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Evening star., 1932-01-01
RAIL CREDIT POOL
POLICY IS STATED
Common Sense to Rule in
Granting of Loans, Says
Chairman.
CY CHAS. p. SHAEFFER,
Associated Press Business Writer.

Common sense fitted to economic
needs. rather than any hard-and fast
business or banking principles, VIII
guide the administration OF the new
Railroad Credit Corporation which has
lust been organized to distribute the
railroad pool arising from increased
rates.
Such was the declaration OF E: G.
auckland. chairman of the board OF the
New. York. New Haven g. Hartford car
rier, who has been named to head the
corporation.
Mr. Buckland enters his new duties
with enthusiasm. He believes that the
instrument he has been given to care
for railroad needs will prove adequate
TO meet the situation, and that an
amount of $4,000 900 will be sufficient
for 1882 on the basis of present buSi-
ness. The fund arising from the in
creased rates permitted by the Inter
state Commerce Commission will total
sl25. 900 900, it is estimated on the
basis Of present conditions.
VIII Indorse Notes.
It is physically impossible for the
corporation to disburse any funds to
needy roads before March 81. Under
the terms of contracts the amount de-
rived from the increase in rates shall
be stated within 40 days after the month
in which 1t accrues, and shall be paid
into the corporation within 10 days
after expiration of the 40-day period.
However, the corporation will in the
interim indorSe the notes OF eligible
carriers through written assurances TO
private lending agencies in cases Where
the need for funds is immediate.
THE corporation can be described
sta~oRna,,f firlNt n > - cofi
Mr.. auckland. "Beneficent because 1t
was formed for that purpose; tightwad
because the money it will disburSe will
not be its own funds but rather money
belonging TO participating members.
We shall endeavor to repay every cent
Of it," he said.
Thus far, no requests have been re-
ceived by the corporation for aid.
Briefly, the carriers acting together
form the Railway Credit Corporation.
There are II directors, representing
the Eastern territory, representing
the Southern territory, the West, l
representing the short lines and one
chosen at large.
Revenue Funds.
Headquarters are in Washington.
The revenue received from the increases
will be kept in a separate fund by each
Of the roads and earmarked.
A road to be entitled to borrow from
the fund must be one which derives not
less than so per cent of its revenue
from freight traffic and which was not
in receivership or in default of its fixed
charges when the fund was created,
Thus, carrier wishing to borrow from
the fund applies to the credit corpora
ton and offers the best security it can
for the loan. Whether the loan shall be
granted or whether the security offered
be acceptable is in the discretion of the
Board of Directors of the corporation.
1t was never intended that the dis
bursement of the. pooled surcharges
should be a technical banking propo-
sition because obviously a carrier hav-
ing resources on which it could borrow
in the regular channels would not be an
applicant to the credit corporation.
Evening star., 1932-01-01
.U.S.NO DEMOCRACY,
H-D|PLOMAT SAYS
Former AuStro Hungarian
Ambassador Says Trusts
Turn Scale to G. @. P.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 1.-Constantin
Dumba, wartime Austro- Hungarian
Ambassador to the United States, has
written his memoirs, to be published
Saturday, and in the book he declares
that, contrary to popular opinion, the
United States Is not a democracy.
According to its Constitution, the
United States is a democracy" DR..
Dumba says, But in reality organized
capital, ie, the trusts, turn the scale
in favor Of the Republican party and
its protective system"
OF Woodrow Wilson's work for the
League Of Nations he says; If we are
to escape the untold horrors of another
great war, it will be due solely to Will
sons creation Of the League of Nations" I"
DR.. Dunnba publishes in his memoirs
copy of his letter to the Austro-
Hungarian minister for foreign affairs,
which accompanied a memorandum
from the consul general in New York
suggesting that strikes be arranged in
the Bethlehem steel works and plants
in the Middle West to disorganiZe and
delay the manufacture of war materials.
The confidential dispatch was inter-
cepted, he says, and caused the State
Department TO withdraw his credentials.
He returned home to be appreciatively
received by his countrymen.
Evening star., 1932-01-01
OIL MANS WIFE SUES
WIDOW FOR S6OO,OOO
Mrs. Gertrude Mcintyre Files Ac-
tion Against Mrs. Nellie S.
Elliott of Chicago.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, January IA
suit charging alienation of affections
and asking 100000 damages was filed
in Superior Court here yesterday against
Mrs. Nellie S. Elliott of Chicago.
The plaintiff is Mrs. Gertrude Nc
Intyre. wife of William G. Mcintyre,
oil man and broker.
The suit charged Mrs. Elliott with
failing to keep an agreement made five
years ago in New York, where she
settled a S350,000 suit by promising to
have nothing more to do with McIntyre,
Hiram w. Johnson, jr., attorney for
Mrs Mcintyre said
Hotels in New York, Toronto and New
Orleans were listed in the suit as places
Mcintyre and Mrs. Elliott were alleged
to have stayed at the same time.
Mcintyre was the founder of the un-
listed Stock Exchange of Los Angeles,
and formerly maintained Offices in San
Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver
and in Texas.
Mrs. Elliott was said to be the widow
of Percy Elliott, millionaire manufac-
turer of railroad supplies.
Evening star., 1932-01-01
GIRL, ID, IS ACCUSED
OF AIDING JAILBREAK
Helps Man Charged With Non-sup-
port Get Away Day Before He
Was Due for Release.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Nd, January IA
14-year-old girl was being held here to-
day on a charge Of helping prisoner
escape from the local jail YESTERDAY.
The girl, Arlene Sisk, had been a fire.
Quent visitor to the Jail since Paul But
Ter has been held for non-support,
police said. Yesterday when she came
10 the jail Butler asked permission to
meet her in the corridor to exchange
wrist watches
When the turnkey released the man
from his cell, however, he made dash
for the door and escaped He was cap
tured a short time later
Buffers parents had raised alimony
due his wife, and he was scheduled to
be released today, but did not know it,
the officers said.
Miss Sisk was held for bond of $500
by Juvenile Court Judge
Evening star., 1932-01-01
4,248 RENO DIVORCE
RECORD FOR 1890
Previous High Mark 2,149 Last
Year-Women Far 0utnumber
Men as Seekers.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RENO, New, January with a new
six weeks divorce law creating an un-
precedented rush of the unhappily wed,
Reno's divorce mill ground out 4,248
divorces during 1881 to establish a
record.
The previous record was in 1880 when
2,149 divorces were granted
Women for outnumbered the men
among the divorce-Seekers, County
Clerk E. H. Beemer announced today.
Women plaintiffs numbered 1882, while
1915 complaints were filed by men.
Cruelty was still the principal ground
for divorce, 1855 complaints being
based on this allegation. Other grounds
included: Desertion, H6; non-support,
6l9; insanity, As; drunkenness, 7;
felony, 2, and adultery, 2.
Evening star., 1932-01-01
RETIRED BISHOP DIES
Arson Rogers Graves, California,
Was Native of Vermont.

