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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

800 SNe4EAn8s Work used
pianos for sale cheap. 8. s. Roller,
phone 1395.-Adv.
Dance-The Lady T~orresters will
q dance In the Commercial club
rooms, East Grand Forks, Thursday
evening. Dec. 80. Dancing from S.sto
l.. Music . by s.pises orchestra.--Adv.
Celebrate New Years Eve at aeist,s
from 1f-pl. m. until / q. m. after tho
shows.s There'll be orchestra, dane
ing. eats, drinks, favors and confetti.
Reserve your tables. Dancing on
New Year Ball-Dec. 81 at the
Auditorium given under the auspices
OF Grand Forks Trade and Labor As
.seInbly. Music furnished by Must
clans Union. Admission $500. Extra
ladies 25c.-Adv.
Your Money deposited in the First
savings Bank, Grand Forks. N. D.,
before January 9Th. draws interest at
5 per cent compounded quarterly and
ts protected against loss by state law.
Open Saturday Evenings.-Adv.
leap Year Masquerade Dance, Fri
day eve, Dec. 81, Odd Fellows hall.
Tickets Soc each. Emard's orchestra.
Prizes. Dance old year out and new
year 1n.-AdY.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

EAGLES NEW YEARS DANCE.
Don't forget the Eagles and their
families viii hold their New Years
dance at the hall. East Grand Forks,
December 81. Good music and sup
per served.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30
DANCE.

The Lady Foresters will hold a
dance in the Commercial club rooms.
East Grand Forks, Thursday evening.
Dec. 30th. Dancing from 8 to IL.
Music by 3-piece orchestra.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

The Lady Foresters will give q
dance in the Commercial club rooms
this evening. A three-piece. orchestra
will furnish the music. Y,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30
ARMY CLERK TO
HELP SERVICE.
MEN GET MEDALS

! At the request OF the Grand Forks
Post Of the American Legion an army
field clerk will visit Grand Forks on
January 4 and s, to aid former service
medals.
The field clerk il sent o. by the
war department, to give advice and
assistance In the procuring Of the VIC
tory medals, and the attention Of all
former service men in the country has
been called to the fact that this rep
r~esentative Of the government will be
here on January 4 and s. He will have
headquarters at the farrnerz' room in
the county court house.
Fifty Thousand Asked for Inju-
ries."-Bismarck Tribune. TIL be one
Of the fifty thousand, and anyone may
have my injuries who wants them
even without Asking!
Herald Want Ads Bring Results.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

r. valleskey Of Key West was i
business visitor in the city today.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

Loren Russell OF lst. Cloud, con-
nected with the Healy Plu,sbins com
pany who is installing the heating
system In the new school. arrived in.
the city this morning to take up his
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Halstein Of Chey-
enne, N. D., + spending few days
IN the city visiting At theshome OF Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Crescien.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

A French scientist is endeavorins to
learn how much a kiss weighs. Well,
here is q possible solution: A man in
England stole a kiss from a girl and
the court gave her one hundred
pounds to settle the bin. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30
WHAT GRAND FORKS People
WE'RE DOING
TTI1RTY-FIyE YEARS
G IL

From Herald, December 30, 1885,
Pastor J. T. Davies was entertained
at a surprise party given by members
OF his congregation. r. B. Griffith
acted as spokesman for the self in
yited guests.
/. Spring weather put in an appear
ance. thawed all the snow and signs Of
animation indicated that winter was
over.
A militia was organized in Grand
Forks with William Mclaughlin as
captain, NJ. j. O'Connor as first lieu
tenant and Hugh Ryan Is second lieu
tenant. William Dewey was named
secretary and r. Bennett as treasurer.
Z. F. Dow made plans to start a feed
and meal mill in Grand Forks.
WI. Steenerson Of Crookston spent
the day in the city visiting With
friends.
Martin Sullivan, who had been seri-
ously Ill, returned to his home and
was reported to be improving rapidly.
Bids for the location Of the terri
torial fair were being advertised in
The Brown VS.. Stone blackmailine
case came up In Crookston and many
Grand Forks people were attending
the trial.
A French scientist is endeavorins to
learn how much a kiss weighs. Well,
hopo 10 a noeusAl~ .o,t.-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

lory were in the city yesterday visit
ing.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30
EAST GRAND FORKS BRIEFS

