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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-12-29
GIRL BUSHES INTO BLAZING
HOME AND RESCUES BABY

A Carnegie Hero Fund award may
be given Sylvia Reeves, eight-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harley
Reeves of neal Gardiner, for saving
the life Of her baby brother when fire
recently destroyed the family home.
Word of Sylvia's daring rescue has
reached Livingston, and it is planned
to submit affidavits to the Carnegie
commission attesting to the girls
bravery.
According to the story told, Sylvia
was left in the house with four smaller
children while her parents went to
town. When the fire broke out it
spread with great r~apidity. By the
time Sylvia had gotten the three other
children out the structure was a mass
of flames. Undeterred' by the heat
and smoke and the danger of falling
objects, Sylvia rushed back into the
building and carried out her Is
months-old brother. tt is said that
only the cool-headedness and prompt
action of the girl saved the lives OF
the baby and the three other young.
stefs.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-12-29
AN ILLUMINATING ANECDOTE

Hon. James H. MacLafferty, a brand
new Republican representative from
California, made his maiden speech
recently, and it was on the ship aid
bill. He related an anecdote which
was interesting and decidedly pointed
to illustrate the absence of the Amer
lean flag on the ocean before the
war. He was coming back to Ameri-
ca on an English boat in 1916 when
the passengers deserted a little YES
sci bobbing up and down on the waves,
which, as they grew nearer proved to
be a small American steamer bound
to Japan from Puget Sound. AS she
broke out the Stars and Stripes the
british captain exclaimed: Oh, by
" she is an American! l wonder
that she is doing so far away from
snore."
And now British propaganda, aided
by Democratic p%artisanship and jam
diced vision, would scrap the entire
American merchant marine in order
that we may never get that far away
from shore again. How can any wise
American approve such action?
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-12-29
STAR MAKES E E .
G IN HEAVENS

Nearly two and half million miles
Der hour, or 1,1OO kilometers per Sec
ond, is the speed record set by the
star RI Cephei, which, according to
a bulletin issued by the Harvard col
lege observatory, has been found by
Harvard stronomers to be moving
through space with a greater velocity
than that of any other star whose
speed has yet been determined.
This star, a variable start of the So
called cluster type, has long been
known to astronomers, but its velocity
was never measured until recently. 1t
is far too faint to be seen with the
naked eye, being Of the tenth magni-
tude. It is in the constellation Cephus
and is $500 light years distant from
the earth, which means that the light
from it which astronomers now see
through their telescopes started on its
Journey to the earth in the time of the
shepherd kings of Egypt, nearly 1900
wears before Christ. That distance is
only a small fraction of the distance
from the earth to some of the more
distant star clusters, but the outstand-
ing fact about RI Cephei is that its
velocity as it flies through space is
the greatest yet known for a star.
The speed of the star was measured
at the Harvard observatory by a COM
plicated process, including among 9TH
er things the comparison Of photo
graphs recently taken at Harvard with
others taken 81 years ago when the OBJ
servatory was just beginning its task
of preserving a Photographic history
of the entire sky. Since that time a
"sky patrol" has been kept without
interruption at Cambridge, supple
mented by photographs taken at the
station at Arequipa, Peru, and the his.
tory Of the stars down to the eleventh
magnitude has been written by the
stars themselves on over a quarter OF
q million Photographic plates, weigh
ing in, all one hundred and forty tons
Most of the discoveries made BY
Harvard astronomers, it is said al
Cambridge, are not made by looking
through a telescope at night, as il
popularity supposed, but by doing what
vas done in the Ease of this discovery
Of the speed of RI Cephei, by study
ing and measuring by day, in the la
b~oratories, photographs taken at night
and by computing the significance O.
the changes in the brilliance or posi-
ton or spectra Of the stars as record
ed on these plates.
The discovery Of the immense speet
Of RI Cephei is said to be importan
to astronomers as suggesting that thi'
type of variable star escapes from tn
globular clusters, a hypothesis sug
gested also by other recent observa
lions,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
ADMITS Staying
PAM]Nn IN 1915
Confession is Voluntary
When He Hears Bones
Have Been Found.

