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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22
FOUR SLAIN IN WOODS
Sheriff EIudes Posse Bent On
Vi0lence-SIayer Is Found

Bemidji, Minn.-Leolard Portano,
who murdered four persons in days
carnival of crime, following-a quarrel
over an innocent cir! of Is. is behind
bars in the county Jail here.
The slayer was captured two and
half miles north of Kelliher. He was
hiding in haystack, and displayed
none of the courage credited to him
when Sheriff. Julius r. Johnson walked
to his hiding place and ordered him
to surrender. Instead of the battle
which had been expected. and for
which hundreds OF armed men had
prepared, the murderer walked from
the stack with his hands up.
His victims are:
John Sanders. farmer, 60 years old
father of the girl over whom the guar
rel arose.
Mrs. John Sanders, so years old.
the girls mother.
Oscar Jimmy 33 years old. farmer
j. A, Wilson. As years old. marshal
at Kelilher, who was shot down
The series of murders arose from
dispute between Portano and Jimmy
at Timmy's farm. two miles from the
home Of Sanders Hot words over
Myrtle Sanoers Is years 4. for
whose favor the men had been riva.s
led to Portano drawing gun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22
KELLOGG TO SAIL DEC. IS

Leaves for Home After Ending Con-
ferences With Hughes and Harvey.
WashingtoL-It is probable former
Senator Frank B. kellogg will sail for
London as ambassador to the court of
st. James about the middle of Decem,
ber
Senator Kellogg concluded his con.
ferences with Secretary of State
Charles E. Hughes and Ambassador
George Harvey. He also called on sew.
eral of his former associates in the
senate. Senator Kellogg would not say
anything relative to the subjects un.
der discussion nor of the instruction
he had received from Secretary
Hughes or President Coolidge He is
Informed however. on the attitude Of
the administration and his duties at
London proimse to kee phim busy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22
% SLAIN IN RHINE BATTLES
Policemen and Worker Killed When
Unemployed Storm krupp Works.

SotSSHSu anu VOTNST NttlCQ SvUCU
Unemployed Storm krupp Works.
Berlin-Twenty thousand persons
were killed in bloody fighting between
citizens loyal to the reich and separ-
artists at Honnef, village near Bonn,
dispatches said.
Many of the separatists were hack
ed to death with axes by the enraged
peasants, the dispatches said.
: The fighting. according to informa-
ton here. took place when separatists
attacked the village.
Many were injured on both sides.
In Essen two policemen and "a
worker were killed when unemployed
stormed police guard at one of the
gates to the Krupp plant.
Violent rioting between unemployed
and police also occurred in Dusseldorf.
where crowds of hungry workmen.
urged on by communists, ragged
through the streets for several hours
plundering food shops and defying po-
lice.
Besides the two policemen killed in
the Krupp fighting, IA police were in
jured.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22
-four killed WHEN
TRAIN HITS AUTO
Fast Mail Smashes Into Machine
at dead Mans Crossing"
Near Lake City.

Lake City, Minn.-Four persons
were killed at Dead Mans crossing"
three miles east of here when the fast
mail train, No. 3S. of the Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad.
smashed into their automC bile. The
automobile was carried 120 feet and
the bodies we're mangled almost be-
yond recognition.
The dead: Edward Winters. aged
80, farmer living near LIE Sueur. Mrs.
Edward Winters, aged 20, daughter of
John Anderson, LIE SLeur. Miss Ruth
Anderson, aged 20, sister Of Mrs. Win
tiers. Mrs. Violet Anderson, aged II.
another sister.
The accident brings the toll OF
dead Mans crossing" to eight, seven
having been killed there within the
last four years. The eighth, Dr. c v.
Cole. Of Lake City. was killed there in
q train and automobile collision eight
years ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22
DOLLARS DlsPLAcEs POUND
Paris 6ourse Counts American Paper
as Gold. Owing to Slump.

Paris 6ourse Counts American Paper
as Gold. Owing to slump.
Paris-The dollar has deposed the
pound sterling as the king OF European
money markets following the sudden
weakening of English exchange. The
Paris bourse now considers American
currency as gold and gives all quota
lions based on dollars.
Hitherto even during the worst
crises the pound sterling has remained
the standard
The depreciation of the English and
all other European exchanges is laid
to Americas belief that the foreign
situation isSbad with the possibility of
further ruptures. 1t is estimated that
three or four millions of dollars are
daily tarded by bourse SPECTATORS in
gambling on the rise and fall of ex-
change.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22
s20,O 100000 FOR DRY NAVY
Coolidge Approves Departments Plan
to Curb Rum Smuggling.

