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The Snowflake herald., 1920-01-30
r. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston. Salem, N c.

900 persons, mainly Russian refugees
without employment, to leave the city
of Tiflis About $4,000 workers in the
oil fields of Baku have been ordered by
the Azerbaidjahese to leave the city
because there is nc work for them and
fpOd is scarce.
Around every station along the rail
way are gathered groups of hundreds
of homeless people lying hudded to-
gether on the ground, the majority of
them too weak even to try to help
themselves Frorn tinno TO tino tho
stronger ones climb on freight cars and
move elsewhere, always seeking better
conditions, which do not exist Two
hundred and sixty-three thousand
homeless refugees from Turkish Arme-
MIA thus are constantly milling about
throughout Russian Armenia. max
ing the relief work conducted by the
Americans problem requiring infinite
patience and organizing ability.
This is especially true in view of
the existence of 24S,O00 destitute in
habitants of Russian Armenia who pos
sesS homes, but no food, as well as
10000 Greeks. Russians, Persians
Syrians and Yezidis who have beer
driven out of parts of Transcaucasa
Zone hundred and forty thousand
MOslems, whose villages were destroy
ed in the course of five years of con
stant warfare are helplessly encamped
in the open around villages of thei
former enemies. begging infnitesimal
quantities of flour, which they mix with
dirt to give the illusion of nourish-
ment.
"These hundreds of thousands of suf-
fering adults, mostly homeless and
lacking every necessity of life, having
nothing more TO lose, are concentrated
in a country as yet inadequately po-
Iced or governed They constitute a
fertile field for the seeds of Bolshe-
vism or any form of anarchy, the
spread of which once Ioosed would be
impossible to predict
1T is generally admitted in the eau
casus that the Americans of the Near
East Relief already have saved the
lives of at least 10000 babies and chill
dren and of 100000 adult refugees anC
destitute This work still is continu
ing"
In an effort to procure funds to car
ry on the work and save the lives of
these hundreds of thousands who 9TH
erwise will die of starvation and ex-
posure Near East Relief, Of which
Cleveland H. Dodge is treasurer, is
making an appeal to the American peo-
ME
The Snowflake herald., 1920-01-30
His Double
@0
BY OTILLIA FRANCES
PFEIFFER

Copyright, 1919, by the Western News
paper Union.)

Two men stood facing one another,
each dripping wet One was dressed
in the height of style and was the
owner of an automobile standing in
the road a few hundred feet distant.
The other while respectfully attired
showed no evidence of wealth. He was
half dragging, half supporting the 9th
er. Now the latter braced up some
what He had fallen into deep quar-
ry pit while seeking to secure some
rare flowers growing near to its edge,
and the other, casual passerby, had
leaped in and rescued the imperiled
adventurer as he was sinking for the
third time.
For the first moment the two stood
full face to face There was a start,
a stare, void of stupefaction in
either countenance and for the space
of half minute the two men regarded
one another mutely.
Il say!" abruptly burst forth the
better dressed man, 1--WE look near
enough alike to be brothers! p
THAT dawns upon me forcibly," less
animatedly responded the other.
Come" spoke the rescued one i'm
pe.-ously, "you have risked your life
to save mine. 1t is debt l can never
repay. Get into the auto and we can
reach Mayville inside OF thirty min
utes."
The other drew back 81 do not care
to go to Mayville," he said with seri-
BUSINESS and decision that had a tinge
of mystery to it.
'"Then Brocton lies ten miles in the
other direction. Don't dally-we are
both wet and chilled through. When
we get back to normal we want to
know each other more fully. l am
Adrian Purcell"
''And l Roy Dyson" said the res
cuer. 81 don't want you to make any
thing extraordinary of my trying to
see if | still know how to SWIM
"That won't go" spoke Purcell with
warmth. I'm not likely to soon for
get you."
''I'm not much to remember" smiled
Dyson glumly, and with some bitter
ness as though life's awards meant
very little to him. He seemed anxious
The Snowflake herald., 1920-01-30
StrangeSt Troop of All in Con-
stantinople Being Made Into
Good Citizens.

