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The Washington times., 1926-03-09
WHY NOVELS
ARE FAMOUS

MANY Of the worlds famous
M novels, according. to The
Mentor, owe their fame to mere
chance. Take, for example. r. D.
Blackmore's al orna Doone."
When first published only a few
hundred copies were sold. The
remaining copies OF the first
edition, regarded as dead loss by
the publishers. were packed In
boxes and consigned to q corner
Of the storeroom. Years passed.
One of Queen Victoria's daugh-
ters became engaged to the Mar
quis of Lorne. The affair caused
a great stir. Someone remem-
bered that Blackmore had writ
ten novel named Lorna
Doone," and the inference was
that it was a story about the
prospective bridegroom's family.
People began to ask for the book;
the sale began and Lorna Doone"
was on its way to becoming one
of the famous romanceS OF all
time.
General Lew Wallace's "Ben
Hur' was also q stagnant book
at the start. It was written as
the result of IN argument be-
tween Wallace and Robert In
gersoll. Published in 1880, 1t at
tracted little attention for more
than a year. Then President
Garfield read 1t and learned from
the authors lips the story Of
what had prompted it's writing.
The President wrote letter
commencing the book to the at
tention of the public, and also
appointed General Wallace United
States minister to Turkey. AS
result everybody began reading
Ben Hur."
The Washington times., 1926-03-09
BY ELSIE ROBINSON

TO the form prescribed " luo
orthodox church, I'm here to
state that it's nothing but plain
meddlinig.
It has no more to do with the
true philosophy Of Christ than
the savage orgies Of some Witch
Doctor putting the kahuna on
some covering wretch In the
murky depths Of his jungle lair.
You may be unacquainted with
this custom, but its modus oper-
andi is almost identical with you,
my friend. The Witch Doctor also
invoked the Supreme Power to
help him work his will upon a
selected victim. His conception
Of a Supreme Power may differ
from yours. but he has the same
fixed desire to Get His Victims
Goat.
"God hasn't even given you
the salvation of this GIRL" you
cry. Why should He give 1t to
you?
You've no more right to expect
God to give you her soul than
you have to expect Him to give
you her gizzard or tonsils. That
soul belongs to Her and to Him.
ASS AAA%AAdESAAOAk Az SAASA@ RA@N~b0
affair.
That soul is going to attain
value through It's own moral
growth and evolution. How could
it attain value otherwise? or what
earthly use would a salvation
be that had been manipulated by
some third party? You might as
well stick a corn plaster on the
lady and say: Nov you are re-
deemed"
Yet a large percentage Of the
citizens of America today are
busily engaged in trying to stick
corn plasters on other souls, and
in getting peeved when they won't
stick.
Moreover, they share G. B. P.'s
simple faith that the result may
be attained by some ritual or
psychological law" or Kantanker-
Gus Kontrivance or even by that
fortnight method of buying up
legislators and passing statutes
and amendments willy nilly.
For we're going to put the Ka-
huna on 'em some way or an
other and save their souls whether
they want 'em saved or not!
The Washington times., 1926-03-09
OPEN SHOWER
PRESENTS
MRS. Cornelius Beeckman'

hMTS. COrnektuS beeCkAnaN-
NEAR MRS. BERGMAN:
A says that at . linen show
er it b not proper to open the
packages in the presence Of the
guests.
B says that It is proper for the
hostess to open each package and
thank the guests individually.
r. ID. z.
AT . shower" Of any kind It IL
"A proper and customary for the
guest OF honor to open the pres
ents while the guests are there.
When she opens them depends on
the plans for the shower, the
plans made by the hostess. The
guest OF honor thanks each guest,
and later should write q note OF
thanks to each one who was 80
kind as to give her a present. II
she does not do this, It looks as
II the shower were just given for
gimme" purposes. with casual
thank you" and nothing more.
The Washington times., 1926-03-09
Listen, Cynthia

Lady Cynthia Moseley, very
rich, with rich husband, and q
candidate for Parliament on
the Socialist Labor ticket,
thinks she sets . good example
riding all day in an uncom-
Portable day coach.
SHE Is MISTAKEN. Once
good Socialist I.aborites threw
tacIxs in front Of automobiles as
an aid TO democracy. Henry
Ford put the automobile within
the workingman's REACH,
which was better than scatter
tng tacks in front Of il. In
stead Of sacrificing her COM
fort, in travelling, the young
woman should save her energy
to help make others more COM
Portable.
Lady Cynthia is amazed at
comfortable working conditions
and suspects that American
. =
The Washington times., 1926-03-09
| NEGOTIATIONS
OF "A WIFE
ROWLAND
Helen
Husbands 1T Parties

