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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-19
SYNOPSIS.

David Van Wyck. middle aged million
aire. is about to give the larger part
or his fortune to establish a library in
the village near which he lives. This
plan is bitterly opposed by his young
wife. Anne Van Wyck. and his son and
and Barbara Van Wyck.
The night before the gift is to be
completed<David Van Wyck Is killed in
his study. His body is found there the
next morning with q circular wound
through the heart. All Of the doors are
locked and there is no trace of any weap-
on to be found.
The coroner holds an inquest. 1t IS
established there that Anne and Van
EWyck,s two children had auaIreled with
Van Wyck over his intended gift,
is in love with Anne.
1t is established at the inquest. that
Carstairs. Mr.. Van Wyck's valet, whose
mother is the ~housekeeper. was out late
on a JOY ride the night Of the tragedy.
Discovery of a stilleto belonging to
turns suspicion her a
Sturgts suggests calling in Flemming
Stone, q wonderful detective friend of
his. AT the same time he is puzzled by
the mysterious disappearance Of Archer
from his oom one night.
a letter which seems to incriminate
tive by the h~ousekacper.
Mrs. Carstairs. the housekeeper, has,
it appears, terrified Anne's maid, jean
nette.1
Markham, the detective IN the case,
expresses the belief that Anne Van Wyck
murdered her husband.
A search is instituted for the missing
pearls. Anne Van Wyck is strongly OPP
posed to sending for Fleming Stone.
Finally Stone is sent for.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-19
FUTURE TRADING AND PRICES.

Wheat prices suffered a marked de-
cline about the time that trading in
futures on the grain exchanges was
resumed. Therefore, say a good many
people, trading in futures is the
cause of the decline. Such an explain
hation serves the convenient purpose
of relieving from the necessity OF
thinking those who do not wish to
AXE the trouble to think.
It does not seem to have oc-
Cured to those who are satisfied
with the sufficiency of this ready ex-
PLANTATION that prices Of a good many
other commodities have declined, and
that some sharp declines took place
at or about the time of the resump-
ton of future trading. Mo- many
weeks ago, for instance, we were
paying in local markets IS cents a
pound for sugar, and this price was
quite general throughout the coun-
try. Today the housewife al buy
all the sugar she wants at 16 cents
q pound. and possibly less. Is the
slump in sugar prices due to trading
in grain futures? It is certainly not
due ~toNtrading in sugar futures, be-
cause sugar is not handled that WY.
A suit of clothes which would have
cost $40 a year ago can nov be
bought for $40. There is no buying
and selling Of clothing futures.
The North Dakota farmer who
wishes to buy a carload of sheep to
feed on the roughase Of his farm can
buy them for about half what he
would have been obliged to pay a
year ago, but sheep are not bought
n sold for future delivery as wheat
IS. Neither are steers or hogs, yet the
prices of all have dropped.
Lumber prices have dropped as
much as IS per cent on some grades,
and there has been a material de-
cline in all grades. Yet there is no
! future trading in lumber.
There is scarcely a commodity in
genera use the price of which has
! not declined materially within the
past three months without the as
sistance of future trading. Is it not
reasonable to suppose that the same
causes which have operated to bring
about a decline in the prices Of cloth
Ing, sheep, cattle, sugar, hogs and
! lumber have operated in like
to depress the price of wheat? What
magical quality does wheat possess
which, in the absd,:ce of future trad
ing, would have prevented it from
declining in price when the price Of
everything else was on the down
grade?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-19

letter to the London Times describe
ing the difficulties which lay in the
way of the adoption Of the league
covenant by this country. and indicat-
ing Enthusiastically his conviction that
ratification by the United States with
Substantially such reservations as were
proposed by the senate would gladly
be accepted by the other nations, his
own included. That letter brought
forth expressions of panied astonish-
ment from Washington, because it
contradicted. politely. but effectively,
MI. Wilson's declarations that such
notifications would not be accepted.
Mr.. Harding has fresh assurance of
the cordial attitude of France, not to
as a political candidate, but to-
ward the type of international league
for which he stands, insurance as in
as Grey's, but equally unmis-
taxable.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-19
WHY THE UNFRuNDLNESS:

