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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-22
MAINLAND AND ISLANDS. F.,

There seems to be a difference of opinion as to
Just what the four-power treaty means in reference
to the island possessions in the Pacific which the
treaty powers agree not to- try to take from each
other. and concerning which: they are to consult ii
they are menaced by any other power. President
Harding and members Of the. American conference
delegation seemnot to agree on whether or not the
main islands Of the Japanese empire are covered in
the agreement, the delegates understanding that
those islands are included, and the president that
they are not.
The presidents view that the territory known
as Japan proper is not included any more than is
the mainland of the United States seems quite log
ical, although Japan is itself island territory, while
the United States is not. In view Of the difference
OF opinion, however, it may be we'll to amend the
treaty by adding exact specifications as. to what
territory is covered. This would leave no room
tor future misconStruction.
In the hairsplitting which sometimes occurs iii
such cases the question of what constitutes 'island
possessions" might prove difficult to decide. The
Hawaiian group consists of islands, but it has been
suggested somewhere that this territory does not
come within the specifications because for strategic
purposes 1t is,regarded as a part of the mainland,
is a part Of the United States. A similar question
might arise in the case of the Aleutian islands, which
arc a part of Alaska, and may or may not be consid-
cred to be in the Pacific ocean @% :
There seems to be no good reason why the
terms should not be made broadly inclusive, for the
treaty amounts to an agreement by the four powers
not to commit highway robbery upon each other,
and there is no good reason why such an agreement
should be restricted to a few scattered islands. The
other obligation assumed is to consult with each
other in case any of the powers is threatened with
robbery from any other quarter. This also, it would
seem, might we'll cover all territory lying within or
bordering on the Pacific.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-22

~ "a EtL II. lM - n-SIa 60 49, G2H HL u AA
and non-political, Tits an act Of hunanitarialnrism
and as such should stand on its own base Is a
~. There is no basis Tor the expectation that the
expenditure of this fund will have an. appreciable
influence on grain prices. All the grain that Will
be purchased because of this appropriation Willibc
a negligible fraction of the worlds supply, and Will
mean little in. comparison with the worlds demand.
There is a certain aspect ooffsthes relief of suffer
ing which may be considered commercial in a very
broad sense. In that larger way it may be consid-
cred good business always to contribute. tosthe GRE
alton and maintenance of prosperous.s.eparHMiitions
among our neighbors. Bankrupt eoln1ltinitie
whether local or national, are not good customers
or desirable neighbors in a business way. Hence iii
contributing to the prosperity Of others we con
tribute to our own. But that goes beyond. the con
sideration of the specific: effects of particular acts.
The injunction to cast ones bread upon the waters
that it may return many fold is based on one Of the
most important facts in human relations. But he
is a narrow: individual who, in the face of an urgent
need, refuses. o .east his, bread until he has made
sure which way the current sets.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-22
TENACIOUS JAPAN.

y glance over the summary Of discussions be-
tween the Japanese and Chinese delegates over af-
fairs on the Shantung peninsula and especially with
reference to the railway which traverses that pro-
vince gives a striking illustration of the tenacity
with which the Japanese cling to their hold upon
territory and interests in continental Asia. The
Japanese hive interests in the railway in question
Through : acquisition OF the control of the prop
erty by V ol its seizure from the German occu-
pants. ,hincsc wish to. remove entirely Jap
alesc influence from their territory. Japan has
rrofessed Willingness to restore control of the pc
n15sula and the financial interests in it whenever
: hina could guarantee the security of Japanese in
tercsts and Japanese investments, the discussions
indicate that the willingness Of Japan to retire has
20 many conditions and provisos attached that it
amounts to a practical refusal to retire except I'M
der. strong pressure. The Chinese for instance,
have offered to pay cash to Japan for the relinquish-
lnent OF Japan's interest in the railway. This.
Japan has refused. She has proposed loans of
Ehneney on the security of the railroad, such loans
4osbe repaid after the lapse Of several years, and
q the: longer the period is, the more satisfactory the
arrangement is to Japan. The fact seems to stand
cut very clearly that Japan. instead Of desiring or
oelt1g willing to r%ellnquish her grasp on what she
holds in that territory is seeking by the loaning OF
money and IN other ways to establish and maintain
a continuing interest there which will warrant her
IN maintaining guards, financial agents. and in 9TH
er ways influencing the control Of the property and
the management Of its political affairs.
The present prospect is for a practical elimina-
ton OF Japan from control Of China or any of it's
public facilities, but that end will be gained only
when it has been demonstrated that the Chinese in
their demand for it have such strong support from
the other nations that it will be impracticaable for
Japan to resist any longer. Japan is in possession.
and she does not r%elinquish possession easily. Her
uadoubted desire is to retain such possession that
she can use Chinese territory for purposes Of ex-
rp%loitation with the ultimate possibility of becon-
ing the dominant influence in the Chinese govern
f1cft. p L his. OF course is entire1v gcoo+~,~., - IL.
declared policy Of the United States toward China.
and the more recently developed policy of other
leading nations with reference to that country.
The Chinese open door is something to which. ali
the western nations are now committed as they are
aseoorlmitted to the territorial integrity and political
independence Of China so long as China has govern
mental facilities upon which reasonable reliance
nay be placed
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-22
A R AND BUSINESS