Husbands IT RaEMoS
A HUSBAND used to be q neces-
"A sity or an achievement
something to brag about. But,
nowadays, he Ii just something
that girl has to explain-Or
apologize for.
when Mother got married,
everybody said, THANK Heaven"
land came around to congratu.
late her.
But now, when girl marries.
everybody says, For Heavens
saker'-and comes around to find
out why she did 1t.
The truth is that, around the
house, q husband is still as neces-
sary as q clock, as impressive as
a door.plate and as comfortable
as a chaise-lounge. But, nobody
stays around the house any
morel
And, at parties, a husband
cramps your style ana crimps
YOUR game. He seems to nave
no more place at a party than a
pair of goloshes or e New Eng
land conscience.
lust "a YOU are feeling right
''in the picture" he trumps your
ace of vanity with some big,
wholesome truth" such as that
your lip-rouge Is on crooked OF
your back needs powder1ng.
Inst as YOU are running along
on all cylinders, he tells the man
YOU have been vamping tnaI
you'll have to go home. now on
account OF your sciatica. or De-
cause the baby may wake up
and your engine goes dead!
Resides. a husband at party
is as much responsibility as an
expensive umbrella. You've got
to drag him around on your arm
all evening; because the moment
you park him, anywhere, some
other woman is apt to PICK MIN
up and walk off with him.
At parties there appear to be
only two kinds of husbands. The
kind that you have to drag there
and the kind that you have to
drag home!
Tha hind that uays too much
attention to other : women-and
makes YOU furious; and the kind
that gets furious because other
men pay too much attention to
you.
The kind that is always get
ting in the way-and the klnd
that is always getting Off in a
corner with the stays, the punch
bowl, or another woman.
The kind that tries to be the
life of the party"-and the KIND
that glumps around and looks as
though he were waiting for the
palI-bearers to arrive.
The kind who makes after-din-
ner speeches-and the kind who
can't keep his shirt-front from
bullying.
oh YES. YOU can't do without a
husband around the house. But
the acute problem OF what to do
with q husband at party will
have to be settled by the World
Court!
The Washington times., 1926-03-09
Art Measures

A N artist is measured not only
"A by his form but by his sub
stance and spirit as well. OF
these three, form seems the only
one that can be mastered early
and intuitively. The other two
must come gradually by expert
ence and growth. Their acquis-
ton depends largely on the art
lists ability to live himself into
other persons conditions-Inter-
1Ational Book Review.
The Washington times., 1926-03-09
Bootleg Taxes

Mamie Kesser weknown Broadway wine agent of pre-
prohibition days. has been arrested charge Of negctng
Federal income taxes the profits of his booteggng
business
Already he has served term in Atlanta prison
alleged bootleg activities He is said to have made than
100000 In the rum business.
The ordinary citizen understand the motives of the
eminent in sending bootleggers to jail
But how the Government levy taxes business
exist officially something for the law experts
ponder The average can't quite the ethics the
thing when the Government takes split illegal opera
tons.
The Washington times., 1926-03-09
Getting Used to 1t

The man who wouldn't ride in Of them snorting
things did his best to retard the development Of the auto
mobile But Henry Ford and others made him like it.
Likewise the who insisted having his sisters sweep
with trailing gowns converted to short skirts
affected by those sisters.
Bobbed hair was in the haystack Of
reactionary That thing he SIMPLY WOULD NOT
STAND FORT
And then his mother bobbed her hair
What could the poor do7
The Washington times., 1926-03-09
LISTEN, WORLD!

and I'm going to
say It good and
loud with the ar
dent hope that 1t
viii reach many
other slrs.
The best thing
we Americans are
doing today is to
kneel down and
ask God to help
us put our stuff
over In bossing
some other per-
son. ] know this
Is g. crude and
revolving way to
state the matter
but that's exactly
what it amounts
to. And whether
we do 1t by the
"P syc h . logical
Method, backed
up by $22 Christ
mas presents, or
whether we stick
The Washington times., 1926-03-09