Neutrality-suspicious. of the treasury
department of extending the coast
guard. service for action in prevention
of rum smuggling have been approved
by President Coolidge
The treasury department proposes
an expenditure of $20.000.0O0 for new
ships and $S.500.000 for additioa al
men. to provide service adequate to
patrol the coasts for the rum pirates
and the president is expected to say
something on behalf of the proposal in
his forthcoming message to congress.
Whether the proposed expenditure
will be placed in the budget in the 18th
hour, or be asked as separate addi-
tional appropriation. has not been de-
termined. it was said.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22

Berlin The German money press
es, which have been flooding the ma
ton and the whole world with trillions
and quadrillions of unsecured parer
marks in the widest imitation The
world has ever seen were stopped
At the same time, the "rentenmark. :
the new supposedly gold value eur
rency made its bow to the public II
is the one positive achievement which
Chancellor Stresemann has carried
hro gh
With the rentenmark Germany takes
Is ~tirst step toward a return 70 ,h-
old 81 nGs.d
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22
To Seize acure Air Medicines.

Minneapolis--A campaign to remove
from the market socalled "cure all"
patent medicines. many of which are
declared to contain harmful drugs, was
opened by federal authorities in Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, North
and South Dakota and Iowa, according
10 Homer Runkel. chief of the pure
food and drug division in this district.
Many of these medicines. purported to
cure diseases which medical authors
tbs pronounce incurable. have ten
dency to stimulate sufferers at the. out
set but curtail their lives.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22

made and provided said mortgage will
be foreclosed by the sale of said prem
Uses at public vendue. to the highest
bidder for cash by the sheriff Of
Stearns County, Minnesota. at the
front (north) door of the Postoffice in
the City of Sank Centre, in said Coun-
ty and state on Friday. December 28th
said day. to satisfy the amount then
due on said mortgage together with
the costs Of such sale and 800 attor-
ney.s fees, stipulated in said mortgage.
Dated November 1st, 1928.
William Wruck
Mortgage.
L. L. Kells.
Attorney for Mortgage,
Sank Centre. Minnesota.
Published Nov. Is. %. 20. Dec. 10.
20, 1928.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22
PREDICTS FALL OF CABINET
Doubt Premier's Strength to With.
stand Reichstag Attack.

Berlin-The Rhineland and the
Ruhr. the numerous internal and FOR.
eign issues interlocked with them. and
the immediate economic and political
future of Germany now constitute the
outstanding problems confronting the
government OF Chancellor Stresemann
Political circles predict that the
Stresemann cabinet will not be able
to survive the parliamentary attacks
awaiting 1t in the Reichstag from the
German Nationalist and the power.
full Socialist parties.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22
RoBBER OF BANK CAPTURED
Bandit Captured Four Hours After
dHoldup-Ali of Loot Recovered

Shafer, MINI. = Captured by a
posse of citizens four hours after he
held up and robbed the Shafer State
bank of between $4,000 and $4,000 in
currency. Richard Chafee is held in the
county jail at Center City Chafee was
overtaken by the posse near Nevers.
Dam, 10 miles north of Center City
He surrendered without fight.
Chafee is said to have made con
fession to s. B. Wennerberg. county
attorney of Chisago county. All of
the loot taken was recovered. the
money being found in bag which
was in the automobile in which he
made his escape after the robbery
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22
HUGE Pocket Knife.

A most elaborate pocket knife, the
most costly in the world. has recently
been made in Sheffield, England. 1T
took the maker two years to make this
curious knife which has rs blades.
Each blade is of the finest steel and
some of them are ornamented with
quaint and curious designs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22

n. B.-Fs Recommendation Of grades Of Polarlne to
use in tractors and trucks consult chart IN any Standard
Oil Co. undlana) station.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22
PROTESTS Ignite RATES
Warehouse Commissions Asks Suspen.
sion and investigation Of Tariffs

st. Paul The Minnesota Railroad
and Warehouse commission filed pc
tition with the Interstate Commerce
commission requesting the suspension
and investigation of new tariff which
becomes effective December 6. on the
Northern Pacific railway on Ignite
coal from the North Dakota fields to
stations in North Dakota. South Da
kota and Minnesota
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-22

Walter w. Head, the newly chos-
en- president Of the American Bank
ers' association, as he appeared on
a recent visit to Wyoming where
MFR. Head is just as much at home
as he is In his bank presidents
chair.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
COSMOS-"A Ring Tangle."

