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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-27

"And then he told us that we had a
wonderful ruby. He could not tell
how pure it was before cutting it. hut
he said it was probably one Of the
finest gems in the world of its kind"
Mr.. Mccarthy and Mr.. Mihok took
turns remaining with Mr.. Gilman
during the process 0f cutting and pol
, fishing and when the work was com.
pleted thu lapitlary turned it over to
them saying:
"Theres your great AIihok'-and it'<
al! told you il would be-and more :"
The two men took the "Great Mi
hok" back to Omaha with them. Then
sat up all night again and hardly
dared mention the precious thing even
in whispers.
In Omaha they went directly to the
safety deposit vaults of the United
States National hank: rented box
and saw that the lucky stone that had
been kicked around for sixteen years
was securely locked up. with the key
in their possession.
Then John Mihok went home AMI
told the good news to his wife.
'She wouldn't believe me at Grst
when told her we would not have to
work amy more and that we could
move IN Il nicer house where we would
have electric lights" he said. "but now
She believes me and we will have COM
fort In life.
I'VE will buy n new home. know
nice one. Just what we want. for
hs,sy
little automobile. The rest Of the
money we will put in Liberty bonds. I
think. There It Is snfe.
I'VE are no fools. We don't spend
II all md we don't try to get ricl,
quick. We put It away for our old age
and for our children's education. The
oldest boy. who left school last year.
Will 60 hack again and maybe we
make /, doctor Of him. All the chit.
dren get now good education. NV
dead father was the giver Of all my
good luck. We are thankful. indeed.
and very happy"
And how much Is the "Great Mi.
hok" worth?
Well. here is what Mr.. Gilman
says Of John Mihok's 'lucky stone:
1.-THE Great Mihok' is genuine
pigeon blood ruby: its color Is n deep
carn''ne red: It is tlawless: It's specific
gravity is 4.O5: its weight Is c29 cur.
ats: 1t is the largest ruby ever saw
or ever heard of: I believe there is one
in India that weighs about II carats:
large ruhieS are scarce and valuable:
one of ten caratS Is about ten tin,es
MS valuable as diamond Of the same
weight: Altogether. l should say the
Great MihOk' is worth about $1OO..
OOO."
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Red Cross Report Gives Graphic
Story Of Rescues During Fierce
Fighting at Russian Port
in November.

Wa>hingt"n.-A graphic account OF
the part played by Major Samuel l.
Johnson of Honolulu. assistant com.
nandant OF he allied forces in Vladi-
vo>tok. during the revnlut ionary fight
ing in that city on November Il and
is. has been received by the Red
Cross headquarters here. The Red
Cross report says that Major Johnson
las heen recommended to the All-ituS-
sian government for decoration with
the Officers Cross If st. George for
the services he rendered to the people
of Vladiv">tok during III" fighting.
As a recommendation is considered,
the equivalent I" be>tnwal. this makes
the sixth award received by Major
Johnson ,iu, ing his service in Sibera
with the American forces the others
being the Russian medal of ST. Anne
and Japanese. CZecho- Slnvak Italian
and Chinese decorations.
Governor NJ. NJ EverSman Of Fri.
morSky province. in a letter to a.ior
General W. = Graves. commanding the
American forces in Siberia. said:
Il cannot leave ullnentioned the
fact that Ma lor johnson. having Splcn-
didly fulfilled his plan in guarding. the
town and The peaceful population
though exposing his own if. tn danger
under furious fire. succeeded four times
in getting through 70 HE passenger
Trains that We're in the center Of the
fighting zone and from there brought
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-27

The work. one learns from an article
In the New York Times Magazine. has
been going on only year. hut the fie:
committee of the New York Historical
society has discovered cave and fire.
place used by the aborigines and dat
ing back. in all probability. to a time
before Columbus thought Of sailing
west from Europe. A committee Of
three gentlemen. in pursuit Of recrea-
ton as well as relics. devote their
spare time and holidays to the pursuit.
heing at once directors. explorers and
iabOrers Of what one might call the
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-27

Ohm MlHOk il not a
character in Il short
story iii a fiction mag.
azine. He is a real,
ne>l,-and-blOOd man.
He lives ut 1913 South
Twentieth street Oma.
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Wealthy New Yorker Said to
Have Cleaned Up an I'M
mense Sum.
PLAYED WITH MARKED CARDS
Victims Finally "Got WISE" and
Evened Things UP Slightly by Ad-
m;nistering a Beating After Elk.
posing His Game.

