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celebration which could have been worked up would
have looked too transparently stacy and artificial. Most
Americans would have resented It as an attempt to pann-
boozle them. As a matter OF fact, they are not at all ex-
cited about what they clearly Perceive to be only q legal
recognition Of an admitted fact-that Is, tho cessation
OF hostilitiss. Any endeavor to represent this as q thrill
Ing. patriotic achievement they would have regarded a
the lowest form of buncornhe.
The people understand perfectly that the real work
Of making peace with Germany IL yet to be done. No
one Is more keenly aware Of this than the Washington
administration. It keeps on giving assurances from time
20 time that It has . peace program. The state depart
nnent is understood TO be working at 1t with all the in
dustry and Intelligence that the country ASSOCIATES with
its head. Secretary Hughes. The details are a. yet with
held. but the main general principle Is clearly revealed
1t is that Of the hearty cooperation with the Allies. Al
ready It is explained that nothing will be done distasteful
or embarrassing to them in pursuance Of the peace reso-
luton. II they want our troops to stay for a time on
the Rhine prtdgehead, the American force viii not be
withdrawn. Secretary Weeks states that he has taken
no steps to bring our soldiers home. Not till, France and
England are content to see them go will they be recalled.
New York Times.
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AT THE VILLA ROSE
A Thrilling Detective Story by A. E. ". MASON

What was that something? Riear-
DO asked himself. He looked once
more about the room. He did not
find his answer, but he caught sight
OF an ornament upon the wall which
drove the question from his mind.
The ornament, If 50, it could be
called, was a painted .tAmbourine
with a bunch Of bright ribbons tied
to the rim; and it was hung upon
the wall between the settee and the
fireplace at about the height Of a
mans head.
OF course, it might be no more
than it seemed to be-a rather gaudy
and vulgar toy, such as a woman like
Nine. Dauvray would be very likely
to choose in order to dress her walls,
But 1t swept Ricardo's thoughts back
Of a sudden to the concert hall at
bennington and the apparatus OF a.
~spiritualistic show. After all. he re-.
fected trturnphantly, Hanaud had
not noticed everything, and as he
made the reflection Hanaud's voice
broke In to corroborate hinX
). I'VE have seen everything here;
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SYNOPSIS.

Ricardo,"a wealthy widower Is at AK
les-Bains on one Of his frequent visits
He meets Wethermill, who is lucky at
gambling, and sees him with q girl
whom he calls "CeliA.o who is not so
lucky in her ventures. Celia's compan-
ion. Madame Douvray, a. wealthy wom-
an, who lives at the Villa Rose, is muir
dered and her famous Jewels are stolen.
Her maid is chloroformed. and left un-
conscious. Celia is no where to be found
when the murder is discovered.
Wethermill tries to interest the fa-
nous detective, Hanaud. who is at AK
on a vacation. in taking charge Of the
case, believing that Celia is innocent.
Hanaud tells the history Of Nine.
pauvay, who was superstitious and very
fond Of jewels Ricardo remembers that
he a seen Celia acting as a medium
IN a spiritualistic act about " years
before.
The chauffeur, servetaz, who was
away from AK. at the time OF the muir
der. tells that Mademoiselle Celia told
him to ask for a holiday, Ind said that
he might &C On Tuesday. which was the
day the murder was committed.
Shoe. OF MMe. Celia 1T the footprints
that are found outside o. the house.
Scraps Of paper found the davenport in
the room where the murder was com
m!tted, have significance, Hanaud be-
lieves. ' a-
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V-Comtnued.
A Letter from Celte.

