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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
ALLEGED WOMAN
FRIEND OF A. S.
SPURGlN HELD
Said to Have Told Of Atten-
tio4 Given Her by Bank
Is. President.

Chicago, July 26.-Miss Elisabeth
Thompson. an alleged friend Of Allen
s. Spurgin, mtssingEtpresident of'3the
Michigan Avenue Trust company,
which. wss.tclosed last week by. bank
examiners, was: being held by auth
critics today, her detention marking
the first arrest in connection with the
case.
Miss Thompson wa held at the al
rection Of Ben Newmark, chief in
vestigator for the states attorneys
office, after she had been questioned
for four hours regarding her friend
ship with Warren Spurgin. Later she
Is said to have admitted attending
dinner parties with Spurgin and to
have told Of other girls entertained
by Spurgin.
The nationwide search for the
missing bank president was continued
today with authorities devoting more
attention, to the theory that he may
be headed for the Mexican, border,
rather for, the Canadian line, as was
at first thought.
James Kelly, a director of the bank,
who took the affairs of the trust COM
pany before Ernest S. Hodges, acting
first assistant states attorney, esti-
mated the loss at $4,000 and said
the bank-may be able to pay only 60
cents on the dollar, although this can
not be determined until the audit of
the books is COMPLETED.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
SUFFERED
MUCH DISCOMFORT

Duluth. Mimi, July 26.-Never be-
fore in the history Of Duluth, in the
opinion of pioneer residents Of the
city, has there been a situation equal
to that which prevailed recently when
millions of dead grasshoppers. and
hundreds of dead fish piled up on the
shores OF Minnesota Point and the
north and south shores Of Lake Su-
perior in this vicinity.
The situation was relieved after a
time when the United States engi-
neer's Office, cooperating with city
health authorities here, put q large
crew of men to work burying the de-
composed bodies of the insects and
fish, but not before great discomfort
had been caused residents Of Mime
sofa Point, known locally as the
"Coney Island, Of Duluth.
Early in July veritable clouds of
grasshoppers descended upon Duluth
and the surrounding country. A few
days later strong west winds, experts
say, caused the insects to drop into
Lake Superior and drown. Then their
bodies were washed up on the shore
when the wind shifted to a north
easter"
AS for the fish, several theories were
advanced by experts. While veteran
fishermen suggested that it was the
extremely not weather. bureau heads
and commercial fish house managers
believed that cf~tHlsiicafst.ffn waste mat
ter had been dumped into the lake as
sewage, killing hundreds of the fish
when they consumed the sewage as
food.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
SUPREME
COUNCIL MEETS
AUGUST FOURTH
Short Session to Discuss 81
lesian Question is
Arranged.

London, July 26.-The allied SUI
preMe council will meet in Paris, Au-
gust A. according to an official an
nouncernent this morning. It is un-
derstood the session will be brief,
dealings only with the Silesian ques-
ton. Marquis Curzon, secretary OF
state foreign affairs, and A. j. Bal
four, lord president OF the council,
Will represent Great Britain as it Is
improbable Prime Minister Lloyd
George Will be able to leave London,
Leaves For Paris.
The British experts who will ex-
anime the Silesian question before .the
Paris.
It is understood that Ambassador
Harvey will attend the supreme coun-
Gil IN an advisory and unofficial ca
pacity.
The call Of this meeting Of the. SUI
preme council comprises to q degree,
the difference between Great Britain
n France oyer the procedure to be
adopted in connection with Upper, ST.
lesta, where the situation, owing ii
continued German and Polish rival
ries in the disputed area, is said to
be Increasingly threatening. The ac-
ton was, forecast in a dispatch from
Paris. Monday night indicating that
Great Britain had ~agreedhto a meet
ing OF the supreme council August 4,
and a preliminary examination into
the Upper Silesian problem by q com
mfttee of experts, as, France ma de.
sired. There are said to be divergen.
cies between the two governments,
however, over the sending Of retn-
forcements to Upper Silesia, France
considering this action necessary and
Great Britain taking the-opposite
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
SEEK
PASTOR WHO ELOPED
WITH GIRL OF is

