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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-23

Twill become imbedded deep in the bot
tom of the river, its splintered trunk
thrusting up to within a foot or two
of the surface of the river, an active
menace to all navigation.
t What the Snagboat Does.
captain Campbell of the snagboat
Missouri which recently locked here
after a trip up the Missouri from st.
Louis, is something of an adept at spot
tting snags, even if they are below the
surface.
1.-The snagboat, an enormously broad
!craft which in its general bulk reminds
iyou of your childhood conceptions of
Noah's ark. has steel hull, which d.
vides into two bows like an open pair
of pliers. A heavy chain runs between,
two capstans on either bow, and this
chain is passed under. the snag. Then
the boat, churning up. water tremend
ously with her side paddle wheels,
backs up and yanks the snag from its
moorings It is then drawn in be-
tween the two bows of the boat, where
q band saw cuts it into harmless
lengths, which are allowed to drift
down the stream. The stump Of the
| tree, however, does not float, and it is
picked up by crane on one of the
bows, and tossed up on bank or back
of revetment.
1.-THE snagboat is at once boat, a
machine shop, snag extractor of rare
power, and, if you are fortunate enough
| to be a passenger for a few miles,
most comfortable craft on which to
travel.
Why Traffic Has Ceased.
Major Wilkes made the trip from
Fort Benton, Mont, to Kansas City on
another snagboat, the Mandan, last
July in II days, tying up at nights.
There is much beautiful and little
known scenery along the reaches of the
upper Missouri; limestone bluffs, sculp-
tured by wind and weather into the
likeness Of Rhine castles, palisades,
temples. fortresses and other groups
Ike the weird figures of the Garden of
Gods in Colorado.
"All the army engineers and assist
ants are firm in their belief in the pos
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-23

Robert Fleming in the right arm
while another bullet grazed the head of
Sheriff Martin. Three other members
of the posse joined with Fleming in
shooting the fugitive. One of the
shots struck Powell above the heart.
This killed him.
In the picture above. figure l desig-
mates the position of Powell as he
came up to his dugout, when he was
ordered to throw up his hands. Figure
> shows the position of Deputy
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-23

The inhabitants are Of the hard.
working, economical class OF foreign
element. Their choice of home was
made with economy in view. There
was no original cost Of property and
the amount expended to transform
the cave into home was small. There
are mo- taxes.
One thing they do not cut down on,
however. is the family. Children and
chickens may be seen running every.
where
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-23
Chaplin y Weeks
Making Idle Class

1t took Charles Chaplin just %
weeks to make ''The Idle Class" his
latest comedy for First National.
Besides Mr.. Chaplin the cast of
THE Idle Class consists of Edna
Purviance, Loyal Underwood, Harry
Bergman, Rex Storey. John Rand.
Lelita Parker and Allan Garcia,
In many of the scenes Mr.. Chaplin
plays it straight" with the excep-
ton of his moustache. And in an
fait evening clothes trying to con
duct himself as Lord Chesterfield
should. Charlie almost splits ones
sides. Then. just to pile on the
agony. he shifts back to the familiar
bedraggled afternoon coat, dented
derby and leaky shoes.
Those who saw the first presenta
ton of The Idle Class in Los
Angeles staggered out of the theater
into their cars still laughing insanely.
such was the effect of the latest
Chaplin comedy. Charlie emerged
gaping and looking extremely bored.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-23

ing to river ports would be possible,
with a proper system of state and fed
eral roads, the engineers suggest.
But that, of course, is for other
people to decide people who operate
boat lines, or intend to, and people in
Washington who appropriate money
for the Improvement of rivers. But
feasible, possible, desirable, and. in the
long run profitable? Not a question Of
it, say the engineers.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-23

4 BOVE rs SHOWN the mountain
~ lair of Chester Powell. alias
Daley. located in the rocky fast
ness of the Continental Divide on
He'll Roaring creek. east of Poison.
where the alleged wife murderer was
killed late Tuesday afternoon. Oct. 4.
after 20 days hunt, by Sheriff w =.
Martin of Flathead county, and mem
bers of his posse. Before Powell was
killed, he had wounded Deputy Sheriff
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-23

with sandbars and making islands for
the greater confusion of traffic.
''The snag problem is handled by
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-23

