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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-16
Dual Murder Battles
Army of Sleuths; No
IQnqible Clue Found
Investigators Of Two Counties and Chief of State
Troopers Work in Vain to Find Slayer of Rev.
Mr.. Hall and Mrs. Mills; Church Choir Singers
Tell Nothing; May Always Remain Mystery.

which no one but the hard pressed au-
thorities ever believed. Hayes was re-
leased and returned home in a blaze Of
red fire.
After this flare-up the investigation
relapsed again.
DR.. Hall Still pastor"
The name of DR.. Hall still stands
on the gold lettered announcement
board framed in ivory, as rector Of st.
John the Evangelist.
James Mills continues to act as sex
ton of the church, but in his goings
and comings he avoids the congrega-
ton as much as possible.
Tourists come from all parts of the
state, bringing their lunches and eat
name of the slain rector remaining on
the church walls is a symbol. 1t is a
symbol of defiance of the leading spir-
its in st. Johns.
The investigation has one far at
times but it always comes back to a
further questioning of just three per-
sons. One of these is the widow. the
second is the widower and the third,
brother willie" Stevens, the man
with the brain of a child.
New Brunswick has recurring waves
Of excitement over the crime, but for
the most part is reconciled to the be-
lief that there will be no solution-no
public or formula solution in any event.
The silence of those who might throw
further light upon the relations of the
rector and the choir singer is growing
deeper day by day. The members of
the choir have been the greatest dis
appointment to the prosecutors. There
was an unusual spirit of mutual in
terest and caHrl radiance there. No
one in the chO.S will admit they ever
saw anything put of the ordinary in
the relations between the slain couple.
One old vestryman, now out of the
choir, declares hat Mrs. Mills once
tried to "vamp' him while they were
singing together. 1t was after he lad
proved adamant to her advances, he
says, that she ''vamped' and won the
members all should tell stories so
similar led the Investigators to the
discovery that after the finding of the
bodies the choir had met together and
agreed to decide on q curse of &C
ton.
The crime was one in which four
principals were involved. The muir
dered man and woman clearly were
affinities. The authorities are left to
deal with two persons who are as far
apart as the pOles-the sexton who
knew that his wife did not love him
any more, and was constantly with the
rector. and the widow of the rector,
who must have suspected that some
thing was wrong if she had a tither
Of intuition attributed to women.
In the sexton, the authorities deal
with a mild hammered man Of small
stature and gray at Il In his ourS-
tiOning he has contradicted himself
more than once in small details.
In Mrs. Hall the authorities find a
m of 50. strong minded, self re
liant and determined. Back of her
is the wealth and traditions of the
Stevens family-dominant factors in
the life of New Brunswick for gene
ratioDS.
The crime concerned but a few
people-and yet the trail seems
broken beyond redress.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-16
Road Enthusiasts
Seek Way to Catch
Federal Aid Money

Missoula, Oct. 1J.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. because Montana is in
great danger of losing 81, 100000 of
federal funds, which should be used on
the highway systems of this state, 800
good roads enthusiasts from all parts
of the state, gathered here Saturday
night to discuss ways and means to
raise money in this state with which
to match federal funds and thus secure
federal aid on highways of Montana.
w. B. Dennis of Carleton, called dean
of the Oregon road system, was the
principal speaker and explained to the
Montanans gathered how Oregon over
came a similar situation confronting
that state in 1917. Eugene V. Carroll,
of Butte. was POSTMASTER at the BAN
quet, where the meeting was held.
Mr.. Dennis advocated an increase in
the motor vehicle license fees in this
state from the present rates to SIS and
$3.50 per car or truck, making an av-
erage license fee Of 500 a car. He
declared for a gasoline tax of two cents
a gallon. the money to be used solely
for roads. through these two plans he
declared $1,000, 900 could be raised for
roads in this state.
A committee of c. H. Mcleod of Mis-
soula, A. w. Miles of Livingston and
Eugene Carroll of Butte was named to
investigate ways and means of putting
into effect the plans outlined by Mr..
Dennis.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-16
Stockholders Move
to Save Coca Cola
Firm;C Gambler to Quit