The crust OF the earth is so thin
that if one pokes q walking stick
INTO 1t jet of steam issues
forth.
This region is also famous for
its mineral springs. The govern
ment maintains tremendous bath
houses, where expert medical at.
tention is furnished to those who
seek the healing powers of the
springs.
At one time there was a ia
nous construction that graced
the interior of New Zealand. Just
in the region known as "ther.
NAL" 1t was the Pink and White
Terraces which lent glory to the
land. This beautiful work was
regarded as one of the wonders
of the world. and it is needless
to add that it was the pride OF
every inha.bitant.
The Washington times., 1926-03-09
Piercing Earth's Crust

NEW ZEALAND is one Of those
IN spots that is not popular
with tourists, and so we seldom
hear of the beauties of its scenery
or the charm of it's diversions.
For centuries the Maoris in
habited New Zealand and the
museums are filled with exhibits
of their culture. It is a fascinat-
ing study, this examining the
relics of bygone civilization on
the very ground where it for
merly existed.
But even more fascinating than
this is the opportunity to visit
the land of hot geysers, volcanoes
of mud. hot springs and steam
vents. The region south of Auck-
land, almost in the center of the
North Island. is known as the
thermal region" Here the earth
is continually at boiling point.
The Washington times., 1926-03-09
When Bills Come In

Sentimental gentlemen and ladies that have pushed this
country the World Court and will regret it, call their
opponents isoIaonist and think that effective insult
It is not Washington solationist and proud Of
If keeping Of Europes troubles isolation this
country been isolaonist since got rid Of its o
nal European ENHANCEMENT, in 1776
When the bills begin to in, of the sentmenalss
viii wish their old isolation back.
The Washington times., 1926-03-09

You are going
to think II Is q
very funny story.
You are going
to gurgle and
choke and read tt
to your wife and
then cut it out
and show the tel
lows in the of.
flee. You re go
ing to say Gosh
this sap q. B. p.
takes the rubber
bath mat. How
do you suppose
they get that
wayT"
All right--have
your little laugh.
my friend. But
II you're wise,
you'll see that
about 7-1O Of that
LAUGH f1irna In.
The Washington times., 1926-03-09

and high wages America and suspects that American
capitalists realize that national prosperity based directly
high wages for the working classes while English CAPT
talists do not.
The American capitalist knows that the ONLY money he
can get is money that the masses can spend
takes ghost from the grave to tell him that
The Washington times., 1926-03-09
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

Let no guilty man escape If it
can be avoided. No personal con-
sideration should stand in the
way of performing a public duty.
u. s. Grant,
The Washington times., 1926-03-09

The heart is a small thing, bat
desireth great matters. 1t is not
sufficient for O. kites dinner, yet
the whole world 10 not sufficient
for it.-Quarles.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-21
bids ARE BEING OPENED TODAY ON BUILDING TOBE
ERECTED in BISMARCK BY THE TELEPHONE COMPANY
Construction to Start June l
and Building Completed
Late This Fall-Will Be so
KOS Feet, Two Stories and
Basement-One Story Ad-
ditiOn at the Rear.

Bids are being opened in Mime
apolis tc.ay on the construction Of
the new fireproof building which the
Northwestern Bell Telephone com
pany will erect in Bismarck this.sum-
mcr, according to +. W: Snyder, man
ager Of the local exchange, and il is
expected that actual construction will
start about June !. The building will
be completed late this year
The building became necessary to
provide adequate facilities to meet
the constantly increasing demand for
telephone service and to- provide
quarters in keeping with the i'm
provements over the entire city, says
Mr.. Snyder. 1t will be two stories
high, with basement, and will CON
form to Il colonial type Of archltec-
ture. The walls will be Of brick,
trimmed with white Bedford lime
stone.
To Face Fifth street
The building will be 50 feet wide
and IS feet long. standing on the
corner Of Fifth and ThaIcr streets
with the entrance on Fifth street,
just across the street south of the
Methodist church A one story ad-
dition will extend back another SIS
feet at the rear of the main struc-
ture. The telephone company had
planned to build on it's property just
west Of the Methodist church and to
grade that lot down to street level.
This would have made it necessary
to rebuild the entrance to the church
at considerable expense, and in
view of this, the company chose a lot
across the street.
The business office will be located
on the first floor, as wial some of
the equipment associated with the
switchboard. The second floor will
contain the switchboard and the opcr-
ators' quarters consisting of rest
room and kitchcnette. An cmer-
gency heating plant, the storage bat
teries and an auxiliary power plant
will be installed in the basement.
All New Equipment
It is estimated that the combined
cost of the proposed building and lot,
which has already been purchased,
will be about $38,5OO, while the new
equipment will cost about $4,000.
The present buildings occupied by the
telephone company will be disposed
Of and the central office equipment
will be salvaged. This will reduce
considerably the net cost of the new
plant.
The new switchboard will have IA
operators positions. and will be large
enough to care for the increase in
demand for telephone service in Bis
marck for several years to come.
Considerable amounts Of aerial and
underground cable are to be installed
! generally over the city, according to
the telephone company's plans.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-21
GRAND OPERA
SINGER DIES
THIS MORNING
Stricken Yesterday at Man.
dan. But Appears at
Theatre Last Evening

