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BOY, Il, MORAL
.|MBEC|LE
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lead to any and all kinds OF Grim.
inal conduct.
1t is particularly in that type of
case that we find most innocent
or even engaging external appear
ance but with an inner depth OF
slyness and cunning which would
battle ordinary observers.
The sudden impulses to mischief
occurring in these cases may be
epileptoid In nature or may show
themselves by preceding episodes
or periods Of violent headache,
dizziness, or other forms Of IN
stability. Without real motive, they
viii do the most abOminable things
and when called to task will
meelEly and sheepishly acknowledge
the error OF their ways.
IL the child, as already stated,
has in addition inherited mental
weakness, he is more than likely
to remain abnormal throughout life.
These cases of moral imbecility
coupled with intellectual superiority
form a very dangerous class and
treating them than to follow
Plato's method, that Of perpetual
seQuestration.
1t remains to be seen by later
developments into which group
Pontraskow will fall.
From the evidence thus far elicit
ed plus the fact that he claims
to have sustained an injury to his
skull some years ago and suffered
from headaches. would be inclined
to look upon him az q moral I'm.
beetle.
Note-The boy is unusually bright
and Is about one and One.haIf years
In advance OF his age in school.
He weighs SO pounds, and mas
exceptionally blue eyes.
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] believe there are no prayers left
IN me. e
But Of course there are,
Because / shall continue 20 pray
and watt"
Who has little Billy?
It SENS improbable that he has
met his death. The canal yields up
no body.
The morgues tell no grim story
OF little Billy's fate.
Hospitals have been searched.
Cellars.
Vacant lots.
Billy must not remain one Of the
unsolved mysteries.
The Gaffneys are poor, five peo-
pie living on the modest salary Of
a chauffeur.
Whoever has little Billy Is the
victim OF mania.
Whoever has little Billy Is at the
same time guilty OF cruelty that
passeth human understanding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-17
Germany Prosperous,
70 Paw I'm. Saws SmOOt

The Dawes plan payments will
be met" was the cryptic comment
todeg OF Senator Reed Smoot (R.l
Of Utah, on the pessimistic speech
of Heinrich Koehler, the new Ger
mas finance & minister in the
Reihtstag yesterday. Koehler pre-.
diete Germany would have diff.
culty in balancing the 1927 budget
and would be unable to meet the
Dawes plan installnents In 1923
ard 1923.
Gnaoot, who is chairman Of the
Senate Finance Committee and for
five years was chairman of the
Atn lean World War debt funding
con mission. until It went out Of
existence this month, added:
Qhen the time comes Germany
will find q way to pay. That
colntry is in q very prosperous
iconnition. =
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NINE SAVED,
V] HURT
~
! !. N. FIRE!
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/ tContinued From Page u
pioyes Of the Washington Rapid
Transit Company, who were in a
restaurant across the street, ran
to the building. Dodd climbed to
the top Of the shoe repair shop
window while MacMaccan called
the family Of Mario Cottini.
Waited for Canary Bird
MacMaccan then rank back to the
front Of the building and Dodd
lhaaded Mr.. aud Mrs. Cottini and
their three small children down to
MacMaccan.
/ Despite the fact that the fire had
eaten through the floor of their
apartment they escaped uninjured,
At that juncture firemen arrived
and placed ladders to the third floor,
I carrying Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gill
and Mr.. and Mrs. Bonini to safety.
The ellis. IL Is claimed, insisted that
their two canary birds be carried to
safety before they would venture
down the ladder.
Lieut.. Dick Compton. Of Engine
company No. "a, was overcome by
gas when he went into the base
ment.
The gas was flowing from q
melted connection near the meter
He was taken to Walter Reed Hos
pitaI. where his condition was said
to be not serious.
eEireman NJ. F. Walters, of the
same company. was also overcome.
butsrejoined the company after first
aid treatment. Dodd injured his
hand during the rescue and was
treated by nearby physician.
Fire Marshal Seib. after viewing
the destruction, stated that he did
not know how the Cottini family
escaped without either receiving
burns or being overcome. Damage
was estimated at $1,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-17