James Evans has returned to this
city after spending the past seven
in Freeport. Ill.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30
AGE.

can Consul Francis E. Dyer. Mexican
Consul Monteverde and Lieutenant
Scott Israel, army intelligence Of
.fcer.
They were released on parole with
instruction to report in the morning
to Mexican immigration oficials.
pending an answer to a wire sent SEQ,
rotary of War Gales at Mexico City
for advice.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

Phonokraph, Piano ana Player ri.
en0 repairing: work guaranteed; used
pianos for sale cheap. 8. s. Roller,
phone 1895.-Ady.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

Herald want Ads Bring Results.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

! The Brown VS.. Stone blackmailing
q came up in Crookston and many
Grand Forks people were attending
the trial.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

Herald Want Ads Bring Resulta.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30
UNION
COMM
COLLEGE,

IiAcker = Hashes, Princina1
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

Martin Sullivan, who had been seri-
ously Ill, returned to his home and
was reported to be improving rapidly.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

Bids for the location Of the terri
torial fair were being advertised in
the Herald.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

HE Balloons for the boys and girls
! Ehs loyal theater at Friday matt
ie#. Meas show, too. Admission for
adj .kfNa only 1Oc.-AdY.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

W. j. Steenerson Of Crookston spent
he day In the city visiting with
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

BiseDance at txo American hail.
2o9 Both Fourth street, Saturday
night, S9nuary l.; Toe q dance, 6 for
Soc. Asic by the Empire 5-piece
Noveltyprchestra.-Adv @
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". N q. U. Socinl Tunight-Don,t
fotgetlp come to the social tonight
ii 5 o'clock. given by Mrs. Fulrnore.
1902 kneyenne avenue. for bspeat Of
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

Bii Dance at the auditorium every
Tueslay and Saturday. Emard's full
brchstra. 10c plan. First . dancas
frses Special music for New Years
Ni9k-Adv, I" =
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-12
MRS. SP|KER NOW CITIZEN
English Girl Is Made Happy by Ac-
ton of Bureau of Immigra-
tion

Baltimore, Md.-Mrs. Emily Knowles
Spiker, the English girl who married
the brother of the father of her baby,
Alfred Ray Spiker, in Fall River,
Mass, was made happy by notification
from the bureau of immigration of the
department of labor that she had been
officially recognized as an American
citizen and will not be deported.
The bureau also informed her lawyer
that the two Liberty bonds Of $500
each, put up by Mrs. Cora Spiker,
wife Of the father Of her baby, would
be returned to her by the treasury de-
partment.
The Spiker case has attracted wide
spread attention, owing to the attitude
Of Mrs. Cora Spiker, the wife Of the
returned soldier, who made affidavit
that she had forgiven her husband
and that his confession had caused
no change in the marital happiness,
and to the attitude Of Guy Spiker, her
brother-in-law, who, before he had
seen the girl, expressed his willing
ness to marry her.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-12
AUSTRIAN ARMY DRAWS FEW
Efforts to Raise 10000 Soldiers Meet
Little Response in Vienna
Centers.

Vienna, Austria-Austria is trying
to organize an army to succeed the
volkswehr under the provisions Of the
bill hurriedly passed during the panic
that followed the German revolution.
It is to be composed Of 10000 men.
The treaty prohibits any aviation
force.
The conservatives won their point
in securing the ALLEGATION of recruiting
in the provinces on a population ba-
sis and in provisions prohibiting polit-
ical activity by the military forces.
These provincial units are to be gar
risoned within the province itself. No
man may be foisted upon a unit in a
province in which he was not recruit
ed without the consent Of the province
itself, and the men must be bona fde
citizens Of their province. On the one
hand will be an army Of peasant lads,
and on the other of Industrial classes
from the manufacturing centers.
In spite Of the active efforts Of the
Socialists to spur recruiting, few men
have applied for enlistment in Vienna
or the other industrial centers, while
reports from the provinces are even
more discouraging.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-12
QUEENS CHAIR IN JUNGLE
Africans Say Spirit of Old Chief
Guards Supposed Gift of
Victoria.

