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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-11
By BRIGGS

He would have grumbled still fur
ther, but the Pearlhunter urged him
to 80. With a last whispered word.
the sturdy old fellow stole away in
the gloom, half reluctant still. as
though he felt he was disgracing
himself not to stay and fght-some-
body.
The Pearlhunter watched the dis
appearingNform till it. was lost among
the trees that grew under the blum.
He had purposely avoided any men,
ton of his plans. not wishing to in
volve a friend needlessly. 1t was a
bold tMought-that plan. He picked
up the stove leg from the floor. where
he had laid it while hiding the, am
munition. and felt its ragged outline.
It was an ugly weapon. Too hard a
der. II 1t came to that, he might as
we'll be the Red Mask.
He tossed the stove leg On. the foot
OF the dirty bed and crossed to the
east window. There were lights in
the sherin's kitchen, and shadows
Hitting back and forth across the
muslin curtains. but no signs OF the
Sheriff with the supper. He strained
his ears for sounds farther UP the
or excitement back Of the Mud Hen.
1t was the hour just after night
fall. when village streets are most
likely to be deserted-the' hour when
'loungers isp home to supper. Not a
sound outss,of the ordinary rode the
air. The Sheriff. in common with
his Anetghbsers, was probAblY---at that
moment around the table. with his
family When he had finished his
meal. he would likely carry some Of
the left over food across to lhis
prisoner. va
The Pearlhunter went back to the
broken chair. For what seemed to
him a long. long time he fdgeted
and waited. specializing on the chance
Of the Sherif's coming alone. Curl
ousiy enough. he, found himself plan-
ming just how he would strike, ana
where-and how hard. He tried not
to think of it. but it would th-ob
back into his mind in spite Of finn,
until it finally became an obsession.
His impatiencd. the pitch to which
he was keyed, the insistent throb of
that thought~-"how; where how
hard'-fnally drove him back to the
east window. The house was just al
It had appeared since the dark fell
lights at the back window, with the
silhouettes Of a woman and children
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-11
ROOT TO THE RESCUE.

7 When there was a likelihood that
the controversy over the League of
Nations plank. would split the Repub-
lican convention in Chicago, 1t was
the wisdom Of Elihu Root which in
dictated the way out. Mr.. Root is not
a member Of the convention, and was
not present. just now he is in Eu-
rope on business connected with the
organization of an International ju-
dicial council, but in anticipation of
the possibility Of a deadlock on this
subject. an appeal had been made to
him some days ago by cable to suggest
a form which might obviate the
threatened split. .
There was a time when it was
thought possible that MI. Root might
be ahmed by the .presiden as one Of
the American peace commissioners.
Instead. the president chose as the
Republican member former Ambas-
sador White. Mr.. White is a man of
fine character and undoubted ability,
but he was not the man to cope with
N. Wilson'S self-assertirveness and
his inststence that the delegation
should in reality be a one-man affair,
with the president as the one man. I.
is not improbable that knowledge of
this fact was one Of the seasons why
he vas chosen.
Had Mr.. Root been a member of
the delegation he would have influ-
enced it's decisions. He would not
have been awed by the president, and
would not have acquiesced in decisions
of which he did not approve. And it
is quite likely that his presence, his
balance and his firmness would have
inspired other members to independ-
ent ways of both thinking and acting.
Had Root been a member of the del
egation it is quite possible that while
Mr.. Wilson might have returned from
Europe with somewhat less OF self
complacency, he would nave returned
with honor. would have been met by
the senate in a spirit Of accommoda-
ton. and would have seen the com
pact with which he returned accent
ed and put into effect, and thus taken
our Of the category Of unfinished bus
mess.
This is by no means the first time
that a mans fear that he might d.
minish his W importance has re-
lnulted in a far worse hum iliatton than
that which he tried to avoid.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-11
THE LANCER