Omaha, July 26.-Authorities today
are seeking the Rev. w. O.. Harrell,
so, and grandfather, pastor gof a
church in Homer. Neb., who is alleged
to have eloped with Hazel Riley, Is,
a farmers daughter, after she had
asked him to help her find work. The
girl was returned to her father by a
deputy state sheriff today. She said
she had lived at the minister's home
for several months and had come to
love him.
when I asked him to lake me
away" she told officials, "he said he
would if it were for an honorable
cause"
They are alleged to have left last
Tuesday. Harrell Is said t have left
the girl at Hooper, Neb., rejoined his
wife who had been i'll in an Omaha
hospital, and; left for the south in an.
automobileA
HE would kiss me and tell me he.
liked me awfully WE'LL" Hazel told a
deputy sheriff. II first came to love
him on our way home from a revival
meeting several months ago." She
declared she had spent a week with
Harrell, travelling in an automobile.
She said she spent one night in the
car near Fremont. On another night,
she said, they stayed at a hotel in
Omaha. IL.
"Mrs. Harrell was i'll in a hospital
at Omaha, but he did not go near
her" the deputy sheriff said the girl
told him. II
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
MRS. ADAMS TO RESIGN.

washington, July 26.-Mrs. Annette
Abbott Adams, the first woman to be
an assistant attorney general, will
v her connection with the govern
ment and returnSto private practice in
San Francisco, August /, it was said
today. She resigned some\ months
ago, but remained to finish up pend
ing cases in her office under which
fall all legal questions investigating
prohibition. During her government
service, Mrs. Adams wrote a number
of important liquor opinions, includ-
ing the transit of liquor ruling which
holds that no ships may enter the
Smile limit with liquor aboard. At
torney General Daugherty will appoint
q woman to succeed Mrs. Adams, but
80 far has not made a selection.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26

her BY telegraph that the suit had
bssn postponed.
On June 30, she said, she and Major
Hayes came to this city from West
Point, and that he left her &c the
Hotel Astor on July 4. All efforts to
communicate with him failed, she
said, and Major Hayes's uncle, N. C.
purick, informed her at the West
Point house that this is not your
house. Nothing in it is yours. You.
have no business here"
Neither Major Hayes nor other OFF,
GERS at West Point answered her LETT
or kilograms, she said, and She
finally went to Washington to tell her
story to the War Department. She
said that Maj. Gen. Peter G. Harris
the Adjutant General of the Army,
told her to present her story in an.
affidavit.
The Astor management, she said
had refused to permit her to con-
tinue signing her checks in the res
taurant for addition to her account
and some of the hotel service was re-
fused her. Requests for connection
with her DON by telephone were not
refused, but the operators announced
that "she does not answer" She said
that her money Is exhausted. A nurse
attends Mrs. Hayes, who says that
she has been Ill because Of her deaf
ness. @
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
WILL NOT TAKE PART
IN ENFORCEMENT OF
PROHIBITION LAWS

Madison. Wis, July 2e.-The dairy
and food commissioners will not take
part in the enforcement laws. Judge
@. Emery said in a statement today
following publication of a story yes
terday, saying that ,saloonkeepers
were violating the pure food laws.
1T may be conceded that in the
sale Of drinks" may violate the pure
food laws, but If 10 that violation is
a. wholly different proposition than
the violation Of the prohibition laws.
"The laws specifically define the
duties Of the dairy and food commits
sioners but no law makes 1t his ofi-
cial duty to enforce the prohibition
law. It is not his legal function to
enforce the prohibition law and It
would be malfeasance In Office for
him to expend money for other pur-
poses than those for which the leg
islature had appropriated.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
BROADWAY LIFE
GREATLY CHANGED

