davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-29

motion finally failed. The bills have
been the subject of a bitter fight out
side the House chamber.
''I was led to believe these bills
ere indorsed by the State board of
education, but this does not happen
to be So Smith, a member of the
education committee, declared.
Harris Makes Charge
Il do not question the integrity of
the authors of the bill for local adop-
ton Of school books" Oscar Ahlgren,
chairman of the education commit
tee declared, ''but I have found on
more deliberate consideration that this
bill is vicious and a source Of con-
tamination"
Representative J. Glenn Harris, au-
thor Of the bill to reorganize the
board of education. charged that Ahl-
aren had given him copy of the
bill and had asked him to introduce 1t.
1T is true there is a conflict among
the publishing companies for the sale
Of books Harris said.
There are people on the board
Of education whose characters are
above reproach but unfortunately
there are not enough of them.
Conscious Falsehood'
Two years ago the board of aduca-
ton put off the adoption of books un-
til five days after the Legislature had
adjourned and then adopted books
that cost the people $500, 900 more
than the old books The board is
supposed TO be adopting high school
books now, but it will not do so until
after the Legislature.
4 have been accused OF being
connected with the school book trust
That is propaganda. No representa-
tive Of any trust is going to put any
thing over on this house.
Harris intimated that the trust"
was opposing the bills.
'Do YOU mean to say I am con-
trolled by q trust?" Smith demanded
About ten days ago I was told by
one Of my investigators that the
strongest opponent of the bills would
bee Asa J. smith," was the reply.
IF the gentleman from Lake says
am controlled by a trust he is guilty
of a conscious falsehOod," Smith
shouted
Proof Demanded
Il am going to demand that charges
that the board Of education is con-
troled be proved. Senate bill 203 is
in the interest of the book publishers "
Representative Pittenger, one of
the authors OF bin No. 203. declared
Continued on Page 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-29
STATE ASKS j. S.
AID At BLANFORD
AFTER SHOOTING
Three Die in Two BrawIs-
Sheriff and Fourth Man
Wounded.
Wounded,

The Federal prohibition department
win be asked TO clean up Blanford,
Ind, it was announced at Governor
McCray's office today, following a con-
ference of the Governor with Adjutant
General Harry b Smith Smith said
State troops will not be sent.
The conference followed a battle in
a dance hall at Blanford Sunday night,
in which two men were killed and the
sheriff and another man wounded and
death of a third man in another
shooting.
The Governor called Bert c.. Nor
gan, Federal prohibition enforcement
officer for Indiana, to the Statehouse
for a conference.
Morgan said: Federal prohibition
forces have done everything in their
power to close up Blanford so far as
the open sale of liquor is concerned
Last summer we visited twenty
nine places in Blanford, Centenary
and Jacksonville. They all are closed,
many of them are boarded up. We OBJ
tanned injunctions against their op-
GRAFTON in Federal Court.
Operators of many of these placec
We're indicted by the Federal grand
jury and were arraigned before Judge
Albert b. Anderson recently. A num-
Der entered pleas Of guilty and now
are serving Jail sentences. The other
cases are awaiting trial
The Battle
I'VE cannot expected to stop alb
solutely petty bootlegging, but we
have closed all the roadhouses and
places We're liquor was sold openly
The Governor and Adjutant Gen
eral Harry B. Smith have been keep
ing a close watch on Blanford during
the past ten days since an attack by
a negro on a 12-yoar-old white girl.
On the day following the attack all
the negroes We're ordered to leave the
town and most of them complied. A
National Guard officer was sent to
Blanford and ordered to make re,
port.
Sunday night a group Of Serbians
fired into the Hale and Brown store
owned by negroes who remained in
the town.
Sheriff Henry Newlin of Vernillion
County, and a number Of depu-
ties drove into the town and went
to a dance hall where miners were
congregated. Persons in the hall
opened fire on the sheriff, one bullet
striking him in the shoulder.
The gun battle which followed re-
suited in the death of Mike Yarach.
43. and Dan Stupar, coal miners, and
the wounding of another.
Nell Obradovich, 3S, was killed in 3
fight at a wedding ceremony.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-29
EX-SOLDIER WOULD
KILL KING AND QUEEN
Man Was Arrested Five Yards From
Royal Couple.

