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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-24
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DAVID WHITELAW

a. n6 WAtCn0Q nlIL1s EeNn6HlUoEGu N0
had noticed the very same action at
that last dinner party II Addsrbury
Towers.
It was a'ready late when Haver-
ton arrived, and the .croMdfss. that, had
come down from the Butler. were
thinning. The boulevardsss were ,,be-
coming less crowded and the tired
walters were yawning sleepAly behind
the great plate glass windows Inter
mtttent bursts Of merrirnent came
from belated parties ct their cards.
bern OF the little ORCHESTRA were put
ting away their Instruments
still the figure at the tar table
showed NO Atgns sofS leaving Still he
sat there twirling. the gla11s hts eyes
who hid beSnf hovedux asnAar APP
tproachsd him. lostentatiouslys polish-
Ing hetmarble top cf the table next
to him and tipping up the vacant
table rs part OF the lights within. the
cafe were switched OF.
1t seemed to the watching men
as though Haverton had been asleep.
He started up and stared dazediy at
the waiter, then stood UP with a
slight SILVER. He took a coin from
his watstcoat Pocket and passed It to
the man; then. not wajtings tor Any
change. he buttoned MP his coat, and,
without q glance at the few stragglers
still at the tables. turned toward the
boulevard. #ss ss.as 4#,
A woman standing at the little pas
sage between the chairsssput out q
hand d . he passed, but he shook her
OF with an oath and hurried across
the road. The men watched him as
the narrow street which held the Ho-
tel d'Eclair swallowed him up.
A moment later they were follow
ing him.. Once w the road. they
kept well in the shadow Of the houses;
man before them looking neither to
right OF left. But making straight for
the Hotel d'Eclair, which was almost
in darkness. After a little delay the
door was opened and he entered,
AT the same moment q man emerx.
cd from the shadowtof q doorwnysop-
posdte and hurried to the corner. Hare
he spoke q word to another man, who
went OF toward the Seine II e run.
The first man whom Robert recog-
mixed ~ the assistant II. Rrieux had
put on watch, walked slowly back,
and. tapping at the door OF the hotel,
was In his turn admitted, s %#
Berwick paused and drew Baxen.
ter, who showed . disposition to enc
ter also into the datk doorway
which the watcher hadgYacated.5FfoIn
tts depth they watched the windows
of the room they had visited that
morning. They saw the glass doors
pulled open, and the figure OF Eddie
Haverton a. he laRnt over the little
balcony, then . light, appeared, and
the red curtains were half drawn.
On b ceiling they could SEQ the
gigantic shadow 40 the OF
the room moved about, and noticed
that IT was thrown by q light thar
was at some low level-from a candle
paced on the floor, perhapa or .
chair seat, ~
IN shout . quarter OF an hour the
itsht r. distinguished, and Robert
and h1 companion crossed the street
and tapped eoftly on the door Of. the
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the progress IS slow. The problem of uneanpioys
nient Is receiving ATTENTION from the president, who
has arranged for : conference to devise ways and
means 70 insure the mere general employment 1T
labor. There are no exact figures On the number
Of persons who desire u work and are suffering be-
cause Of inability toa6nd work The number Of per
sons not regularly employed Is very large. but
among them are great numbers who ne voluntsrily3
idle for various reasons.
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EVENING EDITION
arkahiy COINCIDENCE free O. rsra,ri

nnsrkahiy~ conscience IRE o. remark.
sably tired {
the lock, and tie man entered With
man On the bod. ana IL vas not IN.
IN .. match was struck and me can
die .spluttered into nEhtsthat hsssEart-
"a unto find the steA1y hand 10 the
man he had Taft In h ceilarsAtsAd-
.dsrbury Towers holding u revolver 4
few inches from his head.
Good evening, MI. Haverton.s Less,
than ASweek since We parted-heav-
snssi. Y Seems \ yeaF-keep those
r--on the coverlst whore i can see
tlrern- Ta,en.sSsas Robert drew
asDorringer from beneathsthe pillow:
u don't think you would do much
with this--yOu haven't the plnck:Sbut
IL might 20 on--they do sometines..'
The man on the bed made no am
zawer.. but watched With sullenI v
whte BeTwack cut the cord from the
ana tied g hands on
the coverlet deity together. y
This done, Robert put up his re-
volver, q together b two men be-
gan to examine the luggage. III Their
request Tor the keys raised no fight
In Haverton; he nodded In the direc-
ton Of his trousers, andsin the sppck-
: they found hem
Al first sight the bags contained
nothing but wearing apparel. but be-
meath this Me searchers unearthed
q quantity of jewelry and conHd-
seEable amount OF gold coin. Be-
tween the garments. too. reposed a
small fortune in notes. II Was hard
" TO be wondered ~ that they wished
70 avoid the inqutsitiveness OF the Gus
toms oficerD as much ~ possible.
Robert noticed that the majority OF
the jewellery was engraved With tho
sarms Of the De Dartigny family.
And what are you goinE to do
with me-! n
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DETECTIVE STORY
WILL APPEAR NEXT J
~ !