Two outstanding features Of the
Cosmos Theater bill this week. which
will be presented for the first time at
the matinee tomorrow. are new
George Choos production. featuring
Jack Henry and Edythe Maye, with
Harry Meyers and Estelle McNeal. in
"a Ring Tangle," comedy with mu-
sic by Walter Rosemont, and the
Beaumont Sisters. long with Billy
Van, but now operating exclusively
on their own account in "a Reminfs-
cence of Song, Comedy and Dance"
by Edgar Allan Woolf. and with Mat
ty Whitestone in support.
Vaudeville fans know the George
Choos productions are noted for their
plot, their scenic setting, their acting
and their music They constitute some
of the best headliners in vaudeville.
"A Ring Tangle' is said to be fully
up to the standard.
The Beaumont Sisters have an
equally wide reputation as delightful
entertainers.
Other offerings will include Art
Frank and Margie Barron. in THE
Hick and the Chick" a bit of delight
full nonsense: the -Four Ortons. with
the. Duke OF Duck" no less enter
tie, who is called "the Paderewski of
syncopation," and the Wyoming Duo,
with singing, roping and dancing.
Zane Grey's thrilling story Of the
Tonic basin. Arizona, TO the Last
Man, a tense and vigorous drama
and a Paramount production. featur-
ing Lois Wilson, Richard Dix, Noah
Beery and Robert Edeson, will be the
photoplay attraction for the week,
supplemented with minor films. 1t
is the story of a great love that even
a bitter feud could not kill. and one
of the sensations of the picture Is a
mighty avalanche that does deadly
work, but spares the hero for a great
climax.
Last weeks bill will be presented
at the performances for the last time
today, starting at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
Longs to Climb Higher.

very small. So it was that I was al
ways dreaming and hoping and be
lieving through all my musical expt
rience that the chance would come TO
me to realize the bigger things.
"It came first when Mr.. BeIaseo
sent for me to create the role b.
Polly in Polly With a Past / COP
fess I rubber my eyes a bit, and nay
heart went like a triphammer. for 1T
seemed impossible that my dream had
come true with such completeness
was a little frightened when be
gan rehearsals for Polly With a Past,
but the feeling was only transitory.
Mr.. Belasco is such a considerate di
rector and gentle with his players.
I was happy at the success of Poly
With a Past and at the beautiful
things people said about me.
'T had achieved an important step
in my ambition. but ! wanted to go
even further. The Gold Diggers' was
another step. and / wanted to go
further. Then came 'Bluebeard' 5
Eighth Wife'-another step. And
when Gilbert Miller. the head OF the
Charles Frohman Company, sent me
the manuscript Of The Awful Truth
and told me that ] was TO play Lucy
Warriner felt that had indeed gone
a bit further forward.
But the point / want to make is
that I feel still that l have only just
begun 7 want to go beyond. That
is Just as firm q conviction now as ii
was when I was fourteen, doing my
imita TONS
Evening star., 1923-10-21

kind Of happy secret society up aud
down Broadway, entering readily into
the spirit of give-and-take. which Is
/ the heart and soul OF the Chauve
Souris
Nearly a decade and a half ago Ba-
lieff'S Cnauve-SourfS was founded as
an offshoot of the Moscow Art Thea
ter with which Washington will be-
come acquainted, under the direction OF
the same Morris Gest later in the sea-
son. Although child of an art theater
this Bat of Moscow has never been
pretentiously or affectedly artistic"
The genuineness of its artistic quail
tfes-not only as an expression Of the
are of the theater in general, but also
of the component art of design, music
and dance-has been due to the fact
that 1t was born as q private circle
or club of the players and artists of
the Moscow theaters. These people
after their nights work was over AMI
entertained each other. The publir
clamored for admission 70 this guard
ed circle, however. and its host and
chief entertained. Nikita Balieff, made
regular theater out of it, to which
admissions could be purchased. at
least by those who stood at the head
Of the long line at the box office. By
the sheer force of his personality,
though, Balieff didn't permit his thea
ter to relax in it's standards. The
early impulses are still preserved
after many years and thousands OF
miles from home
Evening star., 1923-10-21
NATI0NAI-Ina Claire in "The
Awful Truth"