Duluth, Mimi, April 22.-John
Erickson, 81. a settler living near
Fairbanks, St. Louis county, in an al
legged confession to Sheriff Frank l..
Magic today admitted killing Gust
Pammi, q woodman on July s, 1915.
Erickson confessed voluntarily when
he learned county authorities had To-
Gated the grave he had dug in the
woods and had brought the bones
here. Sheriff Magic said.
Erickson is the father of five chill
dren. Pammi,| who was about 40 years
of age, was unmarried and made his
home with the Erickson's.
Erickson is said to have told the
she that he qusrreied with Pammi
while thetWo men walked home from
aSnAfkll llthoks si hs,ne, ongs,the night Of
l.,,oiy ~ sIs: ksofi, il Vas said,
told how Pammls drew a small pocket
knife and attacking him; slit the top
Of shis coat. Erickson in the alleged
confession said he pulled long hunt
er's knife from his belt andastabbed
Pammie in the heart. He died instant
1v Il
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
PAll-AjlllE'Rl ! R|lllAN I ! |
CONFER R'E|lC'E OF
WOhlE|l'1l'OI|:..E ! ] ! !. / End 1 |.
Outstanding Result Of Meet
ing is Better u Understand
ing Which Developed.

Baltimore. April 22.-Resolution
embodyng in, concrete form the work
of the pan-American conference, Of
women will be brought in at the clos
Ing session this afternoon. .,,=ss1
The resolutions today dealt entirely
with the civil and political status Of
women in the various countries Of the
american continent. Again the
South American, and Canadian dele
gates led in the discussions. s
In statements setting forth the re-
suits achieved by the Pan-Ameriean
conference of women, leaders of the
National League Of Women Voters,
which called the conference said that
obviously the outstanding accomplish
ment was the spirit OF understanding
that is developing among the women
of the western hemisphere.
There is no doubt said Mrs.
Maud Wood Park, president of the
league. that from this better under
standing may come a Mvelier appre-
citation by the women Of each country
for the high qualities Of all the others,
and that through this improved ac-
lations between the American coun-
tries may be welded together in one
harmonious group of nations"
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, honor
ary president OF the league, and presi-
dent of the International Suffrage al
lance, said that the pah-American
conference can not help but give great
impulse to the entire woman move.
ment Of the western hemisphere. The
women who have come as representa-
tives from twenty-five countries, arc
certain. she said, to go home with
the message that human progress ii
-
it is inclusive of all the movement fol
common good"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
WOMAN ELECTED TO 6
OFFICE BUT SAYS
She WILL NOT ACT

Freeport. ILL.,, April 2..-Mrs. Mil
dred Brandt, elected to ONCE on 4
ticket which she had opposed during
the recent campaign in the village Of
Winslow, has announced that she will
not accept the position Of police mag
istrate to which she is entitled as the
result of the balloting.
Mrs. Brandt supported a woman's
ticket during the campaign in opposi-
ton to the mems ticket. The election
resulted in a sweeping victory for the
mems ticket and also in the election
Of Mrs. Brandt, whose name was
written in by the voters on the mems
ticket. She was elected by five votes
over Mrs. William Steer, the candi-
date for police magistrate ON the
wonlen's ticket.
Having slipped into Office Mrs.
Brandt now declines the position and
declares she will not qualify. She
offers no reason for her refusal. She
is AZ. housewife and the mother of
two children.
Mrs. Brandt was an active partici-
pant in the campaign for the peoples
ticket, composed entirely Of women.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
DEMAND FOR
COAL LIGHT
Official Reports Indicate
That No Immediate Short
@ age is in Sight.

Chicago, April 22.-With the coal
strike closing its third week of idle
ness for more than 100000 miners.
survey of some Of the fields shows an
accumulation Of loaded cars on sid
ings with the market dull.
Central Illinois operators today re-
ported $500 loaded cars awaiting
orders and southern Illinois 1888
more. The total in the entire Illinois
fields is nearly 10000.
Trade reports here show practically
no demand for industrial or domestic
coal except for use in steel plants of
Vest Virginia and Kentucky fields.
Ia ~ report yesterday by. Secretary
Of l u oc., .Dayis. to Attorney General
Dauaaer:y only slight increases in
coal prices were noted and the strike
was said to have little effect SO far
on the Wholesale market. Trade esti-
mates indicate that there is on hand
about 52,00O,0C0 tons Of the 63,000,-
900 on hand when the strike started,
with reports indicating about. 10000
900 tons have been produced in the
past three weeks in non.union fields.
In the anthracite districe not "a ton
haa been mined. ~. 4. 4 81 ST. & {: :',ss
= Weekly cpal GQnsnmptfon Is esti-
mated. at 1000, 600 tons.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
Bankruptcy Petition
Filed Against U. IS.
A. RI. Food Products Co.