ssS Senator Wadsworth is right in making a dis
sstihctioi between charity and business in the dis
sttis5ons over the bill just passed appropriatinp
s2o.ooo,0o for the relief Of the suffering in Russia.
on the ground that il is a good stroke Of business
TO make i, because it will tend to increase the price
sof farm products here at, nome The appropriation
cannot be justified on this GROUND, nor IS II RI need
Sof such justification # is A contribution made for
HE purpose Of relieving human suffering, and made
Ia the form which is deemed likely 10 produce the
Sgxeatsst measure Of good to- It's beneftiaries. That
Ss ssAss snt justi6eSti sS1;5 SssEEssgEN sitber the: price
9x6f kfndtesfiesn frainxnoEH AAeefffuffu4fgss55ff kkhes Spv;et ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-22

i A Washington dispatch says that supporters
Of Andrew Miller for the position of federal district
Judge say that those who oppose Mr.. Millcr's con-
frmation must also oppose the president and the at
torney general, who are now definitely committed
to the Miller appointment. 1t may be So. ltihas
happened before. Senators have. on occasion, de-
clined to approve appointments made by the presi-
dent on the recommendation Of the head of a de-
partment. Sometimes this refusal has resulted in
The defeat of the appointment, and it has been nee
essary to lame a new man. Yet the heavens have
not fallen nor the world ceased to revolve.
If even such eminent officials as the president
Of the United States and the attorney general COM
position a man whose lack of qualifications for that
office is conspicuous, it is the part of good citizen
ship to oppose the confirmation OF that appointment
even though these important members of the ad-
n1inistration, in recommending and making it, may
be said to have become committed to it. =
In the present case, however. we imagine that
no tears would be shed in the White House if the
senate should decline to approve the Miller ap-
pointment. If conditions have been created which
have forced upon the president the making of all
appointment in the making of which he had no en-
thusiasm, and which, uninfuenced, he would not
have made; if the president found himself in aspo-
sit1on where he was obliged to choose between the
making of this appointment and the wrecking OF
plans which he believes to be vital to the welfare
of the nation If this is the situation, we may
imagine that an adverse vote on the confirmation
of Mr.. Miller would be received by the president
with becoming resignation, and that he would then
look about for some one Of the many men available
whose. appointment he would not need to defend. :
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-22
WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF MAIN STREET?

Is it a true picture, Of life In q
small town in the northwest?
Arc the people it describes real
people:
The Herald wants to know what
Its readers think of Sinclair Lewis
story and Is going to offer $40 in
prizes ii find out.
HOW TO WIN A PRIZE
Read the story q It appears
from day to day in the i! Evening
Herald. When the last installmcnt
appears write . letter to the main
Street Editor" Grand Forks Her
aid, telling whether or not you
think, the story gives q true pic
turct Of life in Gopher ,Prairie''
and Just why you have formed the
opinions you express.
To the writer who gives tile best
reason for whatever opinion he or
she has formed, VIC will give q
prize of $40. For the second best
letter we will give a prize of s.,
and for the next seven best letters
prizes of 81 each.
No letter should bic more than
$50 words in length.
The story is snch that you can
bcgin it any time. and get q good
idea of the picture 1t paints.
Here's a chance to-. win q, little
spending money just for writing u
short letter.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-22
SYNOPSIS,