The others oyer his shoulders
could see spaced words, written in
pencil, taking shape as a sentence
upon the card. Hanaud turned alb
ruptly in his seat toward Wether-
mill.
You have, no doubt,~a letter writ
ten by Mile. celie?"
Wethermill took his letter-caSe
from his pocket and a letter out Of
the a He hesitated for a mo-
ment as he glanced over what was
written. The four sheets were GOV
cred. He folded back the letter, so
that only the two inner sheets were
! visible, and handed it TO- Hanaud.
F, Hanaud compared it with the hand
writing upon the card.
Look" he said at length, and the
three men gathered behind him. On
the card the gummed fragments of
paper revealed a sentence:
"Je ne sails pas"
"I do not know said Ricardo;
now this is very important"
Beside the card Celia's letter to
Wethermill was laid.
asked. \
Besnard, the comnlissaire Of Po-
lice, bent over Hanaud's shoulder.
There are strong resemblanees,'
he said g~uarded1y.
Looking for Mysteries
Ricardo was on the lookout for
deep mysteries. Resemblance weru
not enough for him; they we're in
adequate to the artistic needs Of the
situation.
Both were written by the same
hand" he said definitely: "only in
the sentence written upon the card
the handwriting is carefully dis
guised."
ing forward again. Here Is an
ferences."
eyes. there ass differences" said
Hanaud. Look how long the up
stroke OF the ~ Is; how 1t waivers.
See how suddenly this y struggles
of, as though some emotion made
the hand shake. Yet this" and
touching Wetherrnill's letter he
Esra.!ed rueful1y. this Is where the
emotion should have affected the
pen" He looked up at Wetharm.ille
face and then said quietly:
"You have given US no opinion.
monsieur. Yet your opinion should
be the most valuable Of all. Were
these two papers written by the
same hand?"
i do not know, answered weth-
ernaAll.
"And 1, too" crted Hanaud, in a
sudden evaporation, "e ne sails pas.
/ do not know. It may be her hand
carelessly counterfetted. II may be
her hand disguised. It ma be sim
ply that, hi wrote IN . hurry with
her gloves on"
TT MAJ have been writtsn some
time ago said MI. Ricardo. en-
copraged BY his success 70 another
suggesion.
NE; that Is tbs one thing II could
not have been,,' said Hanaud. Look
round the room. Was there ever. a
room better tended? Find me- q lit
tie pile Of dust In any n corner #
you can! II y all as clean AZ q
plate. Every morning, except this
one morning, this room has been
swept and polished. The paper was
written and torn up yesterday"
He enclosed the card In an en-
velope as he ,spoke. and riacAd It In
his pocket Then he rose and crossed
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Conqueror." Fer personality is In
distinct contract to the beautiful Hall
ide Edib Hanunn, the writer and grad
nate OF the American Constantincple
College, who has been 40 active IL
xoSths iatArtar IN March, 1876. to es-
cape 3nprisonmsrt ~ the Allies,
Aishe Hanuxn ID q stern, dark wor
an 81 the snil. agsd 81, who ices Ms
tons and believes she - inspired BY
the Prophet. She ear d veil but
haS cat saades skirts. She carries q
rifle and when not at the front goes
through the villages accompanied BY
her 15yyeay-nld ron, urging the peAe-
ants 70 c~ontrthuts food and money
out the ener1y stranger from the
ho1reland
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NOT A CASE OF DOUBT.


In his charge to the jury in the Brinton case Judge
Nuessle gave the customary instruction that in order to
convict it would be necessary for the jurors to be con-
WINGED beyond a reasonable doubt Of the guilt Of the de-
tendant. He pointed out further that to convict It would
be necessary TO find that Brinton had done more than
merely misstate facts. He must have made his nnisstate-
ments knowing that they were false. II he made state
ments which In fact were untrue, yet himself believing
them to be true, he would be innocent of perjury.
Appropriate as such instruction was, and necessary.
doubtless, from the legal standpoint, the conditions were
such as to make it really unnecessary. Brinton either
told the truth or he lied, as Mr.. Towniey is said to have
urged one Of his former supporters to do, like a horse
thief. He was not mistaken--not a bit Of It. He knew
exactly what he was talking about. He knew Townley.
and Lenke, and the whole caboodle Of them. He had
worked with them and done business with them. He
had been a part OF their organization and knew all about
their plans and how they had been worked out
The jury might concetvably have found that Brinton
lied, but not that he was mistaken. AS a matter of fact
they declined to say that he had lied, and, according to
Attorney Weeks. they filed the charge of faleehood against
his accusers.
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AT THE END OF THE LINE.

