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PAGE TWO MARKETS LIVESTOCK |j Associated Prssa Leased Wire NEWS WHEAT PRICES MOVE UPWARD Market Affected by Unseason able Cold Throughout Win ter Wheat Belt | Chicago, April 9.—(A*) —Grain values ruled higher today owing largely to unseasonable cold throughout the winter wheat belt ’ '\rd also to an unexpectedly big de-1 - asc of the corn visible supply ti-: ; .!. Fears were expressed that j •nu:ge had been done to new wheat 1 ’ i the more advanced sections. No.; 2 rod wheat available for immediate j js? brought 1.74 1-4 a bushel, 30c over May, the highest premium yet j T ,his season. * At noon, wheat was ’sc to "sc net ’ higher and corn so to lc up. ■ Wheat closed firm l-4c to 1-2 * net higher, corn 3-4 to lc up, oat? ► unchanged 7-8 e advance, and provi * sions unchanged to a rise of 10 to j * J2c. 1 Supplementing the bullish effect . * of apprehension about unduly low j ' temperatures in winter wheat terri- j - tory, reports were at hand today j * telling of increased abandonment of - wheat acreage cast of the Mississip * pi. A Chicago crop autb ity ad - vised that from here to Champaign, 2 Danville and Paris, 111., fully two . thirds of the winter wheat crop ■will “ be abandoned, and that th » remain der is more o» less thin and patchy. Much of the further distant wheat territory west and southwest of the Mississippi that needed moisture was reported today as having been missed by recent rains. It was also contended that the season is becom ing lato for any marked increase of spring wheat seeding. Meanwhile world shipments for the week were shown to be smaller than for either the week previous or a year ago, and Europeau crop prospects were unsat isfactory, German wheat and rye in particular. ~ WHEAT QUIET AND FIRM UN MINNEAPOLIS MARKET Minneapolis, April 9.—(AP) — Wheat was quiet and firm through most of the session today. There was a spurt at the start in sympathy with outside markets, a long period of dullness following. Absence of Eressure was a feature in all mar ets. Oats were quiet and steady to firm. May barley opened easy and turned steady to firm Rye futures were firm to strong. May flaxseed advanced % cent and fell back part way. Cash wheat offerings were moder ate and met a fairly good demand early, later turning rather draggy. The basis was called unchanged for ill types. Medium protein was in West demand. Winter wheat offerings were light and demand was fair to good at .teady premiums. Durum was in fair demand and ■steady. Corn offerings were moderate and deamnd was fair. Basis was un changed. Oats were in fair to good demand and steady. Rye was quiet to fair demand and l he tone was steady. Barley was firm. Occasional sales sere 1 cent higher. Flaxseed was a trifle easier for top quality with a little more offer ed and less snap in the demand. SO. ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK South St. Paul, April 9.—(AP) — (U. S. D. A.—Cattle, 2,900; steers and yearlings in moderately liberal supply; quality generaly plain; op ening steady to strong; bulk salable 11.25@12.50; fat she stock strong, bulk fat cows 7.50@9.25; heifers <.50 @10.50; cutters strong, bulk 5.75 @0.75; bulls strong, practical top <!25; bulk medium grades 7.50@ S. 00; stockers and feeders strong to 25c higher; lighter weights showing most advance; bulk steers £.75@ 10.25; cows and heifers strong, bulk 6.75@8.50. Calves—l,6oo; 23@50c lower, bulk 11.00. Hogs—7,soo; butchers and lights 15@25c higher; top 8.85 paid by shippers for sorted lights; light butchers mostly 8.25@8.50; light lights mostly 7.75@8.25; sows and * pigs steady to strong; bulk sows * 7.00; most pigs 7.25; average cost Saturday 8.15; weight 217. Sheep, 700; run includes two dou bles direct to local packers; avail able supply light; common and cull lambs 13.00@14.00; ewes 9.50@ 10.00. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK Chicago, April 9.—(AP) —(U. S. 0. A.) —Hogs, receipts 25,000; mar ket mostly 20 to 30c higher; spots 35c higher; all classes showing ad vance; top 9.15 paid for 200 to 210 opund weights; butchers, medium to choice 260 to 350 pounds 8.40® 8.85; 200 to 250 pounds 8.55@9.15; 160 to 200 pounds 8.40@9.75; 180 to 160 pounds 7.35 @0.00; packing sows 7.40@8.10; pigs, medium to choice! 