New York.-A group of screen mag
mates and music publishers along
Broadway has been heeced out of
with deck of marked cards, whom
they admitted to their private games.
He was finally detected and thrown
out of the house of the man who
caught him. The World prints the
story. calling the tleecer Mr.. Trimmer
and the other man Mr.. Screen. 1t as
SertS it has their real names
For considerable time IA group of
twelve or fourteen men. all of anlSe
means. have been playing stud poker.
There We're Mr.. Screen. big picture
promoter and the husband OF one uf
the prettiest and most talented stars :;
MIR. t'Iickers. OF equal rank in celu-
lid productions; Mr.. Circuit, who
owns a flock Of theaters: Mr.. Kagg.
who receives immense royalties from
his song compositions, and others quite
as well known in their respective
fields
Last summer. at Far Rockaway and
80 ehNAA "ClC
by Mr.. Trimmer. He is manufac-
tnrer on an immense scale of Il certain
article OF women's wear. and is gen.
orally known as a millionaire
They Thought II Was Luck.
MIR. Trimner's ''uncunny luck" as
the other players called it. was notice
able from the very start. In one SEES.
sion. for instance. which began on
Saturday night and continued into
Sunday. he cleaned up more than $40
Msp.
I The daring If Mr.. Trimmer'S play
was " hat interested the others more
than anything else. He would make
bets against seemingly impossible
eHlti>-and win them.
MIR. Trimmer always knew what the
other fellows secret card was. when
he WAS the dealer. and he always won,
Also he always knew. when he held
The deck, What card his opponent
would get neNt. and what card he
(frimmer) WAS going 10 get next. for
his cards Were what is known to gam
hier> rs 'rradrr>
The design on the back of th"m-
which meant nothing to uthers--tuld
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Collar ironing Machine.

1.aundrym"n have long used a
curved plat" with Sclf-heating,
gr""v.d iron for smoothing the folded
edge "f linen collars so that they will
not irritate the neck. An improved
machine has now appeared. however
in which clever mechanical desi.r
takes the place If the human skill for.
mer'y required. As the operator r..-
tates the iron a hnll,heariny roller on
a camlike track carries it gently onto
the collar. and. after the edge has
been irone'l. of the collar and out Of
the way.-l'"pular Mechanics. Maya.
zine.
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Good Work
at VladiVOStOk

