The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 24, 1929, Page 3

MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1929 INSURANCE AGENTS || saunpens PINK PALACE SooN T0 BE MUSEUM _| i» SELECT BISMARCK Next Year's Convention of the Federation to Meet Here; . Tucker Reelected All the insurance men who went to Jamestown last week to hold the annual convention of the State Fed- eration of Insurartce Agents, are back again and have captured next year’s convention for here. John P. Tucker, secretary, reported on ar- rival home. Fargo and Minot also wanted the convention, but Henry Murphy, local insurance man, carried away the prize, after telling the convention of the new community hall to be in ex- istence here for them next year. The date will be announced by the federal executive committee some time later. Orrin J. Trimble, of Devils Lake, was clected president of the federa- tion; John P. Tucker, secretary, and Julius R. Baker, of Fargo, treasurer. The convention was held in the Jamestown city hall, Thursday and Friday, with the Gladstone hotel as headquarters. The annual banquet was staged at Spiritwood lake, Thursday evening. The Legion quartet entertained. The convention business session heard talks by Harry.Curran Wilbur on the general subject of insurance. He spoke with the aid of a chart which illustrated his ideas by means of a diagram. John Hutchinson, of Detroit, spoke on the federation, of which he is national secretary. Senator W. D. Lynch spoke on in- surance legislation at the recent session of the legislature and Henry L. Reade, state fire marshal, spoke on fire prevention. A. resolution memorializing the death of Senator Alfred Stecle was ee the adoptions of the conven- ion. Girl Workers Disagree On Toiling in Overalls Biddeford, Me., June 24.-(4)-Mixed smiles and: frowns greeted the issu- ance of notices to women workers of @ large textile factory that in cer- tain departments they hereafter must be attired in knickers or overalls. An insurance company edict was said to be the cause of the new or- der. Some young women readily ac- quiesced while others objected stren- uously, declaring they would quit rather than comply with the new fashion in working clothes. Scientific Reaction Is Seen in Gasps of Awe Washington, June 24.—()—Is there @ psychological study of importance in the gasp of awe with which hu- mankind greets the sight of the grand canyon of the Colorado? That question has been propounded to the American Council of Education by John C. Merriman, president of the Carnegie institution. He advances the theory that the, national parks and all great natural! spectacles offer an opportunity for the psychologists to analyze that hitherto indefinable mental state known as “inspiration.” Linguistic Janitor Is Boast of University Moscow, Idaho, June 24.—(#)—The University of Idaho may boast of its erudite employes. One of the jan- {tors speaks five languages. Christian Bernhardt Peterson was born on the island of Lolland in Denmark. He was drafted into the army and served as royal guard un- der the present King Haakon, then captain of the guard. ‘When released after his service, Peterson migrated to America to give his children better opportunities in life. He speaks Danish, Norwegian, German, English and Swedish. In spite of linguistic abilities, he holds no place in the college of lib- eral arts, but sweeps halls and washes bottles in science hall. British Postmen Tire Of Snobbish Address Stoke-on-Trent, England—(?)—The British postman is beginning at last to rebel against the ultra-voluminous Socrenten mae: kepspee ie ak 20. iver. An echo of his mounting discontent was voiced in a talk to business men here by Col. W. G. Todd, postmaster of this Staffordshire city. He said he viewed with sorrow the John Willington-Jones, Esq., Excalibur, Anvil Court, Hanging Sword Lane, Round Circle, _ Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Eng. Leave only the numbers, says colonel. g OVERGEOWN RADISHES Cape. Town, South Africa, June 24. unusual forest in sayey) tebe ae i PALACE’ SOON TO BE MUSEUM THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Here is an airplanc view of the “Pink Palace,” the $1,000,000 house started by Clarence Saunders six years ago, taken over by the city of Memphis when he went into bankruptcy, and now being fitted up for usc as a city ™Memphis, Tenn., June 24—(NEA)— | rented to a little-theater organiza- The magnificent dream mansion that | Clarence Saunders started as his home when the original Piggly-Wig- gly splurge carried him to the crest of the wave half a dozen ycars ago is about to become a place of enjoyment for all the citizens of Memphis. Given up by Saunders when the great Piggly-Wiggly stock market crash forced him into bankruptcy in 1923, the $1,000,000 house is being turned into a city museum, and will be thrown open for public use late this summer. Mayor Watkins Voerton declares the museum will be one of the show places of the city. It won't be like the ordinary mu- seum. It