to become drawn
and spindling. and here Is where the
expert plant grower resorts to the use
OF a coldframe or a sash.covered pit
IN which to finish off his homegrown
plants.
A frame six by six feet. located on
the south side of the garage or In any
well-protected southern exposure, and
covered by two standard three by
stx-foot hotbed sashes makes an ideal
place for growing the plants until
time to set them in the garden. The
back or north side Of the frame
should be 20 to "a inches high and the
front IL inches high, with the ends
sloptng to fit the sash.
About four inches OF good screened
soil thould be placed in the bed and
the plants transplanted directly into
the soil. Or simply level the natural
soil in the bed and set the flat win
dow boxes upon 1t.
On cold nights the bed may be
protected by covering It with straw,
an old rug, or with regular plant bed
mats. On sunny days the bed will
need ventilation. at first by lifting
the sashes a trifle at the lower end.
Then as the weather grows warmer
the sashes can be raised more and
more and finally removed entirely in
the daytime.
TOMORROW: Enriching the Soil.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-24
By SHERMAN ]. McNALLY

by SHEktMAN y
st. Louis, March 24.-ReOut for
a Sunday morning canter on May l.
1927, Judge Sam Hodgdon Of st.
Louis county pulled up his horse,
which had SHE'D suddenly at some
thing along the lonely road.
The something" proved to be the
body of a man, half propped against
a clay bank and pierced by six bull
lets.
Thus was the curtain raised on one
of the most battling murder myster-
les this community has ever encount-
ered-the staying Of Clifford M.
Hicks, promising young attorney. law
partner Of former Gov. Elliott Major.
Sunday School superintendent. one
time Methodist minister and director
in a bank.
Many Were Questioned
The investigation which followed
covered a period Of months. bringing
men and women from many walks Of
life to police headquarters.
First and most sensational Of the
disclosures was the revelation that
Hicks, only % years old. had be-
come financially involved to the point
where he owed s207. 900, and had TAX
en- out life insurance policies totaling
$685. 900.
A finance company operated by
Hicks had been credited with bank
deposits Of nearly 100000 In the
five months before his death, yet his
actual estate-aside from the insur-
ance-was found to be less than $685.
600.
He had told his wife that his life
had been threatened and that he In
tended to leave town. He is known
to have spent most Of his last day
desperately attempting to raise
money.
Partly because of a trip they made
to Clifford Hicks office early on the
morning of May /, before the body
had been discovered. Glenn Hicks
and william Davis, q burglar ex-
convict, were taken into custody.
Glenn admitted removing papers
from his brothers office and de-
stroying them, but claimed they were
of a personal nature and that Clifford
mad asked that they be burned in ase
anything happened"
Bank Closed Soon
A few days after Hicks death, the
bank in which he had been q direc-
tor closed its doors.
To resolve doubts of the victims
identity. arising from rumors that
the killing was q gigantic insurance
fraud, Hicks body was exhumed.
Glenn Hicks and Davis, after ques-
tioning, were released.
This, coupled with the marked re-
luctance Of several business asso-
ciates, creditors and members OF the
family to testify. brought matters to
an impasse.
Chief OF Detectives Robert Kaiser
believes not n but several Of the
witnesses still could clear up the mys-
terry If they would.
But there was too much money In
volved." That's his explanation.
Did Hicks take his own Life? Was
he killed by gangsters for holding
out" the proceeds of spoils he had
marketed? Or did supposedly re-
spectacle associates, learning OF hts
plan to run out" on them instead Of
committing suicide, take matters in
to their own hands? Except by
chance, the law may never find out.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-24
Announces Opening
OF Musical Studios

William Worlitz, who recently ar
rived in Bismarck from California,
has opened q studio at sos Broadway.
Worlitz will give instruction in the
Hawaiian and Spanish guitars and
the ukelele Instruments.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-24