In his new novel, 'aThe Mystery
Of the Summer House," Horace
Hutchtnsoa creates and unraveas.
for his readers . mystery appar-
emily Questionable. The love note,
too. Is prescnt In this allurtns de-
tecdvc story which carries heart
interest fort,aMs 81 Il 90
,Readt thsarst-nstaamsnt in.the
evening edition Of: The Herald
Wednesday, September 20.
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mAprER xx.-Continued.

5 54HA
Madame Renter led them between
them out. Il had BEEN no trouble
-no-she had only been too delighted
to Aid monsieur. Tbs waiter-doubt-
less the Jules Of the tureen incadSnt
bowed also, and then M. 8Brieux and
his companions entered the waiting
fiacre and rattleds4away.
Baxenter and Berwick 9 rooms
for themselves In q comfortable hotel
in the Boulevard st. Michel and dur
ing the day kept within doors. n.
Brieux had promised to let them know
sc the earliest moment after the Wis
itors TO the Hotel dsSclair returned.
as night fell. however, and the lights
81 cates beneath them twinkled
out invitipgiy, the restraint became
irkspme, and rte O'clock, leaving
word where they were to be found,
they went out on the gaily lighted
thoroughfare, and to supper at the
Cafe d'Harc0urt.
Perhaps there were few better
ried, HE Of the QUARTER than from
this lively little cafe-restaurant, where
the chairs and tables stand out on the
boulevard, and extend round the cor
ner and away up the Place de la Eor-
bonnie. Before them. in never
ending stresIn the denizens O the
district pass and repass-snerry bands
OF bearded students OF to thslF br14-
serte. or on their way to the Butler.
Their supper finished. Baxsnter and
Befwick. sat out 81 corner table en-
cool ~ Of the evening, From within
the cafe the small Orchestra was
playing = popular waltz, and the mel
OdY reach9d them In nttle Snatche9.
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gYAQXl32.

Vivian Renton after spending an ev-
enlnG with Eddie Haverton. his partner.
sseae Hubert sstal ns1s sns Ct m, The hone e the
Tor money. He ihnds IN old document
tellns Of chauville's secret lhtddsn
t~treasure). 5ss g9i-
is found but Renten has made good hid
e esc =. ;,masaneradIns under the name
In order to obtain the treasure. which
he goes to Canada, comes back ID de-
scendant Of the DartiEny family. lays
claim to the treasure from Robert. Bax-
sHter. q gsts It. 1nfthe chest he RS
ch.uviiis ehsss.a. ahsss h. .si ana N en sas
nous treasure In precious stones. by
aecidsnt he discovers . unnelsntrance
Stella Benhamsholds the love Of Rob-
art Baxenter. but has his disapproval IS
her choice Of The stage for . vocation.
They separate with . mutual under-
Standing for 2 year. Meantime. Stella
managed BY Eddie Hayerton. The troup
spends Sunday at>3th home o. Dartin,
who upon Haverton's arrival being ans
nounced. plays sick 50 as not to ba
Eddie 10 promised q b%i-annual check
OF 500 pounds by Dartin. BR1enter pro-
SCENTS Stella with the Dartigny iocket
" After D. wrie,n MAG ! .' letter r'H t. stella, in
which he asked her ITO wed him mrnkr
diately, Robert learns that ahe 10 the
rightful heir to the t~ra.laes ..eldt by
Dartin. He decides to aHae.rf an invita-
ton to spend the week end with Darttn.
He meets Stella 1t the, theater that
might and they are engaged. He secures.
then, the irst evidence that Dartin 10 Q
WINGED him that Dartin was q fraud,
and heN determined to do considerable
detective work while at Adderbury
Towers.
Baxentar a specimen Of Hav-
erton's handwriting which shows him
row, bis brother was lured to his death.
IJxytin however learns Of this. with
Haaerton Drugs Baxepter. white he
makes plans for his escape. T
Dartin tmprisons Baxenter in an IN.
|derground vault n tells him he VIII
be released in q few days after ne,
- y. r.as 1t once begins al 81
fort Il gain his freedom.
Z..Asa..5 ..hnaseSs 70 make his escape
after q long stru6Ele. He finds the
Towers deserted and all evidence OF
Darttn's guilt DESTROYED. crumpled
telsgram Addressed to him y found 2
News that the fugttiyes had gone
north determined Baxenter not % q
70 London, but to summon Stlas Bar
wick, 4 friend and Investigators Ber-
wick reached Mayheld that evening" ana.
after a little investigating. sentssword
70 b Psris pole: W thsx d fenns fss
e sari pUns1s. e.. md S at s'a q little coast
town. they received word that two men
answering the description OF the nee-
ing culprits had arrived at Paris. They
hurried to h French capital where the
men were traced to- the Hotel d'Eclair.
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gp
BUD,s WISH.