contains, for instance, a tion. In contains also a moving pic- ture theater, a big swimming pool, a gymnasium and similar unmuseum- like appurtenances. It has more than 100 rooms, and is surrounded by a beautifully landscaped estate. When the building first began to take form it was called the Pink Palace, It was made of pink granite and limestone, much of it imported from Italy, and Saunders planned it as a magnificent home where he could enjoy the fruits of his business suc- | cesses. Then, in 1923, came his reverscs. | He was thrown into bankruptcy, and his creditors, taking the unfinished Pink Palace, sold it to a real estate firm. This organization gave the | house and its immediate grounds to good-sized theater, which the city has | out an exclusive residential district all around it. This fall the work of completing and altering the huge house will be finished, and it will be thrown open for the public's use. Saunders, meanwhile, is putting up another dream mansion. Get your front-row seat mysteries! seen and heard from the Two miles south of the Pink Palace he has a 350-acre estate, containing beautiful driveways, artificial lakes and swimming poo!s, wooded ravines. tennis courts and the like. On it he is constructing a huge home which will be completed in a short time. Saun- ders, or course, has mounted to the crest of another wave. The home now under construction will eventually be eclipsed by a bigger one. however. “Some day,” he says, “Il” build a j house that will make the Pink Palace | the city for a muscum and plotted | look like a kitchen.” PRESIDENT RETURNS FROM FISHING TRIP|- decision as to his identity may depend | Washington, June 24.—(/)—After an early morning start from his fish- ing preserve in the Blue Ridge moun- r Mistaken Identity j Is Prisoner’s Plea Upon Governor George F. Shafer’s @ prison term for C. J. Williams. Williams recently was released from the state prison here after serving a one-year term for carrying concealed tains President Hoover motored back | Weapons. to Washington today arriving at the White House a few minutes before ten o'clock. He was met at the prison door by an officer from South Dakota who said Williams was wanted for violat- ‘The presidential party arose at 6|ing @ parole from the state prison o'clock and after breakfasting at the | there. Williams protested that it was | ‘WASHBURN FARMER DIES IN HOSPITAL George E. Sauer, 31, farm resi- dent near Washburn for the last 22 ars, died in a local hospital at 5:20 a. m, today. Death was due jto infection developing after a sinus loperation four days ago. | Mr. Sauer had been in the hospital four days. camp began the return trip to Wash- | ® cruel case of mistaken identity and | Tyo4¢h" funeral arrangements are m. An hour was consumed in traveling the ten-mile distance over Doubletop Mountain, as the rains of last night had put the seldom-used road in bad condition. At the foot of the mountain the white house limousines awaited for the remainder of the journey. Mr. Hoover appeared refréshed af- ter his two-day stay at the camp and smiled a cheery greeting to the peo- ple of Criglersvilie, a hamlet at the foot of the mountain. Mr. Hoover's guests on his week- end trip were Sccy. Hyde adn Mark Sullivan, writer. The party left Washington Saturday morning. and reached the fishing preserve about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. spending Saturday and Sunday nights. Several hours were spent in fishing on Saturday with a good catch result- ing and Sunday was given over to rest at the camp. World Demand Grows For Labor Pamphlets Geneva.—(?)}—The international la- bor office's publications on technical Subjects are increasing steadily under the pressure of a worldwide demand. In 1925 the sum obtained from the sale of such publications amounted to slightly more than $20,000. Sales dur- |- ing the past year reached a value of almost $50,000. International publications are sold now in 61 countries. Increases in sales have becn notable in Germany, Great Britain and Spain. The next countries on the list are France and. Italy. Ap- proximately $2,000 worth of the pub-/ lications were sold in the United States during 1928. ‘The “dog-watch” is a nautical term distinguishing two watches of two hours cach—from 4 to 6 p. m. and 6 to 8 p. m. demanded a hearing on the extradi- tion request. Governor Shafer took a peek at the matter Saturday and formal hearin in the case will be had this afternoon. At the time Williams, or some one else, was admitted to the South Da- kota prison, no fingerprint records were kept there, Shafer said, and the bertillon measurements taken at that time do not wholly agree with those on record for Wiliiams. Hardy Lumberjacks Prefer Gentle Music Chicago—()—Deep in the silence be of the northern forests a race of hardy men, slenderly linked to civi- lization, are deaf to the blandish- ments of radio's houri. Wars are nothing to them, but Paul Bunyan, patron saint and mythical | founder of the logging industry, and Babe. his big