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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23
ELEPHANT ATTEMPTS
TO TRAMPLE HUNTER

London. Oct. GA good elephant
yarn is told by J. Moregood Dowsett
well-known big game hunter, who
has just returned from a hunting trip
in South Africa.
He was hunting elephants in Uganda
when information was brought to him
of the whereabout of a large herd
With native chief and a house boy,
he started to find them.
The party came upon the herd in the
Forest. Mr.. Dowsett got several photo
graphs within 20 yards of the beasts
when the chief warned him that they
had been scented" and that the ami
mails were coming for them. Snatching
up his rifle Mr.. Dowsett shot and
killed the leader, a big bull.
While some surrounded their dead
leader, many OF the beasts stampeded
ana. running the wrong way, Mr..
Dowsett was cut off from the party.
Reioadins his gun, the hunter dashed
elephant which crashed thru the brush
six yards in front of him
Trunk aloft. ears extended and
trumpeting wildly, the beast rushed at
Mr.. Dowsett and swept him to the
ground with his trunk and turned
rapidly in its own length ready to
trample him.
The hunter took flying dive under
the monsters belly. realizing he
would then be on the right side of
tHe Wlnu out the DeaSt turned rapidly
round and again tried to trample him.
Instead the animal rolled him over
and over with its legs and the hunter
saw above him the two great tusks as
the beast tried to vancouver his body
into position and pick him up MIR.
Dowsett managed to roll behind the
animal and get to his feet and make
q rush for cover.
To the hunters relief and surprise
he furious beast set off in the OPP
posite direction and disappeared.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23
STONE SAYS .NEN TO
GO THRU ANYWAY

Cleveland. Ohio. Oct 22-Following
practically all dav session OF four
Of the big five railroad brotherhood
leaders here which adjourned late to-
day. Warren :. Stone president OF the
brotherhood of Locomotive engineers.
said:
There is no question in my mind
that the men will go thru no matter
what instructions they get
w. G. Lee. president of the Brother
hood OF Railroad trainmen, who also
attended the conference. said "As per
orders OF the railroad labor board, the
strike situation. as far as | am con-
cerned. is status quo. | am obeylng
the boards Instructions and issuing
no further orders for the men to leave
tho service
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23
SHAKE Up IN CENTER OF
POPULATION EMPTIES HOUSES

University astronomer, came out to
Owen county and after few nights
of "star gain -, as the natives
called it, determined from astronomi-
cal calculations that an old beech
tree in hillside briar patch on Rus
sell Robinson s farm two and one-half
miles west of Whitehall and eleven
miles west of Bloomington, seat Of
Indiana university and former center
Of population, was the new hub Of
the nation.
From that day to this the natives
have had no interest in their sudden
leap into national limelight. Oliver
Ranard, who lived within 200 yards
of the old beech trees, has moved out.
He served notice that the center Of
population is no place for the rent
profteer by moving two miles down
the road where he gets house, barn,
garden and pasture free. There,
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23
RUSSIA SEEMS NATION CAUGHT
IN Big TANCLE OF RED TAPE
Government, Soldiers, Officials, Documents and No
Churches Mark Bolshevist Cities; Great Change
Brought About in Three Years

business and clamor for simpli fcation
and decentralization.
But, after all, the railways and tele-
graphs and telephones and posts are
in much the same hands they were
before Bolshevism triumphed. The
men who knew the technic of the var
ious public service organizations had
to be recalled very largely. Many OF
them make no pretension that they
are Communists or even Socialists and
their work is done in an extremely
Perfunctory manner.
Three years have brought about a
remarkable change in the attitude Of
Red army men and all government
employees toward the general public.
There is great modification Of the
acerbity which characterized the early
days of the Bolshevist control. In
the frenzied first year of Bolshevism,
officials seemed to regard everyone
who approached them as an enemy.
They growled and harangued. From
top to bottom offcialdom was nervous,
irritable and generally unpleasant to
deal with.
This spirit has disappeared, to a
very large degree. The success of the
government in overthrowing its ad-
versaries has given a feeling of Sc
curity and it now functions much as
other governments do. Guards, mes
sengers, bureau chiefs and higher
officials are more cordial. Bolshevist
Legations abroad also reflect this
changed attitude to a marked degree.
White collars are no longer banned.
Black leather coats are not regarded
as the only suitable uniform for
a Bolshevist official. Experienced
minor officials Of the old regime have
been restored to their places in many
of the Offices and their example has
greatly modified the brusque manners
of the soldier, sailor and workman
element which originally monopolized
most of the government posts
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23
REAL BONNIE LAssIE

