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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09
MONTANA WOMAN
ESCAPES SOVIET
MISS MEDORA GERVAIS, GREAT
FALLS, HAS THRILLING EX-
PERIENCE ABROAD
Was With American Workers in Ar
menia, Until BoIsheyik Soldiers
Drove All Women Out; Has Ar
rived at Constantinople With Red
Cross Unit.

A thrilling escape from threatened
soviet occupation and topsy-turvy po-
litical condition in the Caucasus has
been added to the war record of Miss
Medora Geryais, pretty Great Falls
girl, who won fame in Y. M. c. A.
service in France as the Champion
Dancer of tn A. E. F."
Cabled dispatches have just an
nounced her arrival in Constantin-
ople, where she has been assigned to
the Red Cross unit stationed in the
Turkish capital. These messages re-
veal for the first time the location of
Miss Gervais and other relief work
ers, evacuated early last month from
Armenia, where continued bolshevist
victories to the north and the unset
tied local situation made their pres
ence dangerous.
Assigned to Troubled Area
1t wasn't long after one of the
transports carrying home the last of
the A e. F., landed Miss Gervais in
America that the monotony of civil
life and the appeal of sufferers in the
near east brought her back into SER
vice. She again sailed overseas last
February and was Immediately as
signed to the troubled area, where
American workers of the relief or
ganization were fighting to prevent
the disruption of the Armenian re-
public and the determination of its
population.
Difficulties of every sort had to be
met and overcome. Service among
the half-starved, almost naked people
seemed of unending necessity.
Through the bitter cold weather that
followed the Montana girls arrival, a
constant struggle had to be main
tanned to furnish the freezing refu-
gees with clothes, food and shelter.
In spite of the problems, work was
reported to be progressing favorably,
with the assistance of old clothes
and food supplies collected by the
near east relief in America, when
bolshevist troops, to which the Geor-
gian republic had already succumb-
ed, began to menace Armenia.
Conditions in the little republic be-
gan to grow worse until the evacua-
ton of all women relief workers and
army officers was ordered by Colonel
William N. Haskell, allied high COM
missioner to Armenia and director of
Near East relief activities overseas.
The party of which Miss Gervais |
was a member managed to escape |
without harm, though constantly ex-
POSED to peril and severe hardships. |
Miss Gervais is the daughter of |
Mrs. L. H. Gervais of Oil 1-2 Cen
raj avenue, Great Falls.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09

initiates movements locking to the
betterment of the community.
Whitefish is the center of a dis
trict that is especially attractive to
the tourist. Whitefish lake, from
the shores of which the town rises,
is an Alpine dream. Dickey lake
the Saltwater lakes and other
smaller bodies of water are only
a short distance away. In the larger
picture, in the background, may be
seen Bad Rock canyon, the gap in
the mountains. A road leads
through this canyon to Bolton and
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09
About Hail Insurance

Some farmers have confused the
Equity hail insurance with the State
hail insurance. June 21 was the last
date that applications for hail insur-
ance we're received by the state, but
the Equity Mutual Insurance COM
pany will accept applications any
time during the hail season.
They are writing a large line of
business now as the crop conditions
are very good over nearly every sec
ton of the state. Their announce
ment appears in this issue giving the
names of their agents in the different
localities with a coupon that may be
sent to the agent or directly to the
company.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09

county, is the exception. Circt
stance gave it birth but nature
richly nurtured it. From WI
ling post in the forest few "
ago it has grown into robust
tie city OF 4,200 inhabitants,
Guiding its unincorporated
rons. The late James ]. Hill
thered its growth when he gay
the Great Northern division h
quarters, 50 it is essentially
child of this railroad, and viii
has other industries of import
the large pay roll of the c
Northern is the city's best
quickest asset.
Nature could not have ca
out a more fitting setting for a
Surrounded by mountains and
ests, at the foot of Whitefish
which winds through the m
tains for seven or eight miles,
in a place Of rare beauty.
lake is alive with fish, the m
tains about it abound in game,
king the district a sportsman
radise. The climate is ideal.
Can Care for Tourists
The city is moving rapidly
ward the realization of its
tions and opportunities. Son
business establishments are e
ing a furnishing and expai
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09
TO DEDICATE The
HEALTH BUILDING
MONTANA ONE OF TWO STATES
OWNING BUILDINGS DEVOTED
TO HEALTH SERVICE

