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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-02

SYNOPSIS,

Sale Herman. q racing trainer, WING
tells the story charges Classon. a veal
thy horse oWner with crooked collusion
with track officials but unable to prove
his charges he Is himself barred from
further racing. He decides to- go to
JuareE,5 Mexico. and takes a steamer
from New York to New Orleans.
On the boat Herman meets g Miss LIE
hand. and wins her friendship by his
ed to .haYe q vicious temper. which she
Is taking south. a.
The ship is wrecked or the Forida
coast.aThe other passengers escape In
the boats but Herman stays behind to
rescue the horse.
Herman and the horse reach shore
t6afely.s although Herman Is injured. He
agrees work for Miss Leland as q
When Herman has beer busy with his
new duties fo,, some time. Miss Leland nd
time. and 1t is feared thats she has beer
attacked by a escaped convict. Sh Is
tfound safe. however, $50
She confesses to Herman however that
h has helped the runaway to escape
Shortly afterwards she sdecided to. &c
north for q short time. Herman is by this
time hopelessly in love with her. but the
girls. chaperone. Mrs. Clarke, is LOSING
no opportunity to make things unpleas.
ant for him.
Miss Leland and her. party, including
Carteret Dane, an admirer, return .te
Grantham, and at the request Of Miss
a race, which the horse loses. Vivian.
dere is entered in the second race, AM
Herman places SOCIAL that he has-or
! her as a winner.
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EVENING EDITION
!, yAnanm6ri

!. . cousin az HID ~inancilyl
snaid 40 attentionI \ tho Aontans
! psst- :. I cTossed Misunderstanding
s ',Jwss. stand, Tho crowd, seein1 me
=. eonvereation with my owner. and
than seeing mOsBtArtS th6 Judges
stand. hung around was q
chance that I'd been E aaied before
them, that the acesInigttsp 9sciared
nss1-bets cancelled NoneaoI item nf
onrrae realized that wanted the
.snascallad no race; that I.whoS had
aGwavs run my horseAz honesty could
! fford le4s than ever, that was
,nIar fhe ban, to have auspicton rest
~ nv name. i could sfeeLseight thou
sard evas$ on me as I climbed ssthe
stems Of the judges stand
The race Just ended hadTsDee the
last. and, long az its taken n1esto tell
about what happened iter its .finish;
,snaad from the time the winning
n',nhers went up&untilS reached the
AN ~ the stairs. The Judges were
wrifinp the days records as came
MN hem. Old Colonel Bucknaaster
saxv me frst. His face colofed-.-aslit-
tlaI bit ashamed, he looked.
nWell. Misteh Herman, whatjcan We:
|do foh yo'?' he asked. I
Il wish you'd recall me NUMBERS
posted DelOW, y -
an investigation has been made,
The other judges9looked up at me.
lone Of them, Holt, spoke, with APP
aRncal the numbers? what are
YOU driving at, Mr.. Kernani7 a
an less than five minutes more this
race viii be history i snapped ~
minutes after the race ends---on this
track-the booknakers pay of.
That's plenty OF time for protest to be
filed. After that--I'n fhngsJny pro-
'e1 Kendrick, the third Judge. stared at
me. "Explain yourself, Mr.. herman"
ri haven't had time to e my jock
vet" said. "But he has been or
dered. all along. to v 8 the
whip on vivandiere. That's been his
religion, as I'VE taught It to him. You
saw him less than ten minutes ago.
You saw him whip my until she
threw away a race already Q ]
want the decision as to the result OF
the race held UP until It's DISCOVER
ed no bribed my boy-to throw the
race" M
Continued in tOmOrrDW
| 81 =ertEg q v1un~Ann.Sa uop0l6 1F%9 saEf
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trainers protest doesn't amount to
anything unless his owner sides with
him. Will you give me permission
to speak to the Judges, Miss Leland? ?"
