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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-03
By BRIGGS

and slip up in the woods till they
have gone by?"
mo, mother!" said Cameron quick
IL, ''just o sit quiet whore you are
and trust U.S.
Something awful might happen,
joint" ".
'"No, mother! DON'T you worry"
he said in his gentle. manly one.
Then to Ruth: Theresa big barn
ahead there on your left.\ Keep your
eye out for a road aro4nd behind it.
1t we could disappear it's too dark
for them to know where we are.
Would you care to turn out all the
lights and let nae u the car? I
don't want to boast but there isn't
much Of anything I can't do with a
car when i have to-
Instantly Ruth switched out very
light and with q relieved 'Please!"
gave up the wheel to him. They
made the change swiftly and silently,
and Ruth took the post OF lookout.
T. Yves. 1 see two lights. 1t
might be someone else, mightn't it?'
Not likely. on this road. But
1we're not taking any chances" and
with that the car bumped down
iacross a gully anh lurched up to a
gressy approach to a big stone barn
LndC lOOIneQ ABOVE lNGNl, LESH Stu
down another bank and passed close
ito a great haystack, whose clutchins
straw fingers reached out to brush
their faces. and so swept softly
around to the rear OF the barn and
stopped. Cameron shut of the en-
CINE instantly and they sat in utter
silence listening to the oncoming car.
IT'S they, all right whispered
tCameron softly That's PASSWORDS
voice. He converses almost wholly
in choice profanity" "
His mothers hand stole but to
touch his shoulder and he Jeached
around and held y close.
Don't tremble.N mother. we're all
! safe!" he Whispered in a tone SO
tender that. Ruth felt a shiver OF
pleasure pass over her for the moth.
er who had such a son.esAlso there
was the instant thought that a mar
could not be wholly rotten when
he could speak to his mother in tina!
tone.
There was a .breathless space when
the car paused on the road not fai
away and their pursuers stood up and
looked around, shouting to one an.
other. There was no installing their
identity now Ruth shfvered ,Visibly,
iGne Of them got out of the car and
}came toward the barn. They could
hear him stepping over the stony
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-03
CHAPTER 1x.-Continuetl.

She began to wonder in her heart
# she ought not to have told some
body else and taken Thomas along to
help. 1t was rather q questionable
thing for her to do,Sin the dusk Of
the evening-two, women all alone.
But then, she had Mrs. Cameron
along and that made it perfectly re-
specialize. But if she failed now,
what else could she do? Her blood
Eoiled holly at the thought OF letting
Harry Wainwright succeed Tn his
miserable plot. Oh. for cousin. La
Rue. He would have thought a. way
out Of this If everything else fail
ed she would tell the whole story to
Captain LasT1ue and beg him to exon
crate John Cameron. But that, OF
course. she knew would be hard TO
do, there was 30 much, red tape In
the army, and there were so many
unwritten laws that could not be set
aside Just for private individuals.
Still. there must be Il way If she had
to go herself to and tell
what she. had overheard. She set
her pretty 'lins firmly and rode on at
a brisk pace down the dark road
switching on her. head lights to set
the wayhhere III the woods. And then
suddenly, Just in-timc she .jerked on
Ithe brake and came to a jarring stopy
for ahead Of her a big car Was
sprawled across the road, and there,
rising hurriedly from a kneeling
posture before the engine, in the full
blaze of her headlights blinking and
frowning with anxiety, stood John
Cameron!
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-03