New York, April 12.-Iiabalities Of
the United states Food Products COM
pany against which a bankruptcy Pc
tition was filed February total $36,-
ss6,ss0 and its assets are $57.s42,SSs
according to a schedu'e .;in q bank
,ruptcy nled in the federal court, to-
day. s' s9.{ ID s,.I s53,sI Y
Liabilities include claims ~ banks
of $11,201.cS0 for money loaned; ];
trade credits Of subsidiary companies
ON open accounts aggregaung SIG. !.
8S6, ,e49 drawers should pay. ac-
counts OF 1856, ,000y and disputed
claims OF S269,4S5. tss 49, ~
Among the assets listed are, $46s--
OF, AL In stock. Ss,os7.s14 In bills
and notes receivable: $26, ,e0O in ship
ring interests and $es, go inicash. @
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
Greek National Move ii,
In Smyrna Considered
;t5 ...,5.. ), Nov Is Be Reality

Constantinople, April 22.-The
Greek national movement: in Smyrna
is considered, to be a reality. The two
thirds of the army has already been
won over by the defense committee,
which will proclaim the independence
Of Smyrna the moment the Athens
government orders the evacuation Of
Ionia. Volunteers are leaving daily
for Smyrna in great numbers.
The defense committee says the
churches will make every sacrifice,
even to being shorn of their treasures
and that everything will be trans
formed into war Instruments for the
defense of liberty and Ito prevent the
return to Turkish tyranny"
The, sublime porte has decided to
call the attention Of the powers to
what is described as plot against
the Caliphate.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
STRIKE BALLOTS
TO BE MAILED
RAILROAD MEN
Six Federated Shop Crafts
and switchmen Say They
Have Grievances.
Walkout Would Be Protest
Against Roads For Ig-
noring Decisions.

Chicago. April 22.-Grievances over
the contract system employed iby
some railroads in the handling of re-
PAIR work has resulted in q vote for
distribution Of strike ballots to the
$4,000 members Of the Railway EN-
p!oyes' department Of the American
Feoeraton OF Labor. This depart
ment comprises the six federated shop
crafts and the Switchmen's union Of
North America. =.
Authorization for the strike ballots
was voted at the sixth. biennial con-
vention, Of the department which
concluded it's session today. Omcers
declared the vote to send out the bal
iots was a counter move to IAN effort
TO crush our organization completely
II there is a strike and feel sure
our men will vote solidly for it, it
Will be in protest Of the action OF
railways In ignoring decis.ons Of the
United States railway labor board"
said B. M. Jewell, president Of the
railway employees department.
Complaints to Come Up.
The labor board now has several
complaints against the contract, or
farming out system, pending. 1t hAa
been expected that decision would
be rendered soon after the conclu sion
OF the present wage hearings.
The carriers have arbitrarily re.
duced wages in defiance Of the board. =
said Mr.. Jewell. They have restored
the piece work system and resorted
to the farming out system which is 4
mere subterfuge by which they, void
labor board decisions,
"A year ago we favored peace be.
cause of assurances given by the Ia.
Dor board that no further wage re-
ductions would be considered for
some time.
"But this time. am sure, the is
sue will come} to a showdown. 50
far as We are concerned it is fight
for existence" a. d. s..
Mr.. Jewell said :the question: ~ 8
simple. Whether to strike or not TO
strike. He added the result Of the
vote should be s.ssRown withinsssi1ay
days.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
WILL MAKE NO
STATEMENT OF
SHOOTING AFFAIR

Montevideo, MINI, April a.
While Miss Elsie Salisbury, q ste
in the local offices Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St.. Paul
railway. is being held at the Chippewa
county Jail in5connection with the
shooting of OscaE e.. Erickson. di-
vision accountant for: the railway,
Hrickson IL In r. local hospital and Is
not expected 20 Nive through the day,
physicians said. Sas-: ~ 90
Miss Salisbury, who is NJ about 80
years old, declines 10 make any state
ment and is being held pending the
outcome of Erickson's condition.
Erickson was shot threeN times, one
bullet entering near the heart. Two
of the bullets were removed follow
ing >an emergency operation per-
1 Erickson expressed the belief that
Miss Salisbury shot him during a
violent fit of jealousy. He had never
been engaged to- the girl. according
to close friends. Erickson is about
"a wears old.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
MODIFICATION OF :.
MARINE BILL IS
/, URGED BY HALE