British consults in China have been
ordered to discourage traffic in air.
planes for the Chinese civil or mill
tary authorities
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-23

A 200 pound man was held in
$1,000 bail at Bayonne. n. j.. for beat
ing his two and a half year old moth
erless baby with horsewhip.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-23

government snagboats. river dentists
you might call them. which go up and
down the stream locating the snags,
which are dangerous to traffic. and
pulling them. Sometimes a great tree
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-23

On the other hand il you are not Z
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Witch Doctors Still Practice
Their Old "Cures' in England

CARDIFF, Wales, May 2O-Super-
stitions of the country folk Of Wales
are discussed in the quarterly report
of DR.. Arthur Hughes, medical health
officer of the County of Carmarthen-
shire. Despite the fact that fortune
telling and witchcraft are prohibited
under the English law, large numbers
Of the Welsh peasants bring their all
ing children to the witch doctors rather
than to medical practitioners. One
fetish that appeals to these supersti-
tious people is that witch doctor
can cure child of backwardness by
means of making slight incision in
the cartilage of the child's ear. The
operation must be performed during
the waxing of the moon and the art is
handed down from generation to gene
ration, the doctor" usually being a
woman. IF a cure does not result the
operation is repeated until the child is
cured. 1t is said that many women
practice this art and that the people
pay large sums to have dull children
so treated.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
25 Scholarships Offered
For Vocational Teachers
State Seeks Industrial Instruct.
ors in All Technical and
Trade branches

ALBANY, June 4.-Twenty-five schol-
arships, with value of $1,000 each.
are being offered by the State of New
York for applicants for positions in
the vocational schools as industria,
teachers. Qualified men in trades and
technically trained men are eligible,
and those accepted will spend one wear
at the Buffalo State Normal School
preparing to teach their subjects.
A life license to teach specihe ed
trade will be granted to them at the
expiration of this course. the annual
salaries ranging from $1,000 to $500.
The scholarships will be awarded to
men viii all-around experience in the
following trade, industrial and tech
nical occupations:
Electrical construction, repairing
and operating. machine shop work, au-
tomobiie repairing, machine drafting
and designing, sheet metal work, print
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Clerks ON ssWhite Strike''
For Pay Raise i'm Italy
Attend Office, but Do No Work
Postal Clerks and Wire En-
pIoyees Join Movement
Snec;nl cable To The Tribune

SDectGt Cd0te 10 L ne 1TtoNHe
Copyright. 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
MILAN, Itaty, June 4.-The postof-
flee and telegraph officials have joined
the movement among government en-
ployees in all large cities in Italy to
get increase in salaries. Obstruction
ist tactics are being used, and in some
cases the clerks have declared So
called "white" strikes, where they oc-
cupy their Offices but do no work.
The effects on trade have been dis
astrous, but the clerks, who have fall.
len prey to socialists and in some cases
communist propaganda, has shown ns
disposition to take the public into con.
sideration.
The situation is expected to be re
lieved when Parliament reconvenes, a.
the government has promised to intro
duce legislation which will materiall,
| improve the lot of the employees
| Many unnecessary clerks, however, will
be dismissed, in order that stat
finances may not be too hard hit b,
| the increases promised.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
King of Siam Breaks OFF
ENGAGEMENT to Cousin

LONDON, May 15.-Word has been
received here from Bangkok that the
King of Siam, who recently announced
his engagement to his cousin, the
daughter of the Prince of Naradhip,
has broken off the engagement on the
ground of incompatibility of tempera-
ment.
The King is we'll known here, having
studied at Oxford He came to Eng
land in 1898 at the age Of twenty-five,
and after completing his Oxford
studies also attended the Royal Mill
tary College at Sandhurst. He served
in the British Army, and now holds
the rank of British general. On his
ascension to the throne Of Siam in
1910 he carried out the ideas of the
government that he had learned in
England, and his country is now ruled
largely along English lines.
The King speaks perfect English
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05

The illustrate the place
Chnathe
active background
Wall of
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
American War Merchandise
Popular in French Provinces