Mr.. Townley and his assistants and
candidates may have it their W way
as to the arrangement OF names on
the ballot. so far as we are concerned.
but why are they so unfriendly to So
cialism all at once as to seek to avoid
the Socialist neighborhood on the
printed ballot? They are not SO dis
tant in their personal relations.
We have IN Mr.. Townlev himself a
former active member of the Socialist
party who, while he has separated
himself, or been separated from the
organization, has never repudiated the
principles Of the party or expressed
sentiments inconsistent with them. On
the contrary, his expressed views on
all matters of government have been
exactly those of representative Social
lists throughout the country. Charles
Edward Russell, author of why I Am
a Socialist" and other similar works.
assisted Mr.. Townley in. organizing
the Nonpartisan League, and he has
recently written a book expressing in
unmeasured terms his admiration of
Mr.. Townley and the work which he
has done.
Walter Thomas Mills has been one
OF the guiding spirits of the Townley
organization, and he has preached So
cialism all over two continents. Bow
en-, one OF Townley's right-hand men,
has long been known as q Socialist
speaker. worker and political candi-
date in North Dakota.
Aided by memory alone one could
produce the names Of a large number
Of persons now prominently Identified
with the Townley movement who are
and have been ayowed Socialists, and
from the records that list could be
expanded into hundreds.
The fact is that MI. Townley hopes
to be able to slip into power again
i'd false pretences. He knows that
the masses Of the people of North
Dakota are opposed to Socialism. He
attempts, therefore, to confuse the
voters, and to create in their minds
belief that when they vote for
him, or the candidates who have
pledged themselves to him. body ana
soul they are voting for something
other than Socialism. Hence the re-
sfunctance 81 the real socialist mana
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-19
REGISTER FOR ELECTION.

Today is registration day. The Sec
ond and last registration day before
election will be one week from today.
1t is important that in the registra-
ton districts the name Of every quail
fled voter. may be properly recorded,
not necessarily that the citizen may
not lose his or her vote, but tina nei-
ther the voter, the election boards,
nor the waiting voters may be sub
jected to needless inconvenience and
delay on what, under any circumstan-
ces, will be a crowded and busy day.
There is always more or less con-
fusion at registration time, due to the
TACT tina our registration laws differ
from those Of many other states. In
many states it is necessary for the
elector to appear in person to register,
and in default of such appearance the
right to vote is lost, or if not lost en-
tlrely can be preserved only by long,
cumbersome procedure.
This is not true in North Dakota.
Our registration law is quite simple.
In the districts to which the registra-
t1on law applies it is required that
only those whose names appear on
the registration lists may vote without
having their votes sworn in. But the
act of registration itself NAV be ner-
formed either at the request of the
voter IN person or at the request of
any other qualified person acting for
him.
Most of our voters are regislatred
from n election to another without
knowing anything about it. The reg
istration officials take the poll books
used at the last election and from
those copy into new lists the names of
all persons who voted at that election
who are known to them to be still res
idents and qualified voters. They may
add the names Of others known to
them to have become electors in that
district. They may do this of their own
motion or on information supplied by
some other person in the district. Thus
a new resident of a precinct who az
poets to be away from home on regis
tration day often requests a neighbor
to Gee thai he Is registered. This is
done, and the voter Is then relieved
Of the Formally of swearing in his
vote.
Just o there is necessary a re-
arrangement Of the entire registration
list in this city, due to the creation of
new voting districts. There should be
no difficulty about the registration of
those who voted at the June primary.
Without any attention on their part
their anne will be transferred to the
books Of the new districts in which
they are to vote. The important thing
is for hose who did not vote at thai
election to see that they are now reg
lstered properly. Unless this is done
negligent voters will be Obliged to
swear in their votes on November 2. a
process Which requires an affidavit to
be signed by some householder who
IS an elector in the district, and who
knows the applicant to be a qualified
voter. In several instances u%nregister.
ed voters have found it impossible to
find such a witness just wehn n was
needed. and the vote has been lost
Aside from this is the Inconvenience
n delay attendant on the swearing
IN process, which are to be avoided IL
possible.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-19
CHAPTER xIx-Continued.