Washington, April Modification
of the administration merchant ma
rine bill so that it would specifically
safeguard the interests of the smaller
ports and shipping companies was ad
vocated at today's session of the joint
congressional hearings on the measure
by Matthew Hale of Greenville, s. c..
president of the South Atlantic States
Association.
. Insisting upon. the adoption of an
amendment which would require per-
petuation for five years, by either the
shipping board of private companies,
Of trade routes recently established
from South Atlantic and Gulf ports,
Mr.. Hale declared that unless such a
provision was added to the bill. bus
mess men of the south and shippers
in the middle. west who export their
products through southern ports in
preference to few congested" North
Atlantic ports, would swing away
from CONDITIONAL support of the ad-
ministration program to a position Of
"effective" ODDOSitiOn
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
Upholds Railroad
In A Suit To Test
Labor Board Powers

Chicago, Aprils 22.-Federal Judge
George T.v Page today upheld the
Pennsylvania railway in it's suit to
test the power of the United States
railroad labor board by refusing to
dismiss the temporary injunction re-
Gently granted by Judge Lands re-
straining the board from censuring
the road for. violation of the boards
decree: el
"A Judge Page while refusing to dis
miss the temporary injunction ordered
O conference Of attorneys for both
sides and the cass probably will come
up again later. The board ordered the
road to hold new elections among its
shop craft employees some time ago
and the road refused to do SO. The
board then prepared to issue a decree
cehsuring the carrier and the Pennsyl-
vania obtained the Injunction to, test
the boards powers.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22

WIND BLEW IllN,'"'
BOHEMIAN HOUSE
OF CHICAGO, BURNS

Chicago, April 92.-Thc Wind
Blew Inn, ChicagOs chief claim
to Bohemianism and the center
of the local ssGreenwich Village,S'
which has come into prominence
lately through police raids, pOis-
Onings and attempted suicides,
was destroyed by fire today.
The dilapidatcd, unpainted
twO-story wood structure was at-
uated on the edge Of the s+God
Coast residence section. %
Police several times tried to
close tho place, once raading 1t
and arrcsHing q score Of univer.
Gity students, together with nu-
merous long -hairel men and
bobbed-haired women. The po-
lice said the three candles light
ing the two floors did not give
enough light to make the place
respectable and that the custom
ers were in too close proximity
to each other.
Habitues Of the Wind Blew Inn
denied that Refreshments strong
or than chocolate eclaiB were
served and insisted that the only
excitement was over q debate Oh
: the question: ttReeolved, that
woman needs man more than
man needs woman"
The courts refused to close 1t
and nightly organizations term
ing themselves Bohcmians, gath
) cred there for their discussions
of life in general.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
MISSISSIPPI
RIVER E ! . FALLING ! |! !! ]
xADvsX4HA AUATAHlUAMI Nv
Flood Leaves Behind Dam
age. Amount to Over
Y 81, 100000.


St. Louis. Mo-. April 22.-Apparent-
ly. ending its flood rampage of spring.
the. Mississippi river today was re-
ported falling gradually from St.
Louis to Cairo, Ill, leaving in its wake
more than 200 square miles of inun-
dated farm lands in southern Illinois,
causing loss of over $2,O0O,O0O in
crops. property and livestock. making
about 1000 persons, mostly negroes,
homeless.
Numerous row boats were to be
seen on the streets of Mcclure, ILL.,,
today. The town was covered with
ahree feet of water,
Flood sufferers are being cared for
at refugee camps which have been es-
tablished at Cairo, Anna and Fayville.
Nearly 200 families are lodged in
these camps. while steamers are rescu-
ing stranded persons. Various relief
organizations and the Illinois national
guard have supplied the refugees with
shelter, food and medical supplies.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
FIVE DEATHS
RESULT FROM
4. D0WNEY |. ! BLAST !; :!
Many Others Burned and In.
jured When Gasoline Sta
ton Blows Up.

Los Angeles. April 22.-Five deaths
were reported today in hospitals at
Downey and Artesia, near here. as q
result Of the explosion yesterday
morning Of gasoline tank and gaso-
line tank wagon while scores we're
fighting fire in gasoline filling sta
ton at Downey. Five others, seri-
ously burned, were reported in a
critical condition at hospitals In
Downey and here.
i The dead are: William G. Jarvis:
Walter L. Hulley. IS; Lester E. John
son, 16; Edward Vandegreft, So, and
Clyde Wierbach clerk. 80.
A score or more other persons were
burned in varying degree. A little
fire started In the house Of the gaso-
line filing station at the edge \, of
Downey yesterday while a gasoline
tank wagon was filing the large
buried supply tanks.
A fire alarm brought scores of high
school students and townspeople
joining the effort to extinguish the
flames. Suddenly one of the tanks
exploded. followed quickly by ex-
plosion Of the gasoline truck. The fire
fighters were hurled in all directions,
enyeloped in the liquid fame Of more
than thousand gallons of gasoline.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
3FTI12s a ~ ~ ~
ADMITS THEFT BUT
EAcQUITTED, AS AN
a. y .'HONEST RObBER'

