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for the outburst. as the girl, agar
, locked in her room. tore open tho
envelope. None came.
But in the night, when everyone
else slept, ! heard the quiet sobbinp
of the little mother who was meeting
her Gcthscmanc.
This was just ono Of the harrOwin.
episodes of that prison life Of mine
Tragedy within touched hands with
tragedy without, and the unfortun
, ates who ragged against bars and
doors which their own sins had
brought upon them. had also to bca,
the griefs of fathers and husbands
and children in the outside world
sick, fricndlcss, in desperate need OF
| them.
And many girl who bore with
light insolence the worst that the
prison could do to her went down in
Il broken, sobbing heap at some let
ter from outside.
Usually, we did not learn the con.
tents of these letters. for the most
volublc chattercr in prison seemed
to want to keep her family wrapped
! in a sacred veil, from the eyes Of
these other unfortunate sinners.
But the babies were more to be
pitied than their mothers 1t is not
possible to live down the stigma of
having been born within prison
walls.
Branded Forever
These poor little mites must 20
wrongdoing, but forever branded
l,>;, H.
In spite Of my sympathy for the
girl mothers whose arms ached f,r
their babies, felt glad that some
of these little ones had been placed
in asylums and homes so early that
they night never know the circum-
stances of their birth
But | was so happy for the III he $
when the night watch brought the
babies in that / used to lie awake and
wait for her footsteps in the cor
ridor. just as the mothers behind
those locked doors were lying awake.
For | could not forget the baby
hood of my own four children.
Life in prison was getting a bit
Monotonous in Marysville.
The physical hardships and the
unchanging round of dreary restric-
tons began to wear on me- While
the life was new, ! had been inter.
cstcd in what would happen next.
But once ] knew what to expect.
even the charm of novelty WAS gone.
l began to wonder whether tho
governor would ever pardon me. az
J had counted on his doing when he
learned who l was.
Snnnncn ho Shon1.l
nave to live six months in this
dcath-in-life?
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by Winnfrcd Mason lluck
Former Representative TO Congress
from Illinois.