s@ BUDS WISH.
I wisht I WIZ a mans6oz4 then 544
I needn't go to bed till ten,
An I could stay an'sslistens to
The talk the way the old folks dos
tXhen I'd know what 1t Isl they say
The times they make me go away
Al. Pa rays Bud Just disappear,
This isn't for q boy to hear"
I wisht / WIZ a man. anil
Or anything I wanted which
For little stummicks IL too rich.
Then I could pass my plate an they
Would have to serve me right away;
Or IL Il didn't eat my bread
There never would be -nothin, said y
I wisht ! wuz a man grown up,
Sos they'd put coffee In my cup
Instead o milk, AMI could do
The very things I wanted to;
30 down town with all the me
telephone 'em now and then
At night they shouldn't wait for me
Coz I would not be home to tea.
I wisht I wuz q man, anil
Would never have to ever cry,
Coz men, as far a s I can see vs.
always gettin' hurt like me.
AM ncthtn' seems to pain them SO
They've simply got to let IT show.
MY Pa says men must suffer, too,
But II don't think they really do.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-09-09

1920 the Independents gained ON
troll Of the lower house, elected a
state treasurer and superintendent of
public instruction, and one congress
man. The League retained control
OF the other state Offices and elected
one United States Senator.
The States credit had been Grip
pied and that together with the poor
crops and low prices received for
grain last year resulted in many go
ing to the wall. The closing hours
OF the last session of the legislature
witnessed a f~ree-for-all scrapea
rather animated affair from reports.
The examination of the bank and
other state industries revealed eros
mls-management and an alarming
favOritism for oar side" County
warrants could no longer be disposed
of outside the state, and the funds
IN n bank could not be reached.
FROZEN Assets" they were termed.
When a check m into the bank
and no funds ? available it is regis
tered and business goes merrily on.
Its assets have gradually decreased
and to all s%intents and purposes it
has ceased to be a bank. But the
powers that be keep it in operation.
II our banking laws mean anything
at all the Bank Of North Dakota is
today being operated in violation Of
law, and ! suppose will continue to
be until there is a change in the DO
htical situation, the attorney general
having said he would keep it open if
1t takes every damn cent OF public
money IN the state"
l could go on indefinitely detailing
transaction after transaction that
does not bear the stamp of good old
American horse sense but haven't the
time. ] am only touching the high
spots. | will not take time to describe
the disgraceful scenes that followed
when the League superintendent of
public instruction was defeated in
1918 and refused TO turn over the
office to his successor because, as he
said, "she lacked the qualifications
required by law" or the laws enacted
by the legislature then in session to
take care of the fallen idol. l will
say a few words about the Consumers
United Stores Company, another
League subsidiary. This innocent
devil was brought into being for the
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purpose of reducing the cost of liv-
ing-a worthy purpose to serve we
will all agree-but, as in all the 9TH
er undertakings, capital was required
and the farmer was the mar to furn-
ish it. Again the sheckels came in
an unending stream until the neces-
Sary million was gathered. The
shares of stock were one hundred dol
lars per but did not entitle the hold
er to a share in the profits. All it
represented to the holder was a right
to purchase at the store, but since
the concern has gone into the hands
of a receiver it may serve as a USE
fui reminder of his folly. What the
final outcome will be nobody can
guess but at this time the affairs of
the Consumers United Stores Com
pany are in about the same condition
as a man who has had typhoid fever
and suffered a relapse. There are
still other Utopian dreams that were
shattered but let's pass them up. l
fear / have written too much already.
The saddest part of the whole
scheme is the spirit of mistrust and
class hatred that has been engendered
by the League. People no longer
trust one another. If you are a
Lacquer you are Ostracised by the
Independents, and vice versa. Each
side is " alert for an opportunity
to knife the other side. Independents
