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Evening star., 1924-11-26
The Failure Of Justice.

The situation yesterday in that
branch of the Police Court where
jury trials are held was most discour-
aging. A jury sat in its box ready to
listen to any Of the II cases scheduled
for trial, and yet for one reason and
another none was ready. Three Of
them were dismissed for want Of
prosecution, IA were postponed be-
cause Of the non-appearance Of wit
nesses or because the defense was not
ready. Ten of these IA were assigned
to definite dates. while the other 4
were postponed indefinitely. Nine of
the IA defendants were charged with
driving while drunk, and the others
with reckless driving and with speed.
ing.
1t would seem from this record that
there is practically no punishment in
this District for driving motor cars
while under the influence Of liquor.
Drivers are arrested in that condi-
ton, taken to the station house, bailed,
perhaps, and then, on appearance in
court, secure postponements or de-
mand jury trials and thus evade
prosecution for so long a time that
the witnesses are unavailable or the
prosecution slackens owing to the
pressure Of other matters. The other
day a conviction was had in a case
that had been pending seven months.
OF all the offenses against the traf-
flc rules that deserve severe punish
ment that Of driving while intoxicated
is most fragrant. A drunken driver is
utterly irresponsible and a menace to
everybody In the streets. He has no
conception Of the rights Of others, and
Evening star., 1924-11-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILASDER JOHNSON

Diogenes Diggs.
Young Diggs has a mind
That was rather refined.
His classics he knew
Ere to manhood he grew.
In music and art
He had quite a good start,
But he yearned for the charm
OF a life on the farm.
I'll get me some pigs"
Quoth Diogenes Diggs.
He used to declare
That his principal care
Was ideas to find
For the good Of mankind.
But his interest turned
To the money he earned,
Growing less and less warm
For his plans Of reform.
They're no good for the pigs"
Quoth Diogenes Diggs.
He toiled with a zest,
All disdainful Of rest,
To gain what he'd need
For the purchase Of feed.
It rejoiced him anew
AS they grunted and grew.
Men his skill would disdain.
But he didn't complain
Its fine for the pigs
Quoth Diogenes Diggs.
Evening star., 1924-11-26
to Get Europeans
Interested in Base Ball Vain

evermore from being a spectator at
base ball game in England" mourns
the Springfield Union (Masso. for
seeing a base ball game in England.
to Judge from the reports, is Ike
eating mince pie for breakfast III
Budapest" The Union continues
We hear rumors of a whole game
played without a single respectfully
cheer from the spectators. We havT
long. droll and derogatory critic 81
of the great American sport frG9 y
the too-many- sided Bernard Sh&
We have reports of a free-hitt Z
game completed in / hour and
minutes. We are told of an en-
game played through without ~
player snarling a. an umpire. WM
sort of base ball is thisc'
LAS much of Britain as writes g.
I the newspapers has arrived at slI
prising opinion of base ball" accon
ing to the Detroit News, which poiHtas
out that "a game which we suppose
to be one Of infinite variety and in
Vulnerable thrills is described by the
Morning Post as monotonous, even III
comparison with an inning by the
dullest professional cricketer who
! ever dawdled through the leaden
hours on an English field"
* x
Indeed, "the British newspapers
find the game dull" declares the
Nashville Banner, and at least one
of them criticized 1t because the ball
nearly always found a great big glove
waiting for it when it descended In
the field There is no thrill for the
British in a one-handed stab Of q
hardhit drive. They have been po-
lite enough about it. entirely too po-
lite. TO do so much as approximate g
real base ball atmosphere" But II
0F y,st
that the St. Paul Pioneer Press finds
the English sport writer uncon
sciously lapses into Harry Leon VIII
sons best style, and we listen to
Ruggle of Red Gap speaking: There
is no obviously perceptible variation
in the pitching, which is all as fast
and furious as may be. but. OF course,
there is enormous skill in it, What
on earth is the use of curves and
slants-if you can't see them and
often cannot see the ball? The re
specially bowled cricket ball is fast
enough and one can view 1t as IL
travels and applaud 1t on Its way"
Although 'Messrs. McGraw and
Comiskey may not have convinced
Europe that base ball is the game
OF games" the Buffalo News feels
there In the national pastlme OF
America. Surely there was a symp-
tom of appreciation in the cries OF
the French schoolboys, "a mort
rarbiter,' meaning kill the umpire"
If American base ball enthusiasts
really want TO develop noisy appro-
baton for the game in foreign lands.
the Pittsburgh Sun suggests that "if
some zealot, with q capacity for in
finite patience, will devote himself
to organizing the boys of the villages
into base ball mines he may live to
see the game obtain a foothold. Base
ball did not start in America by tours
of high priced stars. 1t had It's be-
ginning on the sandlots. And the
sandlot is the place to plant base ball
seed In Europe"
Evening star., 1924-11-26
Arts of Speech.