European messages to the effect that Premier Len
in has put his friend and eolaborater, Trotzky, in Jail,
have been confirmed. according to word received in Wash
1ngton, and In the absence of detailed facts this must be
interpreted as meaning that the Soviet regime is about
to collapse 1t is true that this downfall has been FORE
cast on various other oceasions, and that the adnainistra-
ton continued to extst just as If no dire predictions had
been made, but this time there are 50 many other condt-
tions to take into consideration that they. in . measure,
tend to confirm the impression that organized communism
(if there is such &. hybrid) is about to retire from the
field.
1t has been clear from the very beginning that So
vietisrn was doomed to failure, for a regime which does
not rest upon the approval Of a majority OF the thinking
and working population Of a country cannot long persist
The doctrine preached by, the Soviet leaders has led to
nothing but ruin, industrial. economic and moral: and it
appears that only a fraction Of the city populations has
embraced it while the rural sections have felt hostile to-
ward the movement from its very inception. This has
been TIE principal handicap Of the Lenin-Trotzky reign.
Early In the year it was reported that the Moscow
government itself realized the utter tutiltty Of It's eeonom-
ic policy or, rather, the absence Of such 4 policy, and made
q number Of CONCESSIONS by which Russia was opened to
world trade and. in a certain degree, to private initiative.
For some reason or other, most countries held aloof and
declined to accept the proffered cooperation in COM
rerce. In a few instances, far-seeing statesmen and
economists in countries outside Russia realized that were
they to enter into definite relations with the Moscow
government. such a step would be tantanaourt to a rec
ignition in fact of the principles upon which the gov
eminent rests. So they refused.
r To describe accurately conditions in present-day Rus
sa is practically impossible for anyone outside that coun-
try, but It Is fair to Infer from what is known and cor
roborated that the blessings Of active communism have
been Of a decidedly negative nature.
The irr-rutab!e laws OF history teach the observer
that chaos cannot last forever, and also that the re-estab-
!ishnaent OF order is preceded by very definite signs. Some
Of these signs are visible In Russia now. Strife Is on be-
tween the two leaders of the nation: the government lacks
the confidence Of the people; everything is at a stand
sttl. Thus there can be no doubt that a radical change
is imminent and that Improvement will begin in a not
very remote future.
Incidentally, the example OF Russia carries the; mes
sage to happier countries that It does not pay to heed the
siren song Of extremists. II. leads straight to the end
Of the line where all hopes cease. and where utter dark
ness awaits those who have been beguned by the promises
and assurances Of ~self-styIed reforners.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-11
WOMAN LEADING
BRIGADE AGAINST
FORCES OF GREEKS

Ano0r4s Turkey. June 1b-(lEaiI1
Tmkish Joan 81 An. Aashs Han
~ hsa started i Wc1aan,s ftshtins
ExfS&de aea4nst the Greeks. Hsr or
S42ixna0ns caIleu the Eatn 5stgade..
ALREADY taken part IN Aettve
zl8tf4a8 ana she istconstAnt1y enroll,
1uF HeN recruits.
fSS9 IL the ftrrt time IN Turkish
G15E6fy that 4 woman h&E been 70
<31kkrtsy active. she has becr dub
6Q the people Of A~nAtolia. The
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CONVICTED By TIE JURY.

It was MI. Weeks, representing the state adnaintstra-
ton in charge Of the prosecution of ]. W. Brinton. who
declared to the twelve jurors who were to decide that case
that If they found Brinton not guilty they would by that
act convict Cathro, Le1nke and Frazier Of having testified
falsely.
And the jury, as promptly as was reasonably pos
sbly, acquitted Brinton.
The jury therefore convicted the governor, the at
torney general and the manager Of the Bank of North
Dakota. This is the conclusion to which Mr.. Weeks
pointed as the necessary and inevitable one.
League speakers and league papers, If any such
there be, please bear in mind that the issue was not stated
In that way by members of the I. v. A. or of the cham
her OF commerce, or the bankers association, or any 9TH
ers whe are engaged in fighting the league or who are
accused to so doing. 1t was the attorney for the prosecu-
ton who put It mp to the Jury in that way; and the jury
promptly handed it back.
The Jury that tried Rrinton was chooen il; accordance
WfEM the usual rules. Both plaintin and defendant had
oppoftrnity. TO pass on the qualifications Of every juror
selected. Both exercised tho rights that they possessed.
and both accepted the twelve men as satisfacory-fair
minded, Intelligent, conscientious. Those twelve men
listened through Some long hot days to, as empty a case
MS was ever brought into court by a prosecuting od1cer.
and there decision was, according to Mr.. Weeks, that the
governor, tho attorney general and the bank manager
had lied
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A. Natonalist soldiers, the uniform
Of the Kadin Brigade corresponds to
that Of It's leader.
Indirectly, Aishs Hanun is doing
as much as Halide Hanum TO enamel
pate the Turkish woman. When
she began her work, the Turkish
men, who dislike to have women In
terfers IN politics, tried to force her
70 return TO her farm. But, by the
courage born of her visions. Aishe
Hanunl has Continued until she is
rsccsuized AZ an aid TO the. Nationalist
cause.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-11

ENIDING THE WAR q O MAKLHG PEACE.
President Harding was well advised not to allow q
splmrge 70 b made oyer the stgnirg Of the joint resolution
III congress declaring at an end the state Of war with Ger
smany. There had been talk of getting up a tremendous
shurlabe1oo over the AFFAIR. The president was 70 offer
8psace3as = splendid Fourth % July present 70 the nation.
There vas to be fubilatng amid tears OF thankfulness-
mt Win great good sense Mr.. Harding put his veto on
HI t1is nonsense. He ~doubtess knew that any Kind Of
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sow THESTIES.