90 to 130 pounds 6.50@8.00. Cattle, receipts 12,000; calves re ceipts 4,000, strong to 25c higher market; choice weighty steers show ing most advance largely a steer run 15.50 paid for weighty bulelts long yearlings 15.15 slaughter classes, steers, good anl choice 1300 to 1500 pounds 13.65@15.50; 1100 to 1300 pouids 13.40(5)15.25; 950 to 1000 pounds 12.90® 15.00; common and medium 850 pounds up 8.50® 13.50; fed yearlings good and choice 750 to 950 pound 12.50® 14.75; heifers, good and choice 850 pounds down 12.00(|)13.75; common and medium &£0@12.00; cows, g*d and choice 9.Uj@11.25; common urf medium 7.75®9.00 : low cutter and cotter 6.00 @7.50; bolls, good and choice (beef) Cll®10J5: cotter to medium 7.25 @8.75; veaiers (milk fdJ) good and Sake 11J6@14.50; medium 10.50® 1L50; cull and common B.oo® 10J0; doctor and feeder steers, gded and • USAS 2S2«fif: 75i Amp 50c hjpir. fssdtog and shear ing k iambs seams: strong, tombs om teetoies (M to 10 pounds) 14.50 ' *dovnS TSftfifrtSl **nd vokte& ' ■ .*s" ... ..* ■ ,*> . V'f* CHICAGO GRAIN TABLE Chicago, April 9 Close Close —Today— -Today- Yesterday Year Ago Open High Low Close Wheat— May 1.43*2 1.32** 1.44 1.44% 1.43? s 1.437 s @S @ % @1.44 July 1.42*a 1.27*4 143*4 1.43% 1.42% 1.42 7 4 @% @’j @% @1.43 Sept. 1.40% 1.25** 1.41 1.41*i 1.40*4 1.4074 @ *i @74 Corn— May .98 .71 2)8*4 .99*4 .9874 .9874 @*4 @% @% @99 July 1.01 .76** 1.01*4 1.02 V, 1.01*4 I.ol* @ % @74 Sept. I.ol*, .79% 1.0l 8 * 1.02=4 1.01% 1.02*4 Oats— @ 1.02 May .56 s * .43*- .57 .57% .56 74 .57% @% @% @57 July, (old) .50*3 .44 .50% .51 .50% .51 @% July, (new) .51 .51 .5174 .51*4 .51% @74 @74 Sept., (new) .46% .4374 .46*4 .46% .4674 .46% @ % (® % @ 74 Rvo Mav 1.21% 1.0174 1.21% 1 2274 1.2174 1.2174 Julv 1.16% .98% 1.17 1.17*4 1.1674 1,16% Sept. 1.07% .94 1.10 1.10 1.09% 1.09% Lard —■ Mav 11.77 12.32 11.82 11.82 11.77 11.80 July 12.05 12.65 12.12 12.12 12.07 12.10 @57 @lO Sept. 12.35 12.77 12.42 12.42 12.37 12.40 Rib?— Mav - 11.50 14.10 11.50 July 11.77 13.60 11.77 Sept. 12.05 12.05 Bellies— May 12.77 15.20 12.85 July 13.10 15.35 13.15 13.15 13.15 13.15 Sept. 13.40 13.47 13.47 13.47 13.47 common 3.50@9.25; feeder lambs good am! choice 15.25@16.75. STOCK PRICES HIGHER TODAY Bullish Demonstrations in Sev eral Classes of Stocks Boost Market New York, April 9.—(A*)—Disre garding a marked stiffening of call money rates, coincident with the calling of about $20,000,000 in loans, the stock market swept for ward again today in response to a series of bullish demonstrations in several classes of stocks. Early gains ranged from 2 to 8 points in the active issues, with U. S. cast iron pipe soaring 40 1-4 points to a i.2w high record at 300 on a turn over of only 1,100 shares. Railroad shares were again heav ily bought on the reported agree ment of eastern executives on a four trunk line consolidation plan. New high prices for the year, or longer were registered by Western Mary land common and second preferred, Pittsburgh & West Virginia, Kan sas City Southern, Reading, Lehigh Valley, Lackawanna, Gulf, Mobile & Northern and Delaware & Hudson, some of the gains running as high as 5 1-2 points. Coppers were in brisk demand on reports of improving trade condi tions. Buying of Anaconda was in fluenced by reports that a powerful pool composed of the Durant, Cut ten and Fisher interests had started operations in that issue. American Linseed and Brooklyn Edison each soared 8 points, Mullins body climbed 6 3-4 and American Smelt ing. Radio, Coca Cola and Mexican seaboard were among the many is sues to advance 4 points or more. Trading was again in enormous volume, the ticker falling at least 30 minutes behind the market by midday. Chrysler and Studebaker led a brisk advance in the independent motor Bhares in the afternoon. U. S. Cast Iron Pipe broke from 300 to 265 and then rebounded to 270. Ad vame-llumely preferred, Warren Brothers and American Radiator each advanced five points or more. Mack Trucks broke four points be low Thursday's close and General Motors sagged from 196 3-4 to 193 before buying support became ef fective to stem the tide of realiz ing. Rails also were under heavy profit taking in the last hour, Wa bash selling off 3 1-2 points. The closing was irregular. Total sales approbated 4,100,000 shares. BISMARCK GRAIN (Furnished by Russell-Miller Co.) Bismarck, April 9 No. 1 dark northern $1.21 No. 1 northern 1.19 No. 1 amber durum 1.10 No. 1 mixed durum 1.07 No. 1 red durum 1.04 No. 1 flax 2.01 No. 2 flax 1.96 No. 1 rye 1.02 Barley Oats .4$ Speltz, per cwt ijo SHELL CORN No. 4, 55 lbs $ .69 No. 5 9 .64 No. 6 60 One cent per pound discount un der 55 lb. ear corr 70 lbe.. five cento under shell. Hard winter wheat $1.17 Dark hard winter wheat 1.16 MINNEAPOLIS RANGE Open High Low Close Minneapolis, April 9 Wheat 1 May 1.36% 1.37 1.36% 1.86% July 1.38% 1.38% 1.37% 1.37% Sept. 1.37% 1.38 1.37% 1.37% Rye- May 1.15 1.15 1.14% 1.14% Oats 1,10 