Apartments of many sizes and Local
ttons. at many prices. can be rented
by consulting the Rental Columns OF
The Times and Herald Classified Sec.
ton.
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TEX GU|NAN IS
HELD IN RAID
CONTINUED From Page y

Wontlnueo FROM rage II
Texas" who has gained some.
thing Of a reputation for rough and
ready answers, came back thus:
What, again? Well, hope ! can
80 there in q taxicab.
The agents accorded her the ride
in taxicab.
A group Of her entertainers FOL.
lowed.
A wealthy New Yorker Il said
to have been indirectly responsible
for the raid on the 300" Club.
Some time ago. the story goes, he
lost $1,000 In the night clubs.
So bitter did he become. that he
went to Washington and secured q
job as undercover agent.
He was in the raiding party this
morning.
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For Golden Gate

AS THE Statue or Liberty stands
In New York harbOr, so would 3
81 .OOO, 900 statue Of "Niss CaIifor.
MIA" like, this, be erected &c Los
Angeles harhOr TO welcome the
world to Los Angeles. IL sugges.
tions are carried out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-17
QUAKE oFF LULEA

LONDON, Feb. IA violent
earthquake shock occurred today
between Lulea, port city Of the Gulf
of Bothnia, and the Swedish. Nor
wegian frontier, according to q dis.
patch from Stockholm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-17

Eagles. They engaged rooms at
800 G st. N. W., later moving to
31a G. st ha said
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Coolidge Boy Painted

EBEN f. COMINS, Washington artist has just COM
peted posthumous portrait of the late Calvin Coolidge
r of the President It is likely that the picture will
hang in Walter Reed Hospital, where the boy died
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-08
Social and Personal

people in the old Auditorium in st
Paul before she was seven years old
Following that performance the ST
called her prodigy and "poten-
tial genius" Offers came from many
theatrical companies and vaudeville
circuits, but Jeanette was kept in her
home and ut the piano, and today at
the age Of nine she is preparing to
60 TO New York to embark upon
her public career.
The history Of the prodigy's anc-s-
try reads like page from. the tale
Of colorful Russia. Mrs. Weinstein,
mother of the child, was forced to
give up ambitions toward singing
career while she waited in barren
little Russian village with hopes Of
future in America. The success
of her little daughter is bringing
to this devoted mother a great part
Of the satisfaction that her own fame
would have meant.
Beside her diligent practicing and
lessons in harmony, ear training, and
history of music. Jeanette attends
grade school like any other normal
little oirl. She is in the fifth grade
at the Webster school in st. Paul, and
is an excellent student. After school
she goes to the Temple of Aaron
where she is learning Hebrew. jean
cite understands and speaks Russian,
Hebrew and English However, these
ompishments have not been at
tanned without sacrifice. The little
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-08
Child Prodigy Makes
Name in Music World;
Returns to Bismarck

While we are praising heroes from
coast to coast and watching the adj
vent Of another, Bismarck is receiv-
ing visit from very young native
daughter who has distinguished her
self in the musical world and is just
on the threshold of what promises
to be a great career.
Little jeanette Weinstein, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Vein
stein Of st. Paul and formerly Of
Bismarck, and niece of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Sloven Of this city, has been
pronounced musical genius by
critics. The child, who is nine years
Id now. began her musical studies
in Bismarck at the age Of three when
she studied with Mrs. ID. T. Owens.
II order to give the child every
musical advantage the Weinsteins
gave up their home in this city and
moved to st. Paul.
jeanette was six when her teacher,
Sadie Ann Gingold Henley Of st.
Paul. allowed the public to hear the
child. At that time she was play
ing Schumann's Romance" Bee
thoven's Sonata in G" and the works
Grieg, Rameau. and Kmetty. I'm
moved by the gaping crowds or the
footlights. Jeanette played to 600
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-08

artist does not go to parties nor have
the time and freedom to play, nor
does her mother. ,Jeanctte's career is
first and is being given every OPP
portunity to flower.
Mrs. Weinstein and jeanette are
happy to be in Bismarck again and
are renewing old acquaintances. They
are guests at the home Of Mrs. Vein
stems sister, Mrs. Sam Slovcn.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-08