LondOn.-The massive chair made Of
copper, which natives believe was Civ
en- by the late Queen Victoria of Eng
land to an Ashanti chieftain and used
by him as his throne, has been discov-
cred in the midst Of a jungle far from
human habitatiOn in the Gold Coast
colony, West Africa. According to ma
tive legend, it was placed over the
grave Of the chieftain who had occu-
pied it when alive.
In their superstition, they believe he
still sits upon his old throne in spirit
at certain times and, for this reason,
they have never tried to move the
chair, which, they declare, has now
rooted itself in the ground, says a
dispatch to the Daily Graphic.
A Gold coast surveyor first stumbled
across this curiosity. A search party
returned to the spot and found the
jungle so dense that the natives had
to hack path with cutlasses through
the underground.
In spite Of inquiry, no confirmation
Of the native story as to the history
Of the chair has been obtainable and
how it came to be in the jungle re-
mains mystery.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-12
PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. NM.
B|DD|E GROWS SPURS
Chicago Surgeon Produces He
Hen With Knife.
Transplanted Glands Cause Hen to
Develop All Characteristics
of Chandelier.

Chicago.-The experiments of DR..
victor u. Lespinasse Of the North
western university in tinkering with
the sex Of the common hen and his
demonstrations before medical experts
have aroused the interest of chicken
growers.
1T was a simple enough operation"
explained Doctor Lespinasse; "just
the transplanting Of the interstitial
glands of rooster to- hen. But the
result was surprising and perhaps no
one was more surprised than the hen
herself. Within a few weeks she be-
gan to develop all the characteristics
of chanticleer.
"She grew comb and wattles.
Saddle feathers appeared next and
finally a pair of spurs. She took to
strutting pompously about the barn
yard, lording it over the other fowls.
"1nstead Of cackling, our near
rooster would essay a feeble kee-a-
kee. A full-sized he-crow is about the
only thing that's lacking to complete
her-or, I might say, his-rooster-
hood"
The he-hen is now on a farm in the
suburbs Of Chicago.
In further experiments with ami
mails, Doctor Lespinasse succeeded re-
Gently in producing "Siamese Twin"
dogs. These didn't live long, but were
perfect specimens.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-12
BERLIN ROBBERIES MULTIPLY
HoIdups and Plain Theft Vastly In
crease; Churches Are Not
Immune.

Berlin, Germany.-In these dis
turbed days, when the revolution
profteer" flaunts his wealth in the face
of an impoverished populace, rob-
berries and burglaries in Berlin in
crease at an abnormal pace. Street
signs are full of announcements Of
fering rewards for the return of stol-
en- goods. In one Of the main streets
a fancy goods store displays this no.
tice:
"Gentlemen burglars are requested
not to break open the shop front nor
to tamper with the locks. There is
nothing to steal here. All property
is removed from the shop windows at
night
There have been scores of holdups
and the other day man was stripped
Of his suit, shoes and hat and left on
the sidewalk in his underclothes. It
is not safe for hotel guests to leave
any portable property Of any descrip-
ton in their rooms.
Cases of housebreaking have quad
rupled within the last three years. Nor
are churches, cemeteries and museums
immune from robberies, the booty car
ried off being mostly ancient gold or
naments and jewelry.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-12
AUNT AND NEPHEW TELL ALL
Say They Poisoned His Parents Year
and a Half Ago in
Kansas.

Salina, Kas.-Based on statements
given him by Miss Stella Lyman and
her nephew, Lee Bunch, that Bunch's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bunch,
died a year and half ago as result
Of poison administered by Miss Hy-
man, County Attorney Healy prepared
to have warrants issued charging the
two with murder.
According to the statements Of
Bunch and his aunt, the alleged con-
spiracy to kill Mr.. and Mrs. Bunch
was devised because they refused to
sanction the marriage Of Miss Lyman
and Lee Bunch.
Lee Bunch's statement made to
Healy at Lincoln Center, village
near here, said Miss Lyman put the
poison in food. She also gave poison
to Miss Nancy Bunch, sister Of Lee,
according to the statement. The Sis
ter is a permanent invalid from the
effects of the poison, according to
physicians. Mrs. Bunch was Miss Ety.
mans sister.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-12
CHINESE KILL RUSS
Captives Are Shot to Death With
Reviewers.
First Make Victims Dig Graves, Then
Execute Them for the
BoIsheviki.

