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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-03-06
suddenly, standing up.

guardian, by the testimony of the
guardian himself, when and before the
telephoned information of the tragedy
reaches him !"
"My GOd!" cried Hasbrouck Ruther-
ford suddenly, standing up, the great
veins beating viSibly faster in his
neck.
But of course" the lawyer went on,
''such things as she suggested-as you
yourself suggested just now-do not
occur in real life. Murder of this kind
would scarcely be conceivable, for in
real life the husband-in case the
woman's fantastic story of her substi-
tuition for another woman, and the
dead mans discovery of this were true
would not have killed this man. He
would not have dared to :"
The great bulk opposite him stiffened
again with red-faced anger; the hoarse
voice raised itself into a roar Of dis
gust.
Dared" he called hoarsely. 1t was
too simple. The strings of his emotion
lay in too plain sight-easy to play
upon as a harp.
But if he dared, if it happened" the
speaker went on then, continuing his
exposition of his theory, there would
be a curious situation" And then he
went on to outline it in it's various
ramifications.
"a very, very unpleasant situation"
be pointed out. "You would scarcely ex-
pect, in fact, to see a case like that
especially all within one influential
family-to go further than the most
formal preliminary legal processes"
And he showed still more at length
the logic of his case-the interest of
sides concerned in this distressing
tragedy-the friends and family of the
as well as of the woman-to pull
together and to focus all of their not
inconsiderable influence to hush and
keep from general publicity such a dis
tressing and deplorable scandal as the
death of this young man, whose body
might be found at night, in the room
he had been in secret associa-
ton with this lovely madwoman, his
near relative.
The lawyer worked out in great de-
tail this interesting legal SuppOsition
ne had conjured up-talking far into
early morn.
But there must be no accidents %
said Jasper Haig in final warning.
Not too much drinking now!"
You'll be safe" replied Hask Ruth
with a heavy laugh. "I know
hath any case pa statement that
vas probably true, though ordinarily he
would not have said it. He had never
'efore in the history of their relations
zen quite so Independent. "But don't
he asserted. "Ill do my side
f it. I'd do it anyhow" he asserted
or the third time, ION general princi-
les"
The other man, it seems, was at
cart not quite so ~conident-of him
r of circumstances. He always saw
90 far and too clearly for his own
omfort. But it was a choice be-
ween two dangers, either one bad.
nd this was clearly the less extreme.
mo accidents this time!" said Jas
er Haig to himself, after he had per
1nally dismissed his visitor from his
ont room in the early morning. He
God thinking, shook his smooth gray
cad ever so slightly, turned the last
out and went to bed. However,
: was too restless for sleep.
But is there, after all, such an illogi-
lily as an accident in this scheme of
e power, whatever we may choose
call it, which directs the progress
this web Of interMOzen aetinn
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-03-06
through the s%oftness the terrifying