BV United Press
LONDON. Jan. pa crippled ex-
soldier shouting If I had a revolver
I'd shoot you al" dashed through the
crowd greeting King George and
Queen Mary on their arrival from
Sandringhsm today. He was arrested
five yards from the king.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-29
Carpenter Tools Taken

Carpenter tools valued at S4S were
stolen from a house 1916 College Ave,
Sunday night, Frank Jackson, 1921
Brcokside Ave, and 7. IL Hogan. 1913
Ingram St. owners Of the tools, re-
ported to the police today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-29
Asa Smith Brands as Conscious FaSehood Intmaton He
Is Connected With TruSt-AuthOr Of Bill Grows
Heated in Argument,
Heated in Argument,

Charges counterchargs of by schoobook trust
personalities flashed back and forth in the House of
Representatives today the bere debates in that body
in years
The fight ared up result of motion by Representative
Asa Smith of indianapolis that bills providing for the local
adoption scooooks and the reorganization of the State board
education be referred education The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-29
PETTY CRAFTS CHARGED
TO OFFICIALS WIVES

Mrs. POindeXter Says Government
Has to Pay.
By United Press
WASHINGTON. Jan. ga letter
written by Mrs. Miles POindexter, wife
Of the Washington Senator. to a Sc
attic newspaper in which she sharply
assails wives of the Cabinet officers
for petty graft at Government expense
has caused a storm in official society
circles here.
The letter also reveals that the
Poindexters and Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. DENLY are decidedly at
outs"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-29
THE WEATHER

Forecast for Indianapolis and Vi
cinity is unsettled tonight and Tues
day with probably rain. Somewhat
warmer tonight. with lowest temper
ature about S5
HOURLY TEMpERATI-RE
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-29
BULLETIN
BIZ United Press

WASHINGTON Jan. Ex-senator introduce Tuesday
his resolution authorizing ard requesting President Harding
world economic conference reparaon
kindred problems he said today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-29
Home Edition

HULL services of United Press.
l. United News, United Finan-
cial, NEA and Scripps Alliance
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-29
Forecast

7 UNSETTLED tonight and
~ Tuesday with probably
rain. Somewhat warmer tonight.
Lowest temperature 35.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

joined the Gordon Highlanders but for
the opportunity they had of kissing one
of the most beautiful women in the world.
The husband of Duchess Jane was the
last of the Gordons who had retained
possession of castle and title for more
than 700 years. The Dukedom lapsed
at his death, and afterwards revived under
the name of the Duke. of Richmond and
Gordon, whose living representative is one
of the wealthiest peers of the realm
If the halls of Aboyne are strange to
his bride the district is no stranger to it's
new master. For years he had been liv-
ing with his first wife near Aboyne, in
magnificent residence called Struan Hall
For him, lowlpess was young ambitions
ladder When mere child he was forced
to make his own way in the world, and
without the backing of well-to-do relatives
naturally turned his hand to the first thing
that presented itself. He became an
errand boy delivering parcels from local
dry goods store close by the University of
Aberdeen.
His industry won the eye of Mr..
Morrison who even then was more than a
local celebrity as puryeyor of cheap goods
to the thriftiest people of Aberdeen.
YoungA Mearns devotion to business
won him proWotion and he was given
little pair of cutting scissors and placed
behind the counter. The step to buyer
followed, and his ability to drive a sharp
bargain soon won his employers attention,
and Mearns was sent out as travelling
buyer all, over the country, gathering up
the bankrupt, despoiled and broken-lot
stocks of unfortunate merchants and mill
owners who were in tight boxes and who
were willing to make sacrifices for ready
cash.
Mearns' effort proved so invaluable in
building up the business that he became
partner. Here his instinct for acquiring
the excess output of other cities ami
selling it in Aberdeen added greatly to
his fortune.
"Raggies" sells everything nowadays
from collar buttons to furniture, like the
biggest of American department stores.
Mr.. Mearns proved the success of this
sort of trade and through it acquired
fortune that can only be guessed at.
Since he paid more than 100000 for
his new home the people of Aberdeen.
who know his habits, shake their heads
and admit that their general store
proprietor must have quite a lot of
money.
In 1897, the lands of Aboyne came into
the possession of the Gordons, the great
fighting clan of the north of Scotland.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