would she admit it, if she were
guilty?" said Markham with a tri-
umphant air of having said son.e-
thing clever. ..
mot in so many words, perhaps:
but surely one could judge from her
manner. Now then, TO discover who
did write this letter; which ought not
ito be at all difficult. 1t does not bear
on its face evidence of being the work
of either Of David Van Wyck's chill
dren."
NO." agreed Mr. Markham, eager
ly, they would scarcely connive with
their step-mother in such a deed"
II don't NEAR that! There was no
conniving. Nobody really wrote to
Mrs. Van Wyck that she should do
his thing, and he would protect her!
The thing is a fraud, I tell you, and
was written merely to throw sus-
picion on Mrs. Van Wyck."
I could have Rugged Stone for this.
Wherever his deductions might lead
it would certainly be toward anybody
but Anne!
"of course" he went on. .this in no
sense exonerates Mrs. Van Wyck; nor
does it prove anything except that
some one chose this mean Of throw
ing suspicion on her.. 1t vas cleverly
done, and yet it is, after all, a clumsy
piece of work, for it bears on its face
the stamp of fraud. Anyone ought to
know today, that the fact of using
different typewriters would give away
the game. Therefore, 1t was written
by some one wholly the way, are
there any French people in the
house?"
stone asked this question. after a
further perusal of the letter.
"Yes," said Mr.. Markham, quickly,
'there are. two of Them"
II have a strong conviction that
one Of them wrote this letter." said
Stone.
"Carstairs! I told you So" and
Mr.. Markham looked elated; 'he's
Mr.: Van Wyck's valet, and l knew all
along he was in connivance with Mrs.
Van Wyck."
Fleming Stone looked at him, II
have told YOU" he said, this letter
does not mean connivance. Would
this valet, for any reason. want to
throw suspicion on Mrs. Van Wyck?"
81 don't know" and Mr.. Markham
Fleming stones deductions did not
seem to agree With his own.
who Is the other French person 2"
asked Stone.
Its Carstairs mother" said.
"She IL housekeeper here"
"Carstairs is not a French name"
"No, Mr.. Stone: but she is a
Frenchwoman. / believe her husband
an Englishman. and her son
seems to have the traits OF both. Mr..
Van Wyck considered him an excep-
tionally good valet"
Please send for them BOTH" was
Fleming etone's8order. and Markham.
rang the bell. w.
The two C~arstairs came In togeth-
and to my mind the mother look
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-19
FARMING IN
THE NORTHWEST
News And Notes As Compiled BY
the Grand Forks Herald.
FOR THE DAIRY FARMER.

One-sixths of all the cattle in the
United States are Holsteins. New
York leads, while Wisconsin is a
close second. The stronghold of the
Holsteins, is in the New England and
Middle Atlantic states, to furnish mar
ket milk for the large cities.
or 68,O00,0O0 cattle in the country,
IA per cent are Jerseys, and Texas
raises more Of this breed than any
other state. The Jersey is a great
Dutter cow, n apparently she is
better able to stand warm weather
than the larger cattle.
In Iowa and Minnesota, which
states lea in the production of but
ter, by far the bulk Of the dairy pro-
Ducts are derived from the Shorthorn
COW.
The terms pure bred and thorough
bred are frequently used without dis
tlnctlon in connection with livestock,
which is a mistake. The word thor
oughbred should not be used except
when referring to the Thoroughbred
running horse. The term pure bred
should be used when referring to any
livestock that is eligible to registry IL,
the association of its particular breed.
For example, it is correct to say pure
Dred Berkshires or pure bred Ayr
shires OF pure bred Shropshires.
Animals which are not eligible to
registry, no matter how high class
they may be, are neither pure bred
nor thoroughbred. they are grades.
fhey may be very high grades, as a
commercial proposition they may be
superior to pure bred stock, neverthe-
less they are grades.
To Cut Down Milk Loelses.
To develop better methods for han
ding and shipping milk from the
farms to the city market Is the object
OF an investigation Of practices in
various milk plants. which is being
made by the dairy division of the
United States department of agricuI-
ture. Milk losses during shipment
nave 9 marked effect upon the price
That the consumer must pay for the
product, and upon the price that he
farmer receives for the product. The
losses are Of two kinds: those result-
ing from milk souring in transit. and
those from theft, spoilage and leak-
age. Both r believed to be avoid
able II the farmer, country dealer. and
city dealer will work together.
Dealers are being asked to give in
formation on various subjects. such
as the methods used for TRANSPORTING
milk from the farm to the dealer. the
protection provided for milk while in
transit between the dealer and the CITY
market, and the relative efficiency Of
different types Of refrigerator cars.
~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-19
THE
STATE TICKET.

J. r. T. o'connor, Grand Forks-
Governor.
THOMAS Hall, Dismarok-sscrs-
tary Of State.
Carl r. Kositxky, Bismarck-
State Auditor.
=. J. Kamplin, crosby-Attoznsy
q. I. solum, Mandan-commis-
Dioner of Insurance.
John stcen, 1ugby-stats Treas
urer. ~
&. d. Alert, 1ansdon-Raihosd
Commissioner.
", n. stutsman, Mandan-1atl-
road Commissioner.
g. J. Kruegger, Karmarth-3aA-
road Commissioner.
Minnie J.. Nelson, Valley City
Superintendent Of Public Instruction
4. II. Christianson. Towner-5us-
Hcs of the Supreme Court.
J.. r. Nelson, Glen Ullin-Commis-
sioner of Agriculture and Labor.
REMEMBER TO VOTE FOB ALL
THESE CANDIDATES ON NoVEM-
BEE 2.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-19

A man in London has been trying
for twelve years In my
thought power. Statesmen used to do
that little stunt every once ~ & $3.50
THE ball being S.0oORmtles In diam
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-19

gers to have the names Of their can
didates appear on the ballot in the
same column with the names Of others
who. with greater frankness, avow
themselves Socialists.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-14

DOW. N SUMMARY.