LA MESA, Calf, January l (P-
Anson Rogers Graves, SO, retired bishop
OF the Episcopal Church, died at his
home here yesterday. He came to
Southern California % years ago after
serving as missionary bishop of the
Platte district in Western Nebraska.
Born at Wells, Vt, Bishop Graves
was educated at Hobart and Racine
Colleges. He served as rector at Platts-
mouth, Nebr., and, except for three
years spent at Bennington, VT, as rec
tor of st. Peters Church, devoted the
remainder of his active life to the
church in Nebraska and Minnesota. He
was consecrated as bishop in 1890, re-
firing 20 years later.
Evening star., 1932-01-01
AIR LINES PASSENGER
RATES CUT 0NE-FIFTH
All Routes Included in Reduction
Effective at Once-New York
to Los Angeles Now $16O.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January IA reduc-
ton Of passenger fares, amounting,
roughly, to 20 per cent on all lines,
was announced yesterday by American
AirwayS.
The ALTAR fare from New York TO
Los Angeles was reduced from 5000
70 Sl60.
New York TO Cleveland, $32; New York
to Dallas. SlO245; Chicago to Los
Angeles, $l3395; st. Louis to Los
Angeles, Sl20; Cleveland or Akron to
Los Angeles or Phoenix, $3.50; Colum-
bus or Cincinnati to Los Angeles
Phoenix or Tucson, $l27; Dayton
Louisville or Nashville to Los Angeles
sI27; New York TO Fort Worth, $l02 AS
The new rates go into effect imme-
diately.
Evening star., 1932-01-01
FIVE FROM CAPITAL
HURT IN AUTO CRASH
Car Badly Damaged When 1t Hits
Culvert on Maryland Road.
Injured Brought Here.
snecisl Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BETHESDA, Md, January when
an automobile, operated by Theodore
H. Pfeiffer OF 4438 Forty second street,
Washington, struck a concrete culvert
on the old Georgetown road near Bat
terry Park about 1890 this morning
he and four companions were injured
The others hurt were Virginia Turner
of 5000 p street, Dorothy Burch and
Ella Burch Of 1903 Thirty-sixth street
and Billie Howes Of 3057 Becker street,
Washington.
All five were taken to Georgetown
University Hospital. The car was bad
ly damaged. Sergt. Jerde Rodgers and
Oflcers De Nell and Soper investigated.
Evening star., 1932-01-01
Money to Loan