Caroi Milford. a Minnesota girl, grad
vsteenfrom Blodgett college near Min
returns to ST. Faui to work in library.
After being there three years she meets
Dr.; Will Kennicott. OF Gopher Prairie,
ana. they are married.
Through college, and her library work,
: arot mas ambitions to live in q smaller
where she might spread the
gosPet OF culture as she sees 1t. Gopher
,nds. and the residents e Of the he" Sills see
90 not quite approve Of her. nor favor
ner ideas for changes in the town.
Carol quarrcls with DR.. kennicott be-
!oWance for the household. He tells her
frankly that she feels herself superior
70 his village friends. n is. soaring
Carol ends that even Guy Pollock.
slilaEe lawyer, with whom she had
thonFss yas a'1 .Siae a bit n whom :
village and is satisfied there. - -
Earoi forms the Gopher Prairie ORA
matiG club, to present plays. She and
Ut ny, Wiai go to Minneapolis to visit.
ing any dramatic impression onlthe VII
Carol feels, n she gives up her
enorts In that direction. Miles Bjorn-
sam and Bea Sorenson,. Carols Nor
"es1an maid. get married.
A son Is born to Carol. and for two
years she devotes her entire time to
caring for him. -;
tells Carol very frankly that she is q
dreamer, and not able to carry out any
2I her, theories for uplifting the village
mind. =.
Vida and Raymic Wutherspoon marry.
Caroi continues to find her chief inter
esq IN her son. Hugh, and to be disap-
pointed In her life. DR.. Kennicott refus-
es to join some of his me friends in a
wild party, but does accept the invi-
tation to visit Maude Dyer, when her
husband is away.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-22

ecstatic trick was to make figures not
on paper but right on a new pine
board. with the broadcast softest pen
Ttil in the world. There was a thing
worth seeing!
The tools! II his office Father had
tools fascinating in their sinniness and
curious shapes. but they were sharp,
they were something called stcrized,
and they distinctly were not for boys
to touch. In fact it was a, good dodge
to volunteer II must not touch,.'
when you looked al the tools on the
glass shelves in Fathers office. But
Uncle Miles, who was person alto
gether superior to Father. let you
handle all his kit except the saws.
There was a hammer with q silver
head: there was q. metal thing like
a big l.; there was a magic instru-
ment. very precious, made out of
costly red wood n gold. with a tube
which contained a drop-no it wasn't
a drop, it was a nothing. which lived
in h water, but the nothing looked
like a drop. and it ran in a frightened
way up AMI down the tube, no matter
how cautiously you tilted the magic
instrument. And there were nails,
very different and clever-big valiant
spikes, middle-sized ones which were
not cry Interesting, and shingle-
nails much jollier tnan the ffussei-up
fairies in the yellow book.
III.
While.h he had worked on tho addi-
tfpn Miles had talked frankly to Car
o1.sssHe aid United now that so long
an he stayed in Gopher Prairie he
would remain a pariah.i Bea's Luth-
erar friends we're as much offended
by his agnostic gibes as the n1er-
chants by his adicalism. And I
cant seem to keep my mouth, shut.
1 think I'm being a baaliamb, and
tspringing any theories wilder than
:sccraa-t spells cat but when folks have
Eons|.I re'!ize I've been stepping on
their. pet religious .corns. Oh, the mill
foreman keeps dropping in, and that
Danish shoemaker, and n fellow
iron. Elder's factory. and a few Svens-
ltas.Sbut you know Be: big good heart
ed wefch like her wants a lot OF, folks
aropnd-likes to fuss over 'em-neyer
satisfied unless she tirins herself out
making coffee for somebody.
"Once she k~iinapped me ami drug
me to he Methodist church. 1 goes
In. pions as Widow Bogart and sits
still and never cracks d smile while
the preacher is favoring us with his
misinforrnation on evolution. But aft
erwards, when the old staiwarts<were
pumphandling everybody at the door
and calling 'em Brother and Sister
they let me sail right by with nary
a cltnch. They figure I'm the town
ibadman. Always will be. I guess. tn
have to be Olaf who goes on And
eometimeS- Blamed if I don't feel
ike coming ol't AMI raging. I've been
conservative. Nothing to It Now I'm
going to start something In these rot
ten one-horse lumber-camps west OF
town. But Bees got me ghypnotized.
Lord. Mrs. Kennicott. do You re,lize
what Jolly. square faithful woman
she. is?s And I love OAf1-.Oh. we'll.
wont 90 and get sentimental on
you.
ss5s:"CoArses I've had thoughts or phil
Ing IstakeS sand gainE West Maybe
ifthey dtdn't sk1cY u bAforehand. they
y*puldnt find out, "a ever bean 6uti-
~ of.trytnE 10 thfnxafor myself. But
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-22

Ihe limitation Of ornaments wilt be the Jesse
Of the conference If Il succeedsgin disar1n
ING snsPicioa ard ~ ,xilL--Bpaton TTsansssiptr@s
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-22

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E23arlGne5H
THE HUMBLE FRIENDSHIPS.