Are you sure your grammar is alb
solutely correct in all your speeches"
I've tried to keep it from being So"
answered Senator Sorghum. ct don't
want to assume any airs of superior
ity. A politician, like a poet, is most
influential when he has succeeded in
getting a sympathetic grip on the
unpretentious vernacular."
Evening star., 1924-11-26

The Rev. Percy Stickney Grant has
had a great deal of the publicity natu-
rally resultant from a tendency to
make modern religion as rough as
possible.
Evening star., 1924-11-26
All Other States.
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
70 the for republication of all news dis
patches credited 10 1t or not otherwise credited
q mis- paper and also the local news pub
itshed herein. All rights Of publication Of
Evening star., 1924-11-26

It may occur to Egyptian statesmen
that they We're safer in leaving their
country's prestige to old King Tut
than in encouraging more modern
demonstrations.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

The political situation has 30 re-
solved itself that anybody can men
ton the ku klux Klan without fear
of precipitating 4 political sensation.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Any further senatorial investigation
is likely to be more or less hampered
by an impression on the part Of the
public that it already knows the worst.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

The New York Stock Exchange is
again asserting itself as the promoter
of the worlds greatest guessing con-
test.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Should the U. s. A. feel called upon
to build any more battleships the
world may rely on it that they will be
even harder to sink than the Wash.
ington.
Evening star., 1924-11-26
Sufficiently Invigorating.

From the Boston Transcript.
President Coolidge says he is not going
to take q vacation. Probably he found
the election returns sufficiently invigo.
rating to carry him through the Winter.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

lnefficient police regulations appear
liable to plunge Egypt into serious ma.
tional complications.
Evening star., 1924-11-26
That Rude Awakening.

From the Los Angeles Times.
We read an account Of man who
slept past the time for his wedding.
That's nothing. Lots Of men don't wake
up till after marriage.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning
rdition is delivered by carriers within the
cty at 80 cents per month: daily only. 40
cents per month; Sunday only, 20 cents per
month. Orders may I've sent by mail or tele-
Phone Main 5000. Collection IS made by car
riers at the end of each month.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Financial circles the world over
have adopted the slogan, See Amer.
lea First"
Evening star., 1924-11-26
Satisfactory Substitute.

There is no Santa Claus; that's true.
The fact is undeniable.
But there's letter carrier who
Is vastly more reliable.
Evening star., 1924-11-26
Rate by Mail--Payabie in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.

Daily and Sunday. l yr., sS.4o: mo-, 1oc
Daily w, $500; mo-, soc
Sunday only yr., S240, mo-, zoe
Evening star., 1924-11-26
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

New York Ohice: 1l0 East 42nd st.
Chicago Office: Tower Building.
European Office: 10 Regent st. London. England.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Jud Tunkins says envy is what
makes man wish for something he
wouldn't know what to do with if
he had it.
Evening star., 1924-11-26
Problems.

Great Problems leave US Ill at ease.
Man overparks and guzzles.
The Housing Problem still one sees.
The Fuel Problem lets us freeze;
And, in addition to all these,
We're doing Crossword Puzzles!
Evening star., 1924-11-26
Appearances.