Daisy Sloan, who appears as the solo
performer in the Scottish sword dance
of the big ballroom scene in .The
Bonnie Brier Bush" Donald Crisp's
third picture for Famous Players
Lasky British Producers. is n native
daughter of the land of the heather,
and holds proud record as one of
her country's champion dancers, 1t is
said.
Miss Sloan started her terpsichorean
career at the age of S as an Interpreter
of national dances in national cos
tune. and at the age of 10 gave n spe-
cial demonstration of her art before
royalty. She made her debut as n
vaudeville artist when she was "a, and
has appeared at the London Palace,
Palladium and Coliseum, also at prac-
tically every variety house OF note in
the United Kingdom. besides making
successful tour of South Africa.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23

Bloomington, Ind, Oct. o. - No
where is a return to normalcy more
evident than down in Southern In
diana at the center Of population Of
the United States. The old familiar
"House for Rent" sign is hanging
out and at Ben Ranard's blacksmith
shop the Hoosier villagers are whit
tling on goods boxes and specializing
on whether or not the earth is round,
just as they did before the war.
1t will be long time before they
quit talking about the great day when
they held celebration and dedicated
to their little village of Whitehall a
ten-foot wooden monument, set up on
the main road, bearing the proud in
scription, "Center of Population, U.
S. A.-1920." But their first flush
of excitement and pride suddenly
changed to lament and disgust when
Professor w. A. Cogshall, Indiana
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23

Santa Ana. Calf. Oct. e,-Mr.
Mary NJ Campbell, defendant bor.
facing trial on charge of the murder
OF Jesse V. Campbell. a Taft oil field
worker, testified yesterda- that for
seven and half or eight years she
lived in Nevada with George VIM
iieid, n prominent mining manor To-
nopah and San Francisco.
At various times he introduced mo
as his WIFE" she testified. He intro
duced me to tho men in Nevada who
were very prominent When first
Knew him he took 5000 from me
forced 1t from me. After that it
seemed that every dollar he made
turned into thousands
And he got the 5000, his start-,.
was In currency--from my trunk after
went to his house. 1t was all I had
then"
Mrs. campbelrs counsel declared Tho
testimony offered by her and by c. q.
Noble, recorder of the city of Taft.
Calf. who had told of her living with
Wfngfield. was offered in an effort to
lay n foundation for testimony by
which 1t was hoped to show that she
was insane.
Mrs. Campbell is scheduled to resume
her testimony next Monday.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23

within 200 yards of the center Of
population, the five room bungalow
he formerly occupied stands, wanting
a renter at SIS per month. Garden,
ordchard, pasture, heavily laden wal
nut trees In the front yard, a big per-
summon patch down the road, paw
paws, squirrels within gunahot, fish
IN Little Raccoon creek nearby, onlv
two miles from where a white light
nin' still was raided recently bv gov
ernment agents, and with q church
only quarter of mile awav-hou.e.
barn and all for five dollars a month
put not renter in sight. The hous-
ing situation is not a problem at the
center of population.
Ben Ranard has been urged TO open
up n cold drink stand in connection
with his blacksmith shop, which i,
the nearest business establishment TO
the population beech. He serves as
free information bureau for seekers
after the center of population, and
sympathetic, well minded travellers
nave pointed out to him that his pop
stand would be the business hub OF
the country, strategically located for
national trade from North, South.
East and West. But Ben insists that
the 1920 census can bring no good to
the people of Owen county, Indiana,
until they take the center of pomla-
tion away from that "consarnedo
old beech tree and put it back at
Whitehall where it would be conven-
lent and where 1t ought to have been
left in the first place"
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23