Dane butted in. You don't want
your name mixed up in a nasty race
track scandal. Bobbie," he said.
That "Bobbie" angered me. 1t
would have been bad enough for him
to have called her Roberta, but the
pet name
'I'll tell you. Miss Leland" said I
coldly, eff / owned the mare I'd .rath-
cr have my name mixed up in open
scandal and come clear, than have
the scandal the cosby kind and"
land" interrupted Dane. THE gos-
sip will be about-her trainer"
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p Ix-Continued.

The two favorites were waiting for
Sunshine to come back: then they'd
hit their stride. and then-my little
lady, vivandiere, was none of your
back-stretch runners! She wouldn't
bother about where she stood until
after the third turn. 1t was the
Observation-Disclosures would count with
her,
At the quarter I dropped my glass
es and looked at the row Of boxes at
the base Of the grandstand, fronting
the, track. In the third one my eyes
found the party / was looking for.
Three women and three men. And
two of the women and two Of the
soils and programs and yelling like
mad. The other couple were seated a
bit at the rear Of the box. They
were .chatitng-I, could tell that by
their manner-with seeming uncon-
Germ, as though between the acts at a
t11eater. They were watching the
race. but they, weren't getting heated
them. Il had to admit il, though I
had no use for Dane; it was his
presence with her. and the feeling
that I'd be. an interloper, that had
|kept-me from their box. Yes, 1 had
to admit that he looked q worthy
match for the girl, although I knew,
that the pallor of his face, that silly
women might call Interesting" was
caused by. dissipation. Yet heSwas
handsome, and I couldn't blame Miss
Leland for liking him. looked at
her animated face.
Maybe there are iprettier girls top-
eide this earth. Maybe--I haven't
seen then. And I'll take my oath that
Ia gamer sportswoman-well;s She sat
there in the box with Dane, watch
ing her own horse run, and was the
|calmest5 woman at theltrack: i turned
glasses backson the race.
The leader, was just at the half.
made out the JOCKEYS %colors; it was
Bay King. Sunshine had blown up
already and was a bad nth. whilesthe
other starters were in the sruGk.
4 watched my a i
Ii but she was moving along, free.
as thes AIR. smooth as an electricgen-
CINE And the ride she was gettangs
aschunksot my swinnings!!
They reached the third turn; VI
vandierer was q bit cloyer; CressWeii
back ID length now "A Inurmur
game from the crowd: ~ rose TO q
yfoar:
Come on, you v~iyandIere!y
/ switched my glasees down to the
bookies and their clerks and markers
were hanging over II. easily picked
out key Blatx. fat face. There wasta
grin on II az mile wide. Grinfltrlg!
with the Lord knew how much on
his books to- Vivinadtere! turned,
the glasses BIT Beyond him.
'6amuels.s the most excitable layer ut
the track. looking AZ the race,
calm - though betting didnst exist
- SvxafH3 q 40 IL -
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MONDAY EvEN1NG, AUG. :. 1915
luaMm RAILROAD RATES.

ASMgSE IsSsa NHNfEEsr 4g%eG SHHtX g.ESNs5.2
There will be askreat outpouring OF
indignation from the Socialist press
Sovsr the new railroad rates. Authority
has been given to advance freight
ana passenger rates all along the line
IL VIII cost more to travel and to- ship
9pods. Whenever we made an indi-
Svfdual application OF the subject most
ok Ms felt that it was costing enough
Sasssit was. It will be. charged that the
santerstate commerce commission has
mt It's hand in the pockets Of the peo-
Nh and extracted therefrom several
aHundfed million dollars and made 2
present Of It to the railroad compan-
iess Therefore,, 81 will run the con-
lcluAion, let us confiscate the railroads
d run them ourselves, cut down
rates, or make travel and shipment
free, and dispense with all nonsense
about making ends meet.