through the softness the terrifying
solidity of a mans body.
Keep still, if you know what's good
for you" said a thick voice. And
stepping backward, Adelaide Ruther-
ford saw appear the great figure of
the mar whom she believed to be her
husband. !
He had evidently-only too evident
ly-been drinking. His breath, his
~bloodshot eyes, his stiff but carefully
controlled walk-all showed 1t. But
besides, there was a thing more ter
rible to her than this, she thought
the light of a curious and in1amed
anger, it seemed to her, in his eyes.
He smiled, or pretended to-a surly
smile. "Sit down !" he told her thick
ly, and forced her into a chair. He
turned away then, and going back to
the door where she had entered, tried
1t and assured himself that it was
locked. Then coming back and draw
ing up another chair, he sat down be-
side her, both facing by this arrange
ment, h observed now, the door in
the back wall Of the room which she
expected at any time to open-to open
and admit the man who was to have
rescued her.
You're clever, aren't your the man
went on. Nov, you sit down and
shut upi And if you make the first
attempt at warning, it will be the last
exercise you'll ever take in your little
crooked life"
She shrank away from him, but for
the moment he made no offer of vic
to her beside his seating her
n cautioning her to keep still. So
she sat for the time being, thinking
trying to realize the full meaning of
his words, just what he was planning
and what she herself must do.
And then silently, with a certain
stupid bravado, he drew out an old
revolver from the pocket Of his coat
and laid it upon his lap. And now she
saw, or thought she saw, with terrify-
dlstinctness, what his purpose
was. He was offering no violence to
her-yet! Probably he would not un-
til-until after her visitor arrived.
For very clearly in some way he must
the other man was coming. She
sat still silent, wondering what she
do, watching him furtiyely as ,
sat beside her.
She was very near to him indeed:
she could feel the warmth of his
'reath-almost of his great body. She
s0TI6 500 tho hoofinn Of HE rn1ea -.
lis thick red neck, and she could see,
more and more distinctly, that
flint in his eye-that CLINT in the eye
# a man who has been drinking, drink
ng all day long for a purposel Her /,
outlived his. !
when did you expect him?" he
sked her 6nally-after several min |
ties of -restlessness and growing irri- I
alton on his part. !
Expect whom?" she returned with
calmness she did not feel. +,
None of thatl ~ he said, and took
he corner of her shoulder in his great |
airy hand. "When?" :
Il don't know what you are talking I
h answered with spirit, and t
he started to get up. But when she +
tempted it, a faint scream came l
rom her lips. 1t seemed as If her 6
would be crushed. T
Her first instinct was to keep on L
creaming, but the look in his face
reverted her. 1t was a look, she saw =
early now, a little different from the
'ok of a mere drunken man it was c.,
ore the glance of a man unbalanced,
? drink perhaps, and by something IN
se-by hatred. the impression grew 20
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-03-06

on her-an old, violent hatred, studt
ously self-infiamed.
And again they sat there waiting. It
must be, she thought, like this that
men sit hunting animals by q runway
Of woods. She sat now, as still as he,
submissive now to all appearances;
but her mind was never clearer or
more accurate, or her senses keener.
They were probably, she thought now,
Notwithstanding perhaps to a
touch of hysteria, to something she
must fight.
For now a still more singular inn
preston came over her. The idea had
come, and was growing on her, that
there was a third person in the rooml
1t had come irst-so far as her ex-
cited mind recalled-at the time when
this man beside her had hurt her and
made her scream. 1t had seemed to
her that at that instant she had seen
a movement, a sudden twitching, of
the velvet curtains in the window upon
the other side of the room frem where
she had discovered this man beside
her.
Since then she had cast continual
guarded glances at the window-try.
ing to satisfy her mind whether she
had been mistaken. Could it have been
that this man whom she had been ex-
pecting had arrived before time, and
had concealed himself there-possibly
suspecting the other man to be in the
room-and waited If SO, he was Ger.
tainly a strangely constituted man to
let her sit there under the threats
and compulsion of this drunken brute
-or mailman, whichever he might be
without aiding her. And yet, on re-
consideration, what else could he do
there, For one thing at least was Ger.
tain in her mind: appearance now
must mean certain death to him.
what are you looking at?' de-
manded the sudden voice of the man
beside her.
Looking at !" she exclaimed in a
voice that seemed even to her to be.
speaking from a great distance.
Il believe" he said, starting up, che
is here already. I believe you've got
him hidden away here somewhere
now"
He was certainly not a mere drunk.
en- man now. He was certainly not
sane. hls VOICE showed it, as did the
blood rising to his face, the little knot
Of veins pom his temples and the un-
CLINT which showed now in his
Redeemed eyeballs.
He started to his feet and she with
him. He was staring now at the
,lace where her eyes had been-the
'olds of that high velvet curtain.
Come out of there !" he cried in a
loarse voice. From behind that cur
ain l see you," he said with a
nouthful of foul epithets.
And at that the curtain moved
'ery slightly, but still visibly.
mo, no, no ~ cried the false AIDE
aide Rutherford, pushing at him with
her might. She saw now what she.
lad done. She had brought this IN
ortunate man-this rescuer and be-
whose name she did not even
,now-in here to be murdered. moi"
he cried Historically and she was
ushing at the unyielding body of the
beside her as he fired.
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Evening star., 1924-02-10