The Cocks o. the North" they were
called, and so indeed they were. As
Earls and Marquises of Huntley and Earls
of Aboyne, the Gordons held Aboyne
Castle until recent times Their chief
seat was at Huntly where the magnificent
ruins of their old castle give some idea of
their wealth and powey. For centuries
the "Gordons had the guidin' o. tt One
of them was created Duke with huge pos
sessions, most of which are now held by
the Duke of Richmond and Gordon The
last Duke of Gordon was the sixth
To the lover of Scottish history in it's
more romantic appeal, the most interest
ing chapter of the history of Aboyne
Castle is its association with the rebellion
of IT'S, when James Stuart and his fol-
overs raised the Jacobite standard at
Deeside. 1t was in Aboyne Castle that
the rebellion on behalf of James, who
was undoubtedly the legal successor to the
throne of Scotland, was Matched The
Earl of Mar was at the head of the
-Jacobite forces and went north to
Braemar to hold meeting of
SyuipdIHlZeES. ~ mere was preliminary
meeting at Braemer on August Goth, but
the final arrangements were made later
at Aboyne Castle Only those who were
prepared to bear arms on behalf of James
were present, and they had by this time
decided to separate from Jacobites of
more cautious counsels. On September
9th James's flag was raised an event
celebrated in the famous Scottish song
''The Standard on the Braes o. Mar
Is up, and waving fairly"
The rebellion, of~cOurse, was failure.
A later one in 1745, on behalf of Charles
Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie" is the
subject of some of the most touching
songs of Scottish patriotism and loyalty
to a lost cause. 1t, too, ended disastrous
ly, and with it the last effort to make
Scotland separate nation with a separate
king from England
From that time the history of Aboyne
Castle is peaceful. Lying amongst the
most picturesque scenery of Deeside, it
is a magnificent place. As the fortunes
of the Marquises of Huntly declined,
Aboyne Castle came to be their only
estate, but finally it too had to be sold
not many years ago. The present Marquis
was driven to dispose of it owing to his
limited income and the impossibility of
keeping up such a vast establishment
after his new wife, the former Mrs James
Mcdonald, a wealthy American widow
from Washington, refused to part with
her American earned money to keep up
the famous old Scotch estate.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

such trade in Aberdeen, and it's success
became financial history. People in polite
society had habit of showing great
ignorance when it's name was mentioned,
but James Mearns noticed that they found
their way over his threshold when look
ing for real bargains. This gave him an
opinion of the so-called select circles
which was not as complimentary as they
might wish to think and greatly in
fuenced his desire to some day own the
ancestral home of the Cocks O. the
North"
In Aberdeen you never hear one lady
say to another, 81 bought this at
Morrison's," but that's where much of
their money is spent. The place has be-
come Familiarity know as "Raggie's," but
the goods belied the name. 1t is of good
quality-sometimes the best that can be
found anywhere--bought by Mr.. Mearns
at "dirt cheap" prices because he was
always ready to pay cash for his pur-
chases.
Mr.. Mearns's business association with
the aristocracy of Aberdeen did not keep
his ambition from walking on stills, and
he thought himself quite good enough to
settle his bride in Aboyne and become
the. neighbor of the King and Queen of
England when they take their customary
holiday at Balmoral Castle.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

of Aboyne, when she fatty refused
to open her purse to buy back the
ancestral estates Of her husband, the
Marquis. These estates had descended a
few months previously to relative of the
Marquis former wife, who owned the
historic Scottish headquarters of the Clan
Gordon after 1T had been purchased for
her by her father The present Marchon-
ess of Huntly was married to the elderly
Marquis less than a year ago, and was
quite willing to assume his title without
going to any unusual expense in uphold
ing it's dignity.
In her decision to control her own
fortune, the Marchioness of Huntly is fol-
lowing the example of Mrs. John Jacob
Aston, who rescued her Septuagenarian
husband, Lord Ribblesdale, from living
quarters in lodge in his extensive estates
which had fallen into the hands of
creditors, but who had refused to take
the family castle off their hands.
Princess Anastasia, wife of Prince
Christopher of Greece, who was formerly
Mrs. William B. Leeds, is another
American heiress of some years matr-
monIai experience, who pays her bills
out of her own pocket money instead of
tapping her noble husbands resources.
The Earl of Aberdeen is Gordon and
countless descendants of the Clan have
figured so prominently in history that it
was expected the present Earl would pur-
chase the estate of his impecunious
relative for the sake of family honor.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