The size of the crowds that turn
ont TO- listen to the addresses by At
torney General LANCER and the en-
thusiasm which greets Mr.. LANCER
wherever he appears furnish some in
dication of the interest with which
his campaign is being watched, and
the receptions which he gets in places
which have been known as strong
holds Of Townley sentiment show that
the people of the state have been
thinking, and thinking to some pur7
pose.
Mr.. LANCER stands squarely on the
platform adopted at the Minot Re-
publican convention. That platform
was not the invention OF the moment.
It was notGplucked out of the air or
framed as a plausible prete4t on
which to obtain votes. 1t is a sum-
mary Of the convictions long enter
tanned by a great body of citizens of
the state. expressing their adherence
to the principles of true A~meficanism,
their acceptance of the principles of
sound government, and their approval
of policies which will make for the
wise and useful development of all
the resources of the state. The plat
form declares for experimentation on
an adequate scale in the state owner
ship and operation Of a great ter
minal elevator and FIGURING mill in
conjunction with it, and for use of the
results Of this experiment as the ba-
sis OF action in the future for the ex-
tension Of this policy in the same and
other directions. On this particular
feature the policy enunciated at Mi
not differs from the policy approved
by Socialists generally in that 1t pro-
poses to try out n great enterprise
before a lot OF others are launched.
That policy is the one which is en-
ployed by every competent person in
The handling Of his own business, no
matter what that business may be.
The. opposite policy, that OF profess
;sional Socialism. proposes to make q
clean sweep Of everything at one
time, to tear up whatever is and start
k~Nverything afresh.
It Is the policy of conservative
progress to which Mr.. LANCER stand.
Committed, and which he is expound.
Ang at all his meetings.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-11
MOTHER.

Mother thinks a Teller ought to never
do a thing
Like climbin' trees or playin' ball or
standin in a swing.
An once she looked an caught me On
a horizontal bar -
When was hanging by my legs. an
then she yelled fer Pa I
An made him come and stop me COZ
she said at I'd be hurt
An anyhow that's how I ripped the
buttons off my shirt,
Pa he only chuckled an he said
right off the bat,
1T doesn't seem like forty years since
/ was dom that"
Mothers awful scary, she's afraid at
I'll be killed, -
n almost tainted yesterday because
my wagon spilled
threw me on the sidewalk, an I
barked my shins an knees
An the blood began a-spurtin' like
the zap from maple trees;
When Pa came home she showed him
every place where I was hurt
An told him how l hollered when she
scrubbed away the dirt,
But Pa he looked me over an ne saw
how was skinned
An he didn't scold or Ruthin', but he
JUS sat there an grtnned.
I'm careful assY can be. but you cant
have any fun
II you never climb or nuthin', N a
feiler's got to run
An sometimes fight or rsaale. an S
can't help gettin; hurt,
he forgets how easy buttons rfu
OF Of a shirt;
Wliy. Nh gets all excited when / ge,
. bloody d
But Pa was once q boy himseif an he
knows hDw II sgoea,s
when Ma makes me show MIN
how I've cut IN, scTapeA my
ghfHs.
Pr never seolds or nufhin'--he Jus
8 ioeks q ne IN sgrins.
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sYIoPs1s.

The Pearl Hunter" and his mother
I'VE on q h~ouseboat in the Wabash river,
him that she was formerlS wealthy. but
mad lett her husband as the result of, q
Misunderstanding caused purposely BY
q scoundrelly- former lover. and for II
years, she and her son, an infant at the
time her life was wrecked. ave lived
in their present amer. ~
Shortly after this the scoundrelly low
% sppea ans R He e S'ee the ae th.fy c xsstir but re!
leaves hurriedly leaving a small red
mask on the floor.
a The Thru Pe aran Hun meh hnds a great e aao pearl
after the death Of his mother. which
He meets ! beautiful girl. living in the
He calIs the girl The Wild ii 'f Rose"
The Pearl Hunter visits the 'Wild
tnasn y where ' ere she lives With her father
hat her father was shot in the head
seven years before. and has since beer
In, the strange mental condition. No de-
but when her father was brought home
afterward he was clutching a knife
which he handles constantly, and in q
package was . small red mask.
the money, for an operation on the wild
Mans brain from the sale of the Blue
Moon.
den in the Pearl Hunters cabin. The
next morning a pearl buyer arrives.
The pearl buyer says he will give five
thousand dollars for the Blue Moon.
The deal goes through, and shortly
afterward the pearl buyer is stabbed t.
death. When found by the Pearl Hunte,
he has a knife IN his bosom, and his
hand clutches a red mask.
The Pearl Hunter is discovered stand.
ing over the body Of the pearl buyer
and he is held on suspicion OF being this
red mask murderer and thief, who
stole the Blue Moon.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-11
EVENING EDITION.