Atlanta. Ga. Oct. 15.-Thomas X.
Glenn, member of the organizing COM
mittee, announced Saturday night
that a holding company had been
formed to retain control of the Coca
Cola company, a So. 900, 900 corpora
ton in the south. The new company.
according to the announcement. will
be composed of representatives of
southern interests controlling more
than 10000 of the 1000 shares of
the c%ompany's stock.
Stock in the holding company, Mr..
Glenn stated. will be exchanged for
the voting trust certificates held by
the Coca Cola stockholders on an even
basis.
The original Coca Cola company.
founded by Asa g. Gambler Sr. and
members of his family. was purchased
in August, 1910, by a syndicate OF fl
nancial interests for approximately
S25.000,000. OF this sun, the Gambler
family received about $4,000, 900 cash
and $10,O00,000 in preferred stock.
The purchasers organized the Coca
Cola company Of Delaware and imme-
diately issued 100000 shares of com
mon stock.
A few days ago the entire issue of
preferred stock was listed on the New
York stock exchange, a move regarded
in local financial circles as intention of
the Gambler interests TO dispose of
their holdings in the Coca Cola COM
PAM of Delaware.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-16
GIRLS WAISTLINES AVERAGE TWO
INCHES LARGER AS CORSET STAGES
COMEBACK; MANUFACTURERS SMILE
Feminine Torso Expanded Generously During
Three Years of Freedom; Now Women Are
Trying to Get Back to Normal"

to point out that il the American
woman had not, in the past three years,
gone in for more wispy girdles or for
no cOrsets whatever, she wouldn't
have progressed so far in athletics nor
in the development of a waist line
which fashion decreed existed at the
hips, if it existed anywhere.
Waist Line Expands
Fashion has changed her degree and
the reflections get the modern Ameri-
can woman nowhere, least of all into
the corsets that once fitted her exact
ly or were even the teeniest bit too
big. For after three years of un-
unprecedented freedom in such mat
tiers. the American woman is faced
with the necessity of getting back to
the normal waist line. And the dire
truth obtains that the normal waist
line in these United States is two
inches more abnormal than it used to
be.
The dismay. however, is wholly on
the face of the lady. The smile is
on the face of the manufacturers.
When Partisan designers decided
that the long waist line mustn't linger
longer and that there must be a return
TO normally, loud cries OF praise n
gratitude arose hither and yon. An
the cries to come from the factories.
Following Paris Dictum
You. or she, cannot have a normal
waist line without artificial aid. Such
is the paradox of the modern figure.
Scarcely, therefore, had the first dar-
ing conturieric on the Due de la Pai1
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deed. for wear, that same long, snugly-
fitted basque, we are selling corsets so
low in the back that they do not rise
above the waist line at all. Put your
arm around my waist, as if we were
dancing. There! you'd think l didn't
have corsets ON. wouldn't you? But l
have; and they cost $40.
Cost. though, is not the essential
thing. Whether the corset costs 81 or
500, and you ought to see our bro
caded cloth of gold kind, the important
thing today is the boning. Long skirts
require a long trimness which usually
only bone can give. Our shortest cor
set is 10 inches long; our longest is 20
inches. Between the two lies the cor
set of the average woman. Long and
firm and well boned-that's the sort
most women will be wearing within q
year. People who said the stays had
gone to stay were wrong. They've come
back-and the big feature of the come
back is that you'll need 'em two inches
larger than the ones you discarded"
Oh, well, there are worse things than
a large waist: Lucretia Borgia's meas
ured only IL inches-but she had a
poisonous disposition.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-16
Special Correspondent of The Great Falls Tribune.
Copyright. 1922. nv The Great Falls Tribune
BY JANE COMPTON


