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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
"OFF-COLoR" PICTURES.

Last Christmas monsieur and ma
dame prepared 4 little surprise for the
Americans. During an intermisson on
the program they were all treated to an
exhibition of cinematograph pictures.
How sweet of them to have thought OF
us In this way!' one lady murmured
to her partner. But Anthony Com
stock The films were evidently pro-
cured at reduced rates. since public
exhibition of them had been prohibited
by the censor. The agony of mind
those simple Americans went through
was acute They had to look at the
pictures because they didn't dare look
the curtain there was a dlgnifled rush
for the refreshmcnt bar. This year
monsieur will not contribute moving
pictures toward the American Christ
mas celebration.
Every year you will find few of the
same people at the Christmas ball
There Is Miss Rayleigh. for instance.
She always makes n small party seem
large. She isn't an artist or any
thing: she Is Just popular. 1t is Won
derful how she retains that popularity
when you consider how tyrannically
she wiclds it over her admirers. At her
suggestion n row of 40 people will move
down one seat that Miss T,ayleigh may
be two feet further from particular
draft. To know this cxpatriatcd Amer
lean is permanent employment; there
are always fans, programs, shawls, and
handkerchiefs undergoing restoration
to Miss Raycigh.
AN; EXOTIC GROWTH.
NJ. Chateau. the Americo-maniac. is
now familiar figure in this fashion
able world" Poor Chatty. His par
ents are French and they live at Yer
ID, 3. -
dresses like a rah-rah from Yale; he
acts and talks. well. like no one else in
the world. He wants so drcadfully to
be an American. it seems n shame that
II can't be arranged for him to be born
again out in Arizona. where there Is SO
much room, for exotic ,Erowths.
There arc u few other fixtures but
the crowd in the main changes fire.
Guently Nevertheless tho number of
destructively pretty girls and agreeable
fellows is invariablc
This bal an Cercle IS not attended
by all the Americans of tho Quarter,
There are many ultra l'ohcmiaus to
whom the responsibility of the affair
is unspeakably revolving. They migrate
from cafe to cafe drinking interminablc
books. At midnight perhaps they take
In the mass ut Notre Dame in order
to give their evening of impressions
Erotesquc cachct.
Others give masqueradcs at which
the usual number of cowboys. ptcrrots,
and Spanish girls may be seen
Finally everyone who Is not too
tagged winds up Christmas morning on
the other side of the Seine, ut tho
Richie. tho Rat Mort. or the cafe dc In
PAX. There, IN mid winter you may
sit out Of doors with your "consonma-
ton" which in plain American means n
drink, and watch the passing show OF
freaks and fashion platos
OF course 1t is vastly amusing and you
almost forget the gcntler more lovablo
last Christmas you spent at home in
Amcr;Ca-hut not quite.
WALTER ROLLINS.
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I richest and most interesting of nj, thi,
| nest OF millionaires.
GRIM JOKE.
The Gribhoffs did not grlcvc much for
young Zhuravlion. After mass. Gribnn,
played billiards, and Madame GrIbo(f
dined. made the obvious, symnathntic
remark about Poor little Zhuravliol:' y
and went with woman friend to inEo
coffee in her boudoir. The pair talked
of the weather. When Madame C;ri.
boff tired of the weather. she rose tool,
q tiny revolver out of her bureau
stood before mirror. and said with n
quizzical look in her violet ewes, ~
might as we'll shoot myself" When III,
friend jumped up in horror. she laugh
ed reassurngly 81 am only Joking"
At that moment she fired into her
mouth, and fell before the mirror a.
the point OF death.
And again next day wealthy Mos
covians met to talk of poor llttl.
Ihuravlioff and dying Madame Girl
boff. Among them was Tarasoff. and
no man treated this very ordinary az
fair with less concern than he. Tarasor
had other interests In life. Unlike the
Griboffs and ZhuravlioT, he was a
man of wide culture He raced auto
mobiles. collected old swords, heped
into publicity budding Secesslonis,
artists. and took keen interest in tho
theater. He had lately begun to fire.
quent the Moscow Art thcatcr that
wondrous creation of StanislavslSy and
Ncmiroritch- Dansccnko, which STAGES
better plays and better style than any
theater In Europe. In the Moscow
Art theatcr Tarasoff held $4,000 In
shares. and he played u role In the d.
rcction. Flo was indeed Il many-sided
man. True. he also practiscd wearing
n bored look talked sometimes of the
vanity of life. and threatened to Join
Count Tolstoy's Doukhobors But
young men with Sll,0o00OO can afford
such eXtravaganccs.
COOL TO THE LAST.
And on the second sanguinary
night. when young Zhuravion lay in
his coffin and Olga GribOff on her
death-bcd, he drove TO his Moscow
Art theater, and witnessed n draer
and misty tragedy by Anton TchckhoH.
When ho returned home. he learned
that Olga Griboff was dying. lIc said
that nc was very sorry, and went to
sleep. At next morning he rang for
his servant, and put a couple OF ques-
tons:
Has anyone tclephoncdH Have they
said how Is Madame Grlbon?"
SHE is dead"
Make my coffee"
Thsrc was 10 sign of distress on
Tarasoff's fncc. Everyone knows that
he was not In love with Madame
Griboff. and that she was quite In
different to him. Yet five minutes
later, the servant while brewing Tar.
asoff's coffee. heard the loud report OF
Il revolver. He rushed to his masters
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lspecIal Correspondence