Secured by first deed of trust on real estate,
PREVAILING interest and commission.
Joseph |. Weller siS, &c wtsR; "A I : TEgss y
Evening star., 1932-01-01
PRISON BATTLE HURTS is
Cubans Weld Fists, Mops, Buckets
and Other Weapons,

HAVANA, January [P.-A story of
bitter fighting between political and
common prisoners, In which Is were in
jured, was related by Principe prison
officials yesterday.
Lieut.. Diaz Gallup, military chief of
the prison, said animosity between the
two factions broke into open warfare
wednesday night when fists, mops.
buckets and other available weapons
were utilized
Evening star., 1932-01-01

During the calendar year imports
totaled 1926, ,78s, 900, with December es-
timated The corresponding figure a
year ago was s1,O08, 1000. Exports
totaled ssls,2ss,o 900, compared with
sso5, ,461 900 in 1880.
Evening star., 1932-01-01
Adverse Trade Balance Cut.

OTTAWA, Ontario, January l.
Canada reduced it's unfavorable trade
balance from s103,018,O00 to $500 900
in the calendar year 1881, the Do
minion Bureau Of Statistics estimated.
II the same preponderance Of ex-
Evening star., 1932-01-01
CHICAGO G. @. P. LEADER
DIES AFTER OPERATION
Member of Cook County Board of
Review Was Candidate for
Mayor Last Spring.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 1-Charles v.
Barrett, Republican leader and member
OF the Cook County Board of Review.
died last night at st. Joseph's Hospital
following an operation for appendicitis.
He was a candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for mayor OF Chicago
last Spring, but withdrew before the
primary in an effort to unite support
behind Municipal Court Judge John II.
Lyle.
Barrett, a lawyer, was operated on
several days ago and little fear was ex-
pressed for his recovery until compllca-
tionS set in
Evening star., 1932-01-01

ports over imports continues, the gov
ernment's fiscal year ending next
March will record a favorable trade
balance, the first in some years.
Already for the first nine months of
the fiscal year q favorable trade bal
ance estisrted at s22.4es.ooo has been
recorded. "
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-21

Nonpartisan League, are seeking ia
direct organization of the legislature
along the same orderly lines. The
same opposition which fathered the
proposed Is initiated measures is
seeking to dominate both branches
of the legislature to bring its men,
bers under the mailed fist OF a CO.
terie which urges boycott against
cities which did not vote for them
and reprisals against individuals who
would not fall into line at the crack
Of their whip.
The author of the Is measures has
marked for political slaughter all
who opposed him in August.
For the good OF North Dakota, it
is to be hoped the executive commit
tee will win out as successfully as
when they buried the Is measures
with the help of the nominees for
public office.
All power to them!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-21

fleet on your Uncle Sam. He's run.
ming into debt $4,000 a minute!
&&
Who said there was no diff
ference between the major par-
ties? A wag points out that
the Democrats are taking the
oath Of office while the Repub-
licans are emitting It.
X X X
Al Capone's losing weight in fed
eral prison at Atlanta, say dispatch
es. But Chicago wasn't such q
healthy spot for him, either.
X X Y
It's rather doubtful If Gene Tun-
ney will engage in another campaign.
It's hard to keep present-day politics
on a high literary plane.
X X x
The Christmas season ALWAYS
makes = boy wish he were big
like his dad-so he could get nm
closer to the counter where they
show the mechanical toys.
X + y
Well, the change in postmasters
next spring may have one salutary
effect. They may put new pens on
the desks.
Copyright, 1882, NEA Service. Inc
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-21
tlHE MYSTERY 0RALD|MF||
j BY ANTHONY,A ABBOT