American Boy Scout training is aid
ing prominently in the rehabilitation
of hundreds of little Armenian boy
refugees from the Turkish massacres,
who have been organized into scout
troop in Constantinople as the solution
Of one Of the most troublesome prob
lens that confronted the Near East Re-
lief workers in that city.
Hounded and driven for four years,
having seen their parents and relatives
slaughtered or worse by Turks and
Kurds and themselves forced to beg,
steal or do almost anything to exc out
the barest existence, these boys had
completely lost their moral sense when
they finally found refuge in the Near
Cast Relief orphanges.
The boys had been clad in rags for
so long that they had forgotten how to
take care of clothes. This was a tragedy
when the Near East Relief had need Of
every pair Of shoes and of every suit
of clothes for new boys constantly COM
ing in.
Then the boys were organized as
Boy Scouts and given their uniforms.
They began to be careful of their
school clothes as well as of their uni
forms.
They had been so often hungry they
had come to steal without compunc-
ton. When they first entered the or
phanages they continued to steal. One
boy stole a purse from his American
teacher. For two or three weeks after
he became a Boy Scout he was obvious
ly uneasy. One day he came to her
with the purse in his hand.
81 don't want to give 1t back" he
said reluctantly. "But have to. I'm
a Boy Scout now"
To form more scout troops to trans
form these little unfortunates into
good citizens, is one Of the reasons
why the Near East Relief, / Madison
avenue, New York city, is making It's
appeal for funds.
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to get on his way alone, resenting
gratitude and patronage on the part
of the other. He, however, reluctant
ly got into the machine and Purcell
taking the wheel they soon reached
Brocton. AS they were shown to
room in the hotel Purcell gave their
attendant a variety of orders.
"There is no mistake about our re-
sembling one another, is there, now?"
he said. Il look a trifie older than you,
but we are the same build and height
and we tally even as to facial express
sion. Tell me something about your
self, won't your"
But Dyson was averse to giving
much of his life history. AS to Pur-
cell, he was a young man of fortune
who insisted that he owed his life to
Dyson and wanted to adjust the score
in some way. Purcell was SO insistent
as to this feature that Dyson finally
said:
"Since you will have it that you wish
to do something fer me, / might sug-
gest-"
''Just name it and command me-"
VERY well, then; two years ago
left Mayville with the promise to the
girl loved, Mary Smith, that / would
go out in the world to try and better
my fortune l returned last night and
visited the village. / overheard some
people gossiping. Mary Smith had
married a year ago and is now Mrs.
Mary BARLEY, and not six months
since l received from her a letter pro-
testing her undying love for me-"
''That was indeed hard blow" said
Purcell, genuinely sympathetic.
II at once turned my back on the
town, never to return to it. Now /
have met you, we look alike. Because
of pride, because 1 wish to punish the
perfdy of Mary Smith, it would be an
Immense satisfaction to me to have
you go to Mayville, register as my
self, play my part, boast, overawe the
town with your automobile and fine at
tire and great wealth. Fit at the end
of week, leaving the town persuaded
that have indeed made good, and
Mary Smith with bitter knowledge
of what she has missed"
81 declarer' smiled Purcell "That
is an original proposition. Good It's
a bargain I'll play the part if you
will remain here until l return"
Two evenings later Dyson was
aroused from a reyerie bv the mex
pected appearance of Purcell.
You're to go to Mayville," he AN
nounced.
"Whats that?" demanded Dyson
sharply.
"Yes. Say, played my part grand
ly, and then yesterday l learned that
Mary Smith was coming to see me at
the hotel and l bolted"
You mean Mary Barley suggest
ed Dyson.
'T don't" dissented Purcell with
The Snowflake herald., 1920-01-30

yigor. II mean your own and only
NARY Smith. Why, man, | learn that
your lady love has pined and waited,
and would still wait if you haven't a
dollar. The Mary Smith who became
Mrs. BARLEY was new arrival at the
town. Now then, I'm going to disap-
pear and you forget me, but first I'm
going to stake you for few thou
sands, and be happy in feeling that |
have done something for the brave,
self-sacrifcing fellow who risked his
life to save my own"
In vain Roy Dyson denHrred, but
Purcell was determined. The next day
the former went back to Mayville and
Mary.
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s.s 49, winter IN the mountains" he says,
IN "1u =, the existing food supply is entire.
,.. "ooequate for the great number of
kind 'eSoufces ol any
y d recent agreement between the
,.ers .u,'ers of the republics Of Armenia,
,n,.l ,rnner0aidjan and Georgia TO cease hos
..s @ueS and settle all differences by
IN latlOn one obstacle to relief work
nol caucasus has been removed and
ao.,'s 1a1eS accessible a great number of
nor, I,u'e people who otherwise would
perish this winter
Two hundred thousand destitute
,o.u' 1eI'lans and Tartars can now be
sEd a''ed in the districts of Karabagh,
a.a. 'a and Nakhichevan, in the south
caS' section of the Trans-Caucasus. and
tbo. are planning TO extend our work
So s'e The economic situation is so
ns, pirate and food supplies so scanty
Tie Georgians have ordered 100.
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ON THE CONTRARY.