The.cnd of ~hersfchase came SO sun-
p1e pei,sa scattered aas Now WI that she was
tfaee to face with the tail soldier she;
had nothing to say for hcraprescnce
there. What would he think of ,her::
How could she explain therscoming?
She had Undertaken the whole thing
planned ahead. Now she knew hat
from the, start she had unders:ood,
that she must not explain how She.
came SO ID possessed OF anysIhfor-
nation concerning him. she felt. u
Kind. of responsible shame forE her
old playmate Harry wainwright. and
a certain loyalty toward her own So
cial set. that prevented her from
that. the fsonly possible explanation
that could make her coming justi-
fable. 50, nov in the brief interval
before he had recognized them she
must stage the next act. and she
Hound herself unable to speak, her
throat dry, her lips for the instant
paralyzed.s 1T was the jnbflantS little
mother that stepped into the crisis
and did the most natural thing in the
world:
John! oh John. It's really you,
We've caught. yod!" b cried, and
to the dusk to discover IL Here was
. vehicle he might presume to com
nandeer TO help him sout Of his pre-.
[dicament lifted startled eyes, to the
two facesSn the car and strodessafefs
ward abandoning fwith'a claae HE
wrench with which he had been
working on the car. a
"Mother!." hey said, a shade -ofsdeeb
anxiety in his voice, what III the
matter? How came you to be heIe?.:s
why, i came after you she said
laughing Ike 4 Eirl. sWe.resE9sng IL
zee that yoH get to camp IN tIHBS
We've made pretty good time 80 fars
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
HARDING FIRES FIRST
 GUN IN HIS CAMPAIGN
Will Give ''Front Porch Ad- dress to OhiOans At His
 Home This Afternoon.

Marion. O., July 31.-Senator Hardflg's front porch campaign be- gan today with a pilgrimage to Marion by a delegation from Mans field and the surrounding country in RichIand county, Ohio.
 The first of the many groups of voters to come here during the sum- mer on similar missions marched on the Harding residence with flags and banners flying and with bands play ing. Marion was in holiday dress to give the front porch campaign rous- ing send-off.
 Two airplanes were pilots of. the pilgrimage. c. w. Henney, vice-presi- dent of the Mansfield chamber of commerce. was chosen the advance scout to fly over Marion and shower the city rsth Harding and Coolidge souvenirs. and Mrs. Gordon A. Far row. vice president of the Mansfield Aero club was accorded the distinc- ton of conveying from the air the first of the front porch delegations.
 Senator Harding's front porch -ie declared by many Ohioans to be simi- lar to that at Canton where u stay at-home speaking campaign was cons ducted in 1896 by Mckinley.
 Adding to the analogy, the fam Qlls Mckinley flag pole sent here-~ from Canton by admirers of Seasyor Hard ing, rears its weather-5eaten height from the center of tho. lawn.
 Sfr'ctir -neaking. however the lawn is no longer a ,. an expanse of white ,. stone. The pebbly carpe i. preserve a solid surface
 tramp of the thousands exi o take part in the front porch can.i i'e .o
 The senator's speech was set foi late in the afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
BRIDGEPORT JITNEYS
 ALLOWED SOME LEEWAY
Judge Recognizes Emergency and Does Not Fine Them
 For Overcrowding.

Bridgeport, July 31.-Recognizing the fact that an emergency has been brought about in the traffic situation in Bridgeport by the abandonment of trolley service Judge Frederic A. Bartlett in the police court today nolled the cases Of the eight Jitney Lus men arrested bs tho state motor vehicle department officers on charges Of overcrowding.
 ''Of course I do not want the jit- ncymen to think that they can vio- late the law" said Judge Bartlett. TO the best Of their ability they should observe the law. But here ia m emergency. The jitney bus of- fars tho only method of carrying the people. With tha withdrawal of the trolley ears the tiiBe. busses are eCeonh odating inc pcUple who get to and from their work | realize that thc jituey bus men n many cases can rot prevens .ihc workers who are anxious to get to their destination from crowding aboard the buses. I porpose to nolle these cases on pay ment of g. which will cover the costs in the cases" '.'
 Attorney Klein representing the Jitneymen's associations appeared in court on behalf of the eight men arr rested for overcrowding. He called attention to the fact that the jitney men had either to overcrowd their busses or G.scommoNs the working people of the city. The jitneurs. he said. could not forcibly eject persons who insisted on crowding into busses.
 Judge Bartlett commenting on this point agreed that the titneymen wouIdd be foolish to run the risk of creating breach of the peace by trying 10 keep passengers off their hu~acs who insist on boa rding them"
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
MAYOR CURTIS BUMPED
Gets Knees Painfully Bruised When Automobile Runs Into Machine in Which He Is Riding.