Structure Has just Been Completed
at Cost of $4,000; Dedication
Exercises to be Held During Con-
vention Of Health Officers Of the
State this Month.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09

In Australia cattle are branded on
one cheek to prevent diminishing the
value of their hides.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09

Window shades are raised on a
new springless roller by pulling a
cord wound around one end.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09
By G. M. Moss

COME places
- are favored
by nature !;
some by circum-
stance. But it is
rare when both
nature and cir
cunstance COM
biile in the ma
king of a city.
Whitefish, the
rapidly expand
ing center
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09
The Community Club

The Whitefish Boosters club is
"a unique organization. 1t has a
membership of $40, including the
representatives of every business
undertaking in the town, and which
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09
DEAN OF MONTANA
MERCHANTS QUITS
ARTHUR p. CURTIN Is WITH
DRAWING FROM ACTIVE
BUSINESS

Engaged in Business As Years; From
a Small Beginning in Helena Built
Up a Large Institution; Came up
the River on Boat and Located at
Helena.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09

Glacier park. A boulevard leads
from Whitefish to Kalispell, and
the Roosevelt highway, between
Whitefish and Columbia Falls is
being surfaced at this time.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09
Few places offer better opportun-
ity for investment than does White
fish.
It's Schools and Churches

A city can well be judged by its
schools and churches and IN this
respect Whitefish is well in the
van. It's high school is among the
best in the state being on the state
accredited list, the Northwestern
list, and on the North Central AS
ISOLATION of secondary schools and
colleges list. In religious way
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09

capital is one of the needs of the
city as the business expansion and
the great amount of construction
require large OUTLAWS of capital.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09

parks the city possesses two fine
Fairgrounds.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-09

trade, and there are yet opportt
- :. r:-t,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28
SEEKING RELATIVES
Assault Victim Continues to. Accuse
 Baggage Agent

Anniston. December T.--(Speeial)-
 William Michael, the young white man
 found unconscious beside the tracks of
 the Seaboard at Wellington last Thurs
 day, reiterates his story that he was at
 tackled and robbed by the baggage agent oii the train and thrown from the car
 near Wellington. an operation performed
 having restored him to complete con sciousness.
 The Anniston post of the American re-
 zion has takeE charge of the case of the young man, who claims to have served
 overseas with the Seventy-ninth field ar tillery and later with Company B. One Hundred and Seventeenth Infantry. He now gives his mothers name and ad- dress as Mrs. Annie Pittman, Western port Md, or Berkeley Springs, w. Va, and the name and address of his sister as Mrs. G. W. Murray Montgomery. Telegrams sent to his relatives, have brought no replies, however, and mem | bers of the local post are still maSia g
 every effort 10 locate the relatives of the 1 injured man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28

valued at $1,044SO3,52S, while during the Il corresponding months of 1919 the total was 2,9l5.747. .676 pounds valued at s95e, 722, ,974.
 While cotton exports for November of this year show a decided drop over the same month of last year, the total value of exports for the II months was s2S7,- S50,59 more than in the Ii months of 1919,
 Exports of food products from the United States during November amounted to SlSS,9S9,oS1 as compared with s13S, 457, 166 in November. 1919. For the Il months of 1920 the total was sl, ,473, ,960. .176 while for the same period last year they amounted to $1,961, ,9S7, PA
 Breadstuffs exported during November were valued at ss9, ,777, ,0S1 as compared with s72711. .96S in the corresponding month a year ago. During the II months period this year breadstuffs total 1882, S52, ,257. Exports of meat products last month amounted to $S9, 9,211 ,997, while in November, 1919, they were valued at s61,- 74519S.
 Cottonseed oil sent abroad last No- vember was valued at sS,02S. 4z5 nearly s1 ,OOO,000 more than in November a year ago, while for the II months period this year the total value was s29 I'll ,3S9. Min eral oils exported last month were valued at s47, ,332, ,7Ss, or about $1, 300, 900 more than in November, 1919 The total value dur ing the Il months period this year was s4S6 o27 6SS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28