Mandan, N. d., May 21.--[R)--
Cniseppi Martere Dori, 80, tenor with
the Dori grand opera company since
April /. playing the theatres Of
Finkelstein and Ruben. died in q
local hospital this morning of hem
orrhage Of the lungs as the result Of
an ulcer following an attack of bron-
chial influenza last October in Mon
treal.
Intermcnt will be made temporarily
here and the body will later be taken
to California by Mrs. Dori, a member
of the troupe. Guiseppi Martere
Dori was born in Naples, Italy, March
2, 1887, and sang tenor lead with
the Mascagni grand opera company
on two year tour Of South America
in 1912-19l4, coming to the United
States in 1915. He had been with
the Sonora, Manchini, and DeFeo
opera companies in the east, Canada
and the British West Indies since.
Stricken with an hemorrhage at
O'clock Tuesday, he sang through a
matinee and two evening perform
ances at a local theatre, suffered a
serious hemorrhage after returning
to his hotel and died early this morn
ing.
Mrs. Dori, formerly Mrs. Sebronia
Watson, will join the troupe at Ana
conda, Mont, next Tuesday,. She
married Dori in New York in August,
1917.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-21
JUDGES WILL
MEET AGAIN
OCTOBER 2S
ChristiansOn to Appoint Com
mittees Which Will Re-
port at Fall Session

Decision to hold another session Of
the state judicial council next Octo-
ber 2S was reached at the close mere
yesterday Of North Dakota's> first con-
vention of supreme court and district
judges.
Reports will be heard at the fall
meeting Of a number of important
committees to be appointed by A. NJ
Christianson. chief justice of the su-
preme court and sponsor Of the ju-
dicial council movement in the state
One committee will have charge Of
a statistical bureau which will make
the first complete ANALYSIS Of the
work done of the various courts in
the history Of the state. The com
mittee was empowered to ask the as
sistance of s0ciologists and other
experts at state educational institu.
tons in it's attempt to get accurate
data on the work actually done.
Another committee will consider
needed revisions in the present rules
Of court practice; third will draft II
bill making the judicial council a
legally constituted body for prcscnta.
ton to the legislature and fourth
will consider measures which the
judges combined experiences cause
them to feel should he passed by the
legislature.
The object Of the statistical bureau,
as explained by Chief Justice Chris
tanson, is to obtain basic inforpa.
ton on which to base changes which
will result in better administration of
justice at less cost.
Judge Christianson said he will an
nounce committee appointments in the
near future.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-21
Atoms Rattle About
in Space-NOise Is
Broadcast BY Radio

Lawrence, Kan, May 21.-LP)--
Single atoms ratified about in space
in laboratory at the University of
Kansas last night.
Not only did these atoms make a
noise audible to observers in the la
boratory, but the sound was caught
by the Universities radio station
KFKu, and broadcast throughout the
central west. together with an ex-
planatorys talk by Dr.. H. p. Cady, as
sisted by John Strong, both of the
department Of chemistry.
The smallness- of the atoms used
those from radioactive sub
stances--was explained by DR.. Cady,
who said # a single crystal Of sugar
were divided into billion parts,
and this billionth were again divided
into billion parts, the fraction
would still be 20 times as large as
the atom Of hclium used.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-21
DR.. PUTNEY OF
FARGO HEADS
DENTAL BODY
DR.. Cole Of Bismarck One. Ol
Three Nominated For Ex-
ecutiye Chairman