1,10 1,09% 1,10 May .54% .54% .54 .54% J 'Wan— * 51% * sl * * SIH * sl * May 2.21% 2.21% 2.21% 2.21% Jl fcrky 223 2,23 ** 223 2.28% May .85% .86% .86% .86 July .81% .82 .81% .82 Sept. .71% .82 .71% .72 DULUTH RANGE Open Dig* Low Ctoas Duluth, April 9 Dur m May L 83% 1.84% 1.33% IJB% 1.85% 1.84% IJS May 1.18% 1.18% 1.17% 1.18 Jnjjr 1.14% 1.14% 1.14% 1.14% May 2.15% 2J5% 2.25% 2J5% July 2.25% 2J6% 2.26% 2.26% CHICAGO POULTRY Chicago, April 9—(AP)—Poultry, alive, steady; receipts 10 cars. Fowls 26; broilers 40@48; turkeys 20@30; roosters 17*4; ducks 20@20; geese 16. MINNEAPOLIS CASH CLOSE Minneapolis, April 9. (AP) Wheat receipts today 282 compared to 254 a year ago. Minneapolis cash wheat and coarse grain closing quo tations today follow: 1 hard spring, fancy Montana 1.83%@1.88% To arrive 1.75%@1.86% 1 DNS, fancy Mont.. 1.80%@1.87% To arrive 1.72%@1.83% 1 hard spring 1.44%@1.85% To arrive 1.43%@1.78% 1 DNS, gd to fancy. To arrive 1.41% @1.75% 1 DNS, ch to fancy. 1.64%@1.84% 1 DNS, gd to choice. 1.48%@1.70% 1 DNS, ord to good. 1.36%@1.47% 1 dark northern To arrive 135 %@ 1 northern 1.35 %@ To arrive 1.34%@ 2 DNS, ch to fancy. 1.59%@1.78% 2 DNS, gd to choice. 1.45%@1.60% 2 DUS, ord to good. 1.35%@1.45% 2 northern 1.34%@1.44% 3 DNS, ch to fancy. 1.52%@1.70% 3 DNS, gd to choice. 1.40%@1.54% 3 DNS, ord to good. 1.31%@1.42% 3 northern 1.30%@1.41% 1 dark hard (Mont.). 1.33%@1.63% To arrive 1.33%@1.63% 1 hard (Mont.) 1.33%@1.62% To arrive 1.33%@1.62% Minn. A SD, 1 dark hard 1.34%@1.37% To arrive 1.34%@1.37% Minn. A SD, 1 hard. 1.34%@1.37% To arrive 1.34% @1.37% Fey 1 amber durum. 1.48%@1.58% To arrive 1.48%@1.58% Fey 2 amber durum. 1.47%@1.57% 1 amber durum 1.27% @1.43% To arrive 1.26% @ 1 durum 1.26% @1.33% To arrive 1.25%@ 2 amber durum 1.26% @1.38% 2 durum 1.25%@1.31% 3 amber durum 1.23%@1.33% 3 durum 1.22%@1.29% 1 red durum 1.28%@1.29% To arrive 1.28% @ Cearse Grains 2 yellow corn 96 @ .97 3 yellow corn 92 @ .94 To arrive 91 @ 4 yellow corn 88 @ .91 To arrive 88 @ 5 yellow corn 84 @ .86 6 yellow corn 81 @ .82 2 mixed corn 92 @ .93 3 mixed corn 89 @ .91 To arrive 88 @ 4 mixed corn 86 @ .88 To arrive 85 @ 5 mixed corn 83 @ .86 6 mixed corn 80 @ .82 2 white oats .55 L f .57% 3 white oats 54 V* @ .56% To arrive .54%@ 4 white oats 52 %@ .55% Barley, ch to fey... .89 @ .92 To arrive 84 @ Barley, med to gd... .86 @ .88 To arrive 83 @ Barley, lower gds... .82 @ .85 To arrive 81 @ 2 rye 1.15% @1.16% To arrive 1.16%@ No. 1 flaxseed...... 2.21%@2.32Vi To arrive 2.21 %@ RANGE OF CARLOT SALES Minneapolis, April 9 (AP) Range of carlot grain sales: Wheat No. 1 dark northern 1.3 S 7-8 ® 1.64 3-4; No. 2 dark north ern 1.38 1-2 9 1.63 3-4; No. 3 dark northern 1.38 9 1.63 7-8; sample grade dark northern, No. 2 dark hard winter 1.45; No. 1 hard spring 1.86; No.g hard winter 1.32 7-8; No. 1 amber durum 1.34 1-8; No. 1 durum 1.40 7-$; No. * mixed wheat 1.34 1-8 ® 1.38 1-8 ® 1.38. Corn No. 4 yellow 82. Oats No. 2 white 59 1-4; No. 3 white 55. Rye No. 1 1.17 1-4 9 1.18 3-8. Flax No. 1 2.21 1-4 @ 2.37. Barley sample grade 85 9 87; No. 2 87. CHICAGO CASH GRAIN Chicago, April 9.—(AP)—Wheat No. 2 red 1.74 1-4; No. 2 hard 1.46. Corn No. 2 mixed 99c @ 3-4 c; No. 2 yellow 1.01 ® 1.02. Oats No. 2 white 60 9 62c; No. 3 white 57 l-4c 9 61 l-2c. Rye No. 2 1.22. Barley 88c 9 101. Tlmothyeeed 8.10 9 3.85. Cloverseed 80.75 9 27.75. Lard 11.65; ribs 11.25; bellies 12.75. POTATOES Chicago, April 9.— (JP>— U. S. Dept, of Agriculture—Potatoes— Receipts 88 cars, on track 493, total U. 8. shipments Saturday 488, Sun day 14 ears, demand and movement slaw, market dull; Texas sacked triumphs par 100 lbe. 6.50; Wiscon sin sucked round whites 1.66 to 181: Idaho sacked Russet Burbanks IJO to 2 JO; Commercial 1.85 to Minneapolis, April 9.—</P)—(U. S. D. A.)—Potatoes- Light wire in miry, demand light, market eteady, totter uadtofteaa. Carloads d£ livered sales, freight only deducted, Mianoapolia aad St. Paul rates, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE sacked cwt., round whites, U. S. No. 1, 2.65 to 1.70. CHICAGO PRODUCE Chicago, April 9. —(A*)—Butter- higher receipts 12091 tubs; cream ery-extras 43 1-2; standards 43 1-2; extra firsts 42 3-4 to 43; firsts 42 1-4 to 42 1-2; seconds 41 8-4 to 42. Eggs—Unchanged; receipts 60599 cases; firsts 26 3-4 to 27; ordinary firsts 26; storage packed extras 29 1-4; firsts 28 3-44. MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR Minneapolis, April *9.—(A*) —Flour unchanged. In carload lots, family patents quoted at 7.95 to 8.05 a bbl. in 98 lb. cotton sacks. Shipments 39,763 bbls. Bran 33.00 to 33.50. 