About week before was re
leased from prison, had been moved
to a bed in the lowe" hallway. bccat!S"
I kept my bed and belongings neat
and visitors were more apt To visit
the first floor than tn" second.
On the day that | moved. was
called out of the art class to get my
bedding. We had clean bed linen
undnrclothcs and dresses twice q
week. And the blankets that were
given ne when | arrived were clean.
1t was surprising how mach | had
accumulated and packed about my
bed. Between the springs and the
foot of the mattress. | had clean
aprons and wool stockings. Under
my pillow | had a book, an apple
and my tin box. Hanging from the
bcdstead were two little bags had
made from scraps left from my uni
form.
had several cakes of good soap.
which we could get on credit from
the superintendent office.
Although / deliberately left these
things in sight. not once did lose
Il thing.
Babies Brought in
! was glad to be on the first floor,
for the babies were there Every
night they were brought by the night
watch to be nursed.
After they had been fed, | could
hear them cooling and gurging long
stories to their mothers. while their
mothers replied in loves unmistak-
able anpllopp
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fewer kissing. hugginG and bouncing
relatives to torment them.
Spccia! Mill,
The first baby saw in tn" prison
was eight months old. He was clean
and we'll fed. Ills neither. like all
the other mothers and prospective
mothers, bad II jar of special milk at
hcr place ia tn" dining room three
tunes i day.
was glad that they did NO. lave
10 drink the skinned, strained and
worried milk which the rest of Us
had for oar cereal aud coffee.
IN" hahy's nam" Wa Robert and
this reminded ne Of MY owl son,
Robert, now Il man of ii. ! rcnlcm-
bcrcd the joyous days Of his baby
hood when my greatest delight lag
in having him always within sight
and touch. always where 7 could
han" over him and watct every tiny
smile and frown as h" lay asleep.
Thee poor mothers in Jail were
separated from their nabicS most Of
the time. At stated hours each day
they wer" allowed The pleasure of
holding their little ones ana at nii:ht
the babies We're nurSch once. But
a mother was never free to 30 IL
her baby when she wanted 70.
Then. too. there was the tho;i~ht
facing them that these little limo,
cents must always go with the
brand upon them Of havinr been
born within prison wall.
The babies of those women who
were serving long tcrmS were to be
sent to an institution rs soon rs
they could be wcancd, or adopted by
strangers.
Crying Softly
wv hen he is a little Older. | hail
lose him forever said one mother.
holding her baby tightly. in II storm
of suppressed agony. She it was
whom I used to hear crying softly
III the night.
There were others who wept on
their pillows. mothers who had
babies at home, mothers whose
babies had alrcady been taken away
and placed in asyiums and hospitals
ooh, there's another crying bee"
said one of the girls to me, referring
to little group of mothers at the
end of the hall. She talked bravely,
scornfully of those who were al
ways getting a hurt in their pain"
"Oh, I'll say some Of those girls
can fling nasty tear" she said, as
she got into bed and dug her head
into her own pillow. She never knew
that | heard her crying, too, Il few
minutes later.
Several evenings later Miss Lourcv
SAID to me as she prepared to unlock
a door near my bed, II hate to de
liver this letter.
Mail was usually distributed at
supper time. SO | knew that this
must be Il death letter
No Outburst
The girls baby had died. waited
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ating. nor more manly. He will make
you feel patriotic all over when he
appears and put the quietus on the
william.
VAUDEVILLE AND MOVIES
Big Time Acts on tour to the
coast. which stop off at Mandan to-
morrow night for two performances
at the Palace, will comprise four
acts that have appeared over every
big vaudeville circuit in America.
Headline will be "The Syncopatcd
Seven" an act that absolutely full
fills to the letter all the necessary
essentials to make them a headline
attraction. They offer pot-pourr;
Of singing, dancing and the jazziest
orchestra in vaudeville. Special
stage settings and effects are carried
to add tone to the act. A comedy
feature act will be Clara and Harry
Heating, a talented Duo. presenting
"Love Birds matrimonial satire
Miss Heating is a diminutvc comedi-
cnnc, while Harry acts as clever
foil. It's real laugh getting act.
Jim McGill, 1.-THE Globe Trotter,"
comes with comedy offering on
current topics and incidents Of the
day. McGlll mas appeared in eVc:E
English speaking country and is
conceded to be one Of the fines: of
stage dialecticians before the public
The novelty feature Of the bill will
be the gymnastic singing comcd-
enne, Julia Edwards. Besides having
a fine soprano voice, Miss Edwards
is a finished gymnast. Her act is
one that is we'll worth seeing. The
screen feature for this show will be
AL Chrstie's newest feature length
comedy drama, "Stop Flirting" and
has the entire Christie studio come
dv players in the cast, including
Wanda Hawlcy, John 7. Murray.
Jack Duffy, Vera Stcadman. Jimmie
Adams, Ethel Shannon, David James
and Jimmie Harrison. Shows at 7:l5
and 900. Come carly if you want :,
scat.
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Winnifrcd Mason lIuck. former
cOngrcsswOman and the first woman
To preside over the house Of repre-
scntatiycs, go! herself sentenced to
prison.
Guiltlcss Of any crime. she sought
answers to the questions
Are our prisons humane?
Can a girl, crushed by her frllow
men. regain her place in society?
This * the fourteenth story, writ
ten for the Tribune.
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AT THE MOVIES
ELTiNGE THEATRE
Have you ever seen the radio as
motion picture theme?

Have you ever seen the radio as
motion picture theme?
OF course not. That's why "rhc
! Story Without a Name" showing at
the Eltlngc today and Tuesday, is "A
real novelty as screen entertainment
goes. For this picture, made from
Arthur Stringer's magazine serial
for which $4,000 and several biz
radio receiving sets were offered
as prizes for Il suitable title to be
used on the screen version of tho
story. not only features the radio
but the much talked-of death ray"
as we'll
Agnes Ayres and Antonio Moreno
are featured in the leading roles of
the production. Others in the cast
lncludc Tyrone Power, Dagmar God
owsky, Maurice Costello and Jack
BONN.
The story is a real old-timc knock
m-down-and- drag em-out adventure
tale with modern lctincments. Aud
what a rip-snorting, pcll-mcll action
story it is.
How many times have you secretly
longcd to get away from the usual
dvcd-in-the-wool type of picture
the same idea told i'm but II slightly
different way time after time and
often most unintcrcstingly? Well,
here's your chance.
THE CAPITOL
with languOrous and beautiful
Mexico as a background and a thrill
ing story of love and intrigue set
in it like a jewel, Mae Murray is
said to have the best role of her
career in "Madcmoisellc Midnight"
which opens at the Capitol Theatre
tonight.
I'm "Mademoiscllc Midnight" Miss
Murray plays two character roles
that of French lady in the court of
Napoleon III, and that of daugh-
ter of Mexico, a senorita famed for
beauty, wealth and cleverness
The supporting cast is made up of
many favorites, among them being
Monte Blue.
The story is about a girl who is
afflicted with curious midnight
madness, which comes at uncxpc cted
moments. Renee de Quiros is the
sheltered daughter of Don Pedro dc
Quiros. who owns vast cattle ranch
in Mexico.
Monte Blue plays the part of
Brent. an Americana who loved Re-
nee, and he was never more ingrati.
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ating. nor more manly. He will make
you feel patriotic all over when he
appears and put the quictus on the
william.
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FRANCE SET
TO ASK FOR
AN0TER LOAN
Debt to United States Will
BE Settled Only on
-
Paper
BY CHARLES =. STEWART
\EA Service Writer