Mayor Orson F. Curtis received two badly skinned knees and a gen. eral all around shaking up this aft ernoon while riding with Councilman Abraham oh in the latter's car The councilman drove the mayor to some land in the northern part of the city and were returning from an inspection of it when the accident occurred.
 Without warning a Ford limousine. driven by Myer Berkowitz of Smalley street. came from behind and struck the Gorbach machine squarely The mayor was thrown forward from the seat, the scraped knees resulting. Mr. Gorbach was not injured. Later in the afternoon Berkowitz was arrest ed for reckless driving
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
DROPS DEAD WHILE HE
 TRIES TO ATTACK GIRL
This is How Woman in Case Explains Death of Rich
 Chicago Jeweler.

Chicago, July 31-Miss Ruth Woods a pretty hotel cashier. who was alone with Samuel T. A. Loftis, head of the diamond firm of Lofts Brothers, when he died suddenly in his luxurious apartment last night, today told the police that he crumpled to the floor dead after they had engaged in a Friendly struggle
 Although the police believe that he died as a result of concuSSion of the brain, probably caused by a fall, they express dissatisfaction with conflict ing stories told by Miss Woods and Roy M. Shayne, son of a late mill lionaire merchant, who also is being held pending the inquest
 Miss Woods, who described Shayne as her fiance, said she was called by Lofts to his apartment at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon; that they danced and drank together and finally Lofts attempted to attack her.
 We were having a playful struggle" she declared, "and my at tention was momentarily distracted startled by the sound of his body falling to the floor. I was at a loss to know what to do and rushed to the telephone to summon MT. Shayne.'
 Shayne told the police that Lofts opened the door to admit him and suddenly crumpled to the floor. As soon as Shayne arrived, Miss Wood fled from the apartment
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
PASS S1.OOO.OOO MARK

Today was the last day to get pay ments in on taxes due the city and the long line of people waiting in City hall for that purpose showed that warnings of extra tax money after to- day was needed by many. The money collected today passed the milton dollar mark at noon, when it was off, cIally reported tpat s1,020,000 had been received. The large contribut- ors to today's amount were: Stanley Works. S90.91126; Stanley Rule & Level company. s64,139.94; North X Judd, s29.507.93: New Britain Ma chine. s21,111.S2: Traut X Hine, S13,- 149.h9. and Horace Booth estate, $13,- 51O.23 The tax collections this year are expected to far exceed those of any other years.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
SUITCASE BOOZE PLOT
Federal Agents Secure 1e shtcases, Each of Which is Filled With Quart Bottles of Liquor.

Boston, July 31.-Sixtsen suitcases filled with quart bottles of high grade whiskey were produced before fed eral commissioner today as the pro- ceeds of seizure described as acci- dental. None of the ten men who are said to have been the custodians of it appeared in court.
 Two federal agents returning from New York by train got into conNersa- tion with a fellow passenger. While the stranger was temporarily absent one of the deputies lifted his suitcase and concluded that ii contained liquor. The officers induced their new acquaintance to point out nine other members of his party. Plans were made 10 arrest them when the trnJs reached this city but eight eFcapeu. The other two weEe held bu' talled to apDear in court rAll ten left their suitca ses behind.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
THEME OF COX'S SPEECH
Not Only Win IIc Touch on Icaguc, Hut Also on Industrial and other Domestic Problems.

Dayton. O.. July 3l.-In addition to the League of Nations. the American industrial problem and other domes- tic questions are to have permanent place in the address Of Governor Cox accepting the democratic nonli- nation. according to men here in close touch with the campaign.
 IL was said that large portion of the address might he expected to deal with industrial affairs. with a view tn bringing capital and labor closer to- gethcr.
 The governor bent all efforts toward completing the acceptance address to- day. So enGrossed was he that he of- fered no comment on the .tatement "f senator Harding. charging that DOW erfuI international interests favoring the League of Nations were behfnd democratic financing and that ihe democrats would seek to nlintInize the league issue.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
LA TOILETTE WILL RUN
Wisconsin Senator Will Be Presiden- tial Candidate for One Faction of FOrty-eighterS.