11 INSURGENTS ARE ARRESTED OVER EASTER Mexican Government Contin ues Roundup of Revolu tionary Plotters Mexico City, April 9—(AP) — Dispatches from Guadalajara to day said that a Catholic priest. Albino Cardenas, and two un named companions, who had been held as prisoners at the military barracks In Sayula for some time, have been court martialed and executed. General Avila Coi. acuo re ported to the military command ant that a group of insurgents attacked Sayula Saturday and Cardenas and his two compan ions escaped during the fight ing. They were later (recap tured and the court-martial sen tenced them to death. Mexico City, April 9.—(AP) —The government continued its roundup of insurgents in the states of Jalisco and Guanajuato as thousands of worshipers celebrated Easter in the Roman Catholic church of the capi* tal without the aid of priests. Eleven persons, including Fran cisco Aguilera, a priest, were arrest ed at Irapuato, Guanajuato, on charges of plotting revolution against the government. Military authorities said that the prisoners were implicated in a similar affair in February but were pardoned when they promised to cease such activities. The war department announced that Faustino Larios, an insurgent leader in Jalisco, had surrendered with 44 followers. They were prom ised clemency if they would cease seditious activities. El Universal today lamented the gradual fading of “picturesque cus toms” on Easter “thanks to the Americanization of so many of our acts and to the fact that we have reached the point where we call holy week 'spring vacation’.” A further decrease was noted this year in the Mexican custom of “pun ishing Judas.” For centuries papier mache effigies of Judas Iscariot filled with powder were exploded at this season of the year. This year comparatively few of them were used in Mexico City and still less in the surrounding country. Protestant churches, having either accepted the religious laws or con ducted their affairs in such a man ner as to escape intervention by the authorities, conducted their Easter services in the usual way. STATE AP MEN MEET IN MINOT North Dakota Unit of World’s Greatest News Gathering Agency Convenes Minot, N. D., April 9.—(A*)—Rep resentatives of daily newspapers from all parts of North Dakota are here today for the semi-annual meeting of the North Dakota As sociated Press association, consist ing of daily newspapers which have organized themselves for the inter change of news. The North Dakota unit is a part of the national organisation of the Associated Press, the largest news distributing agency in the world and one of the oldest and most success ful cooperative enterprises in the United States, the organisation being owned and controlled ly more than 1,200 newspapers which it serves. The day will be given over largely to a discussion of business matters and a discussion of technical details involved in the gathering and dis tribution of news. The visitors were guests at noon of H. S. Davies, publisher of the Minot Daily News. Those in attendance were Nor man D. Black, Fargo Forum; W. P. Davies, Grand Forks Herald; E. H. Tostevin, Mandan Pioneer; Byron Hanson, Jamestown Sun; P. R. Trubshaw, Valley City Times-Rec ord; George D. Mann, Bismarck Tribune, president of the state as sociation, and Hal D. Davies, Minot Daily News. Representatives of the Associated Press at the meeting were Edgar T. Cutter, superintendent of the cen tral division, Chicago; M. M. Op pegard, regional correspondent in charge of northwestern service, St. Paul, and Kenneth W. Simons, state Who Is Your Skinny Friend, Ethel? Hollows in cheeks—hollows in the sides of neck, —flatnes* in chest-* why don’t you do something to make yourself look like a real man? McCoy’s Tablets put on weight— not only that but ttoy build up your general health and you grew strong er and more energetic. McCoy taken all the risk—Read this ironclad guarantee. If after taking 4 sixty cant boxes ef Mo- Coy’s Tablets or t One Dollar hexes any thin, underweight man or woman doesn’t gain at teu«t I pounds and fern completely Batte ned with the marked improvement in health—your druggist is wised to return the purchase pnee. The nanto McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Tablets has been shortened— just ask for McCoy’s Tsblote at Cowan’s or Fhmey’s drug stores.or any drug store in America.