Moscow, Oct. 22,-(By Staff Cor
respondent Of The Associated Press)
Government everywhere, nothing
but government!
Such is the impression that for
eigner who has known Moscow of old
gets in entering the Bolshevist cap
ital today.
All the hotels are government COM
mittee headquarters. The same IS
true of department stores, office
buildings, clubs, cafes and larger
private houses. All theaters are gov
ernment theaters.
Queues of Russians and foreigners
are waiting in the streets before most
larger buildings for permits to buy
railway tickets or perform some ordi-
nary transaction such as New
Yorker would dispose OF over the tel
ephone in five minutes.
The motor cars are all govern
ment cars and are monopolized by
government employees. The street cars
are run by the government and gov
ernment employees, especially work
men, have first call on the few cars
which run chiefly at times when
workmen are going to or from work.
Other folks may take the few car
riages which ply the main streets for
hire at prices beyond the reach Of
ordinary government salaries.
Railway trains are few and seem
to be crowded largely with govern
ment employees and soldiers. Pas
senger trains far exceed freight trains
on all lines and every coach has red
soldier or two to keep people from
massing on the trains at stations.
Factories which are in operation
are run by the government and work
chiefly on government supplies, such
as railway repairs, motor repairs, air
plane repairs and other army supplies.
The Kremlin, formerly the eccles-
iastical center for Russia and the his
toric shrine about which the Romanoff
traditions center, is all government.
Its churches are closed. Red army
soldiers occupy the barracks of the
old imperial army and prominent Boil
shevist officials occupy the quarters
formerly given over to church officials
and other dignitaries Of the Romanofi
regime.
Hospitals and orphanages and
schools are run by the government
The government payrolls are filed to
overflowing with employees who want
the government food ration and in
consequence there seems to be an ex-
cess of personnel in Moscow institu-
tions as well as the provinces,
Many Of the orphanages have
nearly as many attendants as they
have orphans. To American eyes, the
railways seem to be overstaffed.
Trains and stations are alive with
officials and guards, many of whom
seem unnecessary because of the gen.
eral quiet that prevails.
Russia always was document mad,
and 1t seems even worse now than it
was under former regimes. Endless
rows of employees are busy making
documents and reports in nearly every
government building. Statisticians
are at work everywhere.
Bolshevist officials are not blind
the overstaffing of the departments
and the inefficiency of many of the
workers. They fill the Moscow and
provincial papers with appeals for
greater diligence on the part of en-
ployes and reduction of forces not
engaged i'll productive labor. They
also complain bitterly of the red tape
which slows down all government
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23
NEWS NOTES FROM M0v|ElANO

will be eliminated by the fever.
1t is said that this is n new re-
pressive type of role for Moreno and
that the sequences worked about the
lonely man in the fever district make
an intensely interesting story. In the
later phases of the picture Moreno
has chance to throw repression to
the winds and put the punch in the
finale by some dramatic and athletic
action.
The screen narrative was written
by George Cameron and the script ar
rangement is the work of Jap Pitcher.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23

Antonia Morenos new picture takes
him to India. The story concerns
young civil service Englishman. who
In order that his delicate wife may
live in the northern hills. agrees to
accept fever-haunted post after his,
arrival in India. The prcferment Of
fered the young man by the commits
sioner has malice and intrigue back
of it as the commissioner has be-
come infatuated with the youngsters
wife and is hoping that the husband
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23
STAR AT II

Patsy Ruth Miller-her first two
names suggest the heroine of IA girls
story-has been selected by Goldwyn to
play opposite Cullen Lands in '"The
city Feller." which has Just gone into
production at the Culver City studios
Miss Miller is only II, and a compare
tive newcomer to the screen. She
played with Nazimova in Camille"
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23

Fort Lupton. Colo. Oct 22.-This
town is going to outwit automobile
bandits and burglars. IL such a thing
Is possible. Citizens have been APP
pointed as special officers on all roads
leading into town. When there is a
robbery. telephone message will re-
lay the alarm to each special officer
and he will watch his own road for
the escape. II the bandits are detec-
ted leaving town. the direction will be
noted and the next towns notified.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23
YALE DOUBLES SCORE
in ARMY GAME

New Haven. Conn. Oct 22.-Yale de-
feated United States military aca-
denny in Il brilliant game today IA to Z
before a crowd of 1900. Spectacular
plays were crowded into the final per-
iod. in which each team scored a
touchdown.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23

In rural England n child born on a
Friday is believed to be unlucky, un-
less spoonful of salt is tied up in his
christening gown.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23

Nebraska voters who term selves in
dependents ana proSrcssives to meet
Lincoln Oct. IS, determine whether
they will pool strength with Republi-
can or Democratic primaries next year,
or form third party.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23
Date SET FnR HEARING
or TWO ITALIANS

Boston. Mass. Oct. ee.-Judgc Web
ster Thayer of the superior court be-
fore whom Nicolai Sacco and Bartolo-
mco Nanzetu werc convicted OF mur-
der In the first degree for tho killing Of
a paymaster and his guard during a
hold up sixteen months ngo. set Octo-
her . the date for hearing argu-
nents for motions on new trial.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23
2,340 Auto Parties
Visited Casper. Wyo.