Driving in traffic causes Z pain In
the neck, says q scientist. And 80
does horn footing to untangls traffic
jams.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-24
Staying OF YOUNG
Man in ST. Louis
REMAINS BATTLING
28.Year-0Id Had Debts OF
100000 and Insurance
For s3s5,ooo
SIX BULLETS PIERCED BODY
Brother, Burglar, and Many OF
His Associates Questioned
Closely

Editors Note: This is another
Of a series Of stories by Associat-
ed Press writer's dealing with
celebrated murder mysteries Of
recent years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-24

This is the second of . series Of
articles on home gardening. written
especially for NEA Service and The
Tribune.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
Values of Research
Studied by Business

NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-Fifty-five
bankers and business executives
from different parts of the couu-
try are on a tour Of industrial
laboratories to study scientific re-
search as an aid to business. The
tour was organized by the Ma
tional Research Council.
Thirteen research organizations
will be visited by the party at
Boston, Rochester, Detroit, Cleve-
land, Cincinnati, Columbus and
Pittsburgh.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
SPURT MERELY.
TEMPORARY,
IS VIEW
Majority Of Observers are
SkepticaI, But Spectator
Sees Some Hope in Banks
BY THE SPECTATOR

NEW YORK, Oct. III evi-
dence was required to show how
sensitive the stock market Is to
psychological influences, yester.
days hectic session furnished it.
For without a shred Of tangible
Improvement in basic trade and
industrial reports, other than the
announcement that washington
was prepared to take more
aggressive steps to combat pesSi'
mism, the market turned about
in a manner that left little doubt
as to its genuineneSs.
Seen As Temporary
It, is but natural for observers
to regard this reversal as but a
temporary affair, as so many
others like it which have pre-
ceded.
But surely a session in which
4,300, 900 shares changed hands,
and in which the ticker was
1OTC6Q DSEIQQ aCLual SdAcS CALLIS
and time again cannot be attrib-
uted entirely to short covering
operations.
If powerful banking sources
have really become convinced
that the Administration will drop
its stand-pat policy, it is not too
much to say that the market has
turned the corner.
Utility Earnings
Estimated per share earnings
for 1881 of leading utility issues
are as follows:
American Gas and Electric,
$3.50 per share; American Power
and Light, So; Brooklyn Union
Gas, $7.15; Commonwealth and
Southern, "A cents; Consolidated
Gas, of N. Y, IS; National Power
and Light, $160; Niagara Hudson
Power, IS cents; and United Cor
poration, 80 cents.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
FUTURE COTTON
GOESH|GHER

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 Q.N.S0.
Future contracts on the New
York cotton exchange were some
what higher during the forenoon
trading today. After advances
of about $1.25 a bale was made at
the opening on heavy and general
buying, the market turned down.
ward until gains of points or
less were registered throughout
the general list.
The usual heavy accumulation
of morning hedge sales were
lacking at the opening, but as the
day progressed, more selling came
from the South, and contracts ap-
peared under pressure.
The outstanding feature of the
exports of cotton from the United
States is the continuing extremely
heavy movement to the Orient,
according to the New York Cot
ton Exchange Service. Total ex-
ports to Japan, China anu India
during this season to date are
practically twice those in the
same period last season and over
three times those in the CORES
ponding period two seasons ago.
While the spinning industry in
Europe is severely depressed by
trade and financial conditions and
its buying power as applied to
American cotton is reduced by the
depreciation of the exchange.
At midday, December sold at
5.84, up 2; January at 5.95, up 8;
March at 6.14, up 5; May at 6.33,
up 2, and July at 6.51, up 5.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
Railroad to Sell
County Tr0ckGge