Appearances are deceitful," re-
marked the ready.made philosopher.
I'm afraid they are" agreed Miss
Cayenne. 'The fact that a girl has
won a prize in a beauty contest is no
assurance that she Is reliable ad-
wiser as to how to vote in a political
crisis
Evening star., 1924-11-26
A Habit.

a Habit.
Whene'er a lady puts aside
Her matrimonial duty.
Why is it limited with great pride
That she's a "Revue Beauty?"
Evening star., 1924-11-26

IT can't decide" said Uncle Eben,
whether de object of goin' abroad Is
fob American folks to improve deir
minds or fob European folks to I'm.
prove deir finances"
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Peru, Chile and Bolivia were allies
for independence against their com
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04
LIQUOR RAIDS
MADE IN CITY
BY OFFICERS
II County, City. State and
Federal Men Search Many
Local Places
MANY SEIZURES MADE

County, city, state and federal o.
fcers combined last night in several
raids in the city of Bismarck, seek
ing Illicit liquor. There were in the
raiding party Sheriff Hedstrom,
Chief Of Police Martincson, Police
man william, five state license de
partment operatives and four fedora.
officers
The seizures made, according to
the sheriff, follow:
Amos Casey, 220 S 18th street, 1876
bottles beer. gallon jug Of beer.
Ny Ne'l.c Nicklcby, South See
ond street, 80 bottles beer.
William Gabel pool hall. Sixth
street, two bottles moonshinc.
Claude Rosson, rooms above pool
hall, bottle moonshinc
Joseph Lit, 2l7 Seventh street,
two quarts moonshine
Restaurant, next to Sixth street
pool hall, five gallons wine; two gal
Ions moonshinc
A number of places were searched
III which raiding party expected to
find liquor but did not, it was under
stood No charges had been pre-
ferred against any of the persons
whose places were raidtd, at noon
today.
1t was understood some cigarette
seizures were made incident TO the
search for wet goods, but names of
places searched were not giver.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04

during this year, many of our good
friends have become discouraged.
with the country and gone, some to
the far west in sunny California,
some east, and some south, and some
north, and it has been with much re-
greet that we have seen them go, for
we are on the eve of the greatest
prosperity that the grand old state
Of North Dakota has ever seen Next
year you will see many settlers com
ing in to take advantage of our
cheap lands and go into diversified
farming, for there is no place where
a man with little means can start
as cheap as here and quit the wheat
game, raise cattle, corn and hogs,
and be independent
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04

youuS girl
when the desk
began to move
and 4 rough
v OF &c an
nounced that
the speaker
didn't want to
wait all day to
carry n over to
the new flat.
1T too
b a d." N ral
Willard apollo
gized, hut the
8 o 0 er n e.
. ( a TT t h e.
spener we'll be
settled"
Q ute
right" agreed
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04
BRITAIN ASKS
RELEASE FROM
BAIL OF CREW
Protests Against Holding of
Men Seized with Rum Ship
Off 8 Mile Limit
(By the Associated Pressl

LONDON, Jan. 4.~-Grcat Britain has
asked the United States for the re-
Canadian members of the crew of the
steamer Tomoka. alleged rum runner.
1ei2ed last November beyond the
threemile limit off New York.
The request for the release of the
rev is being made through Henry
Chiffon, the charge dc affaires in
Washington, at the instance of the
canadian government.
Further information also is being
'ought by the British government
expecting the circumstances attend
ne the seizure Of the Tomoka be-
1ond the three mile limit.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04
ALEX KELS
ELECTROCUTED

Folsob. Calf, Jan 4 Alex kels,
confessed slayer of an aged wander
ing worker near Lodi. Calf. Sep
tender 2 last, paid the penalty on the
gallows at the state prison here to-
day. He went to his death smiling
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04
News of Our
NeighbOrs
WING ITEMS