Casper. wyo.. Oct. 22.-Automobile
tourists were worth just sS3,362.39 in
the summer OF 1921. according to COM
pilations just made. Two thousand
three hundred forty motorists visited
the city auto camp.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-23

The first map with the word Amer
lea appearing on 1t was published by
Martin Waldsetmuller. OF st. J,ie.
France. ili years ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-09-30
WONDERFUL GAIN IN
y WEIGHT REPORTED
Young Woman Only Weighed 70
Pounds-Now Weighs oyer 100
and Is Gaining Every Day.

'BeforeI began. taking Tanlac only
weighed rs pounds, I now weigh over
one hundred and am gaining every
day." said Miss LaTsue Davis Of Chat
tan0oga, Tenn.
Il bought my first bottle of TanIac
at Gas City, md, and it helped me so
much that i continued using it.S have
alwayssbeen very. delicate and suffered
a great deal from stomach trouble and
rheumatism. Ifrarely ever had any APP
petite and simply could not relish any
thing / fell or untilsI only weighed
76 pounds and was SO thin / looked
perfectly awful: This is the condition
I was in when Ibegan taking Tanlac.
"Oh, l feel so different now. Even
my complexion is improved. My appe-
tite is good and l can hardly get
enough to eat. Tanlac is simply grand
andyT can truthfully say 1t is the only
medicine that has ever done me any,
good" ~ u
Tanlac IS sold by leading druggists
Observation-Disclosures. q
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-09-30

Should it ever happen that you were in
want of So, come to me, and will lend
it to you. Good-by, tailor, adieu to
you"
When the tailor came out into the
hall, Theopulus looked him over care
fully, to see If he had any mortal
wound, and then said to himself:
"Well, never! / thought all of
Bowser's room would be spattered
with blood, and here shall not find
single drop. Those men may say
all they want to, but he is crazy, if
ever man wasw
When Mr. Bowser took the car for
home, the conductor was rather timid
about holding out his hand for the
fare. Several times Mr.. Bowser had
used sarcastic words to him and he
was afraid he might get more of them.
He didn't, however. He was welcomed
with smile and the words:
$50 you are after my fare, are you?
and l think you ought to be cheered
up. Here's quarter and you may keep
the change to buy candy for your chill
dren. You are good, patient man,
and am going to speak to the presi-
dent Of the company to promote you."
The conductor blushed and then
went away. He could not quite make
out what was coming, and it was with
sigh of relief that he reached the
rear platform.
Mrs. Bowser noticed change the
moment Mr.. Bowser stepped into the
hall of his house. She noticed 1t at
the dinner table, and she noticed 1t
when they returned to the sitting
ROOM. She was as puzzled as Theopu-
lus, but she kept her thoughts to her
self.
When Mr.. Bowser fell asleep, she
rose up and took long look at him.
The smile was still there and she
sighed in despair. as the drowsiness
Of sleep came over her. What did 1t
all mean? Was there going to be a
new Mr.. BowSer?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-09-30
Grains Of Sand Trip Justice.

In Raymond B. Fosdick's endless
storehouse Of material there are to be
found many cases of trivial technical
ity resulting in the failure of Ameri-
can justice.
The setting aside of murder ver-
dict because the word "aforethought'
is omitted after the word malice ;"
the freeing of man convicted of as
sault with intent to kill because the
copying clerk omitted the letter 'l' in
malice excluding an indictment for
rape because it concluded against the
peace and dignity of state" instead of
against the peace and dignity of the
state;" the freeing of horse thief be-
cause the Indictment mentioned "W.
Virginia" instead of West Virginia.
Horace Green in Leslie's.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-09-30
THE MUD TURTLES.