The dUMblAEF FtlEN
When trouble comes and our skies
gro gray,
What we really need is the friendly
way ..E
OF the kindly people who understand,
And not the manners of people grand.
The simple ways of the folks we know,
With their gentle speech and the
words that flow "A
Right out of their hearts, mean more
to us 41"
Than style or fashion or pomp and
fuss. "
The ones who stick to US, thick or
thin. y
Are the simple people who just drop
The friends who love US and never
That old and worn is the garb we
The friends who live as we live, and
know
The self-same hurts and the self-same
woe.
Are the ones who comfort us through
and through a
With the words they say and the
deeds they do. Il
Oh, l know VIC fancy it much worth
While
To win from the famous a neetins
smile
Or a passing nod. But in days .pr
pain.
Then style and fashion and ( pomp
are vain.
The gentle folks we have known for
years
Are the ones who comfort and dry
bur tears,
For it's simple speech and a friendly
way
That we all must have when our skies
are gray. Al
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-22
CHAPTER ~xxVI.-oontin,e,.

kennicott steadily disapproved OF
the Bjornstams. H.. protested. What
40 you want to talk to that crank
1or:" He limited that a former
.Swedc hired girl" vas low
tor the son of DIR. Will Kennicott. She
did not explain. She did not quite
Understand it herself; did not know
tnatLln Inc B>orn5tams she found her
friends. her club, her sympathy, and
her ration Of blessed cynicism. For
a time the gossip Of Juanita Haydock
and the Jolly Seventeen had been a
refuge from tho druning of Aunt Bes-
sic, but the relief had not continued.
Inc young matrons made her nervous.
They talked SO loud. always So loud.
They filled a room with clashipg
cackle; their jests AMI gags they re-
peated nine times over.Y Unconscious
~, h had discarded the Jolly Sew
%enteen, Guy Pollock. Vida, end every
one save Mrs. DR.. Westla.kc and the
friends whom she did not clearly
know as friends-the B~jornsta1na
To Hugh, the Red Swede was the
9 heroic and powerful person in,
the world. With uIrestrained adora-
ton he trotted after while Miles faI
the cows, chased his one pig-an ami
ma! OF lax and migratory Instincts
or dramatically slaughtered a chicken.
And TO Hugh, Olaf was lord amons
mortal men, less stalwart than the
old monarch. King Miles, but NOR.
understanding OF. the relations and
values of things. OF small sttcks, lone
playing cards, and i~rretrievably intur.
ed hoops. ,%.R
Carol cav, though. she did admit,
that Olaf was not only more beautis
ful thar her own dark child. but more.
gracious. Olaf was h Morse. c~hieftatri:.
straight, sunny-haired. arge-limbed.
resplendently amiable TO his subjects.
ugh was q vulgarian: busting
business It-was Hugh That
bounced and said: Let's play; Olaf
that opened luminous blue eyes and
agreed All right: in condeacend.ng
g~entleneas. X Hugh batted him-and
Hugh did bat him-Olaf was unaftaad
ne marched toward the house. while
Hugh bewailed his sin and the v
cloudfng of august favor.
The " friends played with an i'm
perial chariot which Miles had made
out OF a s~tarch-box and four red
spools; together they stuck switches
into a mouse-hole, with vast satisfac-
ton though entirely without known
results.
Bea. the chubby and humming Bea
.inlpartially gave cookies and seedlings
to both CHILDREN. and IL Carol refused
q cup Of coffee and a wafer OF butter
ed knaekbrod. she was desolated.
Miles had done well with his dairy.
He had six COWS, two hundred chict-
ens a cream separator. q Ford truck.
In he spring he had bull a two-room
addition to his shack. That illustrious
building was to Hugh q cArniyaI.
FUncie Miles did the most spectacular,
ui expected things: ran up the ladder;
stood IN the ridge-pole, waving 4
hammer and singing something about
stsIo,arySfassfn n cttizensss: naiIed sfinries
faetcra9htfi&nI Ab1t he ssiaS SCa9d; ii.yn;
aflxh6afI sTchtgls Ind fSgSd tRo-by-
III with HuSfIfttdins orGsare sid and
sofafasnStlaaso other. Dnciee Mics s.nsoSt
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-22