bohbing across the curtains. The
shadows gave the aP~earlhunter some.
thing new to think about. What It
he struck too hard! He promised,
the shadows not to.
At the moment; a,door opened on
the back porch of the Sheriff's house.
A square Of light picked out She
rough boards. The Sheriff appeared
with q fat basket in the hollow Of his
arm. A woman's hand pulled back
the muslin curtains at a side window
and held a candle close to the pane
to light him across the Jail yard.
The Pearlhunter stepped back to
the bed: picked up his stove les; hid
It beneath his blouse and lonngeadi
down on the broken chair. A moment
later a key, scraping unbelievable
loud IN the dull silence OF the Jail,
hunted it's way into the lock-. n
heavy outer door whined back. A
match scraped; the sputterinS flame
WAS laid to the stub of a candle; an
arm held it through the bars Of the
inner door. q
Continued in tomorrow
Evenings Herald.
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stand any back talk. The osowd
didn't try it; they obeyed-many sui
|l~enly'Hsorne grumbling Openly. A few
stayed. The man leaning against the
Hen.
The village Of Buckeye struggles
for a quarter of a mile along the
River Road. The road is 3 bigger
institution than the town. 1t formed
the principal street. The village
lookup. or jail. stood in plain sight
a short way to the west on the north
The Sheriff dismounted, pickeu up
the slit. and trampled blouse. threw it
about the shoulders Of his prisoner
and united the severed rope end still
knotted about his. neck. With a NUT
tered command, he made a slight mo-
ton toward the Jail with; his revolver.
The Pearlhunter, still With bound
him ~half-naked from his waist UP,
the blood upon his face and body fast
Istifening into clots. obeyed the COM
mand. f
Inside the lookup the Sheriff cut
his hands loose, and Immediately
stepped outside and locked the door,
seeming to have no fancy to tarry
after his prisoners hands were free.
A few of the crowd had followed, i'm
ANAH SAV I1A SS"SS IL 0RpSoA GU
to be more concerned about their re-
ward than about their master, whose
dead body had. been left lying back
on the grass. Telling them the re-
ward would not be overlooked. the
Sheriff ordered the straEylers away.
and warned them not to gather again.
The Sheriff lived at the a s edge Of
prisoner he pointed out the house and
told him he would bring over some
supper later on.
Lucky I happened back from the
farm just when l did," he muttered,
halt to himself. as he started to lead
his horse to the barn standing at the
foot Of the bluffs back Of his house
"Youd "a been high an dry by
now"
The Pearlhunter made no answer;
the Sheriff went on to the barn.
The Buckeye lookup vas a two
story, rectangular structure OF heavy
logs. There : were two cells. with a
hallway between. on the first floor
and the same arrangement above
The P~earlhuntcr was the only prison
en-. 30 he had free range. of both
to the stair leading to the upper floor
was heavily padlocked. The door OF
the Jail faced south-faced the Rive
Road. Each cell had window;
the window Of the one looking east
rh.ss w;rd"w. wers 10th rs,hs,
10 rssr +han w;sh+ M. bcsn exrscs'
ed Each contsin.d = sin1,e essh
WITH To- 800 80 outsids r,nnin.
up and down. There were four bar
~ ~ W. tbsf,nn ana hottom tn.
s sash ~ = a. 49, ~ tha ~. 80 No y
Gill; "n = - ! "
,rhs . ,, .n.n.a ~. .a.h :.
tho ,ve.t w;ndny ~ srsuns = hacl
r. s.,Ss.ra - ~ -.
her. <. co,,Ia IrcI .n.,9 ,nder tts con,
"aln -. sou =. ~ iatI ..a.H d. hnId
Tan h ;sees ~ 'ns .aA r.. ns -,
ans ~ -. the spas =, tfa LOO
e,t au .iranv -, ~.
= 'na. pn y ~.S ,yn.S ~. Vii.
DC n kns~ = 49, .e. .nS
Gy rst ~. n,s .I,r. : ~ 1aa,
..hens me Isses saiia1v.a tho $50
q IAn llHR InAEEH 40 g IL &6IlOkV
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-11
BY DAVID AN DERsoN

ton. He drew the paper forth-the
draft. In. the fast failing light he
smoothed it out and pOred owes the
words again.
His day! His great day! He had
watched it slip into a starry world
upon the crest of midnight; had
watched it unbar the gates Of dawn.
And now it had driven across the
world and out at the gates Of su.,set.
Dead! Gone back into the night!
7 He left the window; dropped down
upon the one broken chairNin the coll
and buried his face in his hands.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-11