Amsterdam.-Th correspondent Of
the Handelsblad, who recently re-
turned from a trip in soviet Russia,
gives the following account Of his i'll
vestigations of the activities of the
Chinese employed there by the boil
sheviki as executioners.
"Such horrible stories were being
told in Europe about these Chinese
that thought it worth my while to
learn more about them. AS a joke, I
asked everyone who asked my opinion
Of the bolsheviki to show me some
real man-killing Chinese but always
was told they couldn't produce any
just now because they had all gone to
the Denikine front.
81 was told the Chinese, if COM
manded by their own officers we're ex-
cellent soldiers, but they ran like hares
if their officers were killed. Execu-
tons are now very rare in Moscow,
but, in August, when thousands Of
counter-revolutionar were slaugh-
tered, it was carried out by the Chi
nese because the authorities feared
the Russian soldiers would refuse to
do the work.
"The Chinese do this work indiffer-
ently-like they do all other work they
are ordered to perform. They are
blind, constituencies tools in the hands
Of the men who feed them and pay
them and who raised them from the
position Of coolies in which they came
to Russia to the rank Of soldier, Of
the guards.
IF the 'boltsjak' (his name for boil
shevik) orders something, the Chinese
does it, and he does it in his typically
practical way. He first makes the VIC
tim dig his own grave and then shoots
him with his revolver. He is not cruel
about it, just practical.
when boltsjak says kill, then he
kills with an unperturbed face. And
when boltsjak says, You may stop
now,' with the same cool face he let's
his victim co.
The correspondent after some weeks
in Russia left when he was refused
permission to make investigations
freely as he pleased.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-12
HIS NAME WAS Bible
So Judge Thought He Could Take
Chance on Him.
Almost Lost Confidence in Human
Nature When ParoIed Prisoner
Showed Up.

Tulsa, Okla.-Because his last
name sounded all right, Judge Maxey
of this city released Lewis Bible on
his own recognizance when he was
arraigned on the charge of passing
bad check.
Your name," said the Judge,
sounds all right. I'm betting that
you will come back on the day set
for your trial."
The day came, and the hour-9
o'clock in the forenoon-and no Bible
put in an appearance. The witnesses
were there, both for the state and
the defense" They had not seen Bible
since the day he was released.
This is one time you have made a
mistake" observed the county attor-
ney to Judge Maxey. The judge shook
his head.
Ellis name is all right" he con-
tended, "and he looked all right to
me. But may have been Mistaken
At $50 the witnesses were dis
charged and the case set over to an
other day. Judge Maxey ordered that
the sheriff be sent to him; he would
have Lewis Bible apprehended.
Ten o'clock came and a man on
crutches hobbled into the court room.
He was Lewis Bible, with one leg
done up in splints and bandages.
II got here as soon as I could,
judge" he said.
Then he explained that after his re-
lease he went to Cometa and went to
work. His leg was broken the first
day, and he had been in bed ever
since. A friend in Cometa volunteered
to take him to court to answer the
charge against him. but his automo-
bile baked and he did not reach the
court house in time. Later it devel-
oped that Bible had not passed a bad
check.
"You have restored my confidence
in human nature and my ability to
read it," said Judge Maxey as he dis.
charged Lewis Bible.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-12
TELLS OF FIGHT
WITH CANN|bALS
Rice Party Has Encounter With
Giant White Savages in
South America.
NOT AFRAID OF FIREARMS
Professor Rice Says That in All His
Experience in Tropical Junges He
Never Saw Such Ferocious
Looking Savages.

New Iork.-The exploring party
headed by DR.. Alexander Hamilton
Rice, which clashed last February
near the banks of the Orinoco with
giant cannibals, returned here from
Para.
With Doctor Rice came Mrs. Rice,
formerly Mrs. George D. Widener of
Philadelphia, who accompanied her
husband on some Of his South Ameri-
can explorations; Chester II. Ober.
geographer of the expedition; A. w.
Swanson, J. E. Mason and DR.. G.. e.
Byers.
1t was while exploring an unnamed
tributary of the Orinoco river that the
party was attacked. The discharge of
firearms failed to scare off the saw
ages, who were described as large and
fierce, and the explorers only escaped
by firing into them, killing either
two or three. The party then turned
back.
Not Previously Seen Since 1863.
The cannibals were almost white
In color" Professor White said. I'm
all my years in the tropical jungles I
have never seen such ferocious look
Ing savages. Nearly all were armed
with bows and arrows and carried
spears and blowguns. They were
more than six feet tall and I recog-
| nized them as cannibals Of the Quart
Dos tribe, a mountain legion consid-
| cred the most ferocious of all the saw
ages in either Venezuela Colombia, or
Brazil"
The professor declared he believed
| 1t was the first time these cannibals
| were met by white men since 1853,
when Spanish expedition discovered
them.
Record Trip for White Woman.
Mrs. Rice was not with her husband
on the occasion Of the attack on the
party. However, she travelled with
the party as far as Esmeralda, Brazil,
| penetrating further into the ANA
ION wilderness than any other white
/ woman, according to the explorer.
The Rio Negro and other outlets of
the Amazon were explored and chart
ed, as we'll as the Casquiare canal and
the Upper Orinoco, Doctor Rice said.
A number of specimens were brought
back for the Peabody museum at Har-
ward.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-12
Swami a Beautiful Park.