New York, Oct. 15.-Among the old
favorites which, with the ankle-length
dress and the five-cent cigar. are stag
ing a return engagement today is the
corset. But, oh. lady, lady, With
what difference. With Il difference
of two inches on the average in the
American feminine waist circumfer-
ence. If you doubt this just observe
provided you have the facilities for
such observation-the look of horri-
fled amazement on the face of the girl
who, having returned to regular cor
sets. is endeavoring TO crowd into the
perfectly.
For the average girl it's one of
those things that can't be done. Three
years or sc ago the average corset size,
according to the records of sundry
Fifth avenue corsetiers. was %
inches. Few of the shops keep on
hand a corset smaller than size "a.
which as things are today, is an I'M
usually small waist. In the past Il
years the American feminine waist
list has taken unto itself six addition
al inches and the masculine arm that
n decade ago needed a reach of only
ent joints to encompass something
around the 30 mark. 1t is all very
well to recall that the Venus de Milo
has q waist measure of about n yard.
Venus was a great big girl. while the
modern ideal beauty is a creature
much more slender. 1t is all very we'll
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murmered normal in his beard than
American corset manufacturers with a
noise like 'Vive la France" began
busting the cobwebs off the machinery,
ov~erhauling their stock of steel
bones" and evincing a mounting pros
perity that has come-if-one-may say
perity that has come-if-one-may-say-
so to stay
Longer stays and firmer stays and
more of them are the words in which
one big manufacturer summed UP the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-04-28
Important to all Women
Readers Of this Paper