The coming of Ina Claire to the Ma
| tional Theater this week, beginning to-
| morrow evening. in the brilliant comedy
| in which for five months she appeared
at Henry Millers Theater in New
York. achieving one Of the emphatic
successes Of last year. should be pleas
ant news to the theatergoers Of her
home city, where she has been great
favorite.
Miss Claire's comedy is '"The Aw-
full Truth" by Arthur Richman, a
the author of mot So Long Ago" and
Ambush" In it Miss Claire IS Lucy
Warmer, a young, beautiful and fash
tonable dfvorcee whom financial neces-
sity has brought to the brink of Sec
ond matrimonial alliance. A rich.
out to be the most likely candidate for
this honor. Eager to marry the woman
for whom he has developed real IN
fatuation. the man Is halted when an
overshrewd aunt hints to him that in
his fiancee's divorce suit there had been
suspicion that Lucy herself had not
been altogether blameless. The latter,
undaunted, summons to her defense
gallantly responds. The situations in
which the three find themselves are
said to rapidly follow one another in
most amusing sequence, and the out
come Is unexpected and surprising.
Principal in Miss Claire's support is
Bruce McRae, a player at once well
known and popular here. Other i'm
portant roles are in the capable hands
of Cora Witherspoon, Louise Mackin-
tosh. Rita Tanning. Paul Harvey.
Arthur w. Metcalfe. John Maroni and
Lewis Sealy.
Mr. Richman's comedy has been pro-
duced by the Charles Frohman Com
pany and the play has the added dis
- hox afo nd n a
rected under the personal direction Of
Henry Miller.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
BELASC0-"Mary the 3d."

always delightful entertainment.
Therefore the announcement or ner
latest-and many say ner pest
MARY the 3D." at the Shubert- Belasco
Theater tonight. should be OF inter-
est to Observation-Disclosures.
Mary the Sd" was one OF the
dramatic successes of last season:
and comes here at the beginning OF
it's second year. The story tells OF
a girl, Mary the Sd. who, having oeen
a keen observer Of married lie as
demonstrated by her grandmotheir.
and her mother and father. decided 1t
could be greatly improved upon. How
to be certain that the attraction she
feels for two of the boys In her
crowd is love leads her to a very
daring experiment.. Her mother.
wavering between a sense or dfsap,
pointment in her own marriage and
the same mistake. does not cope
with the situation as masterfully as
Mary's father seems to think neces-
sary, and presently mother and
father are involved In a marital feud.
Grandmother would solve matters IN
the old way of anything Tor peace;
She would placate the turbulent male
at any cost. Daughter Mary would
declare the truth and heal the sore
by the major operation OF divorce.
A family conflict ensueS, but In the
end an adjustment Is arranged that
makes best for the happiness or all.
The cast includes: Letha waters,
Walter Sherwin, Walter Abel, Albert
Hecht. Gay Pendleton,. puritan @ @Iown,
PulIar. There are three acts and
two prologues. The production is
made by Lee Shubert in association
with Mary Kirkpatrick.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
Ten Commandments"
4 FTER Q period Of preparation and

4 FTER q period Of preparation and
- production activity Cecil B. De-
Mile has completed work on 'The
Ten Commandments" his picture for
Paramount. Actual filming began on
May 21 and was carried on continu-
ously at various locations. Two
months were spent in camp at Guade-
lupe. Cslif., and later scenes were
made at the Lasky studio and ranch,
San Francisco and on various beaches
1t is claimed to be the most spec
tacular picture ever attempted. Dur
ing the stay at Gaudelupe, where the
Egyptian portion Of the Biblical pro-
logue was filmed, 1t is said there were
more than $500 players and technical
assistants and 1900 animals. The
sets built there broke records, one
alone being 750 feet long and 10s
feet high, representing the walls of
the city built by the Children Of
Israel for Rameses II.
In the further development Of the
Biblical story of the flight of the
Children Of Israel from Egypt 1t was
canyon In order to film the scenes
showing Moses descending from
Mount Sinai with the Ten Command
ments and the revel before the calf
OF gold.
While the modern story was being
done a number of players worked for
several days in San Francisco on a
platform 200 feet in the air on an
unfinished church spire.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
Griffith to Film America
n w. GRIFFITH has gone to Bo