call the Leaguers socialists, anar-
chlsts, ~free-lovers, bOlshevists, and
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would be retired at maturity. Wall
Street needed a lesson and would be
given one, gratis. The bank ad-
vanced the money, out of deposits
it had received from the different
political subdivisions of the state, for
the erection of the mill and elevator
on the theory that it would be re-
turned Immediately the bonds were
marketed, also money for the pur-
chase of a small private mill already
in operation, while the third strug-
Cling infant, the Home Builders AS
ISOLATION, was not to be stunted in its
development so it too crept up to the
reservoir of gold and received due
parental attention at the hands of the
benevolent institution.
Work began in earnest-yes, both
sides got busy. The "peepul" began
to show unmistakable signs of life.
The Independents decided to use the
initiative a little bit and forthwith
initiated a law providing for the ex-
animation of the Bank of North Da-
kota by a board Of disinterested III
ditors-and the results Of that ex-
animation reeks to the heavens with
.rottenness, and providing further that
the different political subdivisions be
allowed to deposit their funds in
local banks. The law carried by q
substantial majority and Immediately
the of the Bank of North
Dakota began TO wane. 1t had loan
ed money on long time mortgages,
thirty years, had advanced money to
the different state enterprises IN
of construction, the bonds had
not been and could not be sold, and
soon found itself unable to meet cur
rent demands. Work on the mill and
ceased, and it was suggested
by many that it be set aside as a pub
lie monument to folly and a bronze
attached thereto bearing the in
Sacred t o the Memory of
the Nonpartisan League" The lone
Builders Association ceased a-tivities
a short career of mismanage-
ment, and the -four mill that was u
chased and operated about a year lost
The state something over forty thous-
and dollars. Things began to get hot.
Charges and counter-charges were
back and forth. The courts
vere called upon TO pass upon many
questions. In the general election of
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to stand still and be lead out of bond.
age, thereby escaping the difficulties
encountered by the followers OF
Moses on their heroic migration. The
line of march lay around the Red Sea,
so progress would not be impeded
while waiting for the waters to re-
cede. To protect their TANKS from
marauding enemies a public printing
bill was passed providing one official
newspaper in each county to publish
all proceedings of a legal nature and
giving to the industrial commission
the power to designate said paper.
Straightway a League publication
was brought into being in each of the
fifty-three counties of the state and
placed in charge of only the tried and
true. all owned by The League Serv-
ice Bureau, a subsidiary. The law
creating the Bank of North Dakota
provided that it should have a capital
of two million dollars, to be raised
by the issuance of bonds and that all
political subdivisions of the state
should deposit their funds in said
bank. Here is how the capital was
actually raised: The bonds were is
sued in accordance with the Bank Of
North Dakota and turned over to the
industrial commission. The commits
sion simply endorsed and returned
them to the bank, taking a check for
two million dollars and making the
bank its agent to sell the bonds, a
feat which has engaged the serious
attention of League leaders for over
two years, and which has not yet
been crowned with success. But by
that simple stroke of the pen the
necessary capital was created and the
bank opened for business and began
receiving deposits without one dollar
of its capital being in. The bonds to
the mill and elevator and
Home Builders Association did not
sell, and have not been sold yet. Of
course big Biz" was to blame. Wall
Street would not permit this indus
trial program to succeed if there was
any possible chance of defeating it.
That was the word that went forth
from the sanctum of the all highest,
in fact the sole reason is the
that no safeguard is thrown
the sinking fund and whoever
them would have no as
whatever that the bonds
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Mr.. GRANTHAM WRITES OH
NONPARTISAN LEAGUE
Continued from page p