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have kidney or bladder trouble and never
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Women's complaints often prove to be
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If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
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You may suffer pain in the back, head
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Poor health makes you nervous, irrita-
BILE and may be respondent; it makes any
one So
But hundreds of women claim that DIR.
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the remedy needed to overcome such
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Many send for sample bottle to see what
Swamp Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder medicine, will do for them. By
enclosing ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, you may receive sam
pie size bottle by Parcel Post. You can
purchase medium and large size bottles at
all drug Observation-Disclosures
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"You let me upir Fred commanded
thickly, his voice muffled by the pile
OF fiannels. sweaters, underwear and
raincoats, wherein his head was being
forced to burrow. "You let me up,
darn you! didn't say anything"
And upon his release he complained
that the attack was unprovoked. Il
didn't say anything on earth to even
hint you might want to go out and see
if anybody in particular had got back
to college yet. didn't even mention
the name of Dora 70 Keep off o.
mel My goodness, but you are sensi.
tive !"
matter OF fact, neither Of them
saw Dora until the first meeting of the
Lumen, whittier they went as sopho-
mores to take their pleasure in the
agony Of freshmen debaters. Ramsey
was now able to attend the Lumen, not
with complacence but at least without
shuddering over the recollection of his
own spectacular first appearance there.
He had made subsequent appearances,
far from brilliant, yet not disgraceful,
and as spectator, at least, he usually
felt rather at his ease in the place.
1t cannot be asserted, however, that
he appeared entirely at his ease this
evening after he had read the "Pro-
gramme' chalked upon the large easel
blackboard beside the chairman's desk.
Three '.Freshman Debates" were an
nounced and a Sophomore Grafton"
this last being followed by the name.
I'D. Yocum, 49," Ramsey made Inn
mediate and conspicuous efforts to
avoid sitting next to his roommate.
but was not so adroit as to be sue
cessful. However, Fred was merciful;
the fluctuations of his friends com.
plexion were an inspiration more to.
pity than to badinage.
The three debates all concerned the
"Causes of the War in Europe" and
honors appeared to rest with small
and stout. stolidly "pro-G German" girl
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adaptable to them, as organdy and taft
feta, and many little tricks are re-
sorted to by designers to insure the
bouffant silhouette. Tucks-wide or
ruffles, bound edges and COW
cred cord trimming serve instead of
hoops to keep the skirts outstanding.
The pretty taffeta frock shown here
is a fine example Of this popular style
for afternoon or informal evening
wear It's tucks and ruffles do double
duty, serving for adornment and to
give additional body to the silk. The
skirt is straight and full, bordered
with pin tucks and scalloped at the
bottom. Narrow ruffles serve to out
line the scallops. They have picot
edges and are gathered with a little
outstanding frill along the upper edge.
The elbow sleeves are finished with a
corresponding trimming and collar
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adornment to equal them. With in
genious draperies they vary the sim
pie styles and redeem them from the
commonplace.
The gown shown here might be
pretty without its bead embroidery,
but it would not be. more than that,
and it would pass unnoticed. AS it is,
with embroidery and drapery, it is
more than pretty. Imagine it in am
Der colored georgette crepe, en-
broidered in amber and rust-colored
beads, and you will vision its love
illness, or think of it in light, peri
Wrinkle blue, with beads in blue and
orchid. In the cascaded drapery at
each side the designer has shown I'M
usual cleverness by attaching 1t to
the skirt, where it falls below the
bodice. The flaring sleeves take adj
vantage of the pretty within Of fash
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| own agility could not save him from
Ramsey, and SO found 1t wiser to con-
tain an effervescence which sometimes
threatened to burst him. Ramsey as. a
victim was a continuous temptation,
he was so good-natured and yet so
furious.
After Commencement, when the
roommates had gore home, Mr.. Mitch
ellis caution extended over the long
sunshiny months of summer vacation !;
he broke it but once and then in we'll
advised, safety, for the occasion was
semi-public. The two were out for a
stroll on a July Sunday afternoon
and up and down the street young
couples lolled along, young families
and baby carriages struggled to and
from the houses Of older relatives, and
the rest of the world Of that growing
city was rocking and tanning itself on
its front veranda.
Here's a right pretty place, isn't it,
Ramsey, don't you think?" Fred re-
marked innocently, as they were pass
ing lawn OF short-clipped, bright
green grass before genial-looking
house, fresh in white paint and cool in
green-and-white awnings. A broad
veranda. well populated just now,
crossed the front of the house; fine
trees helped the awnings to give COM
fort against the sun; and Fred's re-
mark was warranted. Nevertheless,
he fell under the suspicion of his COM
panion, who had begun to evince some
nervousness before Fred spoke.
what place you mean?"
'"The Yocum place." said Mr.. Mitch
ell. II hear the old gentleman's mighty
prosperous these days. They keep
things up to the mark, don't they,
Ramsey?"
II don't know whether they do or
whether they DON'T" Ramsey returned
shortly.
Fred appeared to muse regretfully
ut looks kind of empty now, though"
he said, with only Mr.. and Mrs. Yo-
cum and their married daughters, and
eight or nine children on the front
porch!"
"You wait till get you where they
can't see us!' Ramsey warned him
fiercely.
"You can't do it I" said Fred, mani
Testing triumph. EVEN both stop right
here in plain sight Of the whole 70
cum family connection till you promise
not to touch me-"
And he halted, leaning back i'm
placably against the Yocum's iron
fence. Ramsey was scands lized.
"Come on" he said hoaI sely. "Don't
stop herel"
81 will, and If you go on alone I'll
yell at you. You got to stand right
here with all of 'em lookin' at you
until"
II promise! My heavens come on ~
Fred consented to end the moment
Of agony; and for the rest of the sum-
mer found 1t impossible to persuade
Ramsey to pass that house in his COM
pany. II won't do It'll" Ramsey told
him. "Your word of honor means moth
in to me; you're liable to do anything
that comes into your head, and I'm
gettin' old enough to not get reputa-
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ton for bein' seen with people that
act the idiot on the public streets. No,
sir; we'll walk around the bloek-at
least, we will if you're goin' with me ~
And to Fred's delight, though he
concealed it, they would make this de-
tour.
The evening after their return to
the university both were busy with
their trunks and various orderings and
disorderings of their apartment, but
Fred several times expressed surprise
that his roommate should be content
to remain at home; and finally Ram
sey comprehended these implications.
Mrs. Meigs' chandelier Immediately
jingled with the shock of another crash
upon the floor above.
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ion to allow slit Elong the top of
the arm, and the soft sirdle is made
Of the georgette.
Dresses made OF fine voiles are
even simpler than those Of georgette,
but there is much handwork in them.
Drawn work, fine tucks, hemstitching,
Misunderstanding, and other dainty
needlework place these lovely cotton
frocks in the class of their fragile,
silk sisters. They appeal to the taste
of gentlewomen everywhere, and are
exquisite in light colors and white.
There are sheer voiles showing fine,
colored cross-bars on white ground,
that are made up with white net, or
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-04-28
A NURSE TELLS
HER EXPERIENCE
This Advice is for You. It's Vital.

