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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-09
LONDON Is STIRRED
BY REVELATIONS In
INSURANCE FAILURE
Chairman Flees To Paris IN
Airplane When Crash Be-
comes Certain.

~ Associated Press
LONDON. April g. ~ Revelations
concerning the recent disastrous
failure OF the city Equitable FIRE
Insurance Co. whose chairman,
Gerald Bevan. disappeared on an
a.rplane for Paris when the bank
ruptcy was announced. have stirred
London financial circles deeply The
vital point OF interest Is the alleged
responsibility OF the company's di-
rerfors
Illumination was thrown upon the
EQuitahle's affairs at a meeting OF
the creditors and share-hoIders,
where the official receiver made ac-
cusatons OF al least negligence
against the directors. and one d.
rector confirmed the receivers cen
sures.
Apparently = was the old story Of
trusting To one man. considered
business genius. all the power Of
the concern-pOwer which it is ex-
plalned he used for financial jug
glery on a large scale The receiver
told the creditors that the financial
committee or directors allowed itself
70 become a machine for the regis
tratlon OF Chairman Bevan's de-
crees. Director Nfiuigan told the
meeting that when the revelations
began in January. Eve found 90 our
amazemeut and our profound regret
that we had been dured and misled
and that a considerable part OF the
assets OF the company had disap-
peaTed-
Last November the Equitable com
pany paid a six months dividend Of
Al percent on preferred shares and
IS percent on common stock In
January 10 applied for a receiver.
According 20 the receivers state
ment. the stock broking firm in
which Bevan was a partner. owes
the Equitable $4,000 pounds for
which there is small security The
sum OF 100000 pounds had been in
vest ed I'm Brazilian ranches. Of
which little was known and the di-
rectors had loaned Cen. Mgr. Man
sell 10000. The stockholders were
anxious 20 know whether the direc-
tors We're not responsible for the
firms losses. TO which the receiver
replied that 10 was difficult 10 en-
force responsibility for negligence
unless they prohted by their ac-
tons
Among the directors are the Earl
Of March and Sir Henry GraysOn,
both OF whom We're for some time
absent from England on military
service. Lord Ribblesdale. an aged
peer. who married the widow OF Col
John Jacob Aston. also is one OF the
directors. The Daily Mail has plac-
arded the European contne with
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-09

One spark set Moscow on FIRE.
For rotten goods blind buyer.
First investigate and then con.
denim.
Many are called but few are
chosen.
There IS no rule without an ex
ception.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-09

Snsrling ours are never free from
sore ears
Let there be only mud. and the
devil viii not fail
a husband Il father OF his wife. a
wife r. the crown OF her husband
Money begets money.
Necessity knows no laws
Even a dog remembers old favors
To make a virtue OF a necessity.
The most learned are likely 70 err
A great guest is always a dear
guest
Dogs bark and the wind carries Il
away.
The rAor sing songs while the rich
only listen.
The hungry man has only bread on
his mind
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-09

an offer 81 5000 francs FOR infor-
nation leadin gto Bevan's arrest.
Although Bevan was reported 20 ne
.n Belgium last week. he has not
yet been discovered
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-09
WHERE DOES THE EASTER
RABBIT COME FROM?

Ask Adam Beehler. the Florist.
Call Main 1899 or Lincoln $3.50. 90
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

the feature picture fer the last half
of the week. Miss Lee is supported
by VIII Rogers and patrons are IN
for some picture" with such a star
in support. VIII Rogers takes the
part of an cid professor and is the
only man in the film colony who could
play the part as he has.
Added-for evenings only-the
Washburn college glee club quartet
will sing three or four of their favor
tie numbers. Most of the people in
Topeka know these boys and it will be
treat to see your own friends behind
the footlights. They all have good
voices and for the benefit of those
that have never heard them the writ
err will venture to say that you will
hear singing such as you have not
heard in q long time.
The members of the quartet are:
William Neiswanger. Theodore Roth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

} mans work in a mans world. fur
nishes the theme of Two Kinds of
Women" in which Pauline Frederick
will be seen next week at the Grand
theater.
Pauline Frederick needs no intro
duction to Topeka theater-gOers any
more than to thea ter-goers in any
other town whe- there is a cinema.
But in Two Kinds of Women" she
has a vehicle for the display of two
widely varying. both delightful sets
OF qualifications
The double-barrcl success. Two
Kinds of Women" is enhanced by one
Of the livese vaudeville bills of the
season. at the Grand. The fun Nov
city program is still running there in
addition to the regularly booked pic
lures pending repairs at the Novelty
building.
\ comedy playlet. Behave Your
self" features the bill for the first
half of the week. Behave yourself
is written by Lula Merrick jerome
Merrick leads the company as the
husband Della Naun. tie wife. with
mysterious cou- sellor. complete a
various other attra ctions are con-
densed into the playlet.
Wilfred Du Bots "Jongleur Su-
perbe." Gf your estaminet French is
forgotten already. come and see what
q 'Jongleur isl: Georgia Howard.
dancing violiniste. late of the Zieg-
field Roof Garden; Hayden. Goodwin
and Rowe. The Jazzomaniacs," and
the four Novelty PierrOts. complete
the bill. which. is second TO none ap-
pearing this sc-Son.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

