The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1936, Page 3

" pA ohn Ri Ringling of Circus: Fame Dies Was Last of Seven Brothers Who Launched Enter- prises as Children New York, Dec, 2—()}—John Ring- ling, whose name was synonymous with the “big top,” sawdust ring and circus spangles from coast to coast, died Wednesday. ‘ The circus magnate succumbed at. the age of 70 to a brief illness of bronchial pneumonia, the last of seven brothers whose back-yard play- time show in Baraboo, Wis., grew to ‘become perhaps the nation’s largest etertainment combine. At Ringling’s bedside at his Park avenue home when death came were Mrs. Ida Ringling North, his aad John Ringling North, a nephew; Dr. Maurice Costello, his physician: Frank Hennessy, a lifelong friend. and his servants. Funeral arrangements were being made Wednesday: Was Married Twice Ringling’s first wife died in 1929, and in December, 1990, he was mar- Tied to Mrs. Emily Haag ey from whom he was divorced. The son of a German-born harness maker whose name originally was August Rungeling, John Ringling was born in McGregor, Iowa, but his family moved to Wisconsin when he was a small boy. At the age of five he collected pins for admission to the performances he and his brothers gave in their father’s backyard. In the early '70s, a wagon show vis- ited Baraboo, bought harness * from the Ringling boys’ father, and de- parted without paying the bill. After them went four of the boys to collect. They joined the show instead. First Venture Success The Classic Concert company was their first real venture in the show business, Sussessful in this, they formed the Ringling Brothers’ Com- edy Concert company and a short, while afterward bought a full-fledged circus of their own—three oid spring wagons, home-made tents, seats, stakes and rigging. John Ringling showed a genius for transportation details, and it was this faculty that enabled him to en- large and build up the extensive show business that netted him a fortune. ‘The merger of the Ringling Broth- ers’ circus and the Barnum asd Bailey show made famous by the famed Phinaes Barnum took place in 1907. The brothers paid $410,000 for their rival business and soon brought the shows to Madison Square Garden. Joined Tex Rickard John Ringling joined with the late ‘Tex Rickard in 1925 in constructing the present Madison Square Garden. In 1929, he effected the purchase of the Sells-Floto, Robinson, Hagenback- Wallace, Sparks and Al G. Barnes’ shows, The venture involved several millions of dollars. * His last years saw ‘him involved in numerous law suits including an ac- tion by the federal government to collect $3,000,000 in income taxes it allged were past due. This suit is still pending. TRI-STATE WATER GROUP ORGANIZES Governor-Elect Benson of Min- nesota Is Named First President Fargo, Dec. 2.—(#)—Organization of a tri-state water.conference was perfected at a meeting of representa- tives from Minnesota, North and South Dakota, with Governor-elect Elmer Benson of the Gopher state named first president. Recommendations for legislation to attain the group's objective—control of flowage in the Red River—were made. Harry Peterson, Minnesota attorney general, was authorized to draft a suggested statute for submission to the legislatures of the three states. Assisting him will be M. M. Orfield, a Minneota assistant attorney general. | § The conference, attended by some 20 representatives of plannnig boards and conservation groups, decided to ask the department of state to de- termine whether congressional action is necessary for the tri-state group to function, Under resolutions adopted, it was recommended that three representa- tives from each state comprise the tri-state commission, and that all costs for maintenance of improve- ments would be assessed to the tax- ing units benefitted on a basis de- termined by the commission. Dean Holm, 8t. Paul, consultant of the Minnesota planning board, was named secretary. Most of Utah is a plateau, 6,000 feet above sea level. cm SS... The Other Woman Lives Just Around the Corner It may seem Barassonetls, but and why ter seems chang appreciate the ‘distr 8, comfort that all women must en- dure. He does not know what it is to do housework with an ach- ing back and falling. ane ener ry. All he does know is that er woe men seem more ‘cheerful toy coms rison. are 9 you such a three-quarter w Don't let the ordeals that all women face cause you avoidable piscomfort or eee as vane 18. as 50 man: ba aay have—try Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Menatanie Compound, For A Bad tl one man ‘has tol Ms Mamiling the avin Lydia & P Hi bel ble pound. the system, thu aie meee trom thé functional disorders which women must en- dure {n the three ordeals of life: 1, Rae from girlhood to wo- 2. Preparing for moth- 3. ‘Approaching “middle JOHN RINGLING. GOOD WILL COURT OF AIR SCORED BY BAR AS ‘AFFRONT Condemned as Being Contrary to Public Interest, Canon Violation Minneapolis, Dec, 2.—()—The com- mittee on unauthorized practice of law of the American Bar association Wednesday “unqualifiedly disapproved and condemned as being contrary to public interest” the good will court of the air, a radio program broadcast weekly over a national chain of sta- tions. In a separate report, the organiza- tion’s committee on professional ethics and grievances specifically termed the commercial program by a national advertiser “an affront to the dignity of judicial tribunals and should not be tolerated.” Both reports were announced by Frederick H. Stinchfield, Minneap- olis, association president, following meetings in Chicago. The unauthorized practice of law committee adopted a resolution de- claring broadcasting regulations some- times necessitate censorship and “this results in a garbled, incomplete, one- sided and biased presentation of the facts involved.” The committee added: “All radio broadcasts as a part of which attempts are made to give legal advice, to answer questions seeking legal advice, or to accomplish the equivalent thereof by means of fic- titious and. unreal court room scenes: of simulated trial procedure, are in- imical to the public welfare and an obstruction and interference with the processes of justice. We urge all suit- able and proper efforts be made to prevent the continuance thereof.” Citing canons of judicial ethics the committee acknowledged the judge gives the money he is paid to some worthy charity but said -“the judge who participates in or lends his name to radio programs such as we are here considering obviously violates these canons.” WPA Shifts Farmers To RRA in Montana Washington, Dec, 2.—(?)—Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Montana Demo- crat, said the Works Progress admin- istration informed him it was trans- ferring needy Montana farmers from its rolls to the Resettlement admin- istration, under which money grants would be given eligibles. All Mon- tana rurals certified to the Resettle- ment administration, Wheeler said, will be given $20 a month which he said he understood “would be a straight grant.” . Turkey Dinner Methodist Episcopal Church ». 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