—Adv RYKER’S DEATH IS MOURNED BY 0 W. ROBERTS Local Weather Bureau Official and St. Paul Man Served in West Indies The death yesterday at his home in Minneapolis of John Newton Ry ker, chief meteorologist of the U. S. weather bureau at St. Paul for the last 20 years, brought expres sions of sorrow today from O. W. Roberts of Bismarck veteran weath er observer here, when he was in formed of the passing of one of his close personal friends. Mr. Ryker and Mr. Roberts saw government service together in the West Indies some 30 years ago, when congress passed an act which was approved by President McKin ley on July 7, 1898, creating a West Indian service and stations were es tablished at most of the West Indian islands and along the South Amer ican Cjoast. This was done in order to afforu protection to the United States army and navy during the Spanish-American war against hur ricane! and other tropical storms. As this service was outside of the jurisdiction of the United States, it was necessary to call for volunteers and among the first to respond were Mr. Ryker, who was assigned to Willemstad, Curacoca, and Mr. Rob erts, who was sent to Basseterre. St. Christopher, (St. Kitts). Mr. Roberts was the only man selected for this work from without the per sonnel of the weather bureau. Other stations were established at that time at Santiago, Cuba; Kings ton, Jamaica; Port of Spain, Trini dad; Santo Domingo, San.o Domin fo; Carranouilla and Colon. Colom ia, and Bridgetown, Barbados. Mr. Ryker was first stationed at Memphis in 1882, Mr. Roberts re calls, and later assigned to 2Z other stations at various times. was 66 years of age at the time of his death. LARGE CROWD TO SEE ‘BROADWAY’ Scats Selling Rapidly For Night Club Classic at Au ditorium Tonight Seats are selling rapidly for the engagement of Jed Harris' produc tion of ‘‘Broadway,” which will be at the Bismarck auditorium tonight. This organization plays Bismarck and Fargo only, en route from Seat tle to St. Paul. Judging from the advance sale a capacity audience will greet the night club classic tonight. No play seen here within recent years has created so much advance interest. "Broadway” will this season be seen ih practically every city of any »ize in the country. No less than seven companies are note playing the cabaret drama in the East, West and South. It has been exhibited in London for 35 weeks, in Detroit for 22 weeks, and the original com pany is well into its second year m New York. The popularity of “Broadway” is not confined to the United States, for companies are playing adaptions of the play this season in Berlin, Vienna, Budapest, Bucharest and Russia. "Broadway” has been called a completely acted and perfectly staged play by the New York crit ics. Just whist Philip Dunning and George Abbott, its authors and di rectors, contributed individually to the stage is difficult to say. Both of them are old hands and wise in the theatre. As writers they brought to their task wit and a feeling of absurdity, pungent humo. and quick understanding of their char acters, a sure sense of the melo dramatic and a gift for dialog that snaps and sparkles with vivacity and veracity. As directors they forgot not the smallest detail. The chorus girls of the Paradise Night Club come and go in all stages of dress and un dress; the hero, hard pressed in a quick change, makes love to the Heroine in his B. V. D.'s; the pay station telephone sings as a quar ter slides in the slot; outside the cabaret music blares and wheezes; small change jingles in the pocket of the slouch waiter, and the hoofer faithfully crosses himself as he exits for his big act. The irony of the music and tho tinsel, with a dead man locked alone in the next room, is handled with the same clarity as the pathos of a dancer out on a party with visit ing gunmen when informed that her mother is seriously ill. The gun men, bootleggers, waiters, shysters, hangera-en and entertainers who people "Broadway” are pictured with authenticity and sardonic real ism. and no attempt has been made to show New York's Main Street in romantic and idyllic vein. ZeUner Coming Here Highly Recommended A swiftly moving, colorful review is promised those who attend the program to be given at the city auditorium Friday evening by J. W. Zellner, characterist and reader of nationwide fame. The entertain* ment is being sponsored here by the Philathea Bible class of the First Presbyterian church. Sixteen characters of distinction. In full costume, appear in rapid suc cession within an hour and a half and run the gamut from rollicking eomedy to, as one press comment puts it, “The loftiest heights of grama.” Such comedy classics as Hueji Finn, the Skipper of the others, give way to papular heroes like Grant, Lee and Lincoln, who in turn are succeeded by such magnifi cent figures of romance and drama as