unnicr--or more pathetic. maybe
than the naivctc of Americans VII,
think this country will get some ac.
dtual cash out Of the financial ncgo
Htiations the government is arranging
with the continental European pow.
!crs we made war loans to.
N On the contrary, we're just about
TO she'll out lot more money.
Take France, for instance. She
Sowcs us around four billions.
] Having sealed this amount down
iall she can. Finance Minister Call
lauX will admit the rest and agree
with Secretary Of the Treasury Mel
lon on the lowest interest rate he
can get.
F., But Of course France can't begin
years" CaiIlaux will add.
.Curtainly not well mcquicscc.
eAnd in conclusion. now the
French have rc-eStabliShcd their
credit" Caillaux will suggest, chow
about, letting 'cm have a few more
hundreds of millions?"
Which we will do. forthwith. You
can bet on it.
French politicians are like politi-
clans everywhere. Ten years is quite
while.
If the French government Of to-
day can get a lO-year moratorium
the whole thing will be fixed, so far
rs the men who make the bargain
are concerned. Let postcrity stew
over the actual paying-they'll be
Same here. If present day Wash
nrton induces France to begin wip-
ing out her war indie btcdness to the
United States decade hence, word
will be passed out to the American
public, "Wc'vc attended to every
thing" then. soto vocc. "A later
administration can walk tho floor
over the question OF collection"
What Washington cant under
stand is how Humbcrto de Urbina,
on tho pay Of dishwashcr in cap
ital restaurant, managed to put up
a good enough front" to fool the
late Col Archibald Gracie's rich
widow into believing him Chilean
ariStocrat and marrying him. though
considerably her junior--nobody can
find out Just how much.
the match turned out badly or that
his wife is trying to have Urbina
cxtradIted from Chile, on the ground
that he cashed one Of her checks she
revof signed.
Eu' how did the young "ChIcno'
finance his fraud that's what
Washington wants to know.
The answer is that it wasn't a
fraud Urbina simply said he was a
Chilean aristocrat, and so he was.
His extremely tony family, how
ever, is very poor. How these blue
bloodcd, but desperately hard IN
Latin Americans succeed in putting
the high polish on their children that
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stingel, Parshall; Lilly Moldcnhauer.
Kuhn; Mrs. Martin Pischcl, Krem:
Baby Francis Schwab, Stanton;
Stephan Kidd, Mandan; Lena Koch,
Bismarck; A. +. Seidl, Solen.
Discharged: Mary kncrsha Ma
koti; Anna knersha. Makoti Mr..
and Mrs Joseph Chernm, Cleveland,
Ohio; Militia Splitter, Gina Wcstman,
Crystal Springs; VIM. Vorpahl, Jud-
son; Matthias Schocberlc, Almont;
John E. Eckroth, Odensc; Arthur
Tribcr, city; Raymond Smith. Brit
tin; Friday Ziemann, krem; Myrtle
Russell. Stanton; Mrs. George NJ.
Eckroth, Flasher: Miss Lydia Mar
tin, Goodrich; A. Fischer Strasburg;
Baby Henry Mills. Glencoe; Leo
Stanton, Braddock; Amelia Schutt,
Blue Grass; Mrs. John Palm. Rich
ardton; Adam Sailcr, Stanton: Mrs.
Aloysuis +. Simon and baby, city;
Mrs. Fred Waltz, Glen UlIin.
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CITY NEWS