One Of the most Troublesome weeds found in the
nogthwest is the SOW thistle. It combines the bad features
It will Withstand the hardest winters, and neither flood
nor drouth has any terrors for 1t. Permitted to gain a
tfoothold In q field It speedily chokes out everything else,
and soon renders any planted crop not worth cutting.
Some OF the finest fields in the Red River Valley have
been rendered practically worthless TOR any present use
by the presence of this pest, and when once 1t has gained
possession the work Of graduating it Is almost like buy
ing the land over again.
The public authorities have wisely attempted to
check the spread Of this pest by prescribing penalties for
permitting it to 60 to seed, and there are some very care
fully arranged rules and regulations concerning its treat
lnent. Unfortunately, these rules are very frequently
violated, and carelessness by one person renders futile the
work OF eradication attempted by a whole community.
Complaint Is made by some farmers living in the Vi
entity OF Grand Forks that while they are doing all In
city property who permit this and other weeds to go to
seed on their lots. and when the proper time comes the
downy seed Of the thistle Is carried on the wings Of the
wind, not only to adjacent city property. but to the farma
for many miles around.
II any person in Grand Forks owns 80 much city
property that he cannot keep it free from noxious weeds,
at least to the extent Of preventing their going to seed
rro,aiscuous1y, In Justice to his neighbors he should rid
himself Of some of his loan, and pay better attention to
what is left. And II any resident refuses or neslects to do
this he should be brought to task under the noxious weed
lev.
This applies not only to the private owner, bnt to
the city as a whole. It is the business Of the city govern
ment to enforce the law relating to nozious weeds as
against all private property, and equally to b scrupu-
lousfy careful In keeping publicly owned lands, whether
streets and alleys or regularly surveyed lots, In such con-
diton that they do not menace the wel-being OF Others.
Let's have a little cooperation on this weed business.
let each citizen, whether IN city or country, accept his
share 81 the responsibility and do his best to keep his
own property clean. It Will pay the individual In the long
rnn, and whether it pays or not, It IL a duty that every
individual owes 10 cvsry other.
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'cHuRcH PEOPLE 70 MEET

KennsarA, July 1.-THE Minis
tertaI and Sunday school convention
OF the Church OF the Brethren viii be
held IN Ksnnaara, July IL to IL.
The Winslow mail., 1921-08-26
ADVERTISING NOT NECESSARY

A merchant in a nearby town told
a Mail reporter the other day that
there was no business anyawy, SO
why advertise? And that reminds
us of the hen who quit scratching
because there was scarcity of
worms It seemed to be bad year
fer WORMS: the hen didn't see any OF
the wriggling varmints trying to
make themselves an honest meal for
hungry chicken, and the hen soon
began to have the appearance of
rundown fowl. D
The owner noticed the rundown
appearance, caught the hen, killed
her ard threw the carcass to the
s'hawgs'-and the moral is this:
Don't let your business get that
rundown appearance or some of
you best customers might get It in
to their heads that you are ready
for the financial graveyard, and
pass you up like a pay-car passes
tramp"
Let's keep advertising.
The Winslow mail., 1921-08-26
A LONG FACE NEVER EARNED A
PENNY

And crouch never helped hu-
man being. You can afford a smile
even if you do not feel like it. A
smile does not cost anything, yet it
has business value. The chap
who ducks up smiling when every
body is pulling long faces is the
chap you want to do business with
T he crouch only begets grouches
and grouchers. Look out you are
not infected by the crouch His
poison is more dangerous than boil
shevism, mosquitoes and fake
"hootch" combined.
Smile when you mean il, and
smile when you don't, and keep
right on, with a cheerful mug It is
good business. It helps your diges-
ton And it makes you welcome
everywhere, advises Sugarman's In
djcatOr
The Winslow mail., 1921-08-26
MARKETING ROAD BONDS