in India, which is impregnated with such things" said Alexander, growing reminiscent. My father was sur geon In the English army and during the residence of my parents in India was born. My father had gone out there to fight the plague. It was in Madusua, about 150 miles from the holy city in lndia-Bernaires-t I lived and gleaned my first ideas of East Indian clairvoyance-ait- ait--science or whatever it Is that the Hindoos practice, when l was 12 years old.
 As matter of fact, the Hindoos have never done the wonderful things in magic with which they have been credited" said Alexander They are fakirs-many of them-and my first experience left deep impression upon my mind. It turned my attention to concentration-or what resolved itself into ntration-because | studied the work and found this to be the secret of it."
 At Madusua I went down to the Rugaua-or public square-one day, ; said Alexander, and there 1 saw d group of Hindoos with a crowd about them and they were doing the old lad der trick; the ladder projected into space and the boy climbing it. I went home and tried the trick and not sue ceeding the next day l got my broth . er's camera and went back and tried to photograph the trick, but when [ looked at the films there was nothing but blank space What. was it? I told my parents about it and they dis missed it with word. saving it was pure fake. But l worked on and on at the solution and finally arrived at the conclusion that 1t was merely pro jecting the thought into the minds of tue spectators-which made Us believe that the ladder. In a state of suspended animation and the boy climbing 1t, was before us, when in reality it eX- iSted only in our minds"
 Not very remarkable is it?" ask ed Alexander "lt is done every day; you know before the telephone bell rings
 that somebody is going to call you; before you take up the receiver fairly.
 the voice you had anticipated is speak ing; isn't that true? Yes, of course, it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28
Auto Road on Snowsheds

Ingenious plans whereby a smooth concrete auto road may be run for 5; miles through a difficult pass of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and great transeontinental railroad may acquire, al the same time, a system of permanent concrete snowsheds have been com pleted by western engineer. says an H. lustrated story in Popular Mechanics Magazine. The design for the new snow sheds provides them with a continuous flat, walled roof, on which autos could run with the assurance that they would encounter no heavy grades or dangerous curves. With federal and state aid or the highway part of the project, the bur den of cost on the railroad would bt greatly reduced and early construction encouraged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28
ALLEGED THIEF HELD
Four Pistols Found on Man Identified
 as Stolen From Hardware Store

Florence, December 27-(SpecIaD- When man arrested at the passenger station yesterday was searched four pls- tols Identified as having been stolen from Puttet's hardware store two days before. were found on his person. The man, who said his name Is Jake Vernon and claimed Memphis as his home, de- clared he found the guns in freight car in East Florence. He has been frans- ferred to the county Jail. being unable to make sl .e0O bond.
 Bloodhounds were unable to pick uI the trail following the breaking of q plate glass window fin the hardware store and theft of considerable merchant isa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28
READ THIS, THEN WISH
 YOU WERE A FRIEND OF
 ANNIST0N HIGH BALLET

Anniston, December 2T.-(Spe- cial)-SheriG and Mrs. W. K. Par ker entertained party of their friends at hOme-raised meat, souse, sausage, baked chicken. cream gravy dinner of the va- riety common to the south in the days before the war, and served with all of the hospitality of that period. The Calhoun sheriff raises his own meat, lives at home and boards at the snme place. In the party were MT. and Mrs. Parker, Wood H. Hanna, A.. J. Haley and John n. FitzGerald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28
NOVEMBER COTTON
 EXPORTS DECLINE
While Exports Less Than for Same Month Last Year, the
 Value Shows Increase
By Associated Press

Washington, December 27.-Cotton ex- ports dropped sso,125,oOO in November as compared with the comparative month last year, according to figures made pub lie today by the department of com merce. During November cotton valued at s91, 1,1sS,s72 was exported, while a year ago the total was s1S1, ,So9, ,272. The. fig ures show that in November S57, ,T1S, ,716 pounds of cotton were exported. while for the same period year ago exports totalled 47S, ,3s7 pounds.
 During the Il months ending Novem- Der, cotton exports from the United States amounted to 2,765, $50 pounds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28
Important Announcement

Effective Sunday, December 26, Southern Railway midnight train (No. 12) to Atlanta will leave Birmingham at 12:01 o'clock a. m. instead of 12:45 o'clock a. m., and reach Atlanta at 6:35 o'clock a. m. Passengers will be al- lowed to remain in the local sleeping cars until 1880 o'clock a. m.
 For further information telephone Citv Ticket Office Main 27n.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28
Stricken Man Dies

