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South Bend news-times., 1922-08-25
English Golf Stars to Play
OUer INDIANAPOLIS Course

INDIANAPOLIS. Aug 24.-Hoos-
Ter golfers Will have another oppor-
tunity to see British star golfers in
action when J. II. Taylor, five times
the British open champion and
Sandy Herd, another English star,
play 36 holes Of golf in an exhibi-
ton match at the Indianapolis
Country club course on Saturday,
Aug. %. Opponents for the two
British stars have not been selected
yet but IL is known they viii be a
couple of the best amateur players
and two of the best professionals
the HOOsier state can produce to
play against the foreign. stars. The
Country club course is one Of the
most picturesque to play in the
country with its hills and wide ra-
vines and 1t viii be a test for the
English golfers TO break the course
record.
South Bend news-times., 1922-08-25

angry, and then are turned out OF
their cages. The ring" IS soon a
busy place as the two crickets rush
az each other with blood IN their
eyes" The Javanese natives gather
about the battling crickets and ex-
citedly bet large SUMS OF money on
the small creatures
The victory Is decided when one
OF the little combatants IS thrown
or acknowledge ges defeat BY running
away Sometimes one sinks 20 the
mat exhausted
The fight IS followed by a great
feast in honor OF the winning cricket
and his trainer.
South Bend news-times., 1922-08-25
Failed to Mourn, NOiU
Faces Murder Charge

Maude Heck Cushing Storric;S.
formerly Of Dowagiac. today faces u
murder charge in connection with
the mysterious death in Dowagiac
last December Of her first husband,
Claude Gushing.
Analysis of the body OF Gushing
was made after relatives demanded
il be exhumed. Quantities of bi-
choloride were discovered
Mrs. Storrick was arrested at hor
home IN Kalamazoo and arraigned
South Bend news-times., 1922-08-25
INDIANA WOMEN TRY
ON CROWN JEWELS,
TOO HEAVY, SAID
Tire Of Parade of Half Billion
DoAars Worth Of Rus
sian Treasures.

WINCHESTER. Aug 2a.--Two
Indiana women watched a parade Of
$500. .O00.000 worth o. gems and
Jewels and grew tired
They tried on regal Russian
crowns and said they were too
heavy.
They welded the imperial scep-
tire whose ornaments was the mag
nafcaut diamond known as the Oriov
OF Orlon the largest ard most val
liable eztant
The treasurer Of the banished
house of Romano6 passed in review
before Ars. James u. Goodrich. wife
gf Indlana's former governor, and
1Ess Marie Moorman. both of wnom
live here. The women accompanied
ex-governor Goodrich on a Russian
relief mission 90 Moscow.
II looked until my eyes ached."
Miss NoOr1nan declared
Wears $1,000. 900 Crown.
Mrs Goodrich wore crown
worth S400O,OOc which had be-
longed To Empress Elizabeth. Miss
Moorman tried on two valued at
$4.OOO.000 each.
Governor, inquired a bolshevtk
Official one day. how would you and
the ladies like 10 see the crown
jewels2''
The governor remarked he didn't
want 10 See Mrs Goodrich become
accustomed 20 wearing 100000
hats but the party accompanied the
bolshevik CmsiaI 20 "a building not
identified by s.reet and number.
They went up three flights Of
stairs and were greeted by another
soviet official They sat down and
two big Red Guards came through
a door bearing a box. The I'D was
thrown back.
The great dome shaped crown OF
Peter the Great and all succeeding
Cars was hfted out while eleven
stalwart Red Guards stationed
around the room looked on. There
were diamond crosses, jeweIcd scep-
.res, pearl necklaces and other
royal toys.
See Entire Collection.
Then the door opened again and
two more soldiers labored through
with another box and so on until the
American guests had seen the half
billion dollar collection which the
ROmanohs wore or kept in their
vaults for centuries
The crown OF Catherine II be-
dizened with 1850 diamonds and one
enormous ruby. a diamond weighing
la karats. about the sizes OF an egg
the crown OF Frimca. tho crown OF
Vladimir MonoDarchuS who reigEed
in the year 1113 and other heirlOOms
passed before the eyes and were laid
on a table for their inspection.
All collected through the ages
from various czartoms into the i'm.
pela1 treasury adjoining the palace
Of the Kremhn finally TO fan into
the hands Of butchers. bakers and
CaudleStiCk makers as they rose tC
power with the death Of Nicholas
Romanon and the banishment OF
his family.
Value DwindIes-
Ex-Governor and Mrs. Goodrich
and Miss Moorman feasted their
eyes for a while but the value oil
the lot dwindled in tEeir eyes a,
they saw so many.
Finally The show ended All tn,
boxes had been brought up. Tn,
table was piled high. The Ameri
cans left
Later the ex-governor discovered
South Bend news-times., 1922-08-25
Captain and Mrs. Cordier
Home From School Reunion