New York, July 25.-The ubiouit.
u soul who does his bit toward the
settlement of world problems by
writing letters to newspapers has
been regaling New York editors with
observations on changes that recent
years have wrought with Broadway
and life along that thoroughfare.
Regard, he says, how the movie
shows have showed a%rticulate actors
into the side streets. See what has
become of the famous old restaurants.
They have gone, and uninteresting
shoe shops and drug stores have
taken their places. The table d'hote
resorts where dinner and laughter
and liquor kept patrons happily en-
sconced around the tables until bed
time are now closing at 10 o'clock,
and even earlier. The good old
crowds have vanished. . writes he.
Diners seem to regard eating as a
duty. And 1t used to be an expert
ence, not without an occasional thrill.
One hotel has done away with its
jolly hunting where the boys
used to get together, and the space
has been rented to bourgeoisie mer-
chants. And those virile chop houses
where banqueters robed themselves III
IuSe White aprons ana IraCernlZeQ
over Juicy beef stakes are now admit
ting women to their tables. The mid
night shows have closed, and the cleo
trio signs lure on only to a white
goods sale, cosmetics, a movie show
or chewing gum.
And the clubs-oh, how they have
changed! The cafe is deserted. the
wags have forgotten how to jest and
make merry. The stewards say they
have as many diners as before, but
only because men want company at
dinner. Even the new night time
traffic regulations in the threaten dis
trict have kept the crowds away.
Meanwhile the mel who conduct
business in this great hotel. shopping
and theatrical district have banded
together Ito help bring about a fair
and proper municipal regulation OF
the district which will not be. detri,
mental to business interests, the life
and happiness. Of the New Yorker and
the visitor, and to perpetuate the
name and fame of the worlds great,
est money-spending center" Their
organization was Incorporated as the
heart Of New York Business Mems as.
ISOLATION, and includes those whose
interests are embraced in the district
between Thirty-fourth and Fifty
ninth streets and from Madison tc
Eighth avenues.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
PLANS \
VACATION I'M THE
WHITE MOUNTAINS

Washington, July ga vacation
of several days in the White Noun
tains of New Hampshire, is planned
by President and Mrs. Harding to fol-
low their attendance next Monday at
the Pilgrim tercentenary celebration
at plymouth, Mass.A where the presi-
dent will speak. r [S:z#. (
They are to be guests of Secretary
STU le lueu1a1sdep IeM. eul 10 sxeeM
country place, near Lancaster, N. H.
Under present plans they will go di-
rectly there from. Plymouth, arriving
a week from today and probably re-
naming until the following Saturday
or Sunday: During the stay, the pres
ident expects to accept no invitations
but to devote his whole time to rest
and recreation.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
HAS GOOD
REASON TO BELIEVE
FRIDAY UNLUCKY DAY

Chicago, July 2e.-Carl Wan,
dercr, sentenced TO be hanged
ncxt Friday morning for the kill
ing. OF his wife, her unborn babe
and q ragged Stranger objects
to having the Rifair take place on
Friday, according to officials at
the county jail who arc guarding
him day and night.
He tells his guards that he
wishes tho day OF execution were
Saturday. Tor oven Thursday"
he added, ard feel better.ot
According to the authorities It
was on Friday that Wanderer
planned his crime, It. WAS on Fri.
day that the police saw through
tho hoax Of the "ragxedf
stranger" with whom Wanderer
staged q fake holdnp OF hts vito
and himself in the vestibule Of
their home, and 1t WIS on the
next Friday that he was arrested
At the close OF the second trial
the jury on Friday sentenced him
to die and his subsequent appeals
were lost on Fridays.
WAnderer, who, according to
his guards, believes in Fridays
traditional bad luck, Is spending
his last days reading three books,
the Bible, q love tale and Long
fellows Eyaneoline.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
foreigners Believe
Prohibition A Joke
Ii United States

New York, July 2s.-ylsoount
Northcsi1e, who Is enjoying the
lure Of the metropolis for q short
while before resuIning his trip
toward the Far East, has joined
the List OF foreign pcrsonages who
exhibit a sense OF huffior In dis
cussing matters appertaining TO
the eighteenth amendment and It's
enforcement. Asked what he
thought Of prohibition, he said:
"Iake me 70 o place where
there Is prohibition and I'll tell
you what I think about It."
Which recalls that q Rumanian
prince on a recent visit to New
York asked:
sVvhen does prohibition berin?.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
OF TRIP IN
PLANE CUT IN TWO

New York, July 26.--The high
cost of flying got a Jolt today,
with the Announcement by a COM
pAny operating flying boats be-
tween New York and Atlantic
City OF . SO per cent decrease in
fares. Rates were cut from 800
to $50 for a one way trip and q
round trip was offered for $85. 1
The company said Increased
popularity Of flying providing
moro passengers per trip had
made the cuts possible.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
NO PROVISION FOR
SALES TAX PLANNED
In REVENUE LAWS