From The Tribune's Euro pean Bureau
CAHORS, France, May 15.-One of
the most noticeable things in the prov
inces these days is the quantity of
American war stock merchandise. But
the shops which last year were selling
the surplus war stocks are now closed !;
everything has been bought. The peas
ants wear United States army boots,
commercial travellers pack their soft
goods in heavy bed covers, marked
"U. S. A. Med. Dept" The shirts and
socks of the poor that are being washed
along the river banks are all o. D.
regulation.
The women sewing before their cot
tage doors all seem to have the little
"housewife" odds and ends bags the
Red Cross gave the soldiers, and ap-
parently every countrywoman has mada
herself long winter overcoat out Of
a dyed United States army blanket.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05

naneuvers off the coast Of Portugal
and had arrived at the spot where the
British submarine KS was lost with
all hands on the outward voyage.
1t was 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon
when the fleet steamed over the ocean
grave and the signal, "Stop! Colors
at Half MAST" was given. The $4,000
men of the fleet assembled on deck
standing at attention. The order for
the burial of the dead was read by
ships chaplains and bugles blew the
l"last post"
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Women of China Awake and Cla1nor for the Vo
German ''Robin Hood" Captured
When He Boldly Visits Berlin
s'Robber Baron,'' Chivalrous Bandit Who Seized
Castles and Plundered Estates and Banks.
Is Held for Trial

of it. A news story in The n.e
Graphic says:
"'The shimmy,' popular new d.,..
in Paris, was described as ebl...
mans dance at a conference vs....
day at the Grafton Galleries Of te,..
ers of ballroom dancing. W 4,
kinson said that the 'shimmv, ~.
picked up by American exb;s;,;..
dancers from the black man fo,,.
FIVE years ago. The negro invited 4.
lady to dance by beating his fee. ~ !.
sideways movement, which copslst.l
of 'shimmying' or shivering. The eouri.
did not move more than four fee. N
the time, and after half an hour "a !.
they generally had TO be taken bom. :.
an ambulance. 1t was very cleve, h,.
very trying"
An evening paper columnist, comms,,.
ing on the above paragraph, saws .h.,
/, he is surprised that the couple sbonls
have more than four feet to move ava,
if they wanted to.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Graceful Women Smokers
Enter Contest in London

LONDON, May 20.-A smoking tta.
test for women-the prizes being
awarded on the grace with which The
contestants could handle their cigar.
cites as they chatted at tea--wss 4
novel feature of the recent tobscca
trade exhibition here.
Hundreds of people crowded about
the small inclosure where a dozer
modishly gowned women, somewhat u
al ease, puffed with the utmost possible
grace at cigarettes whose tips wer'
tinted to match their gowns.
A mems contest for pipe smokeri
also was held, the prize going to tn:
man who could keep his eighth OF 80
ounce of tobacco burning the longest
The winners have not yet been an.
nounced, although it is underst'sd
that the previous record of hours u
minutes was beaten.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Special Correspondence Of The Tribune
BERLIN Mdy go.

BERLIN. May go.
n AK HOELZ, the Communist
wi ~Robber Baron" whose daring
adventures at the head Of a
tattered army have terrorized Saxony
for the past year, has been captured
at last and is now awaiting trial here.
Hoelz has been a romantic and pic
turesquely chivalrous figure through
out his brief career. He had been q
clerk before the war, but served as q
private soldier in the German army on
the western front. About a year ago
he organized a few hundred followers
into cred" army, stole machine guns
and motor trucks for his men and pro-
claimed himself Lord Of Vogtland in
Saxony, where he seized castles, plum
dered estates and banks and even
raided military depots. He was once
captured, but escaped. and soon after
made q bold but unsuccessful attempt
TO blow up the Victory monument in
Berlin.
Up to a few weeks ago Hoelz was
constantly increasing in power. He
had evaded the government troops sent
out to capture him, but when he at
tempted to visit Berlin was caught
/ here. Since his arrest he has lost none
of his bravado, and when first brought
Nm for trial entered the court room
calmly smoking his after-breakfas'
y; ra rattn
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Belgium's Prohibition Laws
Limit Two Quarts az a Time