Detroit. July 31.-Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin will be the presidential candidate of the faction of the Committee of Forty-eight which refused to amalgamate with the farmer-la bor party at the recent Chi cago convention. according to Howard F. Williams, national vice-chairman of the organiZa tion.
 A national convention soon to be held, Williams said today, would ten der the nomination of the liberal par ty to the senator and select a vice. presidential candidate.
 Senator La Follette's consent to be- come the candidate of the new party was given as the result of telegrams and letters from all parts of the coun- try after the farmer-labor convention, Mr Williams said
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
HEADS WATERBURY CONCERN
Edward Q. Go~s Will Become Prcsi- dent of ScoyiIlc Manufacturing Co.,, Succeeding M. l.. Spcrry.

Waterbury. July 31.-Edward O. Goss, who had been vice-president and general manager or the Scovill Mfg. Co. succeeds Mark l.. Sperry, tho president. who retires tomorrow. Mir. Goss has been with the company a long time and has been vice-president and general manager for some years. He'will also continue as general man ager. NJ. Sperry has been with the company 5S years, entering it as n clerk. and few years ago he took the office ot president in succession to John r. GOss.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
KILLED BY MISTAKE
Farmer, Mistaken By Another For = Berry Thief. is Fired Upon With Eatat Effect.

Concord, N. H.. July 31.-Oliver c. Dimond, q farmer of the West Con- cord district. was shot and killed late last night by his father who mis- took him for berry thief, accord ing to reports to the police. Raids upon their berry patch had aroused the ire Of the Dimonds. The father said he decided last night to arm himself and lie in wait for the raiders. Unknown to the father, the son de- cided upon the same course and when the elder Dimond saw an armed man come from the thicket he said. he fired. Oliver Dimond died soon after wards. After Investigating the shoot ing the authorities decided no action on their part was necessary.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
BRINGING BODIES HOME
By Next Week All Soldiers Who Were Drowned When TIScania Sank Will Have Been Taken to Liverpool.

London. July 31.--1t is expected by the end of this week all the bodies of American soldiers who lost their lives when the transport Tuscania sank off the Irish coast in February, 1918, will have been removed to Liverpool from the Island of Islay where they were temporarily buried, for shipment home. The victims num- bcr approximately 300.
 Two hundred and fifty bodies have been brought to Liverpool by the steamer Gronigen, which was char tered for the purpose. The steamer is now at Islay taking on the remain ing bodies. As soon as a transport is available the bodies will be taken home.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
Cleaner Garbage Fight
 Is Opened in Meriden

Meriden. July 31.--Mayor Dono- van today warned that every person who mixed vegetable ot animal waste with paper, ashes. cans. etc, would be arrested here after Monday. There has been a lot of trouble and mixed cans and barrels of garbage and waste have been standing at the curbs for two weeks in some sections and threats were made by citizens that they would appeal to the state board of health. Today everything was cleaned up with large force and the warming given for next week.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
OBSERVES
Phoenix Temple i,
 41th Eirtholay:' Founder, Still

Phoenix TemplI celebrated it's Al evening at the Il Arch street. VI from Seymour, Al The guest Of thu speaker also wal David J. Robins Mass. A meSsa g3 William O. Buck Buckley is the fl lodge and now a year. takes a ke est in lodge matt to send him a m tion and 2 gift
 The new ritual ing for the first lease by the suI
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
MANNIX'S DEPARTURE IS FEATURED BY NEAR RIOT AS LONGSHOREMEN
 RESENT JEERS AIMED AT PRELATE
Detectives With Drawn Re volvers Have to Protect One Englishman Who Dared to Boo" at Aus tralian.