"Did you see Hooker come in from
fshing?"
Eyes, | was on the pier"
'eWas there any fish lying about
him ?"
''No; he was lying about the fish. !"
Boston Transcript.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-01-30
HUNGER KNOWS
NO ARMlSTIGE
IN CAUCASUS
CO.onai Haskell Reports to Near
East Relief on Desperate
Needs of HELPLESS.

peace may come elsewhere in the
world, but hunger knows no armistice
in the Near East" says Colonel Will
liam N Haskell, Allied high commits
sion in the Trans-Caucasus. in an ap-
peal to Near East Relief, l Madison
avenue, New York city, for food and
supplies for the relief of the starving
millions.
Colonel Haskell is in charge OF all
operations and disbursements of Near
East Relief in the Caucasus.
There is No fuel or shelter for the
greater part Of them during the terri
The Snowflake herald., 1920-01-30

the Near East
Relief will make to the country in
February for funds to support it's
work among the starving peoples of
that stricken land To the Wash
ington meeting he wrote:
"Advices and information coming
from the Near East cannot be doubt
ed. There is great actual suffering
and famine. These people, recently
become independent and released
from bitter thraldom, cannot sup
port themselves. And the Christian
and common instincts of humanity
which have prompted the people of
the United States during the last
two years to relieve the distress
and needs, especially of the Near
East, must not be allowed to grow
cold and be diminished.
Il hope we shall all unite in this
present emergency and be able to
collect sufficient funds to enable
these peoples to live and work until
next summer brings them perma-
nent relief and subsistence. L call
upon all to respond generously to
the appeal now being made and
trust that the committee will be
gratif1ed with the results"
The Snowflake herald., 1920-01-30
THE OLD ARMY GAME.

Prisoner Shreckmeister Hist!
The American soldiers are planning
a massacre in there.
Prisoner ,Pickelsteiner-So?
Schreckmeister-Jo. heard one
Of them say Shoot fifty and then |
heard a sound like the rafting Of
the victims teeth.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-01-30

a don't believe in glittering gen.
eralities, do you?"
''N ell, | donno. There's one thing
sure"
What's that ?"
You cant hardly blame dealer
in generahties if he kin make 'em
glitter. Louisville Courler-Jour-
aal.
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QUITE OTHERWISE.

''Your charges are simply out
rageous,' complained the guest who
was at the shore hotel for his health.
"Hold on!'' protested the land
lord. "You forget Pm not at this
hotel for the same reason that you
are" Boston Transcript.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-01-30
NOT QUITE.

"Were the Boston emergency men
policemen, pa ?''
"Of course not, child why do you
ask p
Because our teacher said they
were good at pinch"
The Snowflake herald., 1920-01-30
Cardinal Gibbons Asks Aid
For Starving Armenians

This is the
message from
James (Cardi-
a al) Gibbons
road @t the
big meeting in
Washington in
aid Of h e
Near East Re
lief. The ven
erable primate
of the Catholic
c. h urc h i n
America is in
tenseIy inter
ested in the
appeal which
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
FIRST GUN PLAY
| IN NAIL ROBBERY !! | ]
Officers Of Burlington Railway. Stage
Gun Battle With Two Suspected
Mail Robbers at Bluffs
RoBBER COLLINS IS AT LARGE
Eight People Now Under Arrest Charg-
ed With Robbilg the Mails and
Receiving Stolen Property