Capt. OF Police and Mrs. william
n Cordier have returned from a
reunion at Liberty Mills. Wabash
county. Ind, where loo former at
ten6ants Of the district school Wed
nesday gathered on the site Of their
early school days. The site has hal
three different school buildings in
the past 20 Years The honorary
attendant was Sam McCutcheon,
now living in the West. Who taught
the Three RS so years ago at LIB
South Bend news-times., 1922-08-25
France accepts More to
End TurcO-GFeek Vars

PARIS. Aug 24-CBy i. y. So
A definite move TO end the war be-
tween the Greeks and Turkish na-
t,onaHsts in the near east was made
today when France sent a note to
London accepting the British pro-
pCsal for a Turco-Greek peace con-
ference IN Italy.
South Bend news-times., 1922-08-25

the Joker" in the invitation. The
Russian government-Len and
Trotsky-were said to be planning
to pawn the regal splendors in
America for what they would bring
in order 10 obtain money with
which TO operate the government.
South Bend news-times., 1922-08-25

here and bound over to the Circuit
court.
Allegations that Mrs. Storrick
showed no visible grief over her first
husbands death led TO her arres,
and the exhumation of Cushing's
body.
South Bend news-times., 1922-08-25
Ho, THERE. FREE BAND

Saturday evening, 8 p. m. La
Sale and limerick, come one.
Come All. AdVt.-238.
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it-this reminder Of a tragedy of a
quarter Of a century agone. Their
lips refused to utter the words that
strove to travel past them; they were
two men dumb, dumb through q dis
covery which they had forced them
selves to face, through a fact which
they hoped against, each more or less
silently, yet felt sure must, sooner or
later, come before them. And now it
was here.
And this was the reason that TWEEN
ty years before, Thornton Fairchild,
white, grim, had sought the aid Of
Harry and Of Mother Howard. This
was the reason that a woman had
played the part of a man, to all
appearances only one of three disap-
pointed miners seeking a new field.
And yet
II know what you're thinking" II
was Harry's voice, strangely hoarse
and weak. "I'm thinking the same
thing. But 1t mustn't be. Dead men
don't always mean they've died-in a
wye TO cast reflections on the man
that was with 'em. Do you get what
| mean? You've said" and he looked
hard into the cramped. suffering face
of Robert Fairchild- that you were
going to 'old your father innocent.
So IN /. We don't know, Boy, what
went on ere. And we've got to 'ope
for the best"
Thnn Uhi1n Enfrphs1I ntanl .,oAsor
less and silent, the big Cornishman
forced himself forward, to stoop by
the side Of the heap of bones which
once had represented q man, to touch
gingerly the clothing, and then to
bend nearer and hold his carbide close
to some object which Fairchild could
not see. At last he rose and with old,
white features, approached his part
ner.
THE appearances are against u.s."
came quietly. There's a ole in rs
skull that a jury'll say was made by
a single jack. tn seem like some
one 'ad killed i'm, and then caved in
the mine with a box of powder. But
'e's gone, Boy-your father-I mean.
'E can't defend 'imself. We've got to
take is part"
Maybe" Fairchild was grasping
at the final straw-"maybe it's not
the person we believe it to be at all.
1t might be somebody else-who had
come in here and set off a charge Of
powder by accident and"
But the shaking of Harry's head
stifed the ~momentary ray of hope.
mo. l looked. There was q watch
all covered with mold and widowed.
| prled 1t open. It's got Larsen's
name inside !"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-12-29
By Courtney RYleq Cooper
Copyright BY Little. Brown q Co.