to safety officers. their families an,
civilians"
Major Graves son of General Graves
was another officer. according to tn,
itd Cross account, who with utter
tear'essneSs walked into :he danger
zone to aid women and children ex
posed to fire. Major Johnson has paid
tribute I" the part also played by the
international military police. whom he
commanded
want those men to get the recog.
milton due Them" he said. "They rem.
derad the greatest assistance showed
absolute steadines> and GOODNESS and
ran the same risks" The Red Cross
account says that the international
military police and allied ,letachments
held control of Vladivo>tok, enforcing
the policy of neutrality adopted by the
allies and that. thanks TO this, vladi-
v"st"k WAS unswer, by battle except
IN the vicinity of the railway station.
There. however. furious combat ragged.
For men who entered the arp; If
fighting and the path of flying bullets
entered III deadly peril and every man
knew it. says the report.
Among those saved by Major John
son ana his men were General Roman
or>ky and family. sonanoysky is
chief of the Russian generals Staff.
He WAS living with his family in the
railway yards in his special train and
was noncomha,ant. Soldiers Of
both sides tir>d upon the train II was
utterly dark and a >torming showing
November morning when Major John.
son found The car and escorted the
family Ia safety.
Hide in Black Cellars.
"SoEia of those he rescued that
night We're found in the railway Sta.
lion where the most San.,;illary fight.
Ing took place. They had sought ref
IL" in cellars. or SECLUDED! little offices
and crouched in the darkness, afraid
I" move. afraid Ia whisper. In most
cases. wliea the rescue party arrived
il took repeated calls ,nl reasSur.
ance> 10 locate the frightened. sus.
picnuS men and women.
"'The first rescue trip WAS made
about 10 O'Clock on the night Of NJ.
remher |. and the last mt : 80 n'clock
on the mnrnin" of November IS,
MA inr .Inhn~nn'> command Of pu..
sian, for he is u Russian born. N.oS :,
hi" asset in this emergency work ,1
III railway station. rs il has been
throughout his service in Siberia.
General RonEn"vSky expressed to
he Red Cross representative rr,,te.
frl appreciate n for what A.a jor 1,hn.
>oi. did.
81 do NOT know how any man cou,d
go into that hell of fire. And orr train
and bring us out. he said, 'but th,s
nan did it,
''He even saved the cat. Ge,tipc tho
marty out of the train Major Johnson
heard the howl Of the lonely. mor,o,,v
frightened cat somewhere in tho d,rl,
ear lit only by the urid flashes ~
guns and the reflection of hurn,no
buildings.
Zone Of the women asked them IN
take the cat. and the rescu, nortv
halted there In the shattered train
found the cat hiding in mass ~
broken horths and took her IN sas>t,
.~'ts' "ho s~-,slv"
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| t!cular flower was nccentlatetl. 1t was
Il king: if the shading was on the left
hand petal it was queen.
There We're four flowers. each with
three petals. The standings. therefore,
stood for - different cards. according
to where they were placed. these cards
ranging down from the ace to the
deuce. If no petal was shaded the
card was the deuce.
An exposure was planned Mt
Screens house. There We're eight
players. Trimmer. on few hands Off
square cards. lost $3.50. Then he
produced a deck of his sort. AS soon
as Screen saw the marked cards he
exposed the chea; to his guests and
proceeded I" beat Trimmer up. winding
up 10y throwing him out of the house.
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tone 9 A<zt7 /hHok


over the stone to Mr.. rrenzer and
said:
Here's 'lncky stone I've had for
years. Can YOU tell me what it Is aud
If it's worth anything?"
Mr.. Frenzer smiled and took the
stone. But 1t wasn't one of those
smiles that won't come Off 1t vanished
in short order. For the jeweler. after
few simple tests. could give II shrewd
guess ut what Johns lucky stone real
" was. H. said to John:
Its ruby. And it's big one.
] guess it's a good one. But youll have
t" have II cut to find out what its
worth. What you want to do is to
take it to Chicago to u lapidary aud
have it cut"
John thanked the jeweler ami
walked out of the shop In daze
And the more he thought about things
the more daze,l he got. Take it to Chi
cago and have 1t CUT" The jeweler
might MS well have told him to take It
to the man in the moon.
But John had not been here sixteen
years without assimilating II fair
amount Of Yankee shrewtlness. and
after much hard thinking he. went to
Rev. Father William r. Rigge Of
Creighton university. Father Rigge Il
something Of scientist himself and
quickly saw that the stone was In all
probability ruby ~ great value. He
also realized that John was In good
deal "f the plight If n hungry hobo
with nothing hut ~ thousand dollar hill.
So Father Rigge called IN Edmund
Mccarthy. lawyer. They told him
the whole cnse up to date. John Of
fercd Mccarthy one-fourth Of what
charge Of the whole affair and manage
the cutting. polishing and marketing.
MIR. Mccarthy accepted the Offer.
Lawyer and client were soon on their
WY to Chicago.
I'VE did not sleep wink that nigh,
on the train. I can tell you." said Mr..
Mccarthy. I'VE both kept guard. |
won't tell you where we had the ruby
hut II wnS in a mighty safe place."
ARRIVING in Chicago we asked for
the name Of precious stone expert
and in due time came to the establish,
ment of Gus,of Gilman, lapidary. 1874
Webster avenue.
sour hearts We're In our mouths
when we handed the stone to him
Wha: If the Omaha ieweler and sci
enlist had made Il mistake? What II
the lucky stone was nothing hut a
pretty stone?'
1.-THE expression on Mr.. Gillmann's
face was not encouraging. He smiled
little ms Mr.. Mihok undid the pack.
age in which reposed the stone. Mr..
GilimHnn took the stone IT. his hand
and Immediately the cynical smile dis
appeared His eyes seemed to bulge
and his mouth opened.
''He gave IN exclamation. then
rushed with the stone to his work.
room and nut 1t through various tests
talking all the while In most excited
fashion.
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Had Sure Thing
at Stud Poker