and the exemption of farm improve
ments. A workman'S compensation
act was placed upon the statute books,
. minimum wage for women, a union
label for public printing and a full
crew act. Other laws p%ertained to
immigration, state fire insurance of
public buildings, soldiers bonus, the
initiative, referendum and recall. 1t
is the general opinion that these laws
were drafted by such men as Charles
Edward Russell, Arthur LeSuer and
Walter Thomas Mills, all socialists,
LeSuer at one time being the socialist
candidate for president and Mills be-
ing the socialist opponent of Hiram
Johnson for the United States Sen
ate a few years ago.
The industrial commission was CIV
en- complete control of all state own
ed industries with authority to hire
and fire at will, and its appOintees
were answerable to no one but the
commission. AS it was constituted
and put into operation, the industrial
commission was a rather unique body
in that it vas not hampered by rules
and regulations and its affairs could
not be looked into unless the governor
consented. The absurdity of such a
plan becomes apparent when you read
that it was TO be composed of the
governor, attorney general and COM
missioner of agriculture and labor,
two farmers and a lawyer; that it
was TO have complete control of a
bank whose estimated deposits would
aggregate a hundred million dollars,
a flour mill with a daily capacity of
twenty-five hundred barrels, with all
its branches, the Home Building AS
ISOLATION that was expected to pro-
vide homes by the thousands, and sew
eral insurance departments whose an
nual business would aggregate mil
lions of dollars. Reads like a fairy
tale, doesn't it? And the people were
given to believe that these stipend
uous undertakings were not "born to
blush unseen",-they were the heralds
of that New Day., the working plan
of which vas commented upon at
length by one of the Grecian
of old. The people were
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outright damphools, and the Leaguers
retort Tool of Big Biz" "Stool-
pigeon for the Kept Press" Mouth
piece of the Grain Gamblers" and
so on, with emphasis.
Do not understand me as saying
the blame for our present condition
rests entirely upon the League for
such is not the case. The /. V. A,
Continued on page g.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-14
CATHOLIC K+NG
 TO VISIT POPE
Rumanian Monarch and Queen Given Permission
 to Call on Pontif.

ROME, Sept l4.-The King and Queen of Rumania will visit Rome some time this month.
 The Rumanian Minister to the Var ican, M. Pennescu, has been received in private audience by Pope Rene dict XIV, to whom he delivered an autograph letter in which the Ru- manian King asked for the honor of an interview
 This raises a rather delicate ques- tion, because. although the official religion of Rumania is the Orthodox Greek, the King and royal family are Catholic, and the Popes have always made it a point, since the fall of their temporal power in 1870, not to receive Catholic sovereigns, claiming that it is the duty of the latter to support the Pope in his protest against the occupation of the Eternal l City by the Italian government. Ac- cording to Vatican protocol, there fore, no Catholic sovereign should set foot in Rome while it is held by the "usurpers"
 The Pope has consented to make an exception, however, in favor of the King and Queen of Rumania. who will be received at the Vatican.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-14
Anglo-Japanese Alliance Is Now Dead Letter.

TOKYO, Sept 14.-The Anglo Japanese alliance is considered a dead letter by the conserva- tive Japanese weekly, the Her aid of Asia. It has been oppOs- ing renewal of the alliance for the past year on the ground il would excite suspicious of the United States @l'@
 "The death knell of the alli- ance was sounded" says the Herald of Asia, when it's con tinuation subject to the unde- fined restrictions of the coven- ant of the League of Nations was notified to the Council of the League. It's abrogatiOn in the event of an international agreement on the Far Eastern situation at the coming Wash ington conference will be only a matter of form"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-14
ALLECE BURCH
 IS MURDERER
Reporter Claims Slayer of Wealthy Los Angeles
 Broker Confessed.

LOS ANGELES, Sept 14-Chand, Ter Sprague. reporter for the Los An geles Examiner, publishes copy righted article saying Arthur c. Burch confessed the staying of J. Belton Kennedy, wealthy insurance broker, on August }. The purported confession is said to have been made August 14.
 Sprague was before the grand jury today.
 Burch and Mrs. Madalynne Oben chain denied Sprague's statements.
 District Attorney Doran today an nounced that the reported conversa- tion between Burch and Sprague oc- cured in the jail. Doran said Burch admitted the truth of the published statements and this had been record ed on a dictagraph.