SYNOPSIS-At Thornton Fair
child's death his SON Robert learns
there has been a dark period In
his fathers life which for almost
thirty years has caused him suffer-
ing. The secret is limited at I'm a
document left by the elder Fair
child, which also informs Robert
ne is now owner OF a mining claim
In Colorado, and advising him
to see Henry Beamish, a lawyer.
Beamish tells Robert his claim. a
silver mine, is at Ohadi, thirty
eight miles from Denver. lie also
warns him against a certain man,
"Squint" Rodaine, his fathers en-
envy. Robert decides to go to Ohadi.
On the road to Ohadi from Denver
Fairchild assists a girl apparently
I'm a frenzy OF haste, to change a
tire on her auto. When she has
left, the sheriff and a posse appear,
I'm pursuit OF a bandit. Fairchild,
bewildered. misleads them as TO the
direction the girl had taken At
Ohadi Fairchild is warmly greeted
by Mother Howard. boarding
house keeper. for his fathers sake.
From Mother Howard Fairchild
learns something OF the mystery
connected with the disappearance
of "Slssie' Larsen, his fathers CO.
worker I'm the mine. He meets the
girl ne had assisted, but she denies
her identity. She ~ Anita Rich
mond, Judge Richmond's daughter.
Visiting his claim, Fairchild Is
Swallowed by n man he recognizes
from descriptions as 'Squint" Ro-
dame. Back In Ohadi, his fathers
old friend, Harry Harkins, n Cor
nishman. summoned from England
by Beamish TO help Fairchil6.
halls him with JOY, The pair find
the mine flooded and have not sufH-
cient funds 10 have St pumped dry.
Later in the day ''squint' Rodaine
that he practically saw
Harkins fall jEso the flooded mine,
and evidently In drowned. Harkins
being a general favorite, the entire
population turns out to clear the
fioodeI mine. When the work Is
practically done, Harry appears.
II had been a shrewd trick, and
the men take II as a good joke.
Fairchild learns that Judge Rich
mond is dying. and that he and
Anita are In the power OF the Ro-
DANES. They begin, as partners,
TO work the mine. In their hearts
both fear Larsen was killed by
Thornton FairchiId and his body
buried by a cave-in which destroyed
the mine. At the "Old Times Ball"
Fairchlld dances with Anita, to the
discontinue OF Maurice Rodaine.
son of 'Squint." supposed to be
engaged TO the girl. A bandit holds
up the dance and shoots a merry
maker, Maurice Rodaine claims he
recognized the bandit as Harkins.
The latter is arrested. F%airchild
interferes TO save Anita from the
bullying OF the two R~odaines, and
Is mystified at Anita's apparent
ingratitude. Fairchild puts up the
claim as bond, and u Harry's
release from jail. They are offered
5000 for the claim, by an unknown
party. but agree to disregard IL.
Clearing the mine. they come TO
where they fear to find Larsen's
remains.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-12-29
Merchant Now Eats
Anything on
Table

by the help Of Tanlac / have over
come a case Of nervous Indigestion I
had suffered from for ten or twelve
years." is the emphatic statement of
Norman w. Brown, well-known wall
paper and paint dealer, of 213 n.
Cedar ST., Charlotte, n. G.
my stomach was always out of fix
and everything disagreed with me. L
was troubled with heartburn and dizzi-
ness, and at times there was IL pres
sure of gas around my heart hat al
most cut off my breath.
"Since taking Tanlac my digestion
is fine. My appetite is a wonder and
l eat just anything l want. In fact,
my stomach acts and feels just like a
new n and my nerves are a steady
as a die. To put ii all in a few words.
l am just the same as a new man.
It's q pleasure for me to tell my
friends about Tanlac."
Tanlac Is sold by all good druggists.
Advertisement.
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The New Venice.

Any mOdernization of Venice would
be a profanity, yet we cannot wonder
that this city with its glorious mari
time traditions longs TO become a
world port once more. How to accom-
plish this without mavring the beauty
of the remarkable aquatic city was a
problem. This danger has been hap
PLY averted by a wise governmental
policy. Trade is TO be diverted away
from the city itself to a great new har-
Dor. and industrial centers now be-
ing built upon the mainland at Marg-
hera and MeStre. These points are
connected with the sea by a new ship
canal dredged across the lagoons in
continuation Of the Guidecca CANAL
Scientific American.
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was a determination to fight for that
innocence as long as 1t was humanity
possible. But gossip told what he. did
not.
There were those who remem-
bered the departure Of Thornton Fair
child from Ohadi. There were others
who recollected perfectly that In the
center Of the rig was a man, appar-
emily "Sissie" Larsen. And they asked
questions. They cornered Harry, they
shot their queries at him n after
another. But Harry was adamant.
II amt got anything TO sye! And
there's an end to It'll"
Late that night, as they were IN
gagged at their usual occupation OF re-
lating the varied happenings Of the
day to Mother Howard, there came a
knock at the door. Instinctively, Fair
child bent toward her:
Your names out Of thls-as long
as possible"
She smiled in her mothering, know
ing way. Then she opened the door,
there to find a deputy from the
sheriffs Office.
They've impeneled 2 jury Up at the
courthouse" he announced. "The
coroner wants Mr.. Fairchild and Mr..
Harkins to come up there and tell
what they know about this here skele-
ton they found"
1t vas the expected. The two men
went forth, TO find the street about
the courthouse thronged, for already
the news of the finding Of the skele-
ton had Travelled far, even into the
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-12-29