MANY leading musicians We're in
the audience tThe Heffetz debut in
New York, October 81, 1870 Mischa
Elman sal in a box with Leopold God
owsky. After the first number and
the audience had responded wit great
applause Mr.. Elman turned to his
companion.
ITS rather warm" he said. wiping
his forehead
For violinists. perhaps" Mr..
Godowsky answered, but not for
pianists"
The quotation is verbatim from the
Now York Herald of Sunday. Octo-
Der IS. 1917, where 1T occurred at the
end of the critics review of the Heif-
etz debut. The anecdote has been
credited to almost every musician, not
a violinist. in the country, but since
it had its first appearance in the New
probably is correct And it should not
be understood that AIischa is not a
good violinisti Far from it
Was Refugee From Revolutionists-
Heifetz's appearance -1arch 3 as
the last number of the Topeka con-
cert series makes interesting a review
of the impressions he made in the
1917 debut He came to New York
after a dramatic flight from Russia
thru Siberia. Manchuria, and China TO
San Francisco. He. and the other
members of his family landed in San
Francisco without baggage, and with
practically nothing else. The revolu-
tionists had taken all
So it was a great satisfaction for the
amily to read in their Sunday paper
a paragraph like this, also from the
Herald:
AT the first few bars OF VitaIfs
Cha conneh, with which the program
began. the audience seemed TO sense
a rising star There is nothing that
moves a habitual cOncertgoer as does
the discovery If new talent The first
hearing of a new genius brings a joy
not TO be equalled by the performance
of a similar idol"
And another like this in the New
York American n: (by Max Smith)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

Comparisons are often very odious.
but the writer for the American does
not hesitate to assert that in all his
experience he has never heard any
violinist approach as close to the
Hottest standards of absolute perfec-
ton as did Jascha Heifetz yesterday.
1t was an occa sion not soon to be for
gotten, this sweeping triumph of a
boy who, without pose or affectation-
cast a spell of utter amazement over
every professional listener"
Perfect Violin Paying
And this from Sigmund Spaeth. I'M
der this significant heading: Per
feet violin playing at last-A novelty
lesser lights
''Superlatives do not flow easily
from the pens of reviewers Extrava-
CANT eulogy can scarcely be habitual
with anyone who, for even a few sea-
sons. has observed the music of New
York and has realized how much of it
is good without being great, and how
much of it pretends to greatness with
out even being good. Therefore, when
Jascha Heifetz is called the perfect
violinist, the lords are used advisedly.
and by no means in the first flush of
hysterical enthusiasm.
1T has always seemed to the writer
that it ought to be possible t. play
the violin with every note clear and
in tune, with a correct rhythm in fast
as well as slow passages. and with a
pure musical tone, neither scratchy
nor shaky. neither lifeless nor maud
lin Jascha Heifetz plays the violin
as it should be played. as every serious
violinist must dream of playing it,
Spaeth writes for the New York
Mail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

At the isis.
a story of richness and beautiful
clothing. stupendous sets and pretty
women. is Back Pay to be seen at
the Isis all next week. starring Seena
owen and Matt Moore. In several of
the scenes Miss owen wears wrap
that is valued at $22, 900. During the
time when it was not being worn by
Miss Owen t was kept locked in the
studio safe. And that is just one of
the beautiful gowns in the picture.
Back Pay is a drama that will
stir your heart to its uttermost depths.
1t is all about a poor little girl, in
mean little town. who tires of her
village sweetheart and goes to New
York. to find romance and adventure.
But the tinsel of the life goads her
and she longs for a sight of her little
home town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

The war breaks out. and her lover
of the little village enlists to fight
for his country. Her city lover stays
at home and makes more money. One
day she hears that her hero lover has
been wounded and is lying close to
death in an eastern hospital. She
rushes to his bedside
What happens after that takes such
a sharp twist t-at the spectator Won
ders where all the new ideas come
from. Nothing that you can imagine.
happens but the result leaves you
quite satisfied.
The picture carries the moral THE
wages of sin is DEATH" And the moral
is hammered into your very heart
with trip hammer rapidly and pre-
cision. 1t is a picture for old and
young, for the whole family to see
and eniov and talk about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

The Good Luck" star is with US
again. Many of you know who the
Good Luck" star is but for the bene-
fit of those who do not know. his
name is Thomas Meighan. and he is
playing in "A Prince There Was at
the Orpheum MoEday. tuesday and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

is for those in the country who long
for the thrills of the city. and for those
in the city who long to get away! 1t
carries a moral that hits at the heart
Of the restless. and leaves you with
hope and happiness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

loving rich man. who had never known
a struggle in his life. a wonderful
girl and child, who had never known
anything else. New York, seething,
swirling, pulling them together A
beautiful story comes from it that will
make your heart thump for joy. Cast
includes Mildred Harris.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11
At the Crystal.