Hello, Mud Turtle" said Mason Mud
Turtle.
"Hello, Mud Turtle yourself" said
Martin Mud Turtle.
"Of course" said Mason Mud Tur-
tie, "my name is merely Mud Turtle.
But call myself Mason to make my
name sound very gorgeous, though
even Mud Turtle is a gorgeous enough
came"
"A gorgeous enough name" said
Martin Mud Turtle, shut 1t is nice to
add few fine touches to our family
name. That is why / GALL myself
Martin. My real name is only Mud
Turtle, too"
What do you mean when you say
that your real name is only Mud
Turtle, too?" asked Mason Mud Tur-
tie. Surely to have the fine name of
Mud Turtle Is a great honor. You
speak as IL 1t didn't amount to so
much"
"Oh, I didn't mean that, I'm sure"
said Martin Mud Turtle. II meant to
speak as you did and explain that
while / too had the family name Of
Mud Turtle liked to add fine touch
and call myself Martin"
II see, 1 see," said Mason Mud
Turtle, "but at first 1 thought that
you didn't merely care for a fine adj
dition to your name but that you
cared for your addition of your name
more than you did for the family
name itself.
"And that would never, never do.
For it is fine to be mud turtle"
"Fine. indeed" said Martin Mud
Turtle. Fancy living in a. house
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-09-30

when one can live in the mud
cannot understand that.
"Fancy living in an apartment when
one can live in the mud! 1 can't I'M
derstand that any better
'Tn fact 1 can't understand any,
thing but living in the mud. The
mud is so cool and so refreshing. The
mud is so restful and so SOFT
"The mud helps to protect us. too"
"Of course it does" said Mason Mud
Turtle. .'But because we1look like the
mud. iSs s lr
"By that mean that we are col
ored very much like mud. That is, If
one can speak Of colored mud But
you know what I mean, Martin.
II mean that we wear suits that are
of the same mud shade as the mud !!
That's clear enough"
GAS clear as mud" laughed Martin.
"Whatever does that expression
meany" asked Mason. "I've heard it
before by people who were walking
along by this muddy stream
"They were walking along by the
bank and looking at the mud and
they used that expression quite often
and laughed as they did so. That was
when one of them was explaining
something to another and the other
didn't seem to understand"
at means" said Martin, "that the
explanation isn't clear at all. You
see mud isn't clear. One can't see
through mud very WELL and so when
anyone wants to tell anyone else that
they cannot understand what has been
said to them and the explanation that
has been given, they say that the ex-
PLANTATION is as clear as mud.
"Of course, meaning that it isn't
clear at ALL"
Sometimes" said Mason, "our mud
cOlored shells are covered with moss.
That is always a handsome touch.
But 1 agree with you. l cannot I'M
derstand how creatures can live any
where else but in the mud.
"People cannot see us well in the
mud because we look ike the muu,
and as we've both agreed, that is of
great protection TO us.
"Of course If danger comes near
and we are attacked we can fight
bravely. And we can fight like our
cousins, the Swapping Turtles, can
fight.
"But oh, the life that is to be led
in the mudl It's such beautiful,
quiet, peaceful, restful life.
ITS so pleasant !"
$50 pleasant" said Martin. I'D
like to sing a song about the mud"
"Why don't you?" asked Mason. 1.-THE
mud is so thick that it may drown
the sound of your voice, ha, ha."
"Another time" said Martin, "for
l fear my audience isn't feeling APP
preciative and ready to applaud to-
day!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-09-30

your life, if he makes the least mo-
ton. If he keeps smiling, it's a pref
ty sure sign that he is going mad"
Thus 1t became known In three or
four offices, that Mr.. Bowser was act
ing queerly, and three or four men
made excuses to call ON him and talk
more or less. None of them found
him very strange, but he was unus-
ually polite and he talked about the
Peace League In a way to surprise
them. AS they came out into the hall,
one said to the other:
81 don't think he's going crazy, but
he is SO polite and dignif1ed that
can't quite make him out. I never
saw such fatherly smile ON his face
before"
mo, nor /, either. Hadn't we ought
to try to get him to send for a doc
tor?"
mo, not yet. He might feel hurt
about it."
A little later tailor came up with
a bin and he asked of Theopulus II
Mr.. Bowser was in his room. Theopu-
lus saw chance for some fun. If Mr..
Bowser half killed that tailor 1t would
be great amusement, and so he said I:
eyes. he's right in and will be glad
to see lou. He is prompt pay, and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-09-30

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