him exactly what denomination each
lnstehOard was.
AT last. suspicion intruded. and one
or the other men at party which
trimmer had arranged pocketed "A
deck of Trimmer's cards and took
them I" a professional gambler for ex-
animation.
Thty're readers" said the profess
sonal. At the corner of each card. on
the back. was Il design composed of
four de-liS-the three leafed
Hover Of France.
II the right hand petal of the flower
at the upper right hand Of the group
was heavily shaded the card was an
ace. II the center petal of that par
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-27
Reminders of
Early Days

In and around the city Of New York
there ia going on a modest kind Of ar.
theological research that few Ameri-
cans have heard of. hut that adds now
and then tangible evidence Of what
went on there when the Indians had
their dwellings and paid no rent ut all
IN this now expensive part of the world.
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historical society expedition for recoy.
ering buried treasure In and around
New York. The plan might bp cur.
ried out In other large cities with
pleasure to the eA. lorers and protj, t.,
the sum total of historical cOllections
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| lWentletN street. Om:l-
l1a. Neb. He is a furniture polishpr
ana has worked at his trade for six
years in Omaha. He has wife and
1--WE children. He can walk into na.
| f'onal bank in Omaha and be identi-
he'd. And what's more. people in his
nei-hborhood point him out on the
street and say: "There he is. That's
John Mihok himself"
John Mihnk WAS horn IN the village
Of Macy Koros in eastern Hungary.
IN IN" Mih.k home on the shelf over
the Fireplace one Of the ornaments
| WAS a small rough stone. His father
had picked it up one day beside y
stream and had brought IL home. II
was a "uricalS sort Of stone. Here and
there through the rough cooering pref.
~ red colors showed. Altogether It
was an oddity and rather pretty. :"
the family kept it over the fireplace
for years. while young John Mihok
WIS growing up.
TIL" hos wanted to come to America
to seek his fortune and the whole fam
lily saved for years to hoard up the
money to pay his massage. At last
the time came for him to start. When
he said goodby his father took the
''prettv stone" from the shelf and put
It Nv Johns hand.
"Here's q keepsake for you. John :
snn,e'hin" to remember the old home
nv. Maybe it will bring YOU luck In
the new country across the water. V
John thanked his father and said.
"Sure enough: navhe 1t will he my
lucky stone" And he mt It in his
pocket
The VOYAGE ny steerage from Trieste
1ohn got tired carving the stone In
his pockpt and chscked It into his big
canvas hug, with the rest Of his things.
On" day he wns rum,nagin" through
his bag and came across the stone.
He showed II to some If his fellow.
emi"rnnts. While they were iookin.
Mt the stone and he was telling them
It's story. party If first cabin pms
Sengers came along on a Summing
trir through the Storage. One If
tho siyhtseers offered him 81 for II.
John was temnted. hut finally decided
to keep it. because his father had Civ.
on it 10 him.
At Ellis island the customs insnect.
orS went through his scanty belong
ingS The lucky stone was right there
In p,an sight with the rest of his
things. Put the inspectors never gave
tho stone SECOND glance.
This was in 1903 John worked in
varions places. His first ioh was in
Scranton. Pa. whore he married. Then
he worked in CLEVELAND Ohio. Six
years ago he came tn o'naha. And now
he is a citizen Of IN" United States
In tn" meantime the Mihok family
in the United States was growing. II
grew faster than Johns earnings did.
Il grew almost rs fast ms the II. G. L..
" wasn't always easy FOR John and
his wife to make both ends meet.
One night John was reading a news
rrper and came upon n story Of II man
r'ckirg M ruhv beside stream.
Naturally the story Interested him.
And rnturc'lv 1t SGT this poor mrn with
wife and five children to thinking
about his own lucky stone. Finally
he hid what ~ native-snn would call
n hunch. The hunch said:
"Aiavhe your lucky stone is ruby
too. Take 1T to n ieweler and find
out Whit II is. anvwav!"
And John took the hurch. He hunt
ed NJ his lucky stone md went to
the iewelry shop "f Joseph r. Frenzer
in South Fifteenth street. He handed
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Cut Heart Out Of Patient.