Half a dozen black hens eggs.
said the grocer. You've got me!
1 can't tell black hens eggs from
any other kind"
II car" said the boy. Mother
told me how o." n
We'll, here you are said the
grocer.'Let me see you pick out
half a dozen black hens eggs"
h boy selected six. of the biggest
in the box. These are black hens
eggs" he said and the grocer, feel
ing that he had been done, istook
the money offered him for the eggs
and let him go.
A doctor who was superintendent
Of the Sunday school. in a small VIII
lage asked one OF the boys this ques-
Willie, will you tell me what we
must do in order to get to h~eaven?"
Said Willie. I'VE must die"
VERY true" replied the doctor.
but tell me what we must do before
we die" &c. 6
I'VE must get siek." said Wills.
land sen for YOU"
At a very convivial dinner in Lon.
don man with a naturally solemn
face arose, a glass in hand, to pro-
pose a toast" !.
May we never" he said in deep
measured tones drink any more Of
He paused. and there was a horn-
fed silence for several seco1ds- &
than Is good for u.s."
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CHAPTER xyI.-(Continued.,

He had purposely raised his voice.
the man for whose ear it was in-
tended never shifted his position;
never changed, even in the slightest
bis Easy SMILE. He did slip his hand
down the front Of his frock coat and
loosen it against, his side, but thai
was all.
The Sheriff swore; turned slowly ir
his saddle and glanced the crowd
over. He personally knew every mar
present-except, one. His eye rested
on the man leaning against the hitch
rack. and SO s%earchingly that the mar
appeared to think something was ex.
pected of him.
IF you have any doubts as to the
fellows identity" he said. with ar
easy drawl, as il bored with the whole
proceedings, you might search hil
cabin"
The devilish completeness of tn.
plot staggered the Pearlhunter. From
the first, he had been glad of the eau.
ton that prompted the burning of the
two masks in the cabin; he wal
doubly glad now.
The Sheriff appeared to think ther,
was something in the. suggestion
What he would have answered. o.
what would have been the Pearlhunt
er's e move, had his answer peer
adverse. will v be known. for tn.
Boss. who had regained conscious
ness. scrambled to his feet and push.
ed his way through the circle.
Sheriff" he said, you've shor,
tuck tn ron channel this trip
That's TIL, Pearlhunter. Bull Master
son hung that monniker on to in
when he Wus a kid. He amt /. i,
more tn Red Mask than I be. ~,
knowed i'm of and on ever sence hin
and ,'fs mother first come on tn
And who are your the Sheriff
asked dryly.
Me? I'm a pearl fisher. Every
body knoys pne
The Sheriff was plainly annoyed
The Boss meant well. and his loyalt.
touched the Pearlhunter: but be ha.
no proof-certain knowledge, but n.
proof. Truly the law is a queer ma
chine. And the world: the ways o
imenL Drink a mans whisky in tn,
afternoon and hang him in the eve
ming, Some queer philosophy in that
But the Pearihunter was not a philo
well, stick around. stick around.
the. sheriff continued, still ewing III
IyoiubIe but Well-msaning Boss. .Yp,
can tell all that Il the Judge. Lads
IAN gentlemen he continued, raisin,
his voice and speaking to the crowd
"aS I said before, this man is .entitls,
to a trial, an, a trial he'll Git. Hell
hang-but It'll be TIE law that hang
}sfm/ an NOT. you. ] advise you t
break up this damn fooiishneas an 1
= eoule b seep v,tb Aa,s An y
s.f5fstN
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planned pumber Of utcrcsing
Christ mas celebrations before they
dismiss for the holidays on Thurs
dav afternoon. Tho WOODLAND
school has planned to have n munt-
cipal Christmas tree similar to the
one they had last year, except IA
Principal Iinsdale stated. better, Il
II were possible. sThe tree IL to be
on the campus In front of the school
building and will he lighted by hun
dreds of small electric colored bulbs.
All persons OF tho city are invited
to attend and each person IL re-
qucstcd to bring u donation with
them consisting of clothing. food,
fruit or toys and these are to be
given to the Humane society and
salvation Army who Will distribute
them to people In need. A program
has been arranged consisting OF
songs. "Holy Night" and up on the
Housctops." 10y the grade childycn
of tho Woodlawn school. Invora-
lion 10y Rev IL. NJ. Woods. and dur
ing the evening several numbers are
to be given by "A male quartet com 10
posed of Mcssrs. j. Il. Barton. j. X.
Holmes, Hughes and Claude Mas
ters. A short address will be mad
by superintendent J.. II. Barton and
several pieces will he played by the
school orchestra. Principal I.nsdalc
Will mako the closing remarks and
supcrintcnd the distribution of the
gifis
At the Junior high school a pro
gram is TO he given Thursday after
noon by the pupils. and Thursday
| morning the grade pupils of the
" Washington school Will give Their
special Christmas program on
Thursday morning at the Junior high
auditorium.
At the Garfield school Christmas
| cclcbrat tons are To consist OF a mum
bcr OF affairs and the first of these
was given on Thursday evening
when the symphony club gave d
| musical. on Tuesday evening the
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-20
Accusde ANey Officer
Says He's Kleptomaniac
Couldn't Help Thefts