NEW YORK, Jan. 14-Berlih declared
In a state Of siege as we'll as most Of
Germany.
Conferees on oil land leasing bill have
agreed on all sections OF the bill except
section which relates to land any one
person or corporation can obtain under
lease, Further conference will be held,
National Leather company declared
initial dividend OF 4 pen cent or 40
cents a share, payable Feb. is to stock
OF record Jan. "a,
The Texas Company has advanced
gasoline one cent a gallon in Alabama,
Florida, Georgia and Mississippi.
j. p. Morgan e. Co. and Guaranty
Trust head syndicate to offer S25, 600. 900
Belgian five-year and one-year 6 per
cent notes at price to be announced to-
day.
Interboro Rapid Transit to sell it's I'M
used real estate In New York city at
auction TO get funds to avoid receiver
ship, President Hedley announced.
Otto Kuhn, Of Kuhn, Loeb &
Co, addressing council of foreign ma
lions, declares commodity prices must
remain high until our investment mar
ket resumes normal conditions n that
Is impossible as long as present income
tax remains in force.
Average price 20 industrials 104. SO. up
81; 20 rails 1906, up Is.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-14
DEATHS.

Mrs, Amelia Botto Blanchi, $50 Lin
den, so years, Jan, II, pulmonary tu-
b~ercuiosis.
Charles W. Nixon, SIS Blythe, IS
years, Jan. 8, nephritis.
Richard NJ, Hilton, S75 North Third,
81 years, Jan, {, apoplexy.
Peter +. Bowers. 73l Arkansas, &C.
years. IAN. I, chronic ~myocarditis.
r.. T Bishop, 1906 Englewood, 50
years. Jan, 6, pneumonia,
Mrs. Martha Il. white, 1866 Overton
Park avenue, 60 years, Jan. s, anemia.
Vivian Oswalt, Lucy Brinkley hospi-
tai. Is years. Jan, s,
T. A, Hudson, Presbyterian hospital,
luka, Miss, GO years, Jan. 10, nephritls.
Catherine HARRISON. General hospital,
10 years. Jan II, pneumonia.
Mrs. Annie Johnson, St. Joseph's hos.
pital, IS years, Jan. IL, shock from OPP
Grafton,
George II. Roberts. 1855 Merton. 81
years, Jan, 4, acute nephritls.
Mrs. Agnes Henry Daviney. 49, Ala
bama. So years, Jan. 10, heart disease.
Eva Burgin, ST Austin, u years,
Jan. IL. malarial fever,
George Brown, 500 Pontotoc, 6 days,
Jan. IL
Broody McNesl, 965 Louise, "a years.
| Jan. 10. influenza.
Ed Shaw, $50 Keel, ~ years, Jan. II,
nephritis.
Peter English, Shelby County Home
' for Aged and lnfirm. So years, Jan. ii,
pneumonia.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-14
W. F. BLACK DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Capt. W. r. Black, veteran Of Gen.
Forests cavalry, answered the death
angels trumpet call in the early morn
ing hours Of Wednesday at his home,
957 Lamar avenue.
Capt. Black Mad been n sufferer from
asthma for years and during the past
year his health had steadily declined,
although he had been confined TO his
home but a few weeks.
He was one Of Memphis oldest ciu-
gems, having come to the city from his
former home In Stanton, Tenn, imme-
diately after the close OF the Civil war.
He was a member Of the Confederate
Historical association and Of Company
A, United Confederate Veterans, and
had served as adjutant Of the COM
pany for years, He was in his Hth
year.
lie leaves a widow and a SON.. DR..
w. r. Black, Of this city.
capt. Black was a mar OF kindly ma
ture and most affectionate disposition
and had hundreds Of friends and prob
ably not an enemy,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-14
FIRE INSPECTOR,
BEGINS DUTY AT ONCE