ANTWERP, May 2o.-Belg,um -,
get out to have prohibition, or at jsau
one Of its many equivalents. Ths s,.,
attempt to make the country drv-
from the Belgian point Of view-vas
drastic order that no one could buv
more than two quart bottles Of llouo,
at one time. Unfortunately, the .,.
tremists managed to get clause ;ra
the bill making it Illegal to have lious,
stored anywhere.
The Socialist Minister, Mr.. Van ss
Velde, who is the "Pussyfoot" Johnso-
Of Belgium, found that the two-bot.l.
law permitted Of too much moistu,,
among the inhabitants and has ,us
engineered gigantic raid on al
licensed houses in Belgium. He hs
now ordered the closing Of the ill
cafes which were found TO be |,
possession of liquor,
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Wild Suffrage Crowd Raids
Canton Provincial Assembly
Speaker Refuses 10 Permit One to Address Body
and They Wreck the Place; Atmosphere Of
the City S1lrcharged With Rebellion

the streets were women who wanted a
| share in government, which nine -tenths
of the male population has never had
and even now scarcely dares hope for.
In the houses and shops that opened
on the streets were women who walked
behind their lords when they went
forth in public and accepted their words
as the ultimate of wisdom and the In
exorable of command. For thus it is
decreed in the classics of the sages.
If only as contrast to the usual Of
fetal attitude toward popular demon
strations in China, the suffragists re-
ception at the two yamens was interest
ing. AT Dr. Sun Yat-sen's yamen the
heavy military guard posted at all Chi
nese official headquarters admitted
them readily. Elsewhere than in the
democratic atmosphere Of Canton they
would have been met by pointed bay
| onets. They were admitted. ushered
through various courtyards into the
large reception halls and delegation
of spokeswomen led into DR.. SUMS pri-
IVaCe TecepClOn fToonl.. a
Sun Yat Sen Handles Them
automatically and They're Happy
| Dr. Sun came down, received them
simply, standing up while they
grouped around him, and gave them q
courteous hearing. They talked re.
spectfully, but in no uncertain terms.
A skillful handler of large bodies of
people from lifelong experience as
public speaker and agitator, Sun
Yat-sen turned them off satisfied,
though without commitment.
4 "You are right" he said. "Go get
FIVE million women to march with you
and we cannot refuse you. You have
the power"
At the Governors yamen they got
better satisfaction. Of course, women
were the equals of men, he said. They
must have the vote, too. And they
came out waving banners and cheering,
though he did not say how the Assem-
bly, would be made to see that.
A celebratory tea was then held at
| the Women's Union headquarters, to
which y still the sole male and Cau
casian, was invited. We talked of the
were threefold-equal political rights,
equal civil rights and equal rights in
industry.
| There is something anomalous in the
| L. ~ c,1norHY1nt1a RI
one who sees on the streets of Canton
young girls carrying loads on bamboo
poles that would stagger white man,
and harnessed to drays that would be
motor trucks in the West.
There is something incongruous, for
that matter, in demanding woman
suffrage in a country where probably
| so per cent of the population, both
male and female, cannot write their
names, but all Chinese life has become
incongruous now that the railway and
the telegraph operate in a land where
the evil spirits Of wind and water must
be placated before house is built and
the devils are solemnly exercised from
the bodies Of the sick.
/ And, infinitesimal as is the minority
of women who even know the concept
of equality among the millions to whom
the right Of husbands to take concu-
hines is divinely ordained, they are a
portent, nevertheless. The awakening
of China is piteously slow and scarcely
begun, but it is coming inexorably.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
British Atlantic Fleet Holds
Funeral Service Far at Sea
From The Tribunc's European Bur

From The Tribune's European Bureau
PORTSMOUTH, England, May Is
England's entire Atlantic Fleet of forty
vessels, line upon line of dread
noughts, battle cruisers, cruisers, de-
stroyers, submarines and escort YES
sells, stopped for fifteen minutes re-
Gently far out upon the Atlantic for a
unique funeral service.
They were homeward bound from
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05

ing, including press work and compo-
sition; bricklaying, painting and dec
Grating and carpentry.
Information may be obtained from
Lewis A, Wilson, director of vocational
and extension education, State Educa-
tion Departm Albany.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
England Is All Excited Over
"Shimmyn Direct From Paris