San Francisco, April ,22.-John
M. GilrOy was q free catisn today,
despite the fact that yesterday in
superior court he admitted he put
ON, q mask, fook q revolver ), and
held up 4 aGorckecpcr: Tho jury
acquitted him as IN "honest rob-
ber.' ~.
Gilroy had been ont of work. His
wife was Iii, his children hungry.
He went to q soft drink establish.
mont. and took 90 from the till,
telling the proprietor he needed
lth4t amount for his family and
would return 1t when he got 4 job.
He found work next day. Out
|of his first weeks pay he paid the
l48, then went TO- the hall Of, JUS.
tice and surrendered. -
The jury was out only. long
lenough to eject AZ foreman and
take q standing vote.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
INDEPENDENCE OF
MONGOLIA HAS
BEEN PROCLAIMED

Copenhagen, April 22.-(By the
Associated Press. )-North. Mongolian
government in Urga, at the instiga-
ton Of the Moscow government, has
proclaimed Mongolia's' independence
Of China. says a Helsingfors dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph company.
The Urga government, says THE
message, also has continued treaty
with the Russian soviet. government
under which the latter pledges active
support to Mongolia in the event Of a
Chinese invasion.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
BATTLES FOR:LIFE
WITH DEVIL FISH;
: DIVER VICTORIOU

Tocamo. Wn. April a3-Bat-
tling for his life 80 feet beneath
the surface Of Puget Sound, Wal-
ter McHay, . diver. known In ms
rinc circles from Alaska to Cali
fornia. came out /. victorious hero
yesterday over a giant devil nsh.
Tho monster wound its tenades
80 tightly about McRay that he
was unable to reach the knife he
carries for protection. When one
tenaclc threatened to cut OF the
air supply, McRay, through the
submarine telephone. called for .
short steel wrccking bar. With this
weapon, the diver was able to
pierce the body of the devil fish
and at last with man and monster
still struggling desperately. McRay
was drawn to the surface.
The devil fish attacked by men
ON the dock, at last released its
hold and disappeared beneath the
water.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
c Cri.singer Urge.
Against Speculation

GAINESVILLE, Fla, April ga warn
ing against a growing tendency to-
ward speculation throughout the
country as business conditions i'm
prove was sounded here today by
Comptroller Of the Currency Cris-
ginger in an address before the Florida
Bankers association. He urged the
bankers to advise their clients toward
sound investments and to use their
influence Ito prevent fy-by-night
schemes" e.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
GOLD AND DIAMONDS
IN LIEU OF ROLLING
STOCK GIVEN POLES

Warsaw-Gold bars, diamonds and
other precious stones valued at 10,-
900, 900 gold rubles, or approximately
s5,000,000 have been received by the
Polish government from Soviet Rus
siac in lieu Of rolling stock due Po-
land by virtue OF the Riga peace trea-
ty of 1921. This is the second install
ment, the first payment OF gold and
precious stones having been made last
December. The shipment came in spe-
cial cars conveyed by armed guards
and upon its arrival in Warsaw the
gold and stones were placed in vaults
of the Polish government bank.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
Continued oh Pare Sd -,
MIND DEkAN
By FEvER MAN
!. COMMIT SUICIDE

Vvinona, IS Mimi, April 2.-< Rising
rom his aiok bed to which he had
been sconAned because Of pneumonia,
Fred II. ShaHer.% s.. obtained 4 shot
gun and killed himself at his farm
near TrempeAlsau, Wis. according to
word received here today III
Il High fever resulting from his i'll
sderaneed his mind J. .ss.
/, AT moment awhensShe was left
alone early last evening sdesruse from
his bed and shot himself He was
formerly employed Jas ascAr repAirer
At the northwestern shops In this city.
He leaves q widow and two small
children. 81 ss!l ~ !gss y 33 XII
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-22
FOUND GUILTY OF
NUMBERING PRIEST

Z. ...,wapakoneta, Ohio, April "a
Charles Piening, a..horse' trader, was
found guilty of,frst degree murder
by a jury here iiisconnection with the
shooting to death Of Rev Father
Richard Schweiterman, a Catholic
priest at Minister last February IA.
The verdict makes Piening liable to
execution. He will be sentenced
Monday.