A new departure in the marketing
of road district bonds has been
made by a group of Los Angeles
brokers and fnanciers who have
formed a company to handle these
securities. For many years the
road district plan has been recog-
nized as the most logical plan for
the contraction of farm-to-market
and community roads. The biggest
handicap has been the fact that the
bonds have been difficult to mark
et
Commenting on the organization
of the company and the plan in gen
eral, Chaplin Hall, Financial Editor
of the Los Angels Times, says:
There must always be the main
arteries Of travel built and main
tanned by the State, but more and
more the individual needs of the
seperate communities are being met
by the road district plan, which ap-
pears to be the scientific and log
ical method Of getting what is want
ed when it is wanted
Under this arrangement, a, road
district is set up on proper repre-
sentation to the supervisors of the
county, public hearing is held, diff
ferences adjudicated and adjusted
and assessments levied The legal
ity of such assessments has been
fully approved by the courts and has
the o. K Of the leading legal bond
experts of the country The bonds
are in every particular Just as good
as school bonds or any other recog-
nized financial obligation of the
county, have the same exemptions,
and are backed by the full taxing
strength, assessed, levied and col
lected in the same manner as other
taxes
For the purpose of financing and
specializing in these new road i'm
provement bonds there has been
formed in Los Angeles the District
Bonding Company, an organization
of wellknown. business men to
whom the possibilities of this almost
virgin field of financing made
strong appeal.
"This company has an authorized
capital of s2500OO, of which S2O7, 700
was issued and fully paid on July 1.
In it's announcement the company
states it's purpose to deal in munic-
ipal securities and to specialize in
California road Improvement dis
trict bonds In our opinion, they
say, the building of paved roads for
commercial purposes is one of the
most important factors in the eco
nomic development of the State.
''The company already has a num-
ber of attractive issues in maturi-
ties of from one to twelve years,
and from to 61a per cent, accord
ing to the life of the bond, and 9TH
er important issues are under con-
temptation Every item of the pro
posed road is closely investigated
and in addition to the perfect legal
security insistence is made upon the
permanent character Of the i'm
provement, which must be primarily
for commercial development
One of the first offerings of the
company was an issue of Kern
County Road Improvement District
No. IA bonds exempt from all taxes
in California and certified as legal
investment for savings banks in Cal
The Winslow mail., 1921-08-26
LEADER HAS NEW EDITORS

The Northern Arizona Leader at
Flagstaff has been taken over by
George Connolly and Charles Thorn
as who will hereafter look after the
welfare of Flagstaff thr'nF', its
columns. The roster of Leader ed
itors is long May the new manage
ment prosper.
The Winslow mail., 1921-08-26

ifornia. The bonds are fully ap-
proved and mature at the rate of
$4,000 per year from 1922 to 1888,
priced to net from 51a to per cent,
according to maturity.
The Winslow mail., 1921-08-26

Get your Want Ads in before noon
Thursday or they will be too late.
The Winslow mail., 1921-08-26
THE POWER OF
SUGGESTION

Has been responsible made many suicides and has also caused
happy marriages. 1t works any you work. natural to
believe that will bring results to the advertiser
You might suggest any the have for SALE and whether be
merchant professional man. farmer stock we'd suggest that ad
vete In this paper
The Winslow mail., 1921-08-26

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The Winslow mail., 1921-08-26

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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-12-29
RECEIVERSHP ASKED
FOR XII KLUX klAN



ATLANTA. Ga. Dec. H.--liearinR
on petition - ia hounfide members
a ~. ku Klux Khan that u be- thrown
into rcce.v.rship ana mat Edward
young Clarke and Mr. Elizabeth Tyler
t0n Of rs officers. ho removed wa
s.t today for January p before Judge
Iohn C. P,ndi"tun IN superior court
mere
Iidg. P.UdlD'0n granted temporary
order restraining the organization uum
dispaslur 81 any &C ~ property on dis
turbiur aus money except for ordinary
cxpcns.s. which must not includ" sal
at.es 81 officers. pending the hearing
slgn.rs 81 a.. petition included -four
grand eolllu4 recently depus'd h} order
~ William Joseph simmons. Imperial
wizard. and fDI and against whom Fn.
r,nus suits have recently been uled.
They are Harry H. Terrell, LLOYD y
Hoop.r. y ". Akin and !. \. Padun
Dr.. an N whom had been representing
the khan in northern states. The tenn
parnry order stipulated the Khan should
take no further steps against them
pending the hearing.