The nude, hacked body of Geral-
dine Foster is found buried a short
distance from the Peddler's Road
house. The grave is filled with a
pine-scented fluid, and nearby are
two bottles similar to that found
in the office of DR.. Humphrey
MaskeH. Geraldine's employer.
Two women were seen leaving
the doctors office carrying sim
liar bottles. Colt picks up blond
hair at the scene of the crime.
Mrs. Morgan, a neighbor, corrob-
crates the doctors statement
that he was with her daughter the
day of the disappearance. He
claims a strange woman was wait.
ing outside his office when he re.
turned. Other suspects are Geral.
dimes brother, Bruce, who is to
inherit her estate. and Harry Arm
strong. the victims former fance
Armstrong states he phoned Geral.
dine from Hartford, the night be.
fore she disappeared to sugges.
they eiope, but she refused. Col,
learns that Bruce Foster is m
adopted child, whose father was
hung for murder. It is believed
however, that Mr.. Foster is the
boys real father. Mrs. Haber.
horn, owner of the Peddler's ROAD
house, stuns Colt with the state
fent that "Mr. Bigsbee, her ten.
ant. is outside.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-21
IN
LZl3|,II1
YORK
viii S4!l
OPERATIC CATS

OPERATIC CATS
New York, Dec. 2l.-Notes on
nothing in particular and everything
in general
Ten cents per day is on the Met
ropolitan Opera House budget for
of all things-the feeding of two cats
-. They are, of course, black cats
since Gatti, the maestro, adopted
them for good luck" being super
stititous in reverse ;. One of the
felines, Tillie by name, has never
seen the streets nor the upstairs Sec
tions of the theater since first she
was placed in the basement to catch
mice =. Nor does she seem to have
ambitions to rise higher -.
X X \
TIE THAT BOUND
The immediate triumph of Richard
Bonelli on his first MET" appear
ance, echoes a prediction made in
these columns some weeks back
But one fascinating anecdote, which
he told in his dressing room, 7 slip
ped up on -. Having begun his
career by carrying spears on stage
and doing other extra" jobs, his first
amusing experience involved the late
Caruso. Bonelli, on this occasion,
had to wear a tie of Medieval pat
tern and, at the same time, tote a
spear and some other properties.
They all got mixed up until the tie
slipped over in the general direction
Of the collar bone. Just as the tie
was playing tag with Dicks Adams
apple, Caruso spotted him, and, as
il part of the stage business. the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-21
Fair Request

With his sombre brown eyes.
Colt cast upon Hogan melancholy
glance. He was Hogan's chief.
but since the detective had been
assigned to the District Attorneys
office, Hogan felt himself almost
ready to be admitted to the bar.
The Commissioner smiled forgiv.
ingly;
"The Police Commissioners Of
flee, however, will want to know
what Geraldine Foster did, where
size went, and with whom, from the
moment she left Washington
Square on the afternoon Of De-
cember "a until she died." he stat
ed crisply.
"Maskell can tell you all that.
Why don't you ask Maskell? Why
don't you find him? Why don't
you ct least look for him!' cried
Dougherty, with his beefy hands
tearing at his curls.
Thatcher Colt leaned forward
and stared earnestly It his i'm.
pulslve friend.
II know we can build = case
against Maskell," he conceded
.'most likely We shall have 70. But
4. you act hastily, you may soon
wish you had waited. Now, DOUGH-
erty. s you 60 after the doctor.
you will get your best evidences
from me, anyhow. But, on the
other hand
Thatcher Colt got up from .hia
desk, came around and put IN
hand on the District Atfornev's
shoulder. "Stand by and let ne
finish the rest Of the lob. ia No.
kell is guilty, let's cinch the case :
How long do you want ~
Twenty-four hours"
Ito b Continued Temosrew.1
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hours before at the grave and in
the house. Thatcher Colt stood
beside Dougherty, his hand on the
shoulder of his impetuous friend,
as they studied together those
grisly scenes.
"Bear with me, Dougherty,"
pleaded Thatcher Colt. 81 am be-
ginning to believe this is a crime
far more awful than we have for
one instant supposed. We must
not be in q hurry this time"
"Tell me what you have found
out" proposed Dougherty, his
voice slightly less acescent, as he
sat down and lit fresh cigar.
81 can't tell you everything just
yet" stipulated Colt, and then with
his singular genius for condensa-
ton, he gave the District Attorney,
including with his glances also the
sullen Hogan, a resume Of what
had happened since our return to
headquarters. When the summary
of Bruce Fosters interview was
told to Dougherty, and especially
the coincidence Of his fathers axe
murder in the mountains Of Mary
land, the District Attorney put his
head on the side and half closed
one eye. Then he learned about
Harry Armstrong, the quarrel with
Geraldine, ard the fact that the
murdered girls fiance could not
account for his movements during
the mysterious hours Of Christmas
Eve. For q moment, the District
Attorney looked interested, but
then his face grew skeptical.
"The muff1er is the real clue"
he said. "If we could only find
Maskell."
"Besides," put in Hogan, with
whitening sarcasm, "the boys i1-
norance Of where he was on Christ
mas Eve has nothing to do with
this case. The girl has been dead
only 48 hours at the longest. You
heard the Medical Examiner say
that. What the District Attorneys
office wants to know is where was
the Armstrong guy during the last
As hours?"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-21
Just q Murder