III The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use
or republication Of all news dispatches credited to it or moi
lherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub
rh,dH oro
The New York herald., 1921-05-22
SUSPECT CONSTABLE
OF NUMBERING -FOUR
Story of Son About Dead
Farmland May Send His
Father to GallOWs.
is NOW UNDER ARREST
Accused of Trying to Kill
His Wife; Police Seek
More Evidence.
AN OFFICIAL 25 YEARS
Expect to Prove He Set Fire to
Home Of Neighbors and Shot
Three to Death.
AN OFFICIAL 25 YEARS

Special Despatch TO THE New YORK HERALD.
MIDDLETowN, Conn, May 21.-Emil
Schultz. town constable in the town Of
Haddam for a quarter of century, Is
locked up here on a charge of at
tempting to murder his wife. While
that is the only specific charge against
him, it became known tonight that
the police are building up mass Of
evidence tending to connect him di-
rectly with four murders in the last
six years. One of the crimes. it is
said, was committed a month ago, the
farm. The man disappeared under
most mysterious circumstances.
1t is said that arson mas been mixed
into Schutte's alleged crimes. Three OF
the murders which the police are trying
to charge against him were committed.
it is said, after he had set fire to the
home of a neighbor, Joseph Ball. Ball,
his wife and an eighteen-year-ol boy
were shot to death as they tried to
escape.
The most recent OF the crimes of which
Schultz is suspected is the murder OF
Dennis lie Due. In this case the States
star witness, so the authorities assert,
is Schutte's own son, boy of 12 years.
Capt. Hurley of the State police to-
day examined this boy, together with
Schutte's wife and seven other sons.
The twelve-year-old lad, barefooted and
ragged and slow to comprehend what
his interrogators were driving at. finally
broke down and soDbed out a story of
what he saw when he looked through the
window OF an old mill near his home on
the day the farm hand disappeared
The boy said he saw lie Dues body
on bed. Up to Thursday lie Dues
bones lay charred In the centre of re-
Gently burned forest area on the ex-
oonstable's land. The evidence. say the
State police, indicates that Schultz MUIR,
The New York herald., 1921-05-22

dered his hired man on Sunday. April
"a. dragging his body 10 the woods that
night and attempting cremate II.
Capt. Hurley says that the child's in
quisitiveness led him to watch his fa-
ther closely after ha returned from the
woods that Sunday night. He had been
terrorized and beaten many times. it Is
sail but appar enly he risked further in
jury to crafty his desire TO follow up
the mystery of the farm hand The
things he saw as he peeked and spied
on his fatner. it Is said. may be enough
to send the father TO the gallows
The forest fire on the Schultz place
was extinguished by p. c. Arnold. fire
warden. and "A band OF his assistants.
Nothiig was seen of tho bones OF lie
Due. but last Thursday. after the boy
had related his story. Capt Hurley,
Sheriff Thompson and others went to
the scene and found the remains of a
mans body An axe was used to dis
member 1t, according to the police.
The New York herald., 1921-05-22
Smith Professor Poisoned Herself.

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. May 21.-The
certificate Of death Of Miss Mary NJ.
Hopkins, associate professor of astron-
omy at Smith College, which was filed
with the city clerk to-day BY Medical
Examiner Edward w. Brown, states
that Miss Hopkinss death was due to
poison taken with suicidal intent Miss
Hopkins died last Wednesday in hos
pital here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

-1I2. A third reading was then ordered
by a rising vote Of ,yes-l2S, n9-55.
house By the provisions of fS-65,) by
Senator Kingsley of Rutland, increasing
the appropriation for senatorial scholar
ships, the University of Vermont, Middle
bury college and Norwich university
would have larger scholarships from the
state The University OF Vermont
would have its appropriation increased
from 1920 to slO,S00, increasing each
scholarship from $50 to sl20; AIiddlebury
from $500 TO $500 with a similar in
crease in scholarships; and Norwich to
get an appropriation OF $4,000.
Other senate bills introduced by Sen
ator Kingsley were fS-70,l including un-
der provision Of the teacher retirement
fund persons employed in a teacher
training institution or schools conducted
under the directors of state institu-
tions and making other changes in the
law: also $3.50 providing apportion-
mcnt of senators to give the same num-
her as at present.