wellington, Kan.-Women sof this
city are given credit for the transfor-
nation, within few years, Of an un-
slightly, swampy thirty-acre tract into
a beautiful city park. It has been
named "Community park" It is laid
out with artistic landscape effect, re-
plete with trees, shrubs and flower
bed. 1t contains a park house, sur
rounded with large shade trees, a
neat modern stone building contain
ing a large reception room, dining
room and kitchen, that will accommo-
date comfortably about $50 persons.
The park house is used for entertain
ments, banquets and parties.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-12
FEAR WOMAN SHERIFF
Female Officer in New Jersey
Respected by Lawbreakers.
Soon After Her Appointment Mrs.
Duer Demonstrated Her Worth
as an Officer:

Red Bank, N. 1.-THE presence of
Mrs. Georgeanna Duer, acting deputy
sheriff, in Red Bank, N. j., is said to
be responsible for the scarcity of
crime in that vicinity. Shortly after
her appointment Mrs. Duer demon
strated her worth as an officer. and
since that time only a few petty acts
of thievery have been reported.
Evlldoers steer clear of Sheriff Du-
er's territory because she has the en-
barrassing habit of turning up unex-
pectedly at the right point to intercept
the t1eelng crook with his plumber.
This happens because the woman Off
Ger has lived in the same locality for
81 years and knows every crook and
turn in the highways, all the trolley
connections and short cuts across the
country.
Not only the office Of deputy sheriff
is filled by Mrs. Duer, but those Of
mayor and chief Of police also have
her as an incumbent. In the case of the
minor offenders whom she arrests,
Mayor Duer quickly metes out justice
herself. When it is a case of "get
out Of town in two minutes" the fe-
male limb of the law acts in her ca
pacity of chief of police and shows I'M
desirable the shortest route out of
Red Bank. She has run twoscore or
more of these suspicious characters
from her domains.
Sheriff Duer is the mother Of Is
children, nine of whom are boys.
While the latter were growing up she
organized them into a baseball team.
A collection Of prizes won by Sheriff
Duer for fancy costumes worn by her
Oh various occasions decorates the
Duer home.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-12
VOICE RECORD BY !"vVlRELESs''
Talking Machine in Experiments Re.
peats Tones Of Persons Forty
Miles Away.

London, England. - Experiments
which have been carried out here have
resulted in the making Of talking
machine record on wax Of voice
transmitted by wireless telephone 40
miles away.
While the voice was speaking at
Chelmsford, in the county Of Essex,
where there is a high power instru-
ment capable of transmitting the voice
hundreds of miles, the equipment at
the receiving plant in the Strand, Lon
don, was attached to a recorder which
engraved the message in soft wax in
the same way as an ordinary talking
machine disk is manufa ctured.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-12
Assert Ancient Tribes
Did Much Irrigating

Albuquerque, N. M.-That
prehistoric peoples of New Mex
leo did a good deal Of irrigat-
ing is indicated by the remains
of canals and bitches found in
the state, as we'll as in other
parts Of the Southwest, accord
ing to 81. F. Robinson, head of
the Indian irrigation bureau
here.
The remains Of 217 miles Of
bitches built by the Pueblo In
dams alone are to be found, and
there are evidences Of elaborate
water systems at the Salt River
valley in Arizona.
These bitches we're all dug by
hand, according to Mr.. Robin
son, and clay banks and beds
were constructed where the way
lay over sandy plain, while the
method Of blasting through
rocks was to heat the rocks,
crack them with large stones
and remove them from the way.