Partners of the Tide an adapta-
ton of Joseph c. Lincoln's famous
story of the same name, is billed for
the last of next week.
The story is one that holds the in
terest turnout 1t is a simple story
of simple people living by the edge
of the sea. and after a deluge of So
called society plays" it is a welcome
relief. The photograp ply is good, par
ticularly that of the water scenes
Pot Roast" a comedy, will also be
shown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

Horace Bowman and George Green
wood.
Performances at the matineeS could
not be had because it interfered with
their school hours. But at both first
and second shows at night you can
hear them. Remember-au week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

finding th--r way deeper and deeper
into The fields of activity which men
had claimed as their own.
The problem of the girl who does
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

These boys are all home product.
You know them: William Neis-
wanger. Theodore Roth. Horace
Bowman. George Greenwood.
Picked in our own front yard,
and they can show you that not
all musical talent is to be found
away from home You can hear
them al nights only.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11
AT the Grand.

There is a tradition that the sexes
are always at war The tradition has
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20
ANNIVERSARIES N SAD 10 SOME
According 80 Professor, Those of Vic
tories Recall Bereavement; While
az for Tin Weddings

There is always an element of
sadness Ii the celebration Of an an
niyersary," remarked the professor,
laying down his paper with a sigh.
How can you say anything 80 pes
sinitstic7 Why, + think anniversaries
are Just lovelyla cried his vile.
Only when we succeed In forget
ting that they are anniversaries" re-
torted the professor. ''The very fact
that they remind us Of the in~exorable
passage Of time gives them a funda-
mental sadness to begin with but that
Is not what I meant. #%% H.. =
II was thinking of Mothers day
with I'll tts reminders ef bereavement,
and then 1t suddenly occurred to me
that the original occasions Of almost
all annual celebrations contained sad
ness for somebody.
1.-THE other day came the anniver-
sary of Sherman's march to the sea.
With what feelings do you suppose
that reminder is received by surviv-
ors of the t~unfortunates who. lived in
the great generals devastating path?
And so 1t Is with the anniversaries
of all battles and victories. Even the
r%ejoicings of the victorious side are
tempered with the sorrows OF those
who lost sons in the conflict"
"Some anniversaries are sad" con-
fessed the professors wife, like Me-
mortal day and Good Friday, but most
Of them are awfully happy, like Christ
mas and the glorious Fourth"
please don't remind me Of those
most melancholy festivities, Isolde"
groaned the professor, with their ar
tificial and ~unwholesome stimulation
of the young and their unacceptable
depression of Understandable aged"
swell, at least you will admit,
dear" said Isolde, that wedding ami
versaries are happy occasions"
"Ghastly!" cried the professor. II
never remember being SO wretched in
my life as 1 was at the tin wedding
you insisted on our inviting u
friends to. Really, my treasure, l
trust you will never do that again"
"Of course not said Isolde sharp
ly. "We couldn't have another tin
wedding, but Well have a silver we'd
ding when the time comes, and mean
while 1 think Wen be having an alum
inum wedding, or a silk wedding, Or
in fact, just as many anniversaries
as we are entitled to-"
Heaven help me" cried the pro-
fessor. For my part 1 feel with the
poet that, The hottest of all holidays
are those kept by ourselves in silence
and apart. The secret anniversaries
Of the heart! ?" :
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20
Effect OF Franz Liszt.

Autograph letters, trinkets and
other articles associated with Franz
List have been brought to this coun.
try by Rudolph Siegel at the request
of the composers heirs, remarks the
New York Herald, for whose benefit
they are to be sold.
Included in the collection Of eighty
items is a death mask and q lock OF
Liszt's long gray hair. The genuine.
ness of the latter is attested by Lena
Schmalhaosen, who was the house
keeper at the List home at the time
Of his death, in 1886. The cast, which
Is in a glass case, Is in excellent con.
dition. A prayer book, much used
and worn by the great composer, is
an item closely woven with his life
as the two presentation books giveE
to him on his SEVENTEEN birthday,
October %, 1881.
One Of these books contains many
autographs of musicians who were
famous during this period. In 1t Hans
von Bulow, eminent pianist, is repre-
sented in two separate autographed
rotations. Translated from his script
which is in German, they read: "As
soon as we artists are able to emanci.
pate ourselves from the plebeian vice
Of envy and fear we will be enabled
to consider ourselves the pinnacle OF
aristocracy and music as Photographic
reproduction Of the acoustics Of
eternity"
Thirty letters in French and thir
teen in German comprise the collec
ton of letters, among which Is cores
pondence from Theresa Carreno, Car
Tausig and Pablo de Sacrasate.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20