Whether the commission, in its lat
SAst adjustment, has fixed rates too
high or not high enough is a matter
for the confederation Of experts. But.
whether the commission has reached
the right conclusion or not, the fact
remains that IL the country is to re-
eeiye anything like adequate service
from its transportation system, the
rates charged must be high enough
to yield a revenue which will NEE
All operating expenses. keep the prop
erty in good repair. and provide rea-
sonable returns for the capital invest.
Cd. Unless this is done. the whole
transportation service will be crippled
and the business OF the country viii
be crippled with it.
It takes just so much power to move
! train OF cars 100 miles. 1t takes
Just SO much coal, properly applied
to generate that power. It is as sense
less to expect a railroad system te
operate without enough money rs it Il
to expect a locomotive to haul carr
without enough coal.
Railroad rates should be just. But
as B. practical proposition, the public
q more interested In the certainty
regularity and s%ufficiency of transpor'
tation than in its cost in dollars. A.
an extreme illustration it may be said
| that the people of the United State.
could better have afforded during the
past two years rates TWICE as higf
as they have been, withsthe better ia
! cilities that such rates would hav'
{ provided, than the lower rates will
4 the demoralized, service which has ex
1 listed.
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; I'm ~ temper. I'm th.sscase'
80. at seems to me that ! slaou.1
-s,,.n chance to clear my naI ma
Mn n Leland, may speak =
'uq Tga other two couples "a the D0a
sal nsarer to us: Mrs CiaFhe ~
Sss hand on the girls arm. the
SaRoberta, you don't care aDvu. 1ose
|old race, anyway. We dlons " 80
|snnch.s And newspaper a;. -. IL
: could have hit Mrs. Cia sat ma
Ishe,d been Of my sex. ! ielt a;sHRed
Ibutted in merely because she ~ anaron
line. But the elderly ehe Inoked
Couldn't scare the girl: o .Tha run
line straight in The eyes. vonr good
name" 800 I said. st
she cnuld hear them all r1gns,
lfaker. trimmer, ranaef-up. hard
os Rnt I could see that MICS ahe
a;dn,t care o an investigation. ine
oaners might make a lot OF IT; NJ
name would be mentioned; wneIea
we'll. the Judges had ordered Qu ser
i MolIy.s name posted as the Wlnn nd
Evidently, they were satisned. nsa,ad
Ibe no scandal il matters were a.io" on
10 rest, + could see the strugsie ~
her face: between the dislike o. 70 -,
ling coupled with race-track ;.a -
OF the cheapest sort ana Ins ue SOW II
give me a square deal. pan saw -
too. .rne
.svo,, Enow IT," I answered.
"The sale herman OF Kentucky
with a bit Of q sneer.
Heslooked at the girl. .:1'd let the
matter rest. Bobbie. II l were you
I-er-don't think that letting It res
can hurt-very much-the name OF
man who has been ruled off n met
ropolitan tracks, =,
He turned his back to me, q,
Though the incident were closed.
reached forth and gripped his arm
whirling him around. :,
"You know why I was ruled on
sir." I snapped.
his arm, but 1 dug my fingers into hi
flesh.
'.You know why" I was again.
1 think he'd have struck me tnel
and there. but for Miss Leland. Sh'
spoke to him sharply. -
Garter! You are unfair! MI
Kernan's personal honesty, his racinl
honesty, has v been questioned
I know why Mr.. herman is barred. a
do you. He is under the ban becaus
of improved statements made D
him"
Improved? Isn't that a bit-er-
mild, Robbie? He deliberately
Failed to prove charges. Carter,
she said.
His Jaw dropped: he stared at hel
"But. Bobbie, Classon is Aunt Luella'
cousin"
And Mr.. Herman is my trainer,
she said h%aughitly. Il can not PERM
doubt Of his integrity, or the integrit
OF my stable, to pass unquestionet
Mr.. Herman, you have my permissio
to interview the judges"
/ bowed to her; / wanted to kis
Ther hand. l felt Danes angry eye
bore into me. I think that If look
I could kill the story OF, Sale Kerna
would have ended then and there.