WING ITEMS
Axel Solder, county commissions,
rom this district, went to Bismarck
tuesday, on the afteroon train to at
end meeting of the county COM
lissioners.
b. r. Lawyer, left. New Years day
or Mckenzie where he has charge
the bank at that place.
9. A. Huhbcll, of Glen Ulln,
pent several days here last week,
business
Miss Viola Hagen, spent last week
18th her parents at Wilton. Mrs.
X. c. Edgerton took her place at
lie central.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Hultin, wer.
llled to Minnesota last week by the
lness Of Mrs. Hultin's mother.
Geo. Anderson and family ate
mas dinner with relatives at Will
m.
Miss LeNora Johns, who is teach
& at Dickinson, spent the holidays
It'll her parents here
Mr.. and Mrs. Vinton Heaton, ate
mas dinner with relatives at Steel.
The stores here have been busy
e past week taking inventory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vinton Heaton en-
rtained large number of their
lends New Years eve, watching the
4 year out and the new year in.
ancing and whist were enjoyed UNI
= about midnight when dainty re-
ashmehts were served. Mr.. and
IS. Heaton are royal entertainers
.dsdeserve much credit for the way
ey entertained their friends.
Mr.. and Mrs A. j. Carlson and
lighter Leon spent Xmas with rela-
res at buchanan.
Everyone is complaining about the
I'D weather for the past few days
lie weather has been so balmy up UNI
a after Xmas that the cold weather
assus hard.
Tom and Charles Wilkinson, Of
ron who ware ATTENDING tho fun
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04
DRIVER HURT,
Assn. TRAIN
STRIKES AUTO
Harry Clooten Said to Have
Suffered Internal Injuries
in Crash Today

Harry Clooten. taxi driver, mar
rowly escaped death at 7:l5 o'clock
this morning when Northern Pa
cific freight train, east bound, struck
his enclosed car at the Seventh
street crossing. Clotten has internal
injuries. physicians said this after
noc,, but he was reported resting
well at his home.
The ear was carried some distance
before being tossed aside. Clooten
was crushed by the steering wheel,
and it is difficult for friends to dis
cover how he escaped with his life.
One side of the car was badly wreck
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04

lines with the kitchen wall for desk.
To the new apartment went Willard and
his rapidly changing script. As he was driv.
en- from pillar to post the poor Canary Of
his play, who really was never in any great
danger in the original script, found herself
in ever-increasing peril as the horrors Of
moving were transferred 10 the plot. When
al last the Wizards were settled in their
new home the play was completed. But it
wasn't the beautiful! play he had plotted up
in the clouds over there in France. 1t hau
gathered in the making the strength of
piano-mover's grip, the ruthlessness Of
Rent.Day, the spookiness Of an uufur.
nished fiat Two weeks later Willard read
the play to kilbourn Gordon; four weeks
later The Cat and the Canary" was pre-.
scented in New York and acciaimedthe
post thrilling mystery play evet |iltei.
81 GS
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04

Extra, values in Manhattan
Shirts. Regular $3.50 shirts.
$3.50. BergesOn's.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04

it. He worked successiveiy If
not successfully-with a ride-
board, a trunk. the top Of IN oil
stove and the back of a piano ~
transit for temporary desks.
With every change he addict
another dash Of ginger" to Inc
play. BY late afternoon. he Md
substituted murder for mort.
gage and the Cat" had begun 70
lose human and attain iieMlish
form. Every jolt the playwright
got from the movers he passed on
to his characters. One scene was
completely rewritten a beard
stretched across the bath tub in
which the fevered author at.
When the movers drove him out
he managed to iot down q few
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04

80 gan and hnsshed The greatest
Mystery drama that ever sent chills down
The spines Of an audience.
Willard was captain in the Air Service
IN France. One day, while flying over
Argonne Woods, the story Of The Cat
and the Canary" came to him Just like =
that.
II was 4 beautiful story about 4 sweet
Young girl who was driven from home
because she sc0rned the advances Of an old
He-Cat who held a mortgage on the farm.
md il was foil Of the iovel:est sentiments
and touching situations. As the story
grew in Wizards mind it affected him
deeply. From his eye dropped tear Of
sympathy; from his hand dropped INT
bomb that neatly wiped out a German
machine-g1,n nest BY the time Willard
was out Of tears and bombs the play was
quite completed in his mind.
The stars denote the lapse Of three years
during which the Great Play was forgotten
until one day. in November. l92l-in a
fash. it all came back to him. fastening
happily homeward Willard burst in upon
his wife with the glad news
"Ail | need is few days Of absolute
quiet and I'll finish it. he eonided.
Yes dear" replied Mrs. Willard, And
did | tell you that we have to move! The
landlords sold the house and I've redted
another apartment hope il won't inter.
fere with yopr perfectly ~
lovely play. ! CE j
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04

Willard. Anyway ! think I've made that
story just trifie too sentimental Ghess
III add little red blood TO it,"
So he took the play to the dining room
and had just added few drops Of red
blood to the plot when an extremely often.
sive person broke in on him and carried the
table away.
That night Willard dreamt that he was
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04
TEACHERS TO
GO TO FORKS
Awarded 1924 Convention of
State Education Body