Socrates, Faust, Mephisto, Moses, JudM, and Peter. “Zellner is the only entertainer on the American stage with such a complete and extensive preparation for hie chosen art,” cays , the Poca tello, Idaho, tribune. “He has been a vaudeville headliner, an actor, both on the legitunate stage am the screen, a lecturer, a writer, a teacher of dramatics, and a charac terist in lyceum and Chautauqua. He has met and satisfied the de mands of an entertainment-loving public, an education-loving public, and, severest of all, a trained and critical drama-loving public.” BYRD, BALCHEN STAKE CLAIMS IN GOLD AREA One Tract Adjoins Claim Which Sold For $20,000 While They Were There Detroit, April 9. — (A*) —Command- er Richard Byrd’s south pole plane has made its first trip of discovery, carriyng Bemt Balchen and Floyd Bennett, pilots, to the gold fields at Reindeer Lake, Manitoba. The two pilots of the proposed Byrd polar expedition told the story on their arrival last night after 10 days test flying in the Canadian Province. While an army of prospectors was held up at Le Pas, awaitjng the spring thaws before attempting the 15 days "mu-h” into the gold country, Bennett said, he, Balchen and a group of men associated with the Canadian western airways took off from Le Pas and completed the trip in less than three hours. The party staked 31 claims. "Every member of our party, in cluding the cook and his helper, staked claims,” Bennett said. "One of our claims was next to one that sold for $20,000 while we were there.” Bennett said he was unable to give an estimate as to tbe value of the claims at this time, other than the conclusion to be drawn from the price cbtained for the neighboring claim. * OIL OPERATOR IS NOW UNDER 2 SENTENCES . ,Conti’' -ed from sa?e one) will contend that this was given in return for the lease. Fall and his son-in-lav, M. T. Everhart, have held that the pay ment was for a share in the Tres Ritos Cattle and Land company, a ranch property where the oil opera tor and sportsman wanted to breed JURY IS COMPLETED Washington. April 9.—W)—A jury to try Harry F. Sinclair on charges of conspiracy to de fraud the government in the Teapot Dome oil lease was com pleted today in less than half the time it took to elect the jury at his first trial last Oct ober. race horses and establish a men’s country club. Sinclair, it was indicated, would contend that even though part of the money was in bonds purchased with profits in the Continental Trading oompany oil deal, the source of these securities is immaterial to the con spiracy charges. If upheld in this, the government would be barred from going into the formatio of the Continental company, details of which are sought by the senate Tea pot Dome committee. Government counsel expected their case would be completed in a week or 10 days, while defense at torneys probably will require three weeks, depending on the prosecu tion’s methods of attack. It TENTATIVELY CHOSEN OUT OF FIRST SO QUERIED Washington, April 9. (AP) Harry F. Sinclair was placed on trial again here today on charges of conspiring with Albert B. Fall in the Teapot Dome case, and after 50 veniremen had been examined 11 tentative jurora were in the box. Most of the questioning of pros pective jurors was carried out by Justice Jennings Bailey, over pro test of the defense. One after an other of those examined said they had formed fixed opinions in the case and were excused. Among those early eliminated were three women who had been assigned tentative seats. Two of the tentative selections were ne groes. The defense during the morning used half of its 10 peremptory chal lenges to remove jurors It held to be objectionable, and the govern ment itself exercised this right quite freely. Sinclair was busy during the ses sions conferring with his counsel, checking papers, snd generally malting himself active in the trial which he has predicted will result in his acquittal. He was accompan ied in court by bis Wife and mother. The first 11 jurors assigned tests from which they may be removed later were for the most part clerks, salesmen of merchants. They in cluded Nathaniel Hill, Negro; Wil liam H. Wrenn, Leon D. Vanderloo, Nevin Ladd, Fred R. Rocher, Wil liam F. Throol, Delbert F. Bailey, Dandridge L. Epps, L. Clark Brown, Roy R. Shockey and Carl Redell. TO HAVE DAILY SERVICE Patrons on rural route No. 1 out of Banks, McKenzie county, will en joy daily, except Sunday, mail ser vice beginning May 16, as a result of an order soon to be issued by the postoffice department. The route at the present time is operated as a tri-weekly proposition. About 100 