IT thank you, Miss Leland" I said
"for believing"
ait is not a matter of belief" sh
said coldly. ut is a matter Of jus
itice." 5@ @
My spirits, that had suddenly bee,
high. were dashed again. I was to,
| quick to read a. favor that did not ex
list. Justice-that was it. Yet M,
heart warmed to her; in the name o
justice she did not hesitate to often,
her favored sutton, to espouse tn,
cause of her trainer against that o
.Classon. At least, she didn't sid
with Classon, for all that Mrs. Clark
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Continued in tomorrow
Evenings Herald.
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lust Folks
~ Maear D. eseA
WHEN THE GOOD FRIENDS
DROP IN.

It may be I'm old fashioned. but the
times I like the best "a,
Are not the splendid parties with the
women gayly dressed.
And the music tuned for dancing and
the laughter of the throns,
With q paid comedians antics or q
hired singers song,
But. the quiet times of friendship, with
the chuckles and the grin,
And the circle at the freside when q
few good friends drop in.
There's something round the fireplace
that no club can initiate,
And NJ throng IA ever equal just a
few folks near the CRATE;
Though Lsomein1es like an opera,
there's no music quite s ssweet
As the singing Of the neighbors that
you're always glad meet;
oh. I know when they come calling
that the fun will soon begin,
And I'm happiest those evenings when
few good friends drop In.
There's no pornp Of preparation,
there's no style or sham or fuss,
We are glad to welcome callers who
are glad tcsbe with /,
And we ut around and visit Or We
start q merry game.
And We showsthemb by our manner
that We,re nntghfy pleased they
ES came,
For there's something real about Il,
md the yarn9 We lpye to spin;
And the time hies Oh, 50 swiftly when
z ~ good friends drop -.
4Ietnas I've ny NE asnons them,
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a PROPOSITION.


good story in which the writer tells
how largely as the result Of accident,
he was. elected mayor Of his oity. and
giving a number OF his experiences
during the two terms OF his service in
that position. The story is interesting
because Of the matter OF -fact man
ner in which the wtiter discusses the
job which he held, and the manner
In which. during his incumbency, he
Invested the Office Of the mystery
with which 1t has been surrounded.
and reduced the work to a plain bust
ness proposition. He went after the.
office Of mayor, not because he ex-
pected to save the city, for 1t was get
ting along quite well as 1t was. but
because circumstances had inspired
him with a desire to hold the office,
and he believed that he could handle
the job as well as the next man.
When he got in, he did not turn the
rascals out, for he found no rascals
in. He a across nj corruption. He
was offered no brides. When he pro-
posed any course OF action he took
the public frankly into hts confidence
and told what he intended to do, and
why. Usually he got away with it.
He insisted that the people by whom
he vas surrounded must be those who
desired his administration to be a
success. and II any of them failed to
meet that requirement he was
dropped at the first opportunity. De-
tails Of the city's business were dis
cussed around the council table by
the commissioners with complete
frankness and informality. and in
nearly every case a unanimous agree
ment was reached; Relations be-
tween utility companies and the city
were discussed in the same manner,
and it was found that as a rule all
parties wished only for what was fair
and just. n
! AS one reads the story he is Inn
pressed by its simplicity and is in
clined to wonder why an experience
SO thoroughly In accord with what Is
reasonable and natural should have
been thought worth recording. It Il
worth recording because it sets forth
government in an aspect which, while
perfectly natural and logical, is quite
unusual; ".
There is q strong tendency to mace
a mystery Of government not only
municipal, but stand and national
government. There has survived in
our later civilization something OF The
spirit Of the prehistoric tribesnen,
among whom the medicine man was
the chief functionary. and who were
accustomed to regard-their govern
ment through a cloud of incense.
through the sound Of beating tom
toms, and through the magic Of In
carnations which onl ythe elect could
perform or understand.