Minot, ~ D.. Jan. 4-Grand
convention city of the North Dakota
Education association md the dates
of October %, 23 and "a were desig-
mated as the time For the meeting
Recommendation for constitution
al changes in the state association
which would give 4 greater portion,
of the membership fee to the par
ent organization were adopted by
the executive committee. Under the
present system the state association
received 81. 80 of each membership
fee and the district associations en-
bodied in the state association re-
ceive 81.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04

ed, the engine striking it glancing
blow.
Clooten declared at his home that
the train did not whistle and Con-
tinued on after it struck him.
There was no passengers in the car.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04

Mems S. Wool Shirts 1895
BergesOn's.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04

HlS IS the true story Of how John
Willard. reporter. actor. cow
boy, miner and art student. be-
gan and finished The greatest
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04
COMMISSIONERS,
ARE HONORED

A banquet was given last night at
the Mckenzie by DR.. c. E. Stack
house, county health officer, and f.
5. Allen, county attorney, in honor
of the county commiss toner's. DIR. +.
ses were made by Judge Fred jan
sonius, Commissioner Oscar Bach
man, Judge W. S! Casselman, Com
missioner f. G. Patterson, G.. p.
Mann, w. H. Webb, Joseph Breslow,
Joseph Coghlan, DR.. Stackhouse and
Mr. Allen.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04
Jhe Remarkable Evolution
OF The Cat 1nd the Canary i
Conceived the Clouds over Arsonne Woods the Thrilling
Story Of this Famous Mysery Play Happily Com
peed while Battling with Furniture Movers at Home

Not at all" replied willard AS a
matter Of fact it's practically written out
in my head-already. I'll begin right now
and I'll probably be through before the
movers get here"
So Willard sat down in his study and
began the Grea. Play. lie had deity
sketched in the character Of the sweet,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-12-26

Those who are In a run down" condi-
ton will notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh is local disease. II is greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
sists of an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application, and the
Internal Medicine, Tonic, which assists
in improving the General Health.
Sold by druggists for over 20 Years.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-12-26

City Water Superintendent e. J..
Colthorp stated last Tuesday evening
that there was not drop of surplus
water in the storage tank. This fact
he states is due to local residents per-
hitting their faucets to drip to pre-
vent freezing. This is a condition
that should be given considerable
attention by local residents as the
danger of fire is most apparent dur
ing such a shortage.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-12-26

William G. Elms. former resi-
dent of Mountain Home, but now of
Casper, Wyoming, is now at the
Mayo Brothers hospital at Rochester,
Minnesota, taking treatments. Many
local friends hope for speedy re-
covery.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-12-26

Stanton Park returned last Mon
day from a several days visit to Sill
yer City. Mr.. Park was in an auto
stage mishap, when the stage en-
countered a snow bank and turned
completely over throwing all of the
passengers out.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-12-26

Gordon Miller left last Tuesday
morning for Crockett, California,
where he is employed in sugar re-
finery. He has been spending the
past two weeks in Mountain Home
visiting with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Miller.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-12-26

Rolin Burkhart and w. G. Rey-
'noIds, OF Boise, were business visi-
tors in Mountain Home fore several
days OF the past week.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-12-26

j. e. Maxwell, who is a resident of
Owyhee, was a business visitor in
this city for several days during the
past week.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-12-26

Philip Anderson was passenger
on the Students Special, which ar
rived in Mountain Home last Sunday
afternoon from Moscow, where he is
student at the University of Ida
no. He will spend the holiday sea-
son with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. f. Anderson.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-12-26

John Benham, we'll known farm
er OF Bruneau, was in Mountain
Home last Saturday and Sunday.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-12-26

V. y. Riddle, OF Riddle, was
business visitor in this city the
forepart of the past week.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-12-26

The local lodge of Rebekahs gave
Christmas tree and entertainment
for the members of their families
last Tuesday evening. Delicious re-
freshments were served at the con-
cIusion of the program.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-12-26

]. w. Golob. of Pine, attended to
business affairs in Mountain Home
last Saturday, He returned home on
Sunday.