'Slttihi SViitoPyHNNiiNS'J
"a HOSCOW. Dec. 2.-Dostoycvsky
IN IA once wrote letter on "the
" d contagion of blood"
Russians are quoting 1t npro-
pos of the fates of Nicholas Zhuravlioff,
Olga Griboff. and Nicholas Lazarc-
witch Tarasoff, vino are all today asleep
in oaken coffIns with bullets through
the brain.
They quote it because this is one OF
those inscrutablc, unheard-of self
butcheries which nothing but the con-
tagion of blood can explain. The first
victim is Nicholas Zhuravlioff, beloved
by everyone, because he was young,
handsome, in perfect health. and mil
lionare. Zhuravlioff was friend of
the married couple Griboff. OF Moscow
mercantile origin. pair also young,
good-looking and enormously rich. Olga
Griboff, nee YasuslnsHy, lived in hal
ccyon peace and happiness with her
suicide no one will ever say.
True. there had been an nterlude Of
truly Russian character In the halcyon
peace. Two years ago the Griboffs
made motor tour through Europe
with certain r." also, say the news
papers. Moscow millionaire. Madame
Griboif and the automobile land the
nameless "R'D remained abroad, and
Griboff went home to weep over his
faithless wife. After six months OF de-
lrium, Madame Griboff tired OF "R,"
and flew back TO her husbands arms.
Griboff forGave her, he bought her, for
S5oO.oOO, the estate of Red Hill. near
Tarasovka, and built her an orangery
and arhor which cost him 5000, 900 more.
SECOND TRAGEDY.
When the oransery was completed.
the second millionaire, Zhuravloff
came into the Griboffs' life. Gribotf
liked Zhuravlioif and taught him
finance. Madame Griboff also liked
Zhuravlioff, and naturally Zhuravlioff
like Madame Griboff. She was tall,
fair haired, straight as g, pine, and she
had violet, velvety eyes. TO young and
foolish Ihuravlioff, her past. her auto
mobile trip. the compaisant husband
who bought back her affection with
orangerics-al these sounded motto
of mystery and bizarre seductivcnc.s
which appealed to him quite as strong
ly rs the pne-lilio straightncas and tho
violet, velvety eyes.
But Zhurnvlioff and Madame Griboff
never transgrcsscd past coquctry. They
were not in love. They played cards
In tho billiard room, ilrtcd, and made
bets for gloves. They gave NJ. Grihoff
no cause to build II second orangery.
Nevertheless, something terrible which
no man will ever know passed. between
Griboff and his wifc's best friend
Griboff took Zhuravlioff to lunch at tho
Hotel Mctropole. Tho pair talked for
two hours In French. and the waiter.
who knows no French. reported: "rhcy
were evidently talking most important
business" When lunch was over Zhur-
avlIoff drove home
Evidently the business was indeed
important. For that night Zhuravliofr
stood before mirror in his dressing
ROOM and sent q bullet through his
brain.
His friends were sorry but made
no fuss, Russia Is full of suicides
Next morning they heard mass piously
for the dead man. Among those who
prayer almost earnestly were the Gri-
boifs, man and wife. and n common
friend, Nicholas Lazarevitch Tarasofr,
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Observation-Disclosures w Nv Observation-Disclosures
Mysterious Suicide Epidemic
Among Moscow ,M11H;ona,res

richest and most interesting of all thj
nest OF milllonaires.
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IA ROSCOW, Dec. 2.-Dostoycvsky
IN IA once wrote a letter on "thc
" 4 contagion of blood"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
FooLlIARDY CLIMBERS.