little mining camps which skirted the
town. Everywhere were black crowds
under the faint street lamps. Tie
basement Of the courthouse was illu-
minated; and there were clusters of
curious persons about the Stairways.
Through the throngs started Harry
and Fairchild, only 70 be drawn aside
by Farrell, the attorney.
I'm not going to take a part in
this unless / have to-" he told them.
ut will look better for you If it isn't
necessary for me TO make an appear
ice How do you know but what
Thornton Fairchild was attacked by
this man and forced to kill in self-de-
tense? It's a p%enitentiary offense for
a man to strike another, without suf-
ficient justification, beneath ground.
And had Sissie Larsen even so much
as slapped Thornton Fairchild, that
man would have been perfectly justi-
fed in killing him to protect himself.
Guide yourselves accordingly-and l
will be there only as a spectator, un-
less events should necessitate some
thing else"
They promised and went on, some
what calmer in mind, to edge their
way to the steps and to enter the
basement Of the courthouse. The
coroner and his jury, composed of six
miners picked up haphazard along the
understanding to the custom of
nnrnnn~C In onnrol-v unr0 olraoIvy
present. So was every person who
possibly could cram through the doors
Of the big room. To them all Fair
child paid little attention-all but
three.
They were on a back seat In the
long courtroom-Squint Rodaine and
his son, chalkier, yet blacker than
ever, while between them sat an old
woman with white hair which strag-
gled about her cheeks, a woman with
deep-set eyes, whose hands wandered
now and then vaguely before her; a
wrlnkled woman. fidgeting about on
her seat. watching with Grained neck
those who stuffed their way within
the already crammed room, her eyes
never still, her lips moving constant
ly, as though mumbling some never
ending rote. Fairchild stared at her,
then turned to Harry.
"Who's that with the Rodaines?"
Harry looked furtively. Crazy
Laura-his wife"
But"
"And she amt ere for anything
goodl" Harry's voice bore a tone OF
nervousness. "SQuint Rodaine don't
even recognize 'er IN the street-much
less appear in company with 'er.
Something's 'appening"
"But what could she testify to-"
SOW should l know" Harry said
1t almost p~etulantly. II didn't even
know She"
"Oyez. oyer, oyezw 1t was the
bailiff. using a regular district-court
introduction Of the fact that an, In
| quest was about to be held. The crowd
| ed room sighed and settled. The c0ro-
| ner stepped forward.
"We are gathered here tonight to
: inquire into the death Of a man sup,
| posed to be l.. A. Larsen, commonly
| called 'Sissie,' whose skeleton was
| found today I'm the Blue Poppy mine.
| AS sworn and true members Of the
~coroner's jury. l charge and command
! you In the great name Of the sovereign
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-12-29
CHAPTER xi

They started forward then, making
their way through the slime. AMI silt
Of the drift flooring, slippery and wet
from years Of flooding. On-on-they
stopped.
Progress had become impossible. Be-
fore them, twisted and torn and piled
about in muddy confusion, the tim
hers Of the mine suddenly showed In
a perfect barrIcade, supplanted from
behind by piles Of muck and rocky
refuse which left no opening to the
chamber of the stope beyond. Har-
rvs carbide went high In the air, and
he slid forward, to stand a moment
In thought before the obstacle. At
place ATE. place he surveyed 1t, finally
e. turn with a shrug of his shoulders.
'It's going TO mean more'n q month
of the 'ardest kind Of work, Boy" came
his anal announcement SOW It could
ave caved in like thar Is more than
/ know. I'm sure we timbered Il
good"
! There was only n thing TO do
tl,.. back. Fifteen minutes more and
they were on the surface, making
their plans; projects which entailed
w~rk from morning until night for
many a day to come. Harry reached
for a new ak and indicated another.
"We'll cut ties first" he announced.
And thus began the weeks of effort,
weeks in which they worked with
: Grade appliances: weeks In which they
dpgSed the heavy stulls and other
timhers into the tunnel and then low
cred them down the shaft to the drift,
two hundred feet below, only to follow
them In their counterbalanced bucket
ard laboriousIy pile them along the
Sides OF the drift, there to await use
later On. Weeks in which they worked
In mud and slime. as they shoveled
out the muck and with their CAD hooks
tore down loose portions of the hang
ing wall to form a roadbed for their
new tram.
Ii was a slow. CALLING progress, but
they Kept at it. Gradually the tram
lire began to take shape, pieced to
BStlcE hOu Oiu poitiOno VI the tTdCN
which still lay In the drift and supple
mcnted by others bought cheaply at
that graveyard Of miners h~opes-thc
junk yard In Ohadi. At last it was
finished: the work Of moving the heavy
timhcrs became easier now as they
were shunted onto the small tran
truck from which the body had been
~disnmntled and trundled along the
rails 10 the cave-in. there to be piled
IN readiness for their use. And final
U
a pick Swung In the air. to give
firth y chunky, xnacking sound, as II
struck water-sofiered. spongy wood
The attack against the cave-in had be,
gun. a faot Mt a time they tore away
the old broken. s%piinsered timbers and
chi tw-ky refuse which lay piled be.
hind en.h sltivered beam {; only to stop
carry away the muck. anc then rebuild
Cold md dam. In the air Of the
sunre, they Iabored. hut there was a
1oy ~ I ats Down here Dsy could
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-12-29
Chopin's Ashes.