Washington, July disagreement
among members Of the house ways
and means committee that in revision
of revenue laws no provision will be
made for a sales tax, was announced
today by Chairman Fordney at the
opening Of public hearings on the pro-
posed measure.
H. C. McKendrie, tax representative
of the American Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton, appeared before the committee,
prepared to oppose this form of tax.
He was advised to proceed with argu-
ments on other phases of the general
tax question, in view Of the commit
tees attitude.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
MONKEY PEOPLE.
(From Long Shots From the Male
kula Bush, by Martin johnson, I'll

Asia Magazine.)
When we had t~raversed d mile b
so of trail, Nella, Aour guide, called 4
halt and disappeared into the#depthS
of a bantam. Soon he returned, follow
ed by three young sayages and a.
old man, who was neare TO mon
key than any human being hay;
ever seen before or since-bright eye
fpeering out from a shock Of wooils
hair; an enormous mouth. disclosins
teeth as white and perfect as thos
ed with deep wrinkles; an alertisner,
Nous, monkeyIfke5 expression: sduicf
sure, monkeylike movements. He Aps
preached us carefully, ready to turs
and u at the slightest alarm. I en-
deavored to shake hands with hin
but he jerked his hand away TIL
friendly greeting had no meaning feS
him. My presents. however, talked Il
him. Reassured, the savages squatte
neal us.
The conversation was onesided. III
their own language of growls and ape
like chattering. After a while, abolg
20 natives came along the trail an
joined the five natives alfeAdysswit
us. I sat up my motion pictureacAfr
era on a tripod, selected a place whef
the light was good and tried TO gfi
the savages in front of my lens. The
would not move; SO I pointed m
camera at them and began to- tur
the crank. Like lightning they spran
to their feet and ran to the bania,
They scampered up the .tendrils liz
monkeys, and by the time I could TO
dow them with the camera, I couiS
see their bright eyes here and tiiei
peering from the crevfces.
Through Nella, w coaxed thel4
back. and down they came, as quick
as they had gone up, while I grouf
one of the best pictures I ever go
Osa at nee dubbed them the S.'mor
key people," And, indeed, they wel
nearer monkeys than men. They ha
enormous fat feet, with the great tcs
separated from the other toes an
turned in. They could grasp a !branc
with their feet as easily as I coul
with with my hands. For speed; an
sureness and grace in climbing. the
putdid any other men I had evs
seen.
When lunchen time came,
spread out our meal of cold broilea
wood pigeon, timed asparagus ar
sea biscuit, and began to eat. Ate
watching us for a few minutes, tw
or three of the savages went ar
fetched some small almondlike nut
which they shared with their con
panions. They seemed more like MOI
keys than eve as they squatted ther
busily cracking the nuts with ston$ 4.
and picking out the meats with the
skinny fingers.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
NO TEAM.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July z6.-Bs
cause Of financial difficulties, Belgiui
will not be able to send a team to O.
pose japan in the second round Of tt
Davis cup tennis matches, schedule
for this city during the latter pa
of July, and the proposed play is 0
Japan working itJ;aMay into the TIL
round by Belgtum'B default.
I. AS first proposed, the winner
the CZecho-Slovaka VS.. Belgiui
match at Prague WAS to meet Jap.i
here. However. Belgium gave ofici
notice that It would not. be able, b
cause of-lack OF finances, to send Ii
team here that was victorious on
the Czecha
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
RoBBER GETs BIG SIM.

Marshall, Wis, July 26.-An armed
today secured between $1,000
and $1,500 in cash from the American
bank here, when he forced
the cashier and customers into a cor
ner, scooped up the cash and escaped
an automobile bearing a license
which was credited to the Louis
company Of Milwaukee.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
MAY CALL. PARLIAMENT LATER.

London, July 26.-(By the Associ-
ated Press. )-Austen Chamberlain,
the government leader, said in the
house of commons today he hoped
parliament would be prorogued Aug
ust 26, but he foreshadowed the pos
sibility of its being summoned again
in November or December to ass
legislation necessary to give effect to
an Irish settlement.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
MAY RELEASE, PRISONERS.

Belfast, July 26.-(By the ASS
ated Press. 1.-THE Belfast Telegra
Dublin correspondent says today
understands virtually all the me-
Of the Dali Eireann, or Irish Re
can parliament who are in jatI2
be released at an early. date. N&
action will be taken to give thn
opportunity to meet and dtscu
British governments proposalsA
settlement of the Irish questi5 M
adds. SEl2
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
LOCAL INTEREST
IN N. Y. AFFAIR
New York Times Gives Ac-
count Of Divorce Case Of
West Point Officer.