especially those having to do with the
making of war. But it is not as COM
plete as it should be. Our death and
birth registrations are notably incom-
plete, for example. Therefore one part
Of his job is to urge the various states
to get on the job. On Mr.. Steuart's
desk is a colored map showing the
states in purple that have fairly COM
plete death registration. The four
others which are behind the times in
this matter are picked out in yellow.
Two of them are among our most pro-
gressive states politically-Nevadaa and
South Dakota.
Birth registration is equally incom-
plcte. Therefore, he is working out
scheme for sending birth certificates
the properly registered baby gets
nice certificate the mother of the un-
registered baby next door is apt to
ask why her infant has not been dis
tinguished by governmental attention.
Eventually her youngster will get on
the rolls and win a ticket. Not too
many marriages are booked, either.
Ministers and others performing mar
riages are required by law to make
a return, but
Did YOU ever prosecute a minister
for failure to obey the law?" Mr..
Steuart once asked an office holder.
"Whoc" asked the politician. me?
Evening star., 1924-02-10

as an organization that every tenth
year finds out once more where our
fathers were born and how old We are
and how we spell all our names. Mr..
Steuart evidently thinks Andaman
Islanders know that much about 1t.
The decfnnia1 census, in fact, masses
almost all the facts about US as a
people. Not all of them are reduced to
statistical form, for the bureau does
not get enough money. But if you want
to know almost anything enough to
can be found in the census records.
During the regular. census taking es-
pecial attention is paid to population,
agricultural. mining and manufacturing
statistics. Between times other special
inquiries are undertaken.
Wanted Facts About Women.
Not long ago a woman interested in
politics said that certain facts about
femininity would be of enormous
value. But the money was lacking.
The task was too great BY the
time the information could be gather
ed it would be out of date.
"Why don't you read the census?"
asked Mr.. Steuart. mildly. 'They are
all there
The American census is, taken as
whole. the most complete massi0 of
facts about a people in the world, al
though some of the European countries
pay more attention to certain phases,
Evening star., 1924-02-10

the wheat farmer once more planted
firmly on his legs the agricultural in
terest need no longer engage the
solicitude of Congress to the eXclu-
sion of other pressing matters.
The bill embodying a constitutional
amendment forbidding further isSu-
ance of taX-eXempt securities was de-
feated in the House on the Sth. The
majority for the bill lacked Of the
necessary two-thirdS by seven votes.
The chief argument urged against the
proposed amendment was that of in
vasion of state rights.
DR.. Charles II. Levermore Of New
York city is the winner of the Box
peace-plan contest. He is sixty-eight
years old and a graduate of Yale.
Between 1879 and 1893 he taught sue
eessiveiy at the Hopkins a1sln Grammar
and the NJ. I. T. In 1893 he became
principal fo the Adelphi Academy,
Brooklyn. and when that institution
became Adelphi College he was it's
president until 1912, when he re-
tary of the New York Peace Society.
What about all those clever young
fellows who do the tall talking, that
they should allow this representative
of an effete and deSpised generation
to run off with the prize?
The North Carolina state board of
education, with the hearty concur
renee Of Gov. Morrison. has forbidden
the teaching, suggestion or intima-
ton in any of the public schols of
a lower form of animal.
A certain scandal has relegated to
the limbo Of lost proverbs the ex-
preston, "a tempest in a teapot"
X x =: +
Miscellaneus-Norw was first
in the winter sports division of the
Olympic games at Chamonix, France.
with a total Of 1341a points
Finland was second, Great Britain
third and the United States, with 90
points, fourth. The United States and
/ Canada were the contestants in the
hockey fnal,- Canada winning.
One hears that the points at issue
between the French and British gov
ernmentS respecting the separatist
movement in the Bavarian palatinate
and respecting the railroads in the
Cologne area are being amicably set
tied.
The long-talked-of Italo-Russian
commercial treaty has been signed
and Italy has given de jure recogni-
tion to the union of socialist soviet
republicans.
NJ Venizelos resigned as premier
of Greece. compelled thereto by the
precarious condition of his health. He
retains the more important office of
chairman of constituent assembly. NJ.
Kafandaris has formed a new cabinet.
The British government has granted
amnesty to practically all the Egyp-
tians, about 140s serving sentence on
conviction by British military courts.
China has a new cabinet. The rre-
mier is Sun Pao Chi, who has had
diplomatic experience In France and
Germany and whose appointment is
generally approved. Wellington Koo
is foreign minister.
The resistance Of the Mexican rebels
on the eastern front collapsed with
the rebel defeat at Esperanza On the
5th or 6th government troops entered
Vera Cruz, finding no rebels there.
De La Huerta, with the nearest and
dearest Of his civilian following, had
taken shipping betimes for q destina-
tion not surely known-probab bly,
Frontera, In the state Of .Tabasco.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
ROYALISTS CONSPIRINC
AGAINST CREEK REGIME
Nenizelos Still Dominant Power in Re.
public-Former Queen Sophia Ac.
tive-Bonapartist Pretention.