The Bismarck Food Market
has everything in fresh fruits
and vegetables.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-08

The 10th is the last day Of
discount on Gas bills.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-08
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

will be greatly missed here. Mr..
and Mrs. Riley left the first Of TIE
week for Seattle, and plan to make
their future residence somewhere on
the Pacific coast
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-08
TO MINNESOTA. LAKES

IS. w. ROBERTSON left this morning
by car for Minnesota resorts where
he will spend two weeks on q fish
Ing tri~ He will also visit Min
neanolis and Duluth.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-08

Have you seen the Bis.
Food Market window?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-08
Catherine McKinnOn
EntertainS at Dinner

Miss Catherine McKinnon was host
ess at $3.50 dinner Thursday even
ing ut her home in compliment to
Miss Margaret Clifford at st. Cloud,
Mimi, who is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. s. s. Clifford Of this city.
Pink and orchid were the colors
used in carrying out an attractive
scheme in the decoration of the
rooms and for table appointments.
A bowl Of wild roses formed the
centerpiece for the dinner table.
Following the dinner two tables
Of bridge were in play. Mrs. Edward
Scott was awarded the prize for
honors at cards. Miss Mckinnon was
assisted during the evening by Miss
Anna Mae Manning
IS GIVEN SOUVENIR SPOON
In appreciation of her efficient
work in behalf Of the Fort Lincoln
chapter of the War Mothers. mem
bers Of that organization presented
Mrs. J. W. Riley with silver SOU
venir spoon just before her depart
ure for the west, it was announced
today. Mrs. Riley was an officer
Of the local chapter and gaze un-
selfishly of her time in behalf of the
organization. members state. ana she
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-08

TRANSACTS BUSINESS sa
H. w. Thomas Of Driscoll spent
Thursday in Bismarck. transactinR
business.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-08
PAN-HELLENIC LuNCHEON

PAN-HELLENIC LUNCHEON
Members Of Pan Hellenic Of Bin
n,arck who are planning to attend
the luncheon Monday noon ut the
Prince hotel are required to phone
Miss Marian Staley at 286. All res
ervations should be made by Sunday
evening. An important business meet
ing will be held after the luncheon,
and ali members are urged to be
present.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-08

GUESTS AT SWENsON HOME I.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur rorness Of
Carpio arc guests at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Swenson.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-08
VISIT PARENTS HERE

Mrs. j. F. Williams and children.
Elaine and Bobby, of Mason City,
Iowa, are in the city as the guests Of
Mrs. Williams parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
.. A. lyerson.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-07-29
MRS. M'PHERSOIl
HAS RESIGNE
AS EVAN ELIS7
Quits as Pastor of Angelus
Temple Announce
ment Is Climax.

Los ANGELES. Cal, july p.
The Los Angelus Times. in
article appearing in that news-
paper this morning, says Nas.
Aimee Semple Mcpherson WI al
dieate the throne of An q s
Temple.
The Times says the Evangeii I
announced she would submit hsr
resignation to the Church Cons
mittee engaged in reorgan as
the business affairs Of Aas4'ns
Temple and the resignation ~ l
become effective as soon as afr9.
MePherson's position as pastor
filled and the present squabila BE-
tween the pastor and her mother.
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy is iFenel
out
The announcement came IS On
unexpected climax of the last i
months during which the 70 ndsf
of the Four Square Gospel hes
rarely been out of the news epa.-
light.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-07-29
GAMER AMAN GETS
CARIBOU PICTURES
ON YUKON RIVER

George j. Lancaster, camera
man for the Paramount News
Reel, who went south on the last
trip of the Alameda. took with
him 500 feet of film showing
caribou crossing the Yukon River.
He went down the Yukon to the
mouth of the Stewart River. sail
ing from Whitehorse July IT. At
the mouth of the Stewart he got
a small boat and almost immed-
lately was in the midst of the
caribou. He caught the same
boat on which he had gone down
the river. the White Horse. and
returned to Skagway in time to
catch the Alameda.
A cameraman for the Inter
national News Reel also went
down the Yukon at the same time
that Mr.. Lancaster did and at
Stewart he got launch, but he
had not yet returned to White
horse at last adyices.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-07-29
BOB GAINES
is FIGHTING
FOR HIS LIFE
Convicted Slayer of Daugh-
ter, Believes She Is
Still Alive.