The following item from The New
York Times Of July 10 will be Of in
terest to local residents:
Although Major Philip Hayes,
ecuttve officer at the United States
Military Academy at West Point, as
.serts that the Supreme Court of Cook
county Illinois. on July IL last
awarded to him a decree OF annul-
ment%of marriage on the. ground OF
lgamy.4 Mrs. Ethel Hayes contends
n q she knows Of no such decree and
that h will ask the district attorney
In this city this morning whether she
cannot make a charge Of desertfon
against the major. A
Mrs. Hayes told her story at the
Hotel Aston yesterday, saying that she
had come to the city on June 80 with
Major Hayes, who left her at the ho-
tel on July 4 n did not return. She
said that all attempts Of herself and
friends to see the major or communi-
cate with him at West Point had
failed. and that his relatives in the
officers house at the academy had told
her that her presence there was not
desired. This brief statement was
made last night at West Point by
Major Hayes:
An annulment Of marriage was
granted to me on the ground Of big
amy on July IL in the Supreme Court
ceedings in this case were legal and
according to law
Officers Defend Major.
Other officers at the academy said
that they had heard Of the decree Of
annulment> and asserted that every
legal move had been made openly.
They defended Major Hayes against
tho charge of desertion.
Mrs. Hayes said she had no knowl-
edge Of any decree Of annulment, and
added that she had been assured by
her husband that action against her
had been postponed in April. She ad-
mitted that she had been married
previously, but asserted that her hus-
band was dead. Other information
was that this first husband was living
in Arizona.
During the war she became ac-
quainted with Major Hayes, she said,
and marriage ended a short court
ship. She had been working in a
school which trained deaf soldiers III
the reading OF conversation by the
movement of the lips and that this
training had been useful to her re-
Gently because in the last month she
Ndu become stone DEAL CONVEX
sation with her Yesterday was carried
on with, pad and. pencil when the lip
movement method failed.
According to Mrs. Hayes, Major
Hayes vent to Chicago last March
and she received a letter from him
saying that his family had forced him
to get the annulment, and that he
signed the suit, but it does not mean
anything" and you can just dfsre,
gard it,, She said she hurried to Chi
cago. but found that Major Hayes
had started back.
Thought Suit Was Put on.
She said she. too, returned to West
Point, but reopened discussion of the
suit when she received an unmarked
envelope containing a newspaper
clipping telling of the filing of the
suit In. Chicago. She said that Major
Hayes treasured her and ON Aprit
rs called up his lawyer in Chicago
and told him to postpone action. The
lawyers reply, she said, was that it
was TOO late" She asserted that he
went again to Chicago and informed
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
On Top of Mountain.

Lancaster. N. H., July 26.-The
summer home of Secretary Weeks,
where President Harding will enjoy
q brief vacation. is at the top OF
Mount Prospect, 1000 feet above sea
level and 1,240 feet above this little
border town. 1t commands a view of
all the principal peaks of the White
Mountains and of the Connecticut
river. ~.
The Weeks lodge is luxuriously
equipped to provide comfort and will
afford a marked contrast to President
Harding's last weekend of outdoor
camp life.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26

Atlanta, Ga, July 26.-Health au-
thorities of this state, Louisiana, Ar
pansas,T Mississippi and other south
ern states united today in declaring
that there were s~emi-famine.E condis
lions in the south and that the. pre-
valency of pellagra is less this year
than in former years.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
ance that the cotton market will com,
back even then.
Malnutrition Seen.

DUCK even then.
Malnutrition Seen.
Inevitably there is pressure all
down, the line and the tenants, whose
credit has been reduced to the ,disap-
pearing point. are obliged to live On,
the cheapest foods possible which lack
certain elements that are absolutely
essential to the maintenance Of health.
Conditions have been getting stead
lily worse for months and the cumula-
tive effect is becoming serious. It takes
about six months of this particular
kind OF seni-starvatson before pellag-
"a begins to manifest itself, but after
This second stage is now well under
way"
The public health service in its
statement, issued prior to receipt Of
President Harding's letter, suggested
two remedies-to help the victims d.
rectly n to help them to help them
selves, the former of which was said
to be the only one Immediately appre-
cable.