In some Of the English magazines
this summer I read accounts of Alpin-
lists who broke away from the tyranny
or guides" rs If that were something
of which to be proud. Now there Is
nothing more dangerous than dispcns-
ing with guides, as the statistics show,
for sc of the deaths occurred to climb
crs without guides The accident with
guides which cost the lives of seven
persons took place on July $, near the
Bcrgl Hut, ON the way to the jung
frau. Two Germans, who had been
waiting several days for good weather.
decided to risk the ascent as their holt
day was nearing II close, with Alex
andcr Burrencr leading. his nephew
and three GriudClwald guides, the Ger
mans began the ascent Of steep snow
slope The trouble was that the fresh
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
GOING TO a DANCE.

But going to dances in the American
quarter, universally known rs the
Latin quarter. Is not II simple per-
Torrance. 1t Is continuous. dtvcrtlng,
and In many ways different from
dances held in other quarters of the
world. The preparations for n dance
arc apparent everywhere and the after
emects OF Il dance are equally apparent.
Christmas eve morning you usually
get up late and then worry your ward
robe. This one hour before lunch. or
should ] say "dcicuner' for local color.
is the only time you have for such in
spcct!on. With careful discrimination
you lay aside from among your many
dress shirts, that one which is the most
delicate shade of yellow. Parsicnno
laundrcSscs have an csthctic objection
to dead white. II you are connois-
seur OF shirt fronts it will be time for
lunch when you have made your irrcv-
ocable selection
During lunch Mt Henriette's-you
lunch at Hcnricttc's in order that you
may be able to partake OF extra re-
frcshment at the ball room bar without
putting your hand into Il friends
Nocket-you hear the gossip Of the
quarter. Miller whom you thought so
generous to lend his dress suit to
Monsieur Chateau for the dance be-
cause Chateau was French and wanted
to look Amcrican--thc clothes were cut
in Americas going to Montmartrc
where he won't need them and with Il
friend you don't know to speak to,
she poses; YOU thought it OF him all
along, but you did think he might havo
let you IN on the game. And
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Especial Correspondencc.D


n ONDON, Dec. 8.-Evcry year the
rush OF tourists to the Alps
grows greater and of recent
years noticeable feature has
been the number of Americans who
have taken up the sport of mountain
climbing. a few years ago the regular
climber met onlyI2nglishmcn andl1ngiish
women on tho slopes Of the SNOW clad
mountains, but now the English have
disappeared, or rather have been alb
sorbcd in the crowd of Americans and
Germans who are swarminS over the
playground OF Europe.
The Alpine season for this year has
just closed and the Swiss experts are
now taking stock OF its toll OF acct
dents and trying to draw conclusions
which will prevent or minimize such
disasters in future. But SO far tho
only conclusion that they have come
to Is the old one--that fools should not
climb mountains. Excessive cure Is
needed in mountain climbing but II
man or woman is physically tit. Is care
full to climb only with competent
guides and properly equipped. there
really Is hardly more danger than in
any other sport.
The Alpine season which has Just
ended has been n particularly disas-
trous one. More than 60 climbers and
guides were killed outright and the
number of injured, or those having
their hands and feet frozen, 1t Is i'm
possible to estimate. The strangcst
part of the statistics is that notwith-
standing the fact that Americans this
year have been swarming over the AL
pnic submits not one fatal ac
cldent with them is reported,
and only three English climb
crs-Frank L. Posson of Brighton, who
died from exhaustion near the summit
OF Mount Blanc: II Londonor, who fell
on the Glacier des Blossoms. and Miss
Bates, who disappeared Oct. 6 after
leaving ChamoniX alone for the Col do
Balnc, are among the dead.
DEATHS OF TOURISTS.
Nearly half the victims are Swiss,
who almost invariably climb without
guides. According to statistics tabu-
lated by Julian Grnndc. of the Swiss
Alpine club, tho deaths OF tourists are
rs follows:
Twenty-four Swiss. including two
women.
Ten Germans.
Nine Austrians, including two women.
Three Italians.
Three English.
Three English in the British noun
tnins.
Personally I attribute the escape OF
the American climbers to two reasons:
the first. the Americans are practical
and never attempt the impossble sec
ondly the majority of Americans climb
Ing always start completely prepared
ana with the best guides. for when
Americans risk their lives they do not
think of economy | have known
Americuns to climb With four guides
SC that in case of fatigue thoy could
be carried back. two guides taking
turns about. From this ] do not mean
to Infer that American Alplnists lack
the sporting instinct for on the con-
trnry they figure often III the first as
cents of the season of such difficult
peaks as the Grcpon, or the Aguille
Vertc. But among American climbers
the percentage of meek breakers" as
the guides sad too daring climbers. is
very small
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lspeclnl Corresrondence. }