This Advice is for You. It's Vital.
Redwood, W. va.-'Before the
use Of DR.. Pierce's medicines I
could hardly walk across the house.
/ suffered for fourteen years. But
after taking DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription and his Golden Med
Zeal Discovery, together with the
Pleasant Pellets, I can work all day
and never get tired. / have been
nursing for two months. Mrs.
Maggie Perkins, 1872 Riverside Drive.
Obtain DR.. Pierce's Family Medi-
clnes from your druggist in tablets
or liquid. Write Dr. Pierce, Pres.
Invalids' Hotel, in Buffalo, N. Y,
Tor free medical advice.
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debater, who had brought with her
and translated at sight absa-loot proofs
ESQ she called them), printed in Ger
man. that Germany had been attacked
by Belgium at the low instigation of
the envious English. Everybody knew
it wasn't true; but she made an i'm
preston and established herself as a
debater, especially as her opponent
was quite COMPOUNDED by her introduc-
tion of printed matter.
When the debates and the verdicts
were concluded, the orator appeared,
and Fred's compassion extended itself
so far that he even refrained from
looking inquisitively at the boy in the
seat next to his; but he made one side
of wager, mentally-that if Ramsey
had consented to be thoroughly con-
fidential just then, he would have con-
fessed to feeling kind O. funny.
Dora was charmingly dressed. and
she was pale; but those notable eye
lashes of hers were all the more no.
table against her pallor. And as she
spoke with fire, it was natural that
her color should come back quite fam
ingly and that her eyes should flash in
shelter Of the lashes. "The Christian
Spirit and Internationalism" was her
subject, yet she showed no meek sam,
pie of Christian Spirit herself when
she came to attacking war-makers
generally, as. well as all those half
developed tribesmen'' and victims of
herd instinct" who believed that war
might ever be justified under any cir
cumstances of atrocity. She was elo-
Quent truly, and picture of grace
and girlish dignity, even when she
was most vigorous. Nothing could
have been more militant than her de-
nunciation of militancy.
"She's an actual wonder" Fred
said, when the two had got back to
Mrs. Meigs afterward. Don't you
look at me like that; I'm talkin' about
her as a public character, and there's
nothin' personal about it. You let me
alone"
Ramsey was not clear as TO MS
duty "Well-"
"If any person makes a public
Speech" Fred protested, Il got per-
feet right to discuss 'em, no matter
what you think of 'em"-and he added
hastily-"or don't think of 'em!"
'Look here"
"Good heavens!" Fred exclaimed.
"You aren't expecting to interfere
with me if l say anything about that
little fat Werder girl that argued for
Germany, are you? Or any of the
other speakers? l got right to talk
about 'em just as public speakers.
haven't 1? Well, what say is: Dora
Yocum as an orator is just an actual
perfect wonder. Got any objecticns"
"N-no"
cro BE coNTINUED)
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Invite Needlewoman's Art;
Trimmings Vary Tafetas


EOR afternoon and evening gowns,
\ the vogue for simple styles, united
with that for fine sheer fabrics In
lovely colors, invite the art of the
needlewoman; for needle craft is de-
pended on to give distinction to SIM
plicity. Beading, drawn work. en-
broidery and other kinds Of stitch
cry, have important parts to play this
season-there is nothing in the way Of
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lace, or organdie, into pretty frocks
for summer afternoons,
1t is apparent that all designers Of
afternoon and evening frocks have
been more or less fascinated by the
old-timey charm of the bouffant skirt
in company with the cuirass bodice
At any rate gowns following these
lines continue to be presented, espe-
cially in the materials that are most
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-04-28
CHAPTER XII.

Ramsey was not quite athlete
enough for any Of the varsity teams /;
neither was he an antagonist safely
encountered, whether in play or in
earnest, and during the next few days
he taught Fred Mitchell to be eau
tious. The chatter learned that his
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-04-28
To Have a Clear Sweet Skin

Touch pimples, redness, roughness
or itching, If any, with Cuticura ONT
ment, then battle with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Rinse, dry gently and
dust on a little Cuticura Talcum to
leave fascinating fragrance on skin.
Everywhere 25c each.--Advertisemen
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Safety first-a conspiracy to rob the
doctor, hospital and undertaken
Hoover.
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All the Same.

Funny that the secret of success in
life is the same as success In sleep
keep your windows open and your
mouth shut.
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Sure Thing.

Everything comes to him who waits,
but he who doesn't advertise waits
longest.-The Kodak Salesman.
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Let Advice Be Kindly.

Advice is like snow; the softer It
falls, the longer it dwells upon and
the deeper it sinks into the mind
-Coleridge.
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Too many people do not even think
they are thinking.