Grand Forks. n D.. May q. P,
DIR. {. A. Putney Of Fargo was
elected president Of the North Dakota
Dental association at the annual
business meeting held here yesterday
afternoon at the closing session Of
the twenty-five annual convention.
He succeeds DR.. w. J. Hewitt Of
Grand Forks.
DR.. Putney are: DR.. +. j. Hartl of
Minot, vice president; DR.. II. II. Ewy
Of Fargo, secretary, and DR.. x. 5.
urer.
Three members were nominated for
the position Of chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee. They are DR.. W.
f. Cole of Bismarck, DR.. Carl john
son Of Valley City, and DR.. r. w.
Pote Of Bismarck.
Three dentists were recommended
to the governor for appointment to
the state board OF dental examiners.
They are: DR.. l.. G. Schmitz Of
jamestown, DR.. A. T.. Bacchler Of
Edgeley and DR.. Il. E. Barber, Grand
Forks.
The 1927 annual convention Will be
helu IN Fargo.
The 1926 convention opened in the
city auditorium here Tuesday morn
ing and during the three days it was
in session, lectures, clinics, demon
strations and exhibits were given.
DR.. W. J. Hewitt, Grand Forks
and DR.. Albert Hallenberg, Fargo
were named state delegates to the
national dental meeting to be held
in Philadelphia in August.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-21
WHITTEM0RE'S
CASE TO GO TO
JURY TONIGHT
Two of Maryland's Finest lie.
gal Minds to Fight For
His Life Today

Baltimore. May 2l.--fP)-Two of
the finest legal minds in Maryland
stage the final round Of their battle
for the life Of Richard Reese White
more, criminal extraordinary, In
court here today.
On the side that grimly seeks ":,
life for Il life stands States Attor-
ney Herbert X. O'Connor, himself
but two years Older than the accus-
ed. demanding that the 26-year-old
eangster cxpiate on the gallows the
killing Of Robert Hoffman. II peni-
Tertiary guard. who barred the way
to freedom. And throughout his
three years in state service, O'Con-
nor has not lost Il case.
Pleading for the life Of the man
who admits he fellcd the elderly
keeper but in self dcfensc--Edgal
Allan Poe. leader Of the Baltimore
bar when O'Connor was a school boy
must vie with youth in the inter
probation of the two days conflict
ing testimony upon which White
more's fate depends.
BY nightfall the case is expected
to be in the hands of the jury.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-21
GAS CHAMBER
T0CLAIM BUT
ONE VICTIM
Death Sentence of John III,
Randolph COMMITTED to
Life Imprisonment
PARDON BOARD ACTS
Jukich Must Die Today, For
Staying Of 16-Year.Old
Jennie Madek
PARDON BOARD ACTS

states Prison, Carson City,
Nev.. May 2l-(AP)-Stanko
Jukich. murderer Of a l6-year.old
girl. was executed this morning
ny Iethal gas. the ycrort I'm.
This form Of ra>itrl pu, hment
mas been used since legaiixed in
IS2I. Ue entered the cell at
1885: the gas was turned on y
minute later and he YVES uncon-
sciOus in half minute but his
head was moving.
Jukich was pronounced dead
two and half minutes after the
gas was turned on.
State Prison, Carson Citv. New
May 2l--(AP)-Nevada's lethal pas
chamber will claim it's second victim
today when Stanko Jukich, convicted
of Staying l8-year-old girl who re-
fused to marry him, pays for his
crime.
The small concrete execution cham
Der in the prison yard was robbed
of one victim yesterday when the
state board Of pardons commuted to
life imprisonment the death sentenc ce
of John II. Randolph. matricide. The
pardon board decided Randolph's
crime was not premeditated
Preparations for the execution were
completed yesterday and a final tes,
last night revealed that the gas cham.
Der worked faultlessly. Prison at
taches expressed the opinion that
Jukich would die almost instantly.
Special Chair Built
A special chair. built large to ac.
commodate Jukich, for he is large
man. has been placed in the cell.
slight Missing sound, possibly fain
oder which characterizes the gas, will
6e Jukich's only warning of the in
visible death which will overwheln
him when the exccutioncr turns thu
valve admitting the gas. Scientist.
and doctors have said it will be j;
quick and painless death.
The first execution in this state b,
lcthal gas, which has been adopted b,
Nevada as its form Of capital punish
ment. was two years ago when Gct
Jon, Chinese. paid for murder
Attending physicians said John lapset
into unconsciOusness within less thar
80 seconds after the gas was turnee
into his cell. and that life was extinc
in l5 minutes.
Girl Refused Him
Jukich. a 28-year-old copper miner
was convicted Of first degree murder
for the staying of Jennie Madek il
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