against the reigning house that its
aNversaries were resolved to proceed
almost to any lengths in order TO
avert its continuance on the throne.
The eyes of Venizelos were open to
a greater extent than ever before to
the sinister features of the recent
royalist fnsurrection against the de
faeto revolutionary government and
military directorate which had sent
off the young king and queen to Ru-
mania on 'leave of absence" He was
shown the extent to which that royal
ist insurrection, which was attended
by a good deal of bloodshed and cru
city. was engineered entirely by Queen
Sophia of Greece during her pro-
longed stay at Bucharest. and that as
long as she was permitted to play any
part in Greece through her sons and
other relatives it was idle'to look for
any stable government and for any
freedom of the country from those
German intrigues which almost cost
the nation its independence during
the great war, when Sophia, who has
Justly been stigmatized as the evil
genius of the land of her adoption,
sought by every means in her power
to commit Greece to a full-f1edEed al
lance with her brother, Emperor Will
liam.
When he realized the situation veni-
zeloS gave way to the arguments in
favor of the exclusion of the dynasty.
Roynlixts Lose Point.
While the virtual consent given by
Great Britain to the proclamation of
the republic at Athens will deprive
the royalists Of one Of their chief
arguments in favor of the retention
of the dynasty, 1t need not be taken
for granted that the monarchists will
abandon the fight without any fur
ther struggle. In fact, they will be
melted to the very last by Queen
Sophia. who. after several months
stay at Bucharest. has summoned a
meeting of all the members of the
formerly reigEing house of Greece to
meeting at Naples. which, I am
sorry to say, has been attended by
Queen Marie Of Rumania, who has
allowed her love for her eldest
to affect her political judgment and
discretion.
Another Possible Danger.
There is one more possible danger
in which the republic of Greece may
have to contend in the event of any
defeat of Premier Poincare. The lat
teTs successor would in all probabili-
ties be eX-Premier BRAND. This sus-
ceptible Franch statesman has long
been devoted to the handsome, Prin-
cess Georges of Greece. who, a
daughter of Roland Bonaparte and
heiress to the great wealth of her
dead mother, who was a daughter of
Francois Blanc. the founder and own
er of the public gambling tables at
Monte Carlo, is married to the late
King Constantine's sailor brother,
Prince Georges of Greece, who in the
reign of his father. was governor
general of the Island of Crete. Prince
Georges and his wife have a son
named Peter. and who, very good
looking boy. is now sixteen years of
age.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Carpenters Union Has Made
Great Strides Onward, Upward