BOY DIES
Master Jacob Roezlcr of Rculah
four-ycar-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Gottfricd Roczlcr. died Sunday at {:
local hospital following short i'll.
ness.
The body will be buried at Bculah
More definite funeral arrange me Mt 5
will be made later.
BOY SCOUTS CAMP OVERNIGHT
The Presbyterian troop Of Boy
Scouts held an overnight camp at
Sunny Camp on the Heart river Fri
day night. +. J. Grady, scoutmastcr
accompanied them.
Bill Smith, a guest Of the troop,
had charge, of a "snipe" hunt, in
which Bob Olgicrson was the victim
Each of the boys had definite
task assigned to him for the eve
ming. Curtis Rcmfry cooked the
breakfast pancakes; Gerald Vcttel
was chauffeur for the trip; Marvel
kjelstrup was the Hamburger cook: :
Jack Cowan furnished ice cream for
the group and Jimmy Mills served as
chief entertainer, demonstrating
fancy swimming and diving.
BISMARCK HOSPITAL NOTES
Admitted. Mrs. NJ S. Kmbcll
Burnstad; Mike Hackhaltcr. villa:
Baby Kimbcll, Burnstad; Mrs. Fred
Hermann, New Salem; Baby Hall,
Duprcc. S. D.: J. =. Adams. Moffit;
Leonard Kuk. Elgin: Mrs. Emil
klaudt. Zap; ELAN Stark. Goodrich:
Baby Gilbertson. Richardton; Mrs.
Mathew Sayler. Hebron; Mrs. l.. f.
Thompson, Washburn; Maud Dickin-
son, McClusky; Harry Schoficld,
l1ensler; Henry Pcsek, Lawton; Mrs.
William DecSert, Arena; John Sau-
ter, Harvey; Christine Schnaid.
Beulah: Mrs. Phillip Bratzcl. He
bron; Baby Markham, Driscoll; A.
Hailand, White Deer, S. ID.
Discharged: o. o. Lee, city: Anna
Lyngstad, Halstad, Mimi; Mrs. ]. G..
Poole, Baldwin: Walter Grcbc. New
Salem; Luther Vixen, Halliday; June
Rosmuson, Solcn; Mrs. Nick Lahrcn.
Mandan; Mrs. Olivia Hanson. Elbow
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Lake, Mimi; william Bar, l'a%r:
Mrs. William De Jong, Pcttibonc;
Mrs. John Meter, lIazcn; Edn;
Kruger. Hebron; Mrs. c. Kalcnbcr.
ger, city; Theo. Mauch, Goodrich;
Emma Ungcrccht. Glen Ullin; Mrs
T. NJ. Shcfocland, Van Hook; Mrs
Paul Long, Sterling; Waldcmor Dubs
New Leipzig; Mrs. Earl Hcising
city; Baby Heising, city; August
kcttcrling, Hebron.
ST. ALEXIUS HOSPITAL NOTES
Admitted: Emily Buchholz. Will
ton; Thclma Burton. Steele; Mrs
Jacob Herr, Glen Ullin; William Ma
howald, Garrison; Ralph Tavis, Glen
Ullin; Dominic Vogcl, Sweet Briar;
Mrs. Frank Schroeder, Lcfor; l.. c.
Nelson. Almont; Mrs. NJ. J. Bohcn-
The Winslow mail., 1925-04-24

East Fork ..................175
Grizzly Creek .-.-----.---- -.-.--.-175
Via McNary-
White River .-...-......------.....-...... 100
Paradise Greek --.....-..-..----..-,...1 ITO
Trout Creek .....-.---...........--105
Diamond Creek ............-.........-. 120
Via Flagstaff
Oak Creek ....---.....-...-...-.-....-.- IS
Bass, Perch, Sunfish, Catfish.
Howard Lake (via Williams) -.-.. IS
Lake Mary (via Flagstaff) ,.-- "A
Mormon Lake (via Flagstaff. "a
Roosevelt Dam (via McNary) ----225
Roosevelt Dam (via Sunset
Pass) -.--.-..---...-.-.-.,----
The Winslow mail., 1925-04-24
STATE HIGHWAY
BODY GETS OUT
MONTHLY PAPER

The April number, volume /,
number l, of ARIZONA Highways"
a monthly publication published by
and in the interest of the state
highway department, was issued
this week at Phoenix.
The highway departments of
twenty-five other states of the
union issue such magazines in Or
der to disseminate information re-
jgarding road building and condi-
lions in their states.
The necessity of such an organ
for the Arizona highway depart
ment has become apparent through
the scores of letters received from
persons in this and other states in
quirifg into it's activities or seek
ing information in regard to Ari-
zona's highway.
ARIZONA Highways" will be pub
lished each month by the Arizona
highway department 1t will con-
tain in each issue many interesting
and we'll illustrated articles by au-
thorities Son roads and allied sub
jects, furnishing authentic informa-
ton of value TO all who use Ari-
zona's highways for business or
pleasure.
For the information of motorists
of Arizona and tourists from east
and west, each issue will contain
a travelogue of one of the eighteen
main routes in the state. The trav-
elogue will tell the route of the
particular highway, illustrated by a
map of the highway, pointing out
the conditions of the road along
the route, the towns visited, his
toric points of interest and de-
scription of the scenery.
The first travelogue, contained in
the April issue, is of the Yuma
Phoenix highway, from the Cali
fornia state line to the Arizona
capital city. 1t provides valuable
information to all who traverse
this well-traveled highway.
The Winslow mail., 1925-04-24
Governor Quarantines
Sections of This State