The more our government is sur
rounded by this atmosphere. the less
effectively it serves the people. The
more we. simplify It the more useful
it becomes. And the more mysterious
we make it, the more prone we are
to look@to it for the performance OF
impossibilities. WE need to get OIL
government Of al kinds down to a
basis OF simplicity and common sense,
to conduct it as we would conduct
any other business, in a business like
way. When we do that we shall
neither regard government as a men
ace 10 as a panacea, but simply as
a convenient and necessary agency for
performing certain duties which ear
be performed better in that way than
in any other.
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R0BBER POLITE AS
HE TAKES GEMS
Continued from First Page.

elry she was wearing. two OF them. leav-
ing her under guard of Pierre. went
down and ransacked the houye.
II was when these two returned Tor the
first time that Pierre proved the quail
ity that is in him. The returning two
asked gruffly for the diamond collar
which Mrs. Palmer says she never
owned, but which they. for some reason
they did not give. were certain was
about the place. She told them she dio
not have such an object and instantly
they mentioned violence. but Pierre re-
minded them that they were talking to
lady and, In the especial circumstances,
ought to accept her word, at least once.
Seeing the inexorable reasoning OF TINS
they went downstairs again.
After they had gone Pierre ofrered
Mrs. Palmer drink from silver mask.
She refused it and he suggested a Gig
arctic. This also she would not have,
and, removing her gag and telling her
that she could speak If she didn't SPEAK
too loudly. he said that II was only falr
she have some small comfort In her sit
uation and begged her to say what 1t
would be. She did not have TO think.
for she had been thinking of two things
for a long while; one was her bottle of
smelling salts and the other throat
spray she uses. Pierre fetched them
forthwith.
She states also tNat five more times
before dawn he spoke up as her advo-
cate and ultimately seemed TO convince
his associates that there was no di'i-
mond collar In the house. At all events.
they deslsted from searching for IL
toward daybreak, and shortly after that,
and for the fifth time, Pierre sprayed
Mrs. Palmers throat and gave her
pastille or lozenge for cough she has
"And now" he said. getting up to go.
ut will be well if no cutlery Is made until
we have been gone. say. half an hour"
It was about 80 on Tuesday morn
ing. Mrs. Palmer said. when she re-
gained her liberty. Her servants
worked themselves loose and released
her. The police were notified within
half hour more
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the world with the Giolitti


ricrobe.
"Giolitti no more represented Italian
patriotic feeling at the conference nr
Rapallo than Mr. Wilson id American
ar the conference in Paris. The boun-
carries of Fiume as proposed. far from
guaranteeing the safety OF Italy, en-
danger 1t, and Fiume vulnerable Do
comes a weakness rather than a stronS
hold. Giolitu has so cleverly manipu-
lated public opinion that he has gwen
the general impression, while sacrificing
Dalmatia and thus giving the control If
the Adriatic to the Jugo-Slavs, that he
fas general appreciation. Realizing
ti'at former Italian governments fell BE-
cause they were unable to give 10 the
country solution OF this .roublois
problem, this astute politician in order
t. avoid the same pitfall. has signed n
ttoaty which sacrifices Dalmatia while
accepting Fiume without sufficient stra-
tcgical guarantees.
ITO Dalmatia D'Annunzio promise
It's emancipation at the same time he
did that Of FTume. He VII stand ~
Ills oath. 1t should be clear in the Mid
o. every one that the Dalmatians are
rot Jugo-Slavs and never have been
except by a certain amount OF infiltra-
ton. They are Dalmatians above al.
which means. Venetians of the great
Gulf Of Venice. and therefore Italians.
even as are the Tuscans, the Lo.nbards
or the Sic,lians.