carry themselves ana their families
TO the country OF their choice. Such
settlers are bound to succeed Some
OF them 30 two D three hundred miles
inland, and select their homes iii the
park districts OF Manitoba, Saskatche-
q and Alberta. Others purchase
Improved and unimproved farms III
the q thickIy settled districts Id
the southerly and central parts Of
these provinces. Wherever they may
30. they are certain to secure land
Of certain possibilities. They will see
grain crops Of high value, wheat that
viii produce from 20 to 40 bushels
per acre, oats giving high yields, bar
ley g certain producer, and grass and
fodder In quantity and quality that
H"E+El 10Y" %&2EGE
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20

will satisfy them that the cattle and
stock raising possibilities are fully as
good as they have been told.
The reports from all parts Of West
ern Canada at the present time fully
bear out the most optimistic expecta-
lions and hopes of the early days Of
seeding. Evidence of the splendid
growth of this year is the fact that
alfalfa was cut on the 18th Of June
and yielded nearly two tons to the
acre.
Corn planted on the 23rd, Of May,
on the 9Th Of June was showing sew
eral inches about the ground, . and
making glad the heart Of the farmer
who had built his silo, which he hoped
to fill in the latter days Of August
Advertisement.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20

accounts of horse-races, u~nfiattering
opinions of the cattle, strings of pro-
family, the voluminous text on the la
bells Of coffee or condensed milk-cans,
mere humming sounds, alike and with
seemingly deep religious fervor, were
poured On many a night into the ap-
preciative ears of an audience with
cloven hoofs.
Thus tired men, kidnapping but
always grooming, were out in the
black, their ponies steadily, slowly
%patrolling, though half asleep; but
man and horse were ready to wake
like a shot and to act the instant
that a steer started to roll his TAIL"
or, In less technical English, to gallop
with his tail bumped up at it's shore
end, an infallible sign Of confident tx
pectatiOn to disregard both distance
and time.
All through the journey the animals
had proceeded quietly and rested de-
Gently until one moment when there
came a snort, a below. What caused
the snort and below nobody knew or
could stop to ascertain. Merely tails"
had rolled" and a stampede was on.
From a common center cattle were
darling toward every point of the
compass. 1t was "all hands to the
pumps!" and into saddle and On the
run for every man. Riders armed with
saddle blankets, with dotted coats,
hastily plucked sage-brush plants, any
thing that could be waved, holding
pistols, the only attainable objects
that would make a commanding noise,
galloped out beyond the fleeing ami
mails, headed and f1anked them, "cut-
ting in" all incipient, bovine meteors.
Finally, the frayed edges of the mass
CONSTRUCTED, and the whole was re-
duced to a ragged, narrow, rushing
column, one set Of galloping cow
boys guiding Its van, another, as flank
riders, guarding its sides and en-
deavoring 80 far as possible to soothe
the animals. The forefront of this
column was, under the pilotage Of the
attacking horsemen, swerved into the
shape of a shepherds crook, and a
moment later the herd was pouring
itself into the form OF a capital letter
"U."
When Its two ends came opposite
each other, they were welded together
by a yelling, waving, shooting set
OF madmen on the backs Of flying,
snorting horses.
This started milling" a ~uerry-go-
round which kept up until the par
ticipating cattle quit from exhaus-
ton. OF course, milling did not take
place in a circle, an ellipse, an oval,
Or 10 any other geometricaI form. It
occurred In an irregular chunk of
grunting, believing cattle, overspread
and surrounded by an unb~reathable
cloud Of biting dust, with cursing
cowboys acting as satellites.
A stampede at night and In a coun-
try beset with "eut banks" /. e.. pre-
cipitous hillsides, beset also with. deep
canyons. with vertically sided arroyos,
with gopher and badger holes, killed
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20

party from one Of the northern states
on the way to their new home near
Lake Winnepegosis, Manitoba. They
were a sturdy, self-reliant lot and
carried with them a full complement
of farm machinery. With the tractor
outfit they intended to commence
rather extensive operations this spring
on the land which their scouts had
already inspected and reported on
favorably as to it's productiveness.
At almost every point ON the Cana
dian border where there are located
means for admitting settlers, the re-
ports are that it is almost a daily
occurrence Ito admit settlers from
states as far off as Texas who have
adopted the automobile as a means to