some other method of mechanical
training augmented the evils, caus-
ing much dissatisfaction among the
men who had spent the best years OF
its branches. In this way. as time
rolled on. the once honored craft of
carpentry lost its exalted position,
its prestige and it's standing among
In many citics-in fact, in most
cities-wages were much lower than
in other trades that required less
skill, less training and fewer tools
Inscriptions. unfair, unreliable. ire
sponsiblc contractors swarmed into
the building business and introduced
all sorts of new-fangled ideas and
Illegal practices. Quality did not
count; quantity was what they de-
sired. Competition was keen. Cheap
ness had become almost the prevalent
rule, to the detriment alike Of real
contractors and journeymen, to tha
injury of the public and to the degra-
dation of the trade.
After three months incessant and
continuous agitation through the col
umns of the Carpenter, a call for u
convention of the trade was issued.
to be held in Chicago on August s.
1881. The convention was held as ar
ranged and lasted four days. Thirty.
six delegates We're present. repre-
senting eleven cities and twelve local
unions. with a total membership of
2.042. After four days session. or
on August II, 1881 it was decided to
form national union of carpenters.
to include Canada and the British
provinces as we'll as the United States.
The new organization was to be
known as the brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of America" II
was a question of doubt at that time
whether it would be success, as two
attempts had been previously made
one in 1854 and the other in 1S67--to
form national organization Of the
trade, but both were failures.
The principal aims of the brother
hood are ito discourage piece work,
to encourage an apprentice system.
to rescue our trade from the low level
to which it has fallen, and by mutual
effort to place ourselves on a foun-
dation strong enough to resist and
prevent further encroachments on
our rights, to cultivate feelings of
craft, to assist each other to secure
employment. to reduce the hours Of
daily toll. to secure adequate Iay for
our work. to furnish aid in cases OF
sickness. death and disability. and by
every means in our power to elevate
condition of our members. and, last
but not least, to improve the trade"
The progress of the brotherhood
has been onward and upward, ever
aiming for greater and nobler things.
The growth of the movement has
indicating that the founders of the
order built both wisely and well and
that their successors followed closely
in their footsteps.
Copyright. 1921. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syudicate.)
Evening star., 1924-02-10
BN JAMES VI. LYNCH,
Former President Of the International
Typographical Union and Former
New York State Industrial

+" HE Master was a carpenter.
and until He began to preach
and teach worked at His trade.
During the centuries before
Christ and all the ages that have
elapsed since that epochal event car
pentry has been a most useful and
honorable calling.
Some of these articles have covered
briefly the histories of u few of the
olden international unions. That of
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and JoinerS should be of interest to
the reader who wants some of the
background of the powerful move
ment of today: For much of the
material that I am using l am in
debted to the general secretary of the
brotherhood, Frank Duffy, an out
standing figure in the labor move
ment and one of the vice presidents
The growth of the organization has
been remarkable indeed. From Twelve
local unions in August. 1851. 1T has
increased to 2.505 local unions in
June. 1920. the date of the secretary's
last report, and from membership
of 2,O42 it has grown to 100000. Its
jurisdiction extends over the United
States and Canada, Porto Rico and
the Hawaiian Islands. In the south
ern states colored men working at
the trade have many unions of car
pentcrS. 1t Is by no means an un-
usual thing to see Colored delegates
in attendance at the convention OF
the brotherhood.
In May. 1881. a four-page journal.
called the Carpenter, made it's ap-
pealance in St. Louis Mo. The object
of this journal was to pave the way
for the formation of a national Or
ganization of carpenters and joiners
Of America and to combine and con-
solidate the many scattered and inde-
pendent unions of carpenters that
then existed throughout the country.
The reasons for doing so were, first.
to protect the trade. and, second, to
advance the interests Of the crafts
generally.
Old Evils Done Away With.
A quarter of century ago many
evils had to be contended with in the
carpenter industry which are now
looked upon as things of the past. as
evolution of the trade, as progress
siveness, but which were not thought
SO then.
The Introduction of woodworking
machinery threw many men out of
work and very often caused %pro-
tracted periods Of idleness. Besides
that, the day work system rapidly
gave way to piece work. The sub
division of the trade into petty
branches 1essened the demand for
skilled mechanics and made the in
PRODUCTION Of unskilled labor not only
possibility but a reality. The ab-
sence OF an apprentice system Or.