NEW YORK. Dec. 1s.---John I.
Willers, former captain OF the
4sth infantry, now being tried by
court martial at Governors Island,
Tor desertion and the theft OF
more than $1,000 OF his companys
funds. today after being declared
mentally competent at the time Of
the alleged theft and deserti,n n by
a board Of medical officers. took
the witness stand in his\ own de.
fense.
Willers testified he was born In
Germany In 1891, and from tho
age OF 10 years he had a tendency
toward kleptomania. When he
was IA. he testified, he ran away
from home, and as a consequence
OF his waywardncss. his family
sent him to the United States In
1905. Several years later, Willcrs
said, he enlisted in the United
States army. After serving "a part
Of his enlistment, he purchased
his discharge In 1914. In 1916,
he again joined the army and was
sent to the Plattsburg training
camp. where he was commissioned
a captain of infantry. Subse-
quently he was assigned to the
4sth infantry and sent to Camp
Sevier. He testified that after the
armistice two Liberty bonds, be-
longing to the men In his COM
pany were entrusted to his keep
ing. This proved TOO much OF n
temptation, and the following day
he withdrew other bonds and the
company's fund from the bank,
and deserted.
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TRADE IS FALLING OFF
|AmcriCa's Balance for November Is
OFF $63.OOO.O Exports
show u slump.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.--Amer-
|!cas balance of trade for November
|shrank 500 900 as compared with
he preceding month as n result or n
decided falling off in exports. ac-
TONS foreign trade for that month
|cordng to an analysis of the ma
issued tonight by the department OF
Commerce.
Exports for November were val
red at s675,000. 900, falling off OF
more than s76.000.000 from the Oc-
'Cber total of s751.72s,670. Imports
% the other hand declined only a
Aic yore than $13,0O0,000. the No
I!tmber total being estimated at
ISI,OOO,000 as compared with
|N5i,OsS,698 for October.
The United States, however. at the
ead OF November still had favor
acle balance In trade with the othc..
nations of the world for the frs
~ months Of the year of $2,494,205,-
~ Exports up to December l were
N'ooIS2S,420 and imports for the
@me period were $5.0l3.l17.932.
me balance of trade in favor of
me United States at the beginning
November amounted to $2,S4S,-
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Foley's
Honey and Tar
COMPOUND

LOOSENS THE PHLEGM AND
MUCUS. cIesu the psssses. costs in.
ilsmed sed irritsied membranes with
healing snd soothine demulcent, eAses
hsesseness, stops tickling In the thros,
ssd makes refreshing. restiui sleep
posiblc.
There is no better remedy for
Cssshs and Colds tha1 FeIeys
Honey 0sd 1ov.
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cietics OF all the churches are each
furnishing number OF families
with Christmas dinner and warm
clothing.
Churches Also at Work.
All of the churches of the city
have planned some kind OF fcstivf.
ties for their members. and they
too are also remembering their un-
fortunate people In our city and will
see that they are sent Christmas
cheer. At the Methodist church,
South. on Sunday morning after
Christmas, each class IL to asse mble
in the sunday school room. where a
white Christmas is to be celebrated
and a contribution will he taken
from each of these classes and they
will donate 1t to any fund hey wish
Some have expressed a desire to give
theirs to the Humane society, others
TO the salvation Army and others to
the Armenian cause. On this Mon :.
day night n party for the children Of
his church IL to he given AT the
church, and the Christmas story IL
TO be told them by Miss Margaret
Rowell. n Christmas program is to
be given and general good time
shown them.
AZ lne FlIst MetUOulSt tnultil
most of the classes and the socictie'
and organizations are each helping
poor family to have a merry
Christmas, and on sunday night
after Christmas "A Christmas pro-
gram will he given and the manger
Is to be on the platform, also the
wise men and King Horod and his
soldiers. a chimney composed oi
boxes OF candy will take the place OF
Christmas tree.
At the First and Second Baptist
churches the different organization
have planned TO do charity work
and programs are to be given al
each.
The Christian and Presbyterian
churches are each to have Christina,
pbscrvanUcs also.
Each church is showing the tru,
Christmas spirit by cndeavoring Il
bring thIs' spirit to other people anc
teach the children in its Sunda,
school what the word "Christmas'
really means.
Tho schools OF Sapulpa have als'