IN ARTS, Dec. ITO the average
~ Englshman of today Christmas
is not the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
around-a-trec day that 1t IS to
most Americans. Christmas Is the
poetic name he gives to his yearly
Siege of Paris: for during the last week
OF the year he HES himself to Paris
JOY themselves. He is like spectator
Mt an aviation meet; he cranes his
neck to sec. tho wild1nights of fun with
out daring to make an ascension him
self
Moreover IL you describe to an Eng
Americans who spend Christmas in
Paris, he will look at you dubiously
or with unconscious insolence. DONE
be deceived by his manner, however;
way back of his affected insularlty he
is green with envy-olive green.
The truth is an American In Paris
doesn't wait for the lark to drop at his
feet, he grabs it on the wing and "eats
EN- alive without the purple sauce"
Thus the Americans Christmas in
Paris makes the E;nglishrnan's holiday
look "squiffy." Perhaps the respon-
sibility of being abroad and American
Mt the same time. weighs heavily upon
them; at any rate the activity they
display organizing Christmas festivi-
ties is unrlvaled.
What do they do? Oh. they just
dance.
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be the floor, it may be n post; IL you
are lucky she may loft you against
fat man, for which be duly grateful.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
Observation-Disclosures ERzII ~ Hzk Observation-Disclosures
Heavy Toll of Death
Exacted By the Alps

ly fallen snow had not had time to
freeze to the old snow underneath. and
the weight of the caravan started an
avalanche. which slid like a rug on a
polished Hoor hurting all seven into
eternity. The climb should never have
been attempted with tho snow In sucn
bad condition.
Without guides one never knows what
Is going to happen 7 have known
guides to abandon Mont Blanc in APP
parently beautiful weather because
there was thin cob-webbed looking
veil of mist cllnging to Mont Maudit-
danger signal visible only to old
guides who knew their mountain. In
less than half an hour foul weather may
come in the Alps and no human being
can brave the fury of an Alpine btz-
gard
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-10-06
BIG FOUNTAIN TO
Be HERE SOON
NEW RIVER TOWN BEING
STARTED.

schafer, N. b., Sept. 3o.-White
City is the name of a new town being
built in the north end of the county
by Capt. e. Senechal, an old time
steamboat captain, who has a home
stead in that locality. The site Sc
lected for the new town Is on the
north bank Of the Missouri river, op-
posite Nesson and about twenty miles
north of Schafer. A large store build
ing and several dwelling houses have
been erected and things are already
booming there. The object Of tho new
townsite owners in building at this
place is for the purpose Of hauling
freight: to and from the railroad by
water. They will purchase all grains,
cattle. hay and everything the farmers
have for sale at small margin above
the market price, transport It (by
boat to railroad towns along the
river, and bring In groceries. hard.
ware, lumber, etc., on the return trip.
It is understood that the company
will stock up their store for the win
ter before navigation closes.
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he could desire. ..
He accordingly rounded the Ma,
tional Humane Alliance to carry out
his idetis tor the welfare Of animals.
He intended to give his time and
fortune 70 the work. But Just - Il
was started be died. He left his
sfbftune for this work. and tho sooi0y
IL Administering the trust Of Mr.. En-
sign on ths lines Of his idsas, for
humane work. sducatinS eAiIdroD IN
E6dness to animals and other similar
work.
The Humane Alliance AAs o@oes at
No. so United Charities Building.
New York city. Ths emesrs are:
Harrison Grey F1sks, prssidsut: Fred
erick b. Tllghman, vioeprssidsnt;
Lewis H.. seayer. secretary and
treasurer.
Mr. ssaysr wss rscsntly h this city
10 help select site for the fountain.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-10-06
Velvet Chan Who0t.