New York, July 31.-The widest scene observed on the New York waterfront in many day today marked arrival at the White Star piers of Archbishop Mannix of Aus tralia, who planned to sail on the steamship Baltic in the face of noti- fication from Premier Lloyd George that he would not be allowed to land in Ireland.
 Men shouted and waved flags of the Irish republic; women screamed hysterically and it took the entire force of pier guards, augmented by police reserves to get the prelate aboard the ship and prevent a stam- pede up the gangplank by admiring thousands.
 Several Fights Occur.
 Several fights followed some jeers directed at the archbishop and in one case several brawny longshoremen clambered up the side of the vessel and thrashed a man on the upper deck who had booed the prelate.
 Eamonn De Valera, president of the Irish republic" was there. He took his place on the deck of the liner beside the archbishop and smilingly refused to answer whether he was the distinguished compa- triot' who would sail for Great Brit ain with the churchman, as reported in dispatches from London.
 All his baggage was in his suite at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, where he arrived last night from Atlantic City.
 EngliShman Causes Riot.
 A scene almost approaching a riot followed the booing of the archbishop by an English passenger on the ship. Longshoremen who scaled the ships sides and attacked the booer, were driven away only after detectives with drawn revolvers broke through the crowd.
 Carries IT. S. Colors. Wearing a black frock coat and tall a. tat and carrying an American la ;,. archbishop arrived at the ,,,,,,tnrad taNicah. The crowd out
 There was some thousand ment among the crowd bnatnnix but sentl- idly disappeared. Men, women .a children were there, bearing signs with taunts directed at Lloyd George. one read:
 Admit that American public opin- ion counts"
 Working for Peace. The archbishop issued statement in which he salu that he haR been represented in cet t1,lTr qua rfers as a promoter of stri1e.'' He declared that he really Was working for peace in Ireland. inside and outside the Brit ish empire. He said he hoped for r peace not resting on force but on justice and the free will of the peo- pie concerned
 'If Ireland's cause be just and sacred he added, "i think, although I happen to be an archbishop. I am certainly within my rights in follow ing in my own humble way the glor- ious example of Belgium's patriotic and heroic cardinal
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
E 22 RETURN TO EUROPE
Three Inmilics and Several Individ- uaIs Leave New Britain-ts Will Sail For Europe on August ti.

Bound for their old homo iu Gsiaeia. 22 New Britain people left .nis morning for New York where they will embark on steamers taking them to Europe. Included in this quota arc three families. and the others are individuals returning 10 re- lativea abroad. Harry A. Morton. who secured their passage. also re- ports that on August 14. is otho IFS will leave for Galacian provinces.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
EASTERN YACHT RACES
Sloops Will Pull Out From New Lon don at O'Clock on Annual 195 Mile Run

New London, July 31-Many yachts men from Boston and New York are here to witness the Eastern Yacht clubs annual race which starts at 4 o'clock this afternoon off Eastern Point. X outh-southwest breeze of about ten knots was blowing at o'clock when the stake 1~' .i'c tug. Aquidnick, command0by Captain Robert Hempste" r.: I. ;5k mp it's posi- ton starhoaru of the SaIah's LsgJAae' buc,- Al he mouth of tln. Thames liver. If the wind increases in strength and the fog lifts by the time the boats have assembled, conditions for sailing will'b almost perfect
 The yachts will cover a 195 mile course:
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
CHALLENGES CANDIDATES
Christensen Dares Harding and Cox to Visit Tennessee Legislature to Boost Suffrage Move.

New York, July 31.-Parley r. Christensen, presidential nominee of the farmer-labor party, today chal- lenSed Governor Cox and Senator Harding to visit the Tennessee legis- laturc and influence d majority vote in that body in favor of ratification of the suffrage amendment
 He charged that the dem ocratic and republican parties were in a conspjr acy to stitie ratification by Tennessee.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
Aerial Mailman is Off,
 Cleveland to Chicago

Cleveland, July 31.-Pilot Bert Acosta, driving monop1ane No. in the trans-contine rental aerial flight. left here for Chicago at 9:25 today on the second leg of the flight. A new plane from New York landed today to re- place machine No. 3, damaged in a trial flight yesterday. Captain Hart ney, pilot of No. 3, expected to leave
New Britain herald., 1920-07-31
WILL ANSWER IMMEDIATELY
Governor Cox Is Expected to Take Positive stand on the League of Ma lions Issue When lie Speaks.

Washington. July 31.-The position Of the democratic party with refer ence to the League of Nations will DC made perfectly clear" when Gov ernor Cox delivers his speech ac- cepting the presidential nomination, George White, new national chairman, declared today in answer to the in aulrE or Senator Harding as to the party's stand on the administration $ foreign policy.