SEATTLE, July % Facing
death on the gallows, Wallace C
(Bob) Gaines is apparently cling
ing for life to the theory that
the body found on the shore OF
Green Lake was not that of his
daughter, Sylvia Gaines, whose
murder he has been convicted of
and the sentence of death passed
on him by the King County Su-
perior Court has been affirmed
by The Supreme court at Olympia.
In the Jail here, Gaines said to
reporters: 81 did not even see
the body. They would not let me
look at 1t and never saw the
photographs shown in the triil
did not want to see them then
but wanted them sent to my cell
know the body found was not
that of Sylvia, my daughter"
Wants Rehearlng
Gaines said 1t was none of his
business where MS daughter was
now and he talked of asking the
Superior Court to grant rehear-
ing on the grounds of new EVIL
dence, supposedly a contention
that Sylvia Gaines Is still alive.
Failing here. he said he would
carry the fight back to the State
Supreme Court and the United
State Supreme Court, If neces-
sary and possibly ask the govern
or's reprieve.
Says He's Innocent
"I'll never let them hang me
Like God I'll keep fighting for
am innocent, understand. that
am innocent, tell YOU" said
Gaines.
Gaines was continuously nervous
and putting cigarettes In apparent
effort to control himself.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-07-29
WILLIAMS BACK FROM
WESTERN INSPECTION

ROAD WORK IN the Moose Pass
district on the Alaska Railroad is
progressing satisfactory, accord
ing to District Engineer NJ. D
Williams, Bureau of Public
Roads. who returned last night
from an inspection trip to the
Westward. He visited Cordoya,
Seward, the Moose Pass and low
er Kenai Lake districts.
Salmon were apparently run
ming heavily in Icy Strait waters,
Mr.. Williams said When the
Aleutian, on which he returned,
arrived at Port Althorp Wednes-
day evening, the eannery there
was operating three lines. Yes
terday 1t used four lines and
many fish were brought In from
the grounds while the steamer
was in port loading. The Aleu-
tian took aboard 10000 cases
of fish at Port Althorp. which
was all 10 had cargo space for
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-07-29
Find Mineral Deposits
In Upper Rhine Basin

BERLIN, July 25-Mineral de-
posits of considerable value have
been found in the upper region of
the Rhine basin in Baden. The
state board of mines, publishing
the results of two years of indie
fatigable prospecting in this area.
reports that in the Waldkirch dis.
trict at the outlet of the Elz val
ley lead, copper, tin-arsenite and
sulphurohs ores were found in
such quantities and to such "a
depth as to warrant the govern
ment in claiming possession. At
two other points, the existence Of
brown iron-ore, or hematite, was
also established.
These mineral deposits, extend
ing from the mountainous Black
Forest far into the plain, the gov
ernment of Baden is now planning
to exploit on a large scale, espe-
cially for sulphur, arsenic and
lead
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-07-29

Los ANGELES, CAL July 81
Receivership proceedings that
threw the Julian Petroleum corpo-
ration into the courts developed
into a so-called "$100 100000 stock
scandal"
Prominent business men of the
southwest are among those indict-
ed on various charges, including
usary. conspiracy to defraud and
Illegal acceptance by bankers of
bonuses for making loans.
The defendants include men well
known in banking, brokerage and
insurance and the motion picture
and oil industries. Among them
are C. c. Julian. organizer ana
first president of the Julian corpc-
ration: S. c. Lewis, who succeed
ed him as president, and Charles
r Stern, president of the Pacific
Southwest Trust and Savings bank.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-07-29