It will be remembered how Aladdin, tie
child of poor parents. was met in the
streets by an African magician, who
promised to set him up in linen store,
and give him a talisman that would Weld
him fortune. Well, "Raggie" Morrison,
proprietor of the general store in Aber-
deem, took the place of the African ma
glcian in the life of young Mearns He
not only promised, but actually set the
youthful James over a linen counter, and
gave HIM trade secrets that turned out to
be quite as magical in accommodating a for
tune as the battered lamp that Aladdin
rubbed.
Young Mearns eventually succeeded his
employer as owner of the biggest money
making store in Aberdeen. When he de-
cided to marry, like his fiction prototype,
Mr.. Mearns looked about for real palace
in which to establish his bride, and pur-
chased from the famous Scotch Gordon
family the ancestral home of the "Cocks
o the North" as they and their regiment,
the Gordon HIghlanders, have come down
in history.
James Mearns' bride was for twenty
years his typist, Aladdn's was a princess.
There were no women office holders in
Aladdin's day, or he, too, might have
chosen an associate of his dailv tasks for
a bride instead of the daughter of the
reigning monarch. At any rate, Mr.,
Mearns' romance does not suffer bv com
parison with that of the Arabian Nights
hero.
But Mr.. Mearns can thank an American
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

She decided that the historic halls of
Aboyne was just the proper setting for
her honeymoon
Before her time it's historic walls had
sheltered as brides and mistresses beauti-
full women who had shed an illustrious
splendor around the name of Gordon.
The last of these, Jane, Duchess of
Gordon, had distinguished herself by re-
cruiting a regiment of Gordon High
landers in the dark days, when Europe
was sick of war;, and the commoners had
set their minds against military service.
This Duchess ran a neck and neck race
with the Duchess of Devonshire for the
popularity prize among the women of her
day. From Scotland she went to France
where Napolean's restless gaze was raised
from his maps long enough to dwell on
her charm, and she became the object of
his devoted attention.
The famous Frenchman found, with the
continent at his heel, England unpre-
pared, and fear of an invasion became
the spectre of the British mind. In this
crisis Duchess Jane raised a regiment by
her kisses. She went up and down the
countryside with the Kings shilling be-
tween her lips. The taking of the shilling
was a pledge that the recruit would join
the famous Cocks o. the North. This
romantic idea brought hundreds to the
colors who might otherwise never have
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

When Appeared a for
SuIan's Wanted to Marry -

The historic Scottish families
and the wealthy and titled Eng
lish folk who follow in the train
of their monarchs and spend
part of the year at Deeside,
where both Balmoral and
Aboyne Castles are located, have
not recovered from the jolt of
having the wealthy tradesman
and his office assistant bride as
neighbors.
An early rumor that the bust
ness magnate had decided to
turn his newly-acquired acres
into an up-to-date health resort,
no doubt, inspired some of the
dread the chest bloods" had for
their suspicious of their very
practical new neighbors, because
Mr.. Mearns was never known
to touch anything in life with
out galvanizing it into a possible
source of revenue, and Aboyne
would have been an ideal place
for a sanatorium, with its
rugged climate, its grouse
shooting acres and it's streams
full of game fish.
Whatever Mr.. Mearns had in
mind, his taking of a bride re-
lieved the tension in the minds
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

Aladdin, rub
bing his magic
lamp, had an east
er, but no surer
way of satisfying
every desire of his
heart than Mr..
Mearns discovered
when he rubbed
old figures off of
price tags and SUBJ
stituted new ones.
AS the proprie-
tor of "Raggie"
Morrison's general
store, one of the
largest in all Scot
land, he conceived
the policy of buy
ing cheaply and
selling only a little
dearer, depending
on a big overturn
for big profits.
Bankrupt stocks,
e 90 d s salvaged
from fires any
thing on the mar
ket that could be
b o u & h t cheaply
was fair game for
his ready purse.
Morrison's was the
only store handling
The Washington times., 1923-01-28
The Genii Flying Through the Air
With the Enchanted Palace
of Aladdin.