ITO choose between accepting the er
LIS htening civilization and protection OF
Italy or the ever embrolled conditions
O. the Balkan States would not be a
difficult one IL the Dalmatians could be
left to themselves. THIS, however. is
impossible. Happily, they have a cham
pom. D'AnnunZio
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than double his contract price. according
to Mr.. Gillen. In addition the Govern
ment paid out more than $S00,0 900 TO
complete the ship.
Mr.. Gillen said this settlement was
made at Washington without achering
10 the Cotton rule" without the knowl-
edge of the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton and without reference to yard data.
The settlement was made by trading"
Contracts were gambied on in Nor
way. Mr.. Gillen said. For instance, a
contractor had a contract calling for
$3.50 a lightweight ton pending the set
Element He would sell it for $l72. This
process continued until in some cases the
last holder put in a claim for $500 a
lightweight ton.
Mr.. Gillen said that the Government
paid profiteer prices for settlement of
the sclaim of the Mitsui Company for
ships requisitioned at the yards of the
Skinner az Eddy Company on the Pacific
coast. The Mitsui Company had con-
tracted for ships at S2S5 ton and were
allowed 10 pass that on to the Govern
ment.
Judge Payne adopted the rule soon
after he took office. Mr.. Gillen said.
that no claim would be paid until a COM
plete audit of all the accounts had been
made These audits disclosed that some
S562. co., 600 of ship materials which the
Emergency Fleet Corporation had de-
livered to contractors had never been
distributed among the yards or charged
TO the accounts of the individual con-
tractors because of the system OF faulty
accounting.
Mr. Gilen said that Judge Payne by
laying down basic principles had saved
the Government large sums OF money
He cited a number of instances. one OF
them was the claim presented by the
Norwegian ship owners in what was
known as the "Christania Group foi
fifteen ships requisitioned by the United
States. The Norwegians presented a
claim for si4. 157 900. After an investiga-
ton the Shipping Board allowed only
s2,5O6,3s7. Other instances involved ltal-
ian and French claimants. In each case
Judge Payne by applying the Cotton
rule" cut down their claims.
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Tells of Pusey and Jones Case.

Awards nave been completed on all
but two or three OF the DOL ships which
the Shipping Board Communicated. Mr.
Gillen said.
The witness discussed the "f3nious
Pusey & Jones case" describing the
method by which the Government took
over the sg4. 10000 worth of ship con-
tracts which the Cunard Company
placed in this country for the British
,,ove rnment prior to the entry OF the
Jirited States into the war. The con-
tracts were let TO Pusey Jones
through Christian Hannevig. said TO
have been the sole stakeholder OF the
Pusey & Jones Company and its i've
The Cunard Company ilu-
yanced more than 100000 to him ne
fore the contracts were turned over 70
the shipping Board. In the settlement
the board deducted the 100000 from
its allowance to Hannevig Of 81 10000.
Mr.. ELLEN said that Hannevig at
tempted to collect n profit for Doth he
work of the Pussy q Jones Company
and its subsidiaries,
Robert a. Dean. the attorney Ia
charge OF the negotiation OF many OF
,hc settlements, was described by Mr..
Glllen as a man who lacked resist
ance." though he declared That there
was no doubt of Mr.. Deans absolute
integrity. He said, however, that
claimant with lots of nerve could press
!, claim and get away with IL when
the shipping Board official lacked he
Ultimate knowledge Of the CONTRACT
tcr,as.
The name of John H. Rossiter. direc-
tor OF operations. was brought into the
testimony. Mr. Gillen said that Kossiter
had admitted to him that he did not
know ANYTHING about the accounts; that
they were the business of the treasurer
or comptroller. Mr.. Gillen said a mat
ter OF some si20,o0o.00o was floating
around the country and nobody knew
where II was.
mfr. Rossiter told me-, said Mr.
Gillen. that he did not know where IT
was. but he understood II was some
where"
Mr.. Gillen characterized the work OF
Mr.. Tweedale in bringing up 10 date the
old accounts of the Shipping Board as