Omaha. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cut the
heart out of Steve Znkich an Aus.
trian. then placed it back in his body
Iakirh. who had shot himself, is ex-
pected to live.
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A large buffalo with enormous hor,,
Is conspicuous in prehistoric roc,
drawings found in Algeria. The Afr
can elephant is also striking feature.
and other animals include the lion
leonard. gazelle aud domestic goat,
and sheep.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-12
Opposition TO Total Barring of
Aliens Develops Unex-
pected Strength.
RESTRICTIONS BROADENED
Blood Brothers and Sisters of
American Citizens Are 90
BE Admitted.

WaahlnEton. Dec. i1-Final disp0-
aitl0n im the house % the Johnson bili
providing for practically complete
stoppaEe % immigration for one year
was postponed late today until Mon
day. House leaders reached an agree
ment % bring the bill % a vote on
that DAY. huvinR found u impossible
GO complete debate today
Those in charge ~ the measure had
hoped for final action today. but op-
position. chiefly % provisions af-
feCting farm labor Importation allowed
for six months period from Canada,
New F0undland Cuba and Mexico. and
to other sections prohibiting admls-
sion of relatives - citizens except
those 81 blood kin. developed such
strength a. 20 compel abandonment
~ the plan and adjournment % Mon
day.
When the house adjourned debate
under the special rule had expired
Demands for separate roll calia on
amendments were pending however
and these went over until Monday
Only one amendment of general Inn
portance was adopted today. nj
hroadsned ths restriction on relatives
% include brothers and sisters. not
more than ai and 10 years. reapec-
lively. who would ba admitted upon
applications 90 the secretary o. labor
by an American cltlzen.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-12
SCHWAB SPEAKS
FORPROSPERITY
Chairman of Directors of Beth
Iehem Steel Believes Flu 49,.
ture il Bright.
SLUMP NOW Is HEALTHY
Win More Quickly Be Over So
I'VE Can Emerge Into
Clear Weather"

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-THE existing
slump in business Is only the natural
transition Of industries returning 20 a
normal basis from the speeding up of
production made necessary ~ the
war. declared Charles ~ schwab.
chairman OF the board OF directors Of
the Bethlehem steel corporation. in
an address here tonight at the an
nual dinner ~ the Pennsylvania so
eiety.
4 want 60 g. on record here" said
Mr. Schwah. "as saying nothing could
be healthier for American business
than the very condition through which
we are now passing. The soverer the
storm now. the quicker h Will be over
and the sooner We can emerge into
clear weather and shape our course
upon the sea q prosperity"
Commenting npon yne status or Un-
employed iaborefa, Afr. Schwah stated
that the great need of the world to-
day ls "a work nprd aud save" This. h.
said. apr.iiea Il knw ~ means a. well
ak Workingmen. The man sebo fails
to work was characterized a. a slack
er" who deserves no place among
honorable men"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-12
RESERVE BOARD
Is UNDER FIRE
Democratic Senators Defend
Boards Policy in Regard
20 Farm Credits.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1i.-protract-
"a debate prevented 4 vote IN the sen
ate today on the joint resolution di-
recting revival of ne war finance COR
pors1ion aa a relief measure for farm
srs Recess was taken unit noon Mon
day with an Informal understanding
that vote would be taken not later
than , o'clock on that day
Objection 10 that Eecfian OF the res
oiutism which would direct that the
federal reserve board provide more
liberal credits for farmers marked the
debate today. senator Smoof. Fepub-
lican. Utah, gave notice that he would
move 20 strike out the section and
Senator Thomas. democrat. Colorado.
said he would ask for a separate vote
on a.
Senator Pomsrene democrat Ohio,
said he would not help wreck the fed
eral reserve board. and senator Glass.
democrat. Virginia. declared that sec
tion of he resolution was a very d.
rect and unjust criticism OF the board
and not based on facts"
Senator Spencer. republican. Mis-
souri. ocered durlng the day a substi-
tute in the form of q concurrent res
olution which would declare the sense
OF congress 20 be that the war finance
corporation should be revived and ask
Inc the federal reserve board TO coop
crate with g. lie did not discuss t.