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission has authorized the Pitts
burgh and West Virginia railroad
to abandon q line approximately
las miles, with side tracks, sta
tions, bridges and q tunnel, in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
All the facilities will be aban-
doned in order that Allegheny
county may purchase them for
the purpose Of constructing a
boulevard. The compensation 10
be paid is 4S,00O,000.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Oct. Z IN.SO,
Hogs-Receipts, 1900; market
10@15c higher. Top, $5.65; bulk,
$4.85@5.50; heavyweight, $3.50
5.65; medium weight, $5.2O@5.65;
light weight, $5@5.50; light lights,
$4.75@5.25; packing sows, $4.6O
@5.15; pigs, $4.25@4.75. Hold,
overs, 5000.
Cattle-Receipts, 11,OOO; mar.
ket steady. Calves: Receipts, @.
500; market steady. Beef steers:
Good and choice, $8.5O11O.5O;
common and medium, $5@8.5O;
yearlings, $8.50@10. Butcher cat.
tie Heifers, $3.50@9.50; cows, So
OTIS; bulls, $3.5O@7.75; calves,
100; feeder steers, $4@7; stocker
steers, $3.75@6.75; stocker COWS
and heifers, $3.50@4.5O.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000; mar
ket Csc higher; medium and
choice lambs. $6@7; culls and
common. $3.75@4.50; yearlings,
$4.50@5.25; common and choice
ewes, $1@2.50; feeder lambs, $4.T5
95.25.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
COttOnseed Trust
Report to Senate

An interim report on the Fed
eral Trade Commissions investi-
CATION Of an alleged 'trust" con.
trolling the cottonseed oil market.
was filed with the Senate yester-
day.
The report gave no findings,
merely q record Of hearings held.
Completion Of the inquiry which
started in. 1879, pursuant to o
Senate resolution, In several
months, was anticipated by mem
bers Of the Trade Commission.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
SLIP SETS
TRADE NEARER
UPTURN
Statistics Discouraging on
Face, Haney Admits, But
Sees Hope In Common Sense
BY LEWIS HANEY
Director New York University Bureau
of Business Research


of Business Research
Have you noticed how little
interest is being taken in business
statistics recently?
If hopes of a business upturn
are postponed until next spring,
the average man feels that there
is no use in watching figures
now.
The kind of news most infIuen.
tial now Is rumOr and whisper.
ing, either Of some disaster or
some big favorable announce.
ment" to come.
Adjustments Needed
We must admit that in their
immediate bearing the figures
are not encouraging. For ex.
ample, retail trade has undoubt-
edly fallen to new lows. Bank
debts (checks drawn are 33 per
cent below even year ago.
Railway freight traffic has
fallen further behind what it
should be at this season. Both
the steel and automobile indus
tries have reached new low levels
for this depression, if we allow
for the season.
But now is the time to remem-
ber that these things are the
necessary readjustments which re.
suit from past initiation and over.
production. We are taking the
bittereSt medicine which will ulti.
mately clean out our business
system.
Bottom Somewhere
The bottom Of the depression
is obviously much nearer than it
was a few months ago. Take
prices for example. We do not
expect a time when cotton will
be given away for nothing, or
when the stocks of our sounder
corporation will fall to zero.
Now that our leaders have
come off their high horses and
are at last really facing facts,
think that what we need most
is a good dose of common sense
and courage, accompanied by
much generosity toward those
temporarily in distress.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
FireStOne Cuts Pau
And StOgqers Work

Ftrestone Tire and Rubber Com
pany has put in effect a five-day
week for office workers, stagger-
ing the lay-off day so the offices
Will continue to be open five
and one-half days as usual. In
addition the rate of pay will be
reduced 10 per cent on the hourly
basis for all office workers.
The plant personnel will con-
tir1ue on the present schedule of
slx-hour day and four-day week.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07