families will benefit by the change, which was secured through the ef forts of .Congressman J. H. Bindatr ' ? the third district. SHORT TALKS BY THOUGHT FUL MOTHERS Says a Virginia Mother: “Use a cough medicine that contains dope ? Oh, never. To our children we five Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound, as my own dear mother used to give it to mo. It so quickly relieves coughs, colds, croup, whooping coughs and those disturbing night coughs.” Heartily endorsed by Mothers everywhere. No opiates, no chloroform, contents plainly marked on package. Once tried, al ways need. Ask for it—Adv. Tfc, tOth to the tot day of illicit on Gu biß*. Fragrant FLY-TOX is sure death to bedbugs. Demand FLY-TOX. Mandan News PRESBYTERIANS OF SLOPE AREA PLAN MEETING Delegates and Pastors of Bis marck Presbytery Meet in Mandan Delegates and pastors from the 20 churches In the Bismarck Pres bytery, covering 19 counties, will attend the stated spring meeting of the Presbytery which will be held Tuesday at the First Presbyterian church in Mandan, according to an announcement made today by the Rev. G. W. Stewart, local pastor, who is stated clerk of the Presby tery. The Rev. Fred W. Christ of Wilton, moderator, will preside at the business sessions. The afternoon session, starting at 3 o'clock, Mandan time, will be for pastors and delegates only. Yearly reports from the various churches will be read, and the Rev. John Mac donald, who has accepted the pas torates at Haselton and Kintyre, •will be received from the Presby tery at Pembina. Moderator and stated clerk for the year ahead will be elected, and commissioners from this district to attend the general assembly this summer at Tulsa, Okla., will be named. One commis sioner and one alternate will be selected from among the pastors and the other commissioner and al ternate will be chosen from the lay men. The evening session will open at 7:30, and the pub! ! c is invited to attend. The Rev. Paul S. Wright, pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Bismarck, will give a talk. The Rev. Wright and John Sterling of Bismarck will represent that church at the meeting. Chamber of Commerce Elects Directors at Monthly Meet Tonight Members of the Mandan Cham ber of Commerce will hold their an nual monthly meeting in the dining room of the Lewis and Clark hotel at 6:15 p. m. today. Election of a new board of direc tors for 1928 will be the most im portant business to follow the din ner. ■ ■■ * 4 Personal and Social News of Mandan Vicinity 1 Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Percy and sons, Ernest and Dick, spent Easter in Fargo as guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Poseley. • • • Miss Mary Brown of this city went to Jamestown Saturday to be the guest of friends. • • • Miss Helen Kelsch spent the week-end at the home of her par ents in Linton. • • e Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Regan left Saturday for St. Paul where Mr. Regan will represent the rail road engineers of the Yellowstone division at the annual conference of engineers of this region. • • • Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Borkenhagen had as their dinner guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hess and daugh ters, Bathilda and Josephine, of Mandan, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Tavis, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Tavis and daughter, Nancy, of Bismarck. • • • Clifford Fylling, who attends Concordia college, Moorhead, Minn., is spending a short vacation at his home in this city. • e e Dr. L. G. Smith returned to Man dan Saturday after spending the past month in Chicago, while re cuperating from a serious ilness. o % George Sloan and his brother, Carl Sloan, of Boston have arrived in Mandan. The wedding of Miss Florence Connolly to George Sloan will be solemnised Wednesday. Miss Ullainee Kennedy returned to Mandan Sunday after spending her vacation at her home at Beu lah. • • • Miss Myrtle Hedman has returned from Valley City and New Effing ton, S. D., where she visited rela tives and friends. J. S. Kelly has returned to Wil liston after a short visit with Mrs. Kelly and children in Manoan. * • • Misses Ann Brown and Glenora Watkins, of the Mandan school faculty, have resumed their dutios after spending the holidays at their homes in Fargo. • a e B. Baird of this city was an Eas ter Sunday guest of mends at Beu lah. Miss Leta Bennett, who spent the Easter vacation at Breckenridge and St. Cloud, Minn., has returned to Mandan. | RADIO PROGRAMS FEATURES ON THE AIR Taaaday. April 10 *:oo—Voters' Service; Campaign AF WRC WGT WGR WSAI WgBH WSMwic! WOC WHO WOW KVO ° WFAA «:»•—FuWmenSto ofUie Law-WJZ KYW KWH KOA 7:SS—SelberlUm Sinners; Voce! Hell Hour—WEAF WRC WGT WGR WTAMWWJT WSAI. WKBH KBD WCCO WOC WHO WOW «Jt ** wB& , KSD , WrSm , iPoC WHO WOW WDAjf KVOO WFAA KPRC WO AI WHAB WSM WMC WBB Program—KYW WOC WHO The first public operatic per formance is believed to have been staged 827 years ago at a French royal wedding. I / j; . MONDAY, APRIL 9,1928 Miss Louise Williamson visited at her home at Dickinson for the week end. Charles McDonald of the McDon ald Hotel is reported to be seriously ill. DR. SCHNELLBR SEEKS PARDON „ Attorneys For Former Mott Physician Appeal to Min nesota Board St. Paul, April 9—(AP)—The case of Dr. Maximilian Schneller, for merly of North Dakota, who is serv ing a sentence in state prison for third degree forgery, was brought before the Minnesota pardon board today. Attorneys for the physician, who pleaded guilty in April, 1926, to the forgery charge, contend that their client was guilty only of writing checks without sufficient funds in the banks, and not forgery. Dr. Schneller, wwho escaped from a hospital here while waiting to be transferred to prison, was captured in Detroit, Mich., and returned here to begin serving his sentence. Dr. Schneller’s record as carried In the German “Who’s Who'* was produced by his attorneys to show that the physician had a long and Imposing professional career abroad and that his difficulty as an alien In this country led to the criminal charge against him. Dr. Schnc’ler was formerly at Bismarck, Mott and Wahpeton, N. D. Wachter and Bertsch Only Candidates For Place on Commission "The last shall be first and the first shall be last,” at least insofar as the initial letters of the two can didates for the vacancy on the city commission are concerned in the placing the names on the ballot for the special city election April 27. This was determined at noon to day when the two candidates for the vacancy—Chris Bertsch and Paul Wachter—met at the office of City Auditor M. H. Atkinson and drew for positions on the printed ballot. At state elections the names of all candidates for a certain of fice are rotated on the ballots, so that each candidate’s name appears at the top of the hallot an equal number of times. But a different law applies to city elections, which provides that the contestants shall determine by lot the position their names shall occupy </i the ballot. Today’s drawing determined that Mr. Wachter’s name will head the ballot, followed by that of Mr. Bertsch. A blank line will also be provided so that anyone wishing to vote for some other person for the job may write in the name desired. The time limit for filing petitions as candidates for the city commis sion expired Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock and Messrs. Wachter and Bertsch were the only two candi dates to file. They seek election to the position made vacant by the death of Commissioner Charles Wachter on March 17. Man Hangs Himself to Escape Poverty Sioux Falls, April 9.—(A*)—Fu neral services will be held at Sioux City today for Paul Jensen, 43, of Stevens, S. D., father of eight chil dren, who hanged himself Friday to escape poverty. Mr. Jensen’s body was found aft er he had been missing 12 hours. It was hanging by a rope beside a kiln at a Sioux City brick and tile company plant, where he was em ployed as a fireman. Mrs. Lindbergh Is Flying to Toronto Detroit, Mich., April 9. — (A*)— Mrs. Evangeline L. L. Lindbergh, mother of Colonel Charles A. Lind bergh, took off from the Ford air port at 8:55 a. m., today for Toron to, where she will attend the annual convention of the Ontario Educa tional association. She is to be made a life member of that organi zation. Mrs. Lindbergh was accompanied 1 Miss Maud Dawson, a fellow teacher at the Cass technical high school here. The Buhl five passen ger cabin plane in which they took off was piloted by Louis G. Meister. Mrs. Meister also was a member of the party. Mouse River Goes Above Flood Level Minot, N. D., April 9.—W—Tht Mouse river in Minot today is s half foot above flood level, witk several miles of earthen dikes pre venting an overflow excepting in i few isolated places. Near the Canadian boundary, the stre:m has dropped several feel from its highest level. Engineers predict that the stream will not rise more than another half foot. 2AS--KFIR Bismarck—l3oo S:So—Music and weather. 12:80—Music. I:oo—Weather, markets, news. I : lP —Aunt Sammy's chat. o:3o—Concert orchestra. 1 :30—Weather, markets, news. t :45—Iladio farm school. • • •