Joseph Flynn. appointed fire preven-
ton inspector by Commissioner Edgar,
will begin his duties at once. He was
a fireman years aFo and has worked
eight or 10 years as a member OF the
salvage corps. His appointment was
recommended by the Tennessee Inspec-
ton bureau and the Insurance club.
The ordinance creating the office was
also recommended by local insurance
men, and was introduced during the
Mason. II is said that while all fire
captains are required to make periodi-
cal inspections in their districts, a reg
ular inspector finds many fire hazards
which may otherwise be overlooked.
Flynn will be paid $3.50 a month, viii
report TO Mr., Edgar and work in CO.
operation with tire state fire prevention
commissioner and his deputies.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-14
GIRL SCOUTS OPEN
ANNUAL COUNCIL MEET

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 1.-THE an
nual council meeting and national con-
vention of the Girl Scouts opened here
today. More thar 200 women delegates,
representing every state in the Union,
Alaska, Porto Rico and the Hawaiian
islands, are in attendance.
Mrs. Juliette Low. Savannah, Ga,
president of the Girl Scouts, presided
at the opening session and reported on
the progress of the movement for an
international Girl Scout council. She
attended several meetings of an inter
national council in England last spring
The convention will continue until
Friday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-14
OF LAW IN
SPANIEL CASE ARGUED

BROWNwoOD, Texas, Jan. 14.-Ar-
guments Of counsel on points OF law in
volved in the admissibility OF certain
testimony occupied the forenoon session
today Of the trial Of Harry J. Spaniel
for the Staying Of Col NJ. G. Butler,
In Alpine, Texas, in 1916.
The jury was excluded from the court.
room while counsel argued at length in
reference to Introduction OF the testi-
mony presented in the two previous
Spaniel trials by witnesses now claimed
to be dead or otherwise outside the
jurisdiction Of the court.
The defense still is endeavoring to
introduce character witnesses. Indica-
tions at noon were that the state would
start its rebuttal testimony tomorrow.
The case Is expected to go to the jury
either late Friday or Saturday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-14
United States Weather.
Memphis, Tenn, Jan. a, 1922
BIRTHS.

Jessie N. and Gladys Shea, General
hospital, III North Main, girl.
Sterling O.. and Clopie Johnson, 593
East Trigg avenue, boy.
William o. and Gladys Hawkins, 1249
College, girl,
Curtis 3, and Carrie Hooten, 1872 JET
~ferson, boy,
L. w, and Mabel Hughes, Baptist
hospital, Arlington. boy,
Willie and Rosie Jones, General hos
pitsl, girl.
George and Bertha Greer. 1872 Jack
son, girl.
Louis and Rosa McAllister, SSs Pom
totoc. boy.
Lucius and Sallie Dodson, General
hospital. eos Linden, girl.
Henry and Annie Brooks, General
hospital, 500 Sattarans, girl.
T. {. and Della Richardson, s73 Alma,
hoy.
". NJ. and Addie Wright, 921 Randle,
boy.
Turner and Lizzie Broaden, $40 Lom-
bard, hoy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-14
Stocks.

New York-The foreign situation is
bad. The domestic situation Is good.
The public cannot fail to understand
the present earning capacity OF the
coed industrials and on this firm foun-
dalton the market rests. There are
evidences that the money situation has
improved, The talk after the close yes
terday was Of cheaper nloney.-Woll-
man & Co. to MoFall.
New York-Wal Street Review says:
While r~eactionary feeling was pre-
dominant and the market in process Of
moderate Liquidation, II was r%urnored
that local n might have to call
loans in order TO meet prospective gov
eminent demands and to repair the
deficit in clearing house reserves.
New York-Except In spots, pressure
Is not pronounced. Buying power Is
small. List has a heavy appearance.
Forecast-All states probably light
snow, warmer, except generally fair In
Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and Dako-
tas, moderate temperatures.
New York-We feel that until the
credit situation has been properly ad-
Justed, It is no time to buy stocks.
As a matter OF fact, under present con
d~ltions, believe stocks should be sold on
all rallles.-T. 4 NJ. to Clarke g. Co.
New York-Rumored that federal re-
serve will shortly announce a further
increase In rediscount rates; this, cou-
pied with money and German situation,
causing weakness.-Hutton to McFall.
Chicago.-John J.. Mitchell, chairman
of Illinois Trust and Merchants Loan
Trust, says: Fasteners are apparently
engaged In lucrative business Of shaking
stock out of pockets of public and clos
Ing them up in their own strong boxes.
There is no reason why money should
go to Is to IS per cent at this time.
Chicago does not get these unusual fig
ures for money they loan Wall street,
Such performances can be for no other
purpose than frightening people into
selling their stocks"