There has usually been a discrim.
ination in price OF s to 10 cents per
bushel against Velvet Chaff wheat.
In Bulletin Is. Food Department,
North Dakota Agricultural College.
the statement is made: There was
considerable Velvet Chaf wheat ship
ped into Duluth and Superior, but
none shipped out"
Prof. Ladd had some experiments
conducted in testing the Velvet Chah
wheat for bread-making, as compared
with the hard spring wheats. After
giving the data he sums 1t up as fol-
lows: 1T will thus be observed that
in loaf volume the Velvet Chaff wheat
averaged better than the hard spring
wheats, and in color it was slightly
superior to the average of the hard
spring wheat. Judging from the crop
of 1909 Velvet Chaff wheat proved su-
perior to the hard spring wheets Of
the state In bread producing quail
tie0."
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-10-06

WITH GIRL
Tom Companion, Former Soldier,
Skips From Bismarck With
17.year.oId Lass.

Bismarck Palladium: Sheriff Nc
Gillis has sent out notices for officers
over the state to arrest and hold Tom
Companion, who was formerly a sold
ier in the regular army, but since his
release has been living in Bismarck.
Last Sunday night Companion sud-
denly left the city in company with
Anna Harold, 17-year-old girl of the
city, and her parents knew nothing Of
her departure till the next day. They
are anxious that she we returned
home, and engaged the assistance Of
the local police authorities to help
them in their search for a wavward
daughter.
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||S CHARGED
WITH MURDER
Bond Of Young Miller at Darlington
Raised-WiI Be Placed in
JimtoWn Jail.

Darlington, N. D., Oct. Lice
Miller was arraigned before Judge E..
T Burke at special term of court and
an information charging the young
man with the murder of his father
was filed, the judge ordered a plea
of not guilty entered for Miller, and
raised his bond to $4,000. Lee will be
taken to the Stutsman county Jail at
jamestown for safe keeping. 1t is not
probable that any effort will be made
to have him released on bond. His
former bond was in the sum of $500.
When brought to court this morning
Miller refused to answer any Ques-
tions or to communicate either with
the Judge or any OF his relatives.
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ROBBERS
] ARRESTED
!
Accused Of Taking $183 From Devils
Lake Man-Arrested on Arrival
at Forks.

Grand Forks. N. D., Oct. 1 1.-Chief
Of Police Lowe succeeded in captur-
ing two fellows accused of robbing
a companion of $lS3 near Webster.
Sheriff Belfrey of Devils Lake was i'm
mediately notified Of the arrest and
came to Grand Forks and secured the
prisoners returning with them Thurs
day evening.
James Cotton. employed on the
John Serumgard farm, near WeD-
ster, notified the sheriff at Devils
Lake that he had been robbed Of $183
and he gave the description of the
two other men who had engaged
rooms at Reids annex the previous
night and had disappeared stimuli
taneousIy with his money.
Believing that the men had left for
Grand Forks, the sheriff Immediately
notified Chief of Police Lowe. and
from the description obtained in this
manner Chief Lowe was able to
identify the men as they got of the
train here q short time later.
The prisoners gave their names as
Charles Ladwig and Frank Mtckles
and denied knowledge of the theft. al
though they were unable to give a
clear account Of the manner in which
they had secured more than 500
which they had upon their person.
The men we're taken to Devils Lake
by the sherif Thursday night and
were arraigned for preliminary hear.
ing for the theft.
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FRACTURED
SKULL IN A
RUNAWAY
G. w. Cook and Willie Smith
Hurt in Accident at
Jamestown.

jamestown. N. D., Oct. 1.-G. W.
Cook of this city is suffering from q
fracture of the skull and little 6-year-
old Willie Smith, son of Elmer Smith,
has scalp wound and an injured arm
as the result of a runaway near the
N. P. freight house just before noon
Friday.
Mr.. Cook was temporarily takinR
the place of one of the McCullock &
Mudgett drivers. who is sick and
was unloading lumber fro ma car to
his truck back Of the freight house.
When train No. 7 pulled out for the
west the commotion made by the
starting engine and the escaping
steam frightened the horses which i'm
mediately started over the rails for
Sixth avenue north. Mr.. Cook was
thrown heavily to the ground and his
lumber tipped over.
The Smith boy was one OF a large
AuAllOSI LAde udppcHCu " Ue
ing from school at just that time and
was hit by the horses almost as soon
as they reached the street while all
his companions reached places Of
safety. He was slammed to the ground
and it is believed he received the
scalp wound in the fall. Six stitches
were required to close it. One Of the
arms was badly wrenched and twjst-
ed in the accident although no bones
were broken.
The horses were caught after they
had run a few blocks.
Mr.. Cook was taken 10 his home
as soon as he had received medical
treatment and late in the afternoon
was reported to be resting a. we'll
as could be expected in his serious
condition