LONDON, May 20.-Dancing circles
here are very much excited at present
ever new and thrilling form of syn
ccpation just brought over from Paris.
II is none other than the well and fa-
vorably known "shimmy," but despite
its American popularity England
doesn't know just quite what to make
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05

and Is a member Of several London
clubs. He also is known as an actor
Of some ability and also has done
newspaper and magazine writing. His
collection of jewels is one of the finest
in the world.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-28
INTERESTING SKETCHES
Of CABINET MEMBERS
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
(By. United Press)

Political harpies are croaking big
blow-up in the Harding cabinet with
in year. They point to Herbert
Hoover as barrel of powder, fuse
and a match. An that's needed is
some feather Drained politician to dc
the ignition stunt, they say.
Hoover has profound scorn for
petty politicians" say these birds.
He is doing lot of offending in try
ing to run the nations business like ii
was business. Hoover is getting the
beaurocrats in Washington sore at
him because he is trying to grab off
a bunch OF their commissions and bu-
reaus. to add to his department OF
commerce. Even his fellow cabinet
members are getting a little chilled to-
wards him. They seem to fear that
| they will get up some morning and find
that Hoover has recommended the to-
tai adjustment of their portfolio on
the grounds that a clerk could run the
job better
Sure, Hoover is one Of the cabinet
members who has the nations conf
dence," they admit, but that's no rea-
son why he should grab all the pub
licity."
Hoover is big man., said the
head of a division of the department
of commerce. Il was in the depart
ment before he came and can see the
difference in the way things are being
done. But I'm afraid it won't last.
Hoover does not have to hold this job
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-28
TUNA CLUB MOVES

AVALON, Catalina Island, Cal, June
2S.-(A. P.)-The Tuna Club, an ex-
elusive fishing organization whose
membership includes writer's. travel
ers, royalty and notables from many
parts of the world, and which has its
headquarters here, is going to move
off, Catalina Island out into the Paci-
fic Ocean.
The organization has for many years
maintained a clubhouse on the island,
past which a road has recently been
cut. part way around the island. The
road was bent past the clubhouse
which jutted into the highway but un-
der recent order from the island au-
thorities, the club officials were or
dered to move out into the ocean to
permit the roads being Strengthened.
The clubhouse accordingly, is being
carried off the roadway onto pier foun
dations shortly. farther out in the is
land bay.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-28
Membership Committee DwlndIes.

The membership committee of the
Commercial Association is gong to be
minus lot of good members il the
present rate of additions to the organ
ization is maintained. The rule is that
member of the committee is auto
matically released from the committee
after he has secured five new mem
bcrs. Bert Jerard secured his quin-
tet yesterday afternoon when he add
ed Roy r. Hammersley, representative
OF the Union Savings and Loan asso-
citation of Portland to his list of four
Carl Hopf didn't like, the company he
had on the committee either, so he
promptly added five members to the
association. They are C. w. Ginger,
Empire Meat Co.; Quality Shop, Elmer
r. Bashor. new owner of The Delta;
w. L. Kidder, sign painter; and L. c,
Olson. manager of the Oldsmobile
agency here.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-28
F,islling Only Fairly Good.

d. c. Bowman and Judge ]. w. Ma
loney returned last night after fish
ing trip on which they Travelled about
700 miles. They spent their time at
MetolIus and East Lake. The angling
sport is only fairly good, the two men
report. The eastern brook trout are
spawning now, and they failed to get
all Of the other kinds that were in the
lake. The customary coat of berry
brown and nice big callous spots on
their hands were displayed this morn
ing as evidence that lots of hard work
was done on the trip.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-28
trait never failed to make man pop

trait never failed to make man pop
ular.
No other cabinet member gets the
publicity Hoover does. He keeps the
clipping bureaus working overtime.
One of the reasons for this is that
Hoover works novel system with
newspapermen. Whenever big story
is about to break and reports suddenly
find that the usual news sources have
decided to emulate the clam, Hoover
will hold an executive session" and
lay the whole yarn bare. Executive
session" stories can't be used until
they officially break, but when this
occurs the writer finds many angles
of the story have been illuminated by
Hoover, which is the reason Hoover's S
name creeps into many utterly irrele-
want stories.
If Hoover ever runs for president
he will not get the barber vote. He
passes up many chances for betting
a haircut. 1t is even rumored that
he shaves himself with an old-fash-
ioned razor.