hiRh prices carried or0vious
DIVIDEND dollars in n0rSnthosoA
Dividend OymboIs-a. extra: divd0n0 IN 0tock: 0h 3
% stock: d. scrip: ss1 dividend: fsxrtGhta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08
SURVIVOR OF YACHT
TRAGEDY RETURNS
Arthur Manchester Describes
Drowning of Mother, Sister
and Sisters Chum.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEWPORT, r. J., August 5-Arthur
MANCHESTER, jr., survivor Of yachting
tragedy In witch his mother, sister and
sisters chum drowned, returned TO New
port eGSly today aboard the tug Pru-
dence
Manchest(o. son of Arthur Man
chester senior partner of a Newport
bodybuilding firm, was met by his father
His mother, his sister Laura, and the
latter's chum. Edith Syne, drowned
after a l;nockahout in (which they were
sailing 20 Bristol capsized during a
squall The boy grasped a life raft and
was plked up about an hour after the
accident by the crew OF the tugboat.
He said that he saw the squat and
went forward to take in the jib. Hes
sister, Laura, he said Yves at the wheel
The sQuall struck US he said. and
that was all, The boat was Swamped
and / swan around for some time look
ing for mother, Laura and Editfe Tht
only thing that came TO the surface was
a life raft. I held on &c. it until the
Prudence. picked me up"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08
SHOWMEN PREVENT
CIRCUS MOVEMENT
Stranded Workmen Persuade
LaborerS to Leave 101
Ranch Tents on Lot.

The 400 workers of the stranded lol
Ranch Wild West Show were still en-
camped on their lot at Fifth street
and Florida avenue northeast today
after having successfully resisted the
efforts of the hired army of colored
men to tear the show down and pack
it up.
The show workers won the battle by
peaceful persuasion, without a single
blow being struck.
Policemen Look On.
Early this morning an army Of about
100 colored workers rounded up yeSter-
day by Fred d. Olmstead. personal
representative of Col. Zach T. Miller,
the shows owner deployed from taxi
cabs and converged on the show
ground. A detail of % policemen,
billies in hand, stood around in readi-
ness for the trouble that has been
threatened during the three days since
the show went on the rocks.
The workers from the show split the
army of movers into little groups and
literally talked them out of moving the
show. The argument had evidently
been well rehearsed and it went some
thing like this:
we have been working for the man
who hired you for eight weeks without
getting a penny. If he won't pay us
there isn't a chance that he will pay
you. He is not on the Showgrounds
and he probably won't put his nose
back here. When you are through with
your work, where are you going to get
your pay?"
Two Meals Yesterday.
The army. which had been hired to
move the circus withdrew with few ex-
ceptions
Rumors were circulated around the
lot to the effect that Col Miller was
in town, but he has not been to the
lot, nor has Mr.. Olmstead, his repre-
sentative. since the latter was escorted
away by police yesterday.
The Showmen had two meals yester-
day, and through the kindness of the
American Legion. which last night
raised $3.50 for the stranded workers,
they will be fed again today.
Sues to Recover Car.
The Warren Savings Bank g. Trust
Co. of Warren, Pa today filed suit in
the District Supreme Court against the
circus. the Western Show Co.. Inc and
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. to re-
cover possession of a specially construct
ed railroad car, which 1t claimed is
being unlawfully detained from it. The
car is valued at $l,500.
The car is described as q steel stock
car. approximately 70 feet long, with
Slated sides. bearing welded cast-iron
plate with the inscription Warren Saw
ings Bank g. Trust Co, trustee"
The plaintiff is represented by At
Continued on Page ?, Column A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08
PASSENGERS TAKEN
OFF GROUNDED LINER
Two Holds Flooded on Western
World, Munson Boat, Of
Brazil Coast.

RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil August 8
tP).-Radio messages today said 81 pas
sengers had been taken off the Munson
liner Western World, which is aground
at Ponta Do Boi. so miles north of
Santos.
The passengers we're taken aboard
the General OsoTio. Hamburg South
American liner. and will arrive here
tonight, according to the massage.
Two holds were flooded when the ship
went aground.
The Western World sailed from New
York for South America by way of
Bermuda on July IS with about 100
passengers. including H E. Trammell,
secretary of the American embassy at
Rio de Janeiro, and Philip Raine at
tache of the American legation at
Montevideo
She left Rio yesterday for Santos and
Monteviceo.
The vessel is 1912 tons gross reg
lister and was built in 1922.