The first actual gun play in the big.
gest mail robbery ever pulled off In the
United States. took place at Council
Bluffs during the week when officers
and two suspects entered into gun
battle. Mention was made In these coli
unins last week Of the big $500, 900
mail robbery. Since that time num-
Der OF arrests have been made and hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars in cur.
rency recovered. Most Of the arrested
parties claim Council Bluffs as their
home.
Agents. A. Bourk and H. L. Johnson,
men ito whom Investigation brought
suspicion. The railway agents found
these two men on top Of O box car in
the Burlington yards at the Bluffs. The
men were Just starting to break into a
car, it was declared, when the agents
found them. The bandits Immediately
opened fire on the agents who returned
in kind. A running fight was staged
around the ends and between box cars
until the bandits made their. getaway.
One was known to have been shot
through the neck, however and It Is
expected this will lead to his arrest
An ex-aviator, Collins by name, is
still at large and is said to be one Of
the main instigators in the robbery.
His mother, q widow residing IN Coun-
Gil Bluffs, has been broken hearted, and
attempted suicide Monday Her son
was her only support. Eight prisoners
are now under q double guard to pre-.
vent any possible attempt at jail deliv.
cry. The postal authorities have issued
"a description Of the man Collins and
there will be a large reward offered for
his capture. He is described as 926
years old, 5 feet 81 inches high,
weighs 152 pounds, eyes light blue, hair
light brown, complexion rudy, pigeon
chest, birthmark on left arm, one.half
inch scar on right knee.
Fred Poffenbarger. one OF the con.
fessed robbers, gave his first thought
to his mother when he said, See tnat
my mother has coal in the house, will
your" This was after the father, the
main support OF the family, had been
arrested. "a
It is thought Collins has in his pos.
session s27 900 and fifty $1,000 bonds.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
JNFORTIUJNATiE FOR FARMERS

Nothing has occurred to disturb the
financial conditions more Of late than
the crash which has come to the price
of wheat and other farm products It
seems that determined effort has been
made to reduce the price Of what the
farmer has to sell and nothing else Is
made to suffer so much in the way OF
reduction. 1t is true that there is a
strfngency in money circulation and
business OF all kinds Is depressed on ac.
count of 1t. 1t looks very much as If
this trouble could have been at least
partially avoided The federal board
by raising the rate Of interest has act
ed without proper consideration for
business generally In the course 1t has
taken.
"a II is said that conditions are worse
in Iowa than in any other place in the
country because Of the extravaganza
and undue speculation which has been
going on here for some time. One
thing is certain. that not for q long
time has there been SO little money IN
circulation as at present. People VINO
are indebted to the banks when their
paper natures are unable to make pay.
ment and the best they can do Is TO
ask, for renewal of their Indebtedness.
The fact that the price Of farm prod
Icts has been reduced SO much adds
to the embarrassment because no sales
are being made except where 1t Is abso-
lutely necessary and until better
market is restored 1t is not expected
that this stuff will be thrown upon the
market.
3sIt lie unfortunate that the farmer is
compelled to make the great sacrifice
which he Is called upon to make while
those In many other lines of business
are; able to keep war prices in force.
We hope this matter will be fully in
yestigated and unless it can be shown
that prices OF farm products are regu-
latedsby the law Of supply and demand
that those who are manipulating prices
Y will be punished. S. II. q
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
CAUSES
some DAMAGE
Dow City Twice Visited by Fire Dur.
Ing Past Week-Stepailek Build
ing Slightly Damaged
ANOTHER FIRE ON FRIDAY
Building Near Illinois Central BURNS
Fire Supposed to Have Started From
Sparks From Passing Engine

DCIYtsC CITY Nov, 23--Spec Ion.
day morning about . o'clock fire broke
out in the j.. w. Stepanek building on
East Main street, occupied by w. II.
Rule as creamery The blaze start.
ed in the front room from an old oil
stove which was used for the purpose
of testing cream. Mr.. Rule and sever
al other men We're in the back room
at the time and upon discovering the
blaze lost no time in notifying the fire
department, who Immediately respond
ed by ringing the alarm and going out
with the hose. However, Mr.. Rule and
the other men in the building succeed
ed in smothering the flames fairly well
before their arrival and It was not nee
essary to apply the hose. The cream
tester and other articles were consid.
erably damaged. as well as the walls Of
the room being scorched quite badly 1t
is said that the fire was discovered just
in the nick of time. Had 1t been ten
minutes later it would have gained suf-
ficient Roadway as to destroy the en-
tire building and easily cause the de-
struction of other buildings, as me
wind was blowing quite hard at the
time. 1t was a very dangerous affair
and all feel thankful that it was no
worse.
Quite a little excitement was created
Friday evening about $3.50 by the sound
ing Of the fire alarm. The scene Of the
If1re was found to be near the /. e: de-
pot, where small building was abiaze,
lit having gained such headway as TO
ia heyond control. The building was
burned to the ground as well as the
platform being considerably damaged:
The blaze is thought to have started
BY sparks flying from fire which had
been burning along the railroad tracks
during the afternoon and early evening
for the purpose of clearing of the
weeds and dead grass on the right OF
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
Safety.