Anniston. December U-tSpecIaLJ-W. J. Maddox, tie former Montgomery man stricken with paralysis here last Thurs day. died early Monday morning at the home of MT. and Mrs. F. D. Acker on Wilmer avenue. The body of the late citizen will be sent to Montgomery Tues day morning for interment at the Ma sonic home. Mr Maddox came to Annis- ton recently and had just purchased the White Star market on Tenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28

"The magic that l do is merely a filler-in, as 1t were, on my pro- grammes, he continued. aT have studied it-just as I have delved into splrltuaiism, into the ouija board, into all me tributaries of occultism and science; but my particular work is concentration.'
 By a queer coincidence was born
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28
Prominent Citizen Dies

Anniston. December T.-tSpecial)- James T. Carter. 60 years old, highly re spected citizen of Blue Mountain. died at his home there Sunday afternoon after a brief illness of pneumonia, his widow. four sons and four daughters be- ing bereayed by his death. The body oi Mir Carter will be taken Tuesday aft ernoon to Bynum for interment, the fu- neral services to be conducted at the home by Rev. IL N. Claxton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28
Tax Assessor Weds

Anniston. eecember G.-(Speciat.l-- James T Fields, tax assessor of Gle burne county, came to Anniston Sunday, met his sweetheart, Miss Dessie Brown of Weaver. who had come to her homo from school at Rome, went to the home of Elder J. sN. Monk on Wilmer avenue. where they were happily married Mir. and Mrs. Fields left Monday morning for Ed~ardsville, where they will reside temporarily. They have many friends throughout this section who will be in- terested in their marriage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28
strinrer Severely Burned

Tuscaloosa December H.-(Special. )-E C. Stringer. a travelling salesman, was severely burned about the face and left hand this morning when. from an un- known cause. drum of gasoline ex ploded at his home, setting fire to his clothing. He rushed into the house and procured qujlt from bed which. he wrapped about himself. smothering the flames.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28
Generous Donation

Meridian, Miss, December 27.--{Spe- cial.)-A check for s100 was presented to the Kings Daughters by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Klein, to be applied to fund providing for the comfort of the pa- tients at the local tuberculosis hospital during the Christmas holidays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28

To Cure n Cod fn One Day Take Groves LAXATIVE PROMO QUI- NINE tablets. The genuine Sears the signature of D. w. Grove. 30c.--Adv.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-26
GASLESS SUNDAYS
FOR MOTORS o. KID
More Important Now Than During
War Say Gas Men-Urge
Priority Rights.

II was said to-day that the repre-
sentatives OF the 1.1O0 gas companies
attending the emergency conference OF
the American Gas Association at the
Hotel Pennsylvania. to make plans 10
save the gus industries from being shut
down through fuel and gas oil shortage,
win ask the Government for priority
rights In the gas oil supply and in ad-
dition urge a curtailment in the exces-
sive expectation OF fuel used in the
manufacture of gas. Delegates also APP
proved a suggestion OF Henry r
Dawson that a few gasless motor car
Sundays are more imperative now thar
they we're during the war.
When the conference opened George
d. Cortelyou. kNresident of the associa-
tion, declares It was imperative thai
the public be informed OF the true facts
Philip II. Gadsden, Vice President OF
the association. said that this essential
industry is seriously menaced and that
under the existing supply OF the ele-
ments used in the manufacture OF gas
many companies are facing shut downs
next winter and possibly few this
summer.
N A. @, Smith. head OF the oil d.
vision OF t,ie Federal Bureau OF Mines
said that survey showed that the
crude oil supply was reaching It's maxi
mum and would within couple o.
years start to diminish.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-26
HARBOR TIE-UP
MAY Be ENDED
BY ARBITRATION
Labor Leaders in Conference
With Marling to Settle
Trucking Strike,