The removal Of the ashes of Chopin
from Pere Lachaise cemetery to the
church in Warsaw where his heart is
preserved. which has recently been pro-
posed, will not be accomplished with
out protest from the French admirers
OF the omposer, Chopin, who was
born OF n French father and q Polish
mother. passed the greater part Of his
life In Paris, where he composed his
greatest works. When he left Poland
after h revolution In 1880 his COM
patriots presented him with q silver
vase filled with Polish soil, and this
was scattered on the coffin when he
was buried In 1S40.-Paris correspond.
ence London Times.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-12-29
CHAPTER XII.

Again there was a long moment of
silence, while Harry stood paving at
his mustache and while Robert Fair
child sought to summon the strength
to do the thing which was before him.
All the sOddenness Of the old days
had come back to him. ghosts which
would not be driven away memories
of a time when he was the %grubbing,
though willing slave Of a victim OF
fear-Of q man whose life had been
wrecked through terror of the day
when intruders would break their way
through the debris, and when the dis
covery would be made. And it had
remained for Robert Fairchild, the
son, to find the hidden secret, for him
TO come upon the thing which had
caused the agony of nearly thirty
years Of suffering, for him to face the
alternative Of again placing that grue-
some find into hiding, or to square his
shoulders before the world and take
the consequences.
There was no time to lose In making
his decision. Beside him stood Harry,
silent, morose. Before him-Fair-
child closed his eyes in an attempt to
shut out the sight Of It. But still 1t
was there, the crumpled heap of tat
tered clothing and human remains,
the awry, heavy shoes still shielding
the fieshless bones of the feet. He
turned blindly, his hands cropping be-
fore him.
Harry" he called, Harry! Get
me out Of here-I-can't stand IT."
wordlessly the big man came to his
side. Wordlessly they made the trip
back to the hole In the cave-in and
then followed the trail Of new-laid
track to the shaft. Up-up-the trip
seemed endless as they jerked and
pulled on the weighted rope, that
their shaft bucket might travel to the
surface. Then, at the mouth Of the
tunnel, Robert Fairchild stood for a
long time staring out over the soft
hills and the radiance Of the snowy
range, far away. It gave him a new
strength, a new determination. His
eyes frightened with resolution. Then
he turned to the faithful Harry, wait
ing in the background.
There's no use trying to evade any
thing, Harry. We've got to face the
music. Will you go with me to notify
the coroner-or would you rather stay
hereg"
"IIl 60"
Silently they trudged into town and
to the little undertaking shop which
also served as the office of the coro-
ner. They made their report, then ac-
companied the officer, together with
the sheriff, back to the mine and into
the drift. There once more they
clambered through the hole in the
cave-ln and on toward the beginning
Of the stope. And there they pointed
out their discovery.
A wait for the remainder of that
day-a day that seemed ages long. a
day in which Robert Fairchild found
| himself facing the editor Of the Bugle.
, and telling his story. Harry beside
| him. But he told only what he had
| found. nothing Of the past, nothing Of
| the white-haired mar who had waited
by the window. cringing at the slight
est sound on the old, yine-clad veran-
| da. nothing of the letter which he hs
found in the dusty safe. Nothing was
asked regarding that; nothing could
be gained by telling II. In the heart
| of Robert Fairchild was the convic-
ton that somehow, some way. his IA
| Their was innocent. and In his brain