Certain sections of the state have
been placed under a quarantine to
prevent further spread of the cattle
scabies, according to an executive
proclamation issued Saturday by
Governor Hunt. The quarantine be-
came effective this week.
Under the provisions of the quar-
antine, the movement of nOn-ex-
posed cattle into the areas placed
under quarantine or out of them, is
strictly forbidden except by a writ
ten authorization from the live
stock sanitary board. The move
ment of cattle within the quaran-
tined areas, whether infected or ex-
posed, also is strictly forbidden by
the quarantine.
The quarantine, the proclamation
stated, will be in full force and eff
feet until all cattle within the
Quarantined areas shall have been
dipped in accordance with the regu-
lations prescribed by the live stock
sanitary board and the state veteri-
marian and declared free from the
scabies by the veterinarian or au-
thorized representatives of the
live stock board.
The areas under quarantine are
as follows:
Parker and vicinity, a small sec
ton near Phoenix, a section about
Roosevelt lake, the vicinity of
Globe and Rice, the section around
Arivaca, Kirkland and vicinity. the
vicinity of Flagstaff and WinsIow,
and the area about Holbrook and
ST. Johns. The latter is the largest
of the sections placed under quar-
antine
DR.. S. E. Douglas, state veterina-
rian, announces that anyone wish
ing to know the exact boundaries of
the areas quarantined may obtain
the information by applying to his
office in the state capitol or to the
office of the live stock sanitary
board.
The Winslow mail., 1925-04-24
WATERS OF CLEAR
CREEK CONTAIN NO
GERMS OF TYPHOID

Because of few cases of typhoid
fever in mild form in Winslow the
last few months, report became
current that the disease was COM
municated by the city's supply of
drinking water, that Clear creek
was contaminated, and that bathing
in the creek should and would be
stopped.
There is no ground for the rumor
and the water of Clear creek, now
as always, is rated by the health
officials of the state as equal to
the best for drinking purposes. A
test is made by the chemists Of
the University of Arizona every
few months, and special test re-
Gently was made to learn if there
was any basis for the reports being
circulated.
A letter to The Winslow Mail
from Superintendent J. D. McCully
states:
There has been report circu-
lating around town during the last
few days to the effect that there
has been case Of typhoid fever
at the Clear creek pumping plant
for several weeks, and due to the
fact that there are now a couple of
cases of typhoid fever in town,
some significance has been attached
to the report, due to a possibility
of the water having been contami-
mated.
For the benefit of the readers of
your paper, you may say that there
has been no typhoid fever at Clear
creek, and, with the exception of
slight ailments, no sickness at all.
The state requires periodical bac-
THEOLOGICAL tests of the water which
is used for drinking purposes at
this point, and these tests for
many months have not shown the
presence of any typhoid bacilli."
The Winslow mail., 1925-04-24
TrOtt Again Named Head
Engineers at State Meet

Frank P. Trott, of Phoenix, was
reelected to head the state associa-
ton Of the American Association of
Engineers at the close of the an
nual convention at Tucson Sat
urday.
During the final session of the
convention the delegates decided to
attempt to create statewide en-
forcement of the law requiring all
engineers to register, both for the
protection of the public and the en-
gineers. The city for next years
convention was not chosen.
The Winslow mail., 1925-04-24

This is not a publicity story for
Ford cars, although the maker of
that much-maligned automobile
may find a certain measure of sat
isfaction in it. 1t is a tale of run
made from Vancouver, B. c., to Los
Angeles in five days and it's return
to the Canadian city in the same
number of days.
The fact in itself would not be
sufficient to arouse more than ordi-
nary interest, but when the owner
and driver, William M. Langley, of
South Port Mann, New Westmins-
ter, B. c., announced that this serv-
iture was excellent, and that de-
spite the fact that her vintage sug-
gested she was old enough to vote
she was still capable of forcing
many modern and higher priced
cars to follow in the wake of her
The Winslow mail., 1925-04-24
800 in Gold Cash Prizes

This is your opportunity to quickly
earn a large cash prize. How many
words can you make out of the let
tiers contained in the three words.
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is no entrance fee in this contest.
it is open to anyone, anywhere.
Write us and we will tell you how
you may win $500 first prize. If
you want full information as to
this great words building contest,
send stamp for circular and rules.
Address Sheffield Laboratoes, Dept.
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