woman, the pres
ent Marchioness of
Huntly, for his pos
session of Aboyne
Castle. It was hers
by right of mar
riage, and very like
ly would have been
hers in fact if she
were not one of the
new type of Amer
lean heiresses that
have recently mar
ried impecunious
but titled Britishers.
She was formerly
the wife of the late
James Mcdonald, an
American citizen,
w h o represented
Standard Oil in
London and made
millions on the job
before he died.
She made it pos
sible for Mr.. Mearns
to part with a con-
siderable pile of his
hard-earned shil-
lings to purchase the
honeymoon Castle
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

nails OF ADoyne Castle, the OF
there was enacted an episode in
real life almost as strange as the
old story of Aladdin and his won
derful lamp.
Liveried servants met Mr..
Mearns-now the merchant
prince of Aberdeen-at the
entrance; from the walls hung
paintings of great value, and on
the floors rugs from farthest
India, so that it would not be
difficult for the newly-made
bride to close her eyes and
imagine she was in the enchanted
palace of Aladdin with her some
what portly, middle-aged hus-
band walking up the stairs with
an old lamp under his arm.
Indeed, the castle she was in,
like the castle of Aladdin's bride,
had been acquired especially for
her honeymoon, and it was
stretched right opposite the
palace of the reigning monarch
in her case, King George of
England, instead of Persian
sultan; for King George main
tains royal palace in Scotland,
famous old Balmoral.
In America, although immi-
grants have long since given up
the notion of finding gold in the
streets, the spectacle of men born
in poverty and suddenly raised
to wealth with palaces and
servants, and all their hearts
desire is not unknown.
But Scotland, where pence and
shlllings are wrung from the
tight fist of fortune only by the
severest toll, seems to be the last
place in the world to look for a
real-life, modern version of the
Arabian Nights fable.
Yet the life of James Mearns
has been filled with incidents that
must recall fairybook scenes as
he glances over the pages of his
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

Historic Old Aboyne Castle Which the
Scotch Lords Were Too Poor to Maintain
and Where MIR. Mearns, the former Dry
Goods Clerk, Now Lives With His Bride
Who Was for Twenty Years His Typist.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

"7HEN James Mearns, once humble
w dry goods clerk in Aberdeen,
Scotland, led his bride (his typist)
up the stone tagging and into the historic
halls of Aboyne Castle. the other day,
there was enacted an episode in modern
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

co 1928, by American Weekly, Rights Reserved
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-02
Senate Refuses To
Reconsider PostpOning
Of Osteopaths' Bill

GRINDER the laws of Maine, IL tiic
c,,,ior of the world should make ms
annearance today he would be sem
70 iail because he didn't have COZ
leae education and certihcate lol
healing" said Senator Hinckley "
Cumberland, speaking in the SENATE
Thursday morning on a motion "
reconsider the indefinite postpone
ment Of the act permitting osteo,
paths to practice surgery ana
obstetrics and requiring them TO
take the same examinations as those
prescribed by the State board OF eX-
animation in medicine. The motlon
to reconsider was made by Senator
Wadsworth of Kennebec. who then
Welded to Senator Hinckley OF cum
berland.
Explaining the provisions OF the
bill. Senator Hinckley declared that
while members of the Senate had
been told by the medical profession
within the last AZ hours that the os-
teopaths would be permitted to prac-
tice surgery without an examination,
but one of the requirements was
that they should take the examina-
ton prescribed by the board OF reg
istration in medicine.
You didn't have this informa-
ton before YOU, Senators when you
voted yesterday, did you?" said Sen
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-02
| Maine Scholars
Turn In 40 Posters
Red Cross Campaign

About 40 posters, the work OF the
school children from all over the
State, have been received at the Au-
gusta office of the American Red
Cross, in the Red Cross Poster con-
test which closed yesterday ana
which was conducted to select Red
Cross Poster for Maine. Miss Jean
Todd. local secretary stated that she
would notify the New England DlVls-
ion Office in Boston under whose au-
spices the contest was held and that
they would set the date for the Judg-
ing of the posters, committee con-
sisting of Governor Percival Z. Bax-
ter. DR.. Augustus o. Thomas. state
superintendent of schools. Mrs. >. II:
Huddilstone Of Orono, president OF
the Maine Federation of Women
clubs, DIR. Kenneth c. M. Stills OF
Brunswick, president of Bowdoin'
Arthur G. Staples Of Lewiston. editor
of the Lewiston Journal and Mrs.
George Derby, Falmouth Foreslde.
New England director Of Junior Red
Cross. having been selected by the
Boston office, to decide the winner OF
the contest.