blue ox that “could pull anything that had two ends,” still work their wonders in lumber camp ballads. This is the refreshing word brought out of that country by Erhardt Reich- el, wandering minstrel who has hiked 5,000 miles through the timberland to sing and scrape his mellow fiddle be- fore 3,500 sentimental lumberjacks. Sentimental? Well, “Where the River Shannon Flows” always is first choice, with “My Wild Irish Rose” 2 close second, Reichel reports. Many of the old-time Canuck lum- berjacks. still work in the woods, especially on the more skilled jobs, Reichel 1.ports, but the bulk of to- day's lumbermen are Scandinavians, Finns, Germans and more than a few Kentucky mountaineers. New multi-bladed p ropellers are being experimented with in an effort a ade airplanes more silent when not definite, it is probable the rites will be conducted at Washburn, with Rev. A. C. Carlson, pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran church there, and Rey. Fred Klein, pastor of the Baptist church, in charge of cere- ies. Burial will be made in the |Washburn Baptist cemetery in the |family plot. H er was born at Buffalo |Lake, Minn., moving to North Da- jkota with his parents when nine iyears old, At the time of his death |he was managing his own farm jeight miles northeast of the McClean He was married to Miss county c’ stad at Washburn Decem- {Emma F his pavents, Mr. and Mrs, Andrev Washburn, his widow, five sisters, and two broth. ers, Sisters and brothers are Mrs. August Rider, Velva; Mrs. Valen- tine Rider, Northgate; Mrs. Leonard Hensrud, Ossctte, Mont., and Edna Sauer, Frieda Sauer, Harold Sauer, and Milton Sauer, all of Washburn. All his brothers and sisters are expected to attend the funeral rites. Electrical Exams Announced by State The State Electrical Examiners jboard has scheduled a series of ex- j 2minations for master’s, journeymen and special licens Reade, ex-officio secretary marshal, jmnounces, The examinations will begin at | Jamestown July 9. Others are to ibe held at Fargo, July 10, Grand Forks, July 11; Devils Lake, July. 12, and Minot, July 13. Nearly 700,000 spiders, it has been estimated, would be required to pro- duce a pound of web. A single spider has been known to spin a thread 34,- 800 yards long. It’s Not the Front, You Put Up, My Dears, It’s the Back PICTUR 4-DAYS-4 | Starting Today, Monday Matinee Every Day at 2:30 AIRPLANES CARRY FRIGHT OF DEATH (By the Associated Press) =| Five were killed in week-cnd air- plane and parachute jumping expedi- | tions. Two of the victims were para chute jumpers who fell when their parachutes broke. | At Cincinnati, Joe Hite, a para-| chute jumper; Homer Nasers, the} pilot, and Harold Biddie were burned | to death when their plane dived and ; burst into flames. E. J. Cain, 23 rs old. a commer- cial flyer, fell 2.000 feet when his/ parachute rigging parted as he essayed an exhibition jump at Albe- marle, N. C. William Lowry. 24, at Parma, Ohio, ; was torn from his parachute when it, dropped 1,800 fect in the air. i Iver Acker Gets State Tax Office Bismarck, N. D., June 24.—) Appointment of Iver Acker, boro, as state tax commissioner, effective July 1, was announced to- day by Governor George F. Shafer. The announcement was no surprise since rumor had connected Acker’s name with the post for several} months. He will succeed Thorstein H. fag Nonpartisan candidate in Other appointments announced to- lay were: T. O. Kraabel, Fargo, reappointed as veterans service commissioner, two year ter J. M. Devi gration ¢, reappointed immi- commissioner, two year term. Mrs. Clara Alexander, Grand} Forks, reappointed as a member o! the state board of hairdressers an cosmetologist: _ Beatrice Johnstone, Grand} Forks, reappointed as a member of the board of trustees of the state peachers insurance and retirement fund. McFarland to Hear Walla Case Motion Relieving Judge Fred Jansonius in district. court here id. The state's plans for com- ‘ing the motion have not been an- Walla was indicted on charges of it, grand larceny, and forgery. A motion to quash the em- bezslement -count was granted by Judge McParland during the special term of court last month. ‘The suit against Charles Rigler, Biamarck oreught Gy ine Nevthe jury here this <The Trial of MARY DUGAN Breathless scenes, sensation treading on the heel of sensation, a smashing surprise climax! The whole enthralling tale Warner, Raymond Hackett and other screen celebrities in a picture you'll remember when others are forgotten. .THE GREATEST All Talking «| Robert Williams Fountaine, two-and- PAGE THREE “1 ACCUSE YOU OF MURDER.” ow for the most dramatic of murder lips of Norma Shearer, Lewis Stone, H. B. * E OF THEM ALL!! Performances: 2:30 - 7:15 - 9 p. m. Admission: oni Mat.: 15¢c - 35c; Eve., 25c - 50c THEATRE ‘een lt ‘ PAYS TO ENTER HOME Carolina Aickele, 88, London.—The vicar of St. Bride's Dies on Tuttle Farm church on Fleet street has to pay a toll to enter his own front door.|bread and water. 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