Without answering, the Police
Commissioner backed into his Of.
Zee, and Mrs. Haberhorn followed
him. !.
man had rented your place, Mrs.
Haberhorn?"
"About two years"
"What does he use the house
fort" :,
countered the landlady indignant
H.. ssWhat's ne done wrong up
there! Not arson, for the love
Of heaven?" -,
ssNo-not arson, just a little
murder. Pretty girl chopped up
with an axe. You don't want to
ret mixed up in that, do you?''
Mrs. Haberhorn got very red in
the face. then a. suddenly paled
she threw out her hands and fell
backward in q stupor on the floor
Captain Henry and / had to car.
~ Mrs. Haberhorn out, a proceed.
ing which Doctor Maskell watched
with lofty curiosity. Leaving Mrs
Haberhorn with the Captain, anG
instructing him to restore her. bu'
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-21

tell when man is writing from the
heart.-A. B. See, president of the
A. B. See Elevator Company.
X X X
Maybe the heater" Cigar will GO
back to the gold standard. Right
now it's disappearing as fast as the
bison-the buffalo, I mean, like on
nickel. Maybe it'll climb off the
floor and stay a few more rounds
Otto Rabinowitz, N. Y. cigar dealer
at convention to find cure for trade
slump.
X X X
am 2 worker for peace, as the
entire world knows, and this is my
whole aim.-Premier Edouard Her
roit of France, denying hidden
aims" in the French disarmament
stand.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-21
Figures May Give Answer

Report of the federal prohibition
administrator for November gives
some hint why the people Of North
Dakota felt as they did about the dry
law when they voted on the question
last November.
On Oct. 81, according to the report,
there were 81 federal and 4O3 state
cases listed on the dockets in our
courts. Six arrests were made UNI
der federal laws during the month
and II under the state law. OF the
federal cases six were held by fed
eral commissioners for trial in fed
eral court and IA cases were placed
on the dockets of state courts. One
verdict of guilty and II pleas of
guilty were returned in the state
courts and no cases were acquitted
or nolle pressed in either state or
federal courts. Fifty-one fede a
cases and 399 state cases remained as
unfinished. OF those convicted in
state courts the average sentence
was 100 days in Jail and 5000 fine.
The list of seizures by both federal
and state agents showed five auto
mobiles, seven stills, 1874 gallons of
beer and 1873 gallons of liquor.
From these data it will appear that
the business of catching prohibition
law violators in this state has been
highly sketchy affair. A man who
is connected with the federal govern
ment, though not in its prohibition
section, recently estimated the num-
Der Of bootleg joints" in the cities
of Bismarck and Mandan at not less
than 40. If this figure is correct
there was so big a job to do that
the enforcement officers were able to
make only dent in it.
The public, apparently, beca m e
converted to the view that the law
had become unenforcible, if it ever
was enforcible, and that repeal was
better than notification.
Whether or not one agrees with
this conclusion, the figures for this
state are interesting. All who run
may read if they wish.