T. v. o'Connor, President Of the
international Longshorelnan's Asso-
ciation. declared this afternoon tina,
the merchandise transportation mud
die in New York can be settled nv
arbitration, and that there would he
no need for tho Merchants. Aasoo,a =
ton to go ahead with the $500 ooo
campaign launched yesterday.
II was evident that the Nercb,r,,.
Association by dts show of grim detor-
mination' had caused much anxiety IN
the ranks OF the various labor or
gni2ations working together 10 tic I'm
the transportation machine.
OConnor and Joseph Ryan. yce
president OF the longshoremen, were
to confer this afternoon with Allied
r. MarlinB at the Merchants Assocla-
uon rooms. This meeting was ar
ranged by Dr. Henry Afoskowitz. for
merly head Of the Civil Service Com
mission. Before starting for the con-
ference O'Connor said to an Evening
World reporter:
IF the other side win appoint two
men to meet two representatives of
our side, this thing can be put TO
arbitration. We would accept Fred
erick J. Roster as the arbitrator and
abide by his decision"
Roster was one of the chief sneak
ers at the Merchants Association
meeting. He came from San Fran
cisco to tell how he helped break the
strike there in 1915. Union leaders
generally declare that he is fair.
Some Of the leaders OF the Trans
portation Trades Council, the group
OF allied unions which have tied up
the transportation system, admit for
the first time that tho Merchants
Association Is not "blurfins."
Peter J. Brady of the New York
Federation Of Labor. advisor to the
Transportation Trades Council, said:
TT seems that the merchants are
going to spend their money for out
lawry and thuggory to destroy union
ism here. They intend to create q
reign Of terror. and they are being
used by the coastwise steamship com
panies and the railroads, which hope
tho situation will enable them TO
raise rates"
Brady said the union leaders did not
get a square deal at the luncheon be.
cause they were not permitted to make
speeches. He said the Council would
meet this afternoon and that an ap-
peal might be made to the Merchants
CONTINUED on Second Pake.)
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-26
BREWERY WORKERS
IN JERSEY STRIKE
FOR 70 ?. c. RAISE
Plants Closed and Some May
Never Open Again for
Beer Making.

Between 1900 and 1000 brewery
workers in Northern New Jersey. IN
cluding brewers, machinists, drivers
and an other employees except host
lers went on strike to-day following
the refusal Of their employers to
grant an average increase Of 20 per
cent in wages. Tho workmen say
they cannot live on less. The brew
ers say they can pay no more than
the present scale and live at all.
Tho employers came to a decision
on the '-u1timatum" OF their work
men at a meeting yesterday in New
ark From that side OF the house
came the report that New Jersey has
taken none too Kindly to one-hak OF
one per cent. beer.
Twelve brewertes, including the Fei-
genspan, Ballantyne, Orange, LembeclS
& Betz, Weidenmayer, Home and Es-
sex. wero closed tight to-day, and the
executives Of some plants expressed
doubt that they win ever be opened
again as breweries.
AT all events" one man said, at
may be Just as well to sit sull and see
what the Supreme Court says about
the Constitutional Amendment and the
Volstead law
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-26
RULES LEVER ACT
INVALID IN PART
Three Sections Declared Unoon-
situHonal in Suit Against
Miners.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 2o.-Tnros Seo-
tlons Of the Lever Act were held uncon-
stitutional by United States District
Judge A. b. Anderson in Federal Court
to-day and no quashed twelve OF the
eighteen counts OF the indictment
against mlners and operators based on
these sections.
Counts l. 2. 3. = and II. based on Sec
tiOn OF the Lever Law which the
Court held valid, were declared oper-
ative Count IS, based on Section 81 OF
the Criminal Code, was quashed. as
we're counts 8. 8. 7. s. 3. 10. IL, 70. IS,
"A. Is and IS. based on Sections 4. 20
and amended Section 4 Of the Lever
Act.
The motion TO quash tho indictment
was made by Charles Evans Hughes,
former Justice OF the Supreme Court,
on behalf OF the miners on May 7.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-26
NINE HURT AS FIRE
TRUCK HITS CAR
Fireman Injured and Apparatus
Smashed in Jersey City
Collision.

Five hremen were severely injured
this morning when Truck No. I OF the
Jersey City Department crashed head on
while returning from hre at No. ~
Greenville Avenue. into a Greenville
trolley car. at ocean and WoOdlawn
Avenues. The injured fremen are;
lieut. Fenlon. back and shoulders
hurt: Driver Charles Smons, right hip
and legs injured; Fireman Harry Caul-
field back and stomach injured: Fire
man Harry Bachmnn, back injured;
Fireman william Muller left hip
bruised and laceruted,
The truck was smashed, Passersby
in automobiles took the Injured aremen
to the Are house at Ocean Avenue and
Dwight Street, where they were treated
by Department Surgeon Crowley. No
body on the trolley was injured.