One who uses a .stepladder frequent.
~ for hanging pictures, curtains, etc.,
finds that II a small piece cut from an,
old kid glove is glued on the bottom
of each leg of the ladder It prevents
the floor from being scratched. No
need of moving rugs around or danger
Of slipping.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
Mr. slmpklns ln Hard Luck

Mr.. Simpkins was complaining to his
bosom friend, jenkins, about the Du-
merous Ills his wife had brought upon
him In the course OF their associa uOn.
"When first met her." he said, Il was
struck dumb with admiration. When !
married her was blind with love,
and now" he added. "rm deaf from
her everlasting talking"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
Specialized Bear Rare.

A mounted specialized bear" from
Venezuela has been placed on ex-
hibition in the American Museum of
Natural History in New York city.
The animal doesn't really wear spec
tacles. It derives its name from the
grayish-white markings trimming the
eyes. It Ifs one of the rarest species
Of bears known 70 exist and the only
bear found in South America.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
Why Worry About coai7

'.s.I lie sun and stars do not depend for
their heat on contraction, but on some
vast reservoir of subatomic energy.
The sun can still maintain Its output
OF heat for 5000, OOO, 600 of years, and
II must date back to time so remote
that there is no practical limit to esti-
mates Of the age Of the earth. -London
Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
At the Butchers.

My little nephew was sent to the
butcher shop for some meat, writes a
correspondent, but as the butcher did
not have the meat he went for he re-
turned home without any, whcreupon
his mother asked why he did not bring
the meat. In reply he said: "Well.
mother. they d:di.'t have just what you
wanted, but the have the cutest little
brown doggie hanging up"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
aeetween Devil and Deep Sea-"

The phrase Between the devil anu
the deep sen" has probably no REFER
ence to the ancient fighting between
the Picts and the Britons, though un'
doubtedly it has long been in use IN
Scotland. Its origin would appear TO
be lost in obscnrity. though possibly II
may have some reference to the New
Testament story OF the swine Of Ga
dara. b
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
sacred Bangles.

One of the oldest Of industries IS the
making of narrow bracelets, called BAN
giles. from the chank, or sacred shell, of
the Hindus. This conch Is found in
the Gulf Of Manaar, and about 2,00O,-
600 of the shells are exported annual
ly to Calcutta.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
Writes a Poem Every pav.

Claud b. Burton, London Journal
list OF prominence, claims to have pub,
lished more verses than any other man
living. For twenty years he has writ
ten an average of one poem day, or
a total of about 6,360 poems.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
Urum's rlace in music.

The drum is a relic of ancient ages,
Music In its crudest form is fundamen-
tally rhythm--later to develop into
harmony. The drum, lacking pitch.
lacking true musical expression, nev.
ertheless essentially registers rhythm.
1t represents music in It's infancy as
devised by primitive peoples.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
COUPLING Pin Grave.

Marking the disappearance Of the
coupling pin and link from use In rail-
roading. sentimental fiagnlan. who
has spent over 81. years in active serv-
ice, heaped a mound of cinders beside
the tracks in the freight yards Of the
p. r. n. IN Chicago. and placed there
on two coupling pins with a link rs
imementos of a strenuous past.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
NEW YORK LANDS

$500 CASH, 500 YEARLY BUYS
each. 100 acres, $4,000; "A cows 1879
acres, $4,000: 10 cows. 1856 acres, $500:
cows, team, tools, 46 acres, $4,000; SO
good buildings. Write for photos. Rail.
road fare one way to purchasers. FL.
Munson, 2426 S. Salina ST.. Syracuse.
N. Y. 45.4t4
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
Must Be Guided by History

The surest way to rench the Cn.
known IS by multiplication Of the
Known. Just as there are no short
cuts in science, so there is no way
whereby we can ignore the tried for
mulas Of a political history in develop
Ing a truly representative government.
Exchange. astass u