n W. GRIFFITH has gone to Bos-
- ton with $50 members OF his
staff and players to photograph the
Incidents Of the revolutionary war on
the actual sites Sor his next produc-
ton, America
By arrangement with several OF
the historical societies, including In
particular the Lexington Historical
Society. the weapons, drums, cos
tunes. vehicles, ETC., used during the
war will be used. It will be the frs,
time these articles have ever been
shown through motion pictures.
Battle scenes will be taken on the
famous Lexington Common, where
the historic shot heard round the
world" was fired. Buckman's tavern
and the Adams house, where John
Hancock and John Adams were sleep
ing on the night the British came
will be used as settings. and the ac-
tion, under Griffiths direction. will
continue along the road to Concord
where the battle of the bridge will
be fought.
1t is Grifith's intention that all
scenes shall be taken on actual sites
excepting where improvements pro-
hibit, but in every action some photo
graphs Of the actual site will be in
cluded.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
COSM0S-'22 Washington Square

Dixie Norton. known as vaude-
ville's most popular boy" will com,
to the Cosmos Theater next week il
"22 Washington Square" a lyrical ro-
nance in three episodes, by Nevill,
Fleeson and Albert Won Tilzer. Dixi
will have Winifred Dean as a sup
porting artist.
Charles Lane and Jack Freeman
will offer "Crullers." a ticker fo1
the risibilities. by Ben Ryan; Ray G
Huling will bring his trained clowl
seal, a comedian of the sea. for al
interesting and amusing interlude
Young and Wheeler. Willie and Char
lie. Bachelors of Music" will estab
lish the fact and James Kelso ant
Belle De Monde will bid for laugh
ter with Mr. Kelso's own little farce
"Papa's Secretary"
Bertha II. Clay furnished the foun-
dation for the photoplay feature foi
the week, wife in Name Only" 4;
Selznick production. directed b!
George Terwilliger and featuring
Edmund Lowe, Mary Thurman an6
Florence Dixon. The story is as ole
as the hills, but vastly more inter
eStinG.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
NATIONAL-"So This Is London.

At the National Theater next week,
beginning Sunday. George NJ. Cohan
will present his comedy success, so
This Is London" one of the real hits
of last season. It's author was Arthur
Goodrich. but 1t Is generally surmised
that George M. himself did consider
able to 1t before 1t reached its first
presentation.
The story principally concerns one
Hiram Draper. an American million
aire, his wife and daughter and Sir
Percy Beauchamp, British lord, and
the latter's consort and only daugh-
ter. Both Hiram and Sir Percy have
strong antipathtes, the one toward the
English and the other for anything
that is American. When Draper junior
falls in love with Miss Beauchamp
and both declare they have decided
to marry. Draper senior and Sir Percy
put their heads together to ward off
the union, and in so doing find that
neither is such a bad fellow after all.
The original New York company is
promised, including Edmund Breese,
Lawrence D'Orsay. Donald Gallaher,
Wallace Widdecombe. Marie Carroll.
Lily Cahill, Marion Grey and Anna
Cleveland.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
|KEITH'S-Rae Samuels, The
Blue Streak"

The Keith bill for this week boasts
a double headline attraction. Rae Sam
uels. who has been known, since Jack
Lait first gave her the nickname, the
blue streak of vaudeville" in reper-
toire of new songs. and the sensational
artist Of the continent, Alba Tiberio,
1.-THE girl with the most protean person.
ality in the world" In program OF
such variety that she Is. IN reanty, a
one-woman vaudeville show IN hersen.
The added attraction Will be con-
tributed by the Bekeh Theater Grotesk'
featuring Mime. Julie. Bekeh and NJ.
Dniestroff, famous Russian dancers.
Miss Rosalie Stewart, producer OF the
Torch Bearers" sponsors the Beken
Theater Grotesk and promise va
hicle as interesting and engrosstng as
the Bat Theater of Moscow.
Third place on the bill falls to Jean
Adair and her company, in The Cake
eaters" bit of foolery on the so-called
cake eater and the much discussed
f1apper. Completing the bill will be the
two "Midnight Sons" Eddie Kane and
Law Her1nan; Leonard Gautier and his
BrickIayers, novelty act; the three
Fleming Sisters, just out Of concert, in
q musical routine Of distinction and
class, and Cross and Santora, physical
culture exponents. with Aesop's Fables,
Topics of the Day and the Pathe News.
Hackett and Delmar, In their new re-
vue. Dance Madness: the ebulient
Julius Tarnen and the rest Of las,
-. o+ will be presented today az
) and 8 p-m.