CHICAGO. July ga half hun
dred of Chicago's alimony rebels,
professed victims of laws which
the say prescribe that the man
shall pay and pay and pay, have
organized an alimony club for a
fight on 'gold-digging" and pro
fiteeriBg" in the divorce courts.
Among the founders of the club.
which came into being last night.
was a woman who said she was
working to aid her husband pay
an allowance to his former wife
who was spending it on riotous
living.
Still another said he was under
an order to pay alimony to wife
who was earning more than he
was.
Victims Have Weird Tales
The rank and file included a
victim" who said he had lodged
forty-seyen cities to escape ali
mony payments; one who- sad
his wife dosed his coffee with
carbolic acid and then ran off
with a neighbor; a man who IN.
vented a bullet-proof vest after
martial mishaps. and one who
had married a biganist collecting
money from five ex-husbands.
TO become a national organization
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-07-29
DOCTOR BEATS
7 WO ROBBERS,
H0LD-UP GAME
Quickly Draws Pistol and
Kills Two in His Of
flee in Chicago.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. July 20. - A
doctor last night beat two gun
men at their game, killing them
when they attempted to rob him
The robbers, who have not
been identified, posed as patients
on entering the doctors offices
but the physician. DR.. Frank
Nathanson. who was recently
robbed, and became suspicious,
stood by his desk and when the
two robbers drew their guns, the
doctor pulled open drawer of
his desk, whipped out his pistol
and fired before they could level
their weapons.
One of the robbers fell dead
and the other staggered out of
the office and fell down the stair
way into the arms of a policeman
who heard the shooting. The in
jufed robber died in the hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-07-29
Minister Is Found
Unconscious, Study

WASHINGTON, July %
Francisco Latour, aged 81, Guate-
malan Minister, whose life in
Washington has been marked by
a period of trouble, was found
unconscious in his study today
with a bullet hole above his
heart and an old-fashioned pistol
nearby.
Relatives deprecated sugges-
tions that he shot himself in a
suicide attempt. Mrs. Latour
said her husband had no worries
but added. however, that the re-
cent suicide of Congressman
crumpacker, OF Oregon, in San
Francisco, greatly worried her
husband. Latour and crumpacker
were close friends,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-07-29
Has Face Paint
That Is 5000
Years Old

LONDON, July 29.-Face paint
used by some Egyptian flapper
5000 years ago is among exhibits
at the British Museum. 1t was
discovered at ur of the Chaldees
by the joint expedition of the
British Museum and the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. The paint
is contained in dainty little shells.
There are also fragments OF
toilet combs and silver articles
which figured on some beauty's
dressing table in those days A
series of clay tablets, bearing
school exercises, religious and
grammatical texts, multiplication
tables. and directions for find
ing sauare and cube roots are also
on view. A diagram illustrates
the methods used for measuring
the area of an irregular plot of
ground
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-07-29
BATHING SUITS WILL BE WORN
At CHOIR PRACTICE HEREAFTER
IN CHICAGO METHODIST CHURCH

night after choir practice Tha
eighteen members of the ehor
have had a good time swimmi z
together and then sitting around
on the beach and praeticing Il i
songs.
But now they are planning ae
thing different. They are coins
swimming right after the reh ~
sal in the church All the mem
bers will wear their bathing SUITS
when they go to the church " &
bathrobes or kimonos over thcn1.
After the practice session the-
will go to the beach for a Dip
Choir practice rs held e-nev
other Wednesday 1t IS planned
start the bathing suit choir pra
tiee next Wednesday,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-07-29
MEN WHO PAY AND Ply And Pay
FORM CLUB THW1RT Willy WOMEN

with a vision of establishing bu-
reaus for preventing unfair di.
yorces. for effecting reconcilia.
tions and for other duties.
A constitution and bylaws are
to be adopted based on the clubs
expressed purpose: ITO create pub
lie sentiment, produce legislation
and aid in litigation to stop gold
digging, crooked attorneys and
framing detective agencies from
profiteering in the divorce courts. .
The presidency was given to
DR.. Vernon P. Cooley. dentist.
Jailed Man Is Speaker
Among the speakers was o. L
Blake. former real estate broker,
who told of his experiences in get.
ting sent behind the bars in an
alimony tangle.
when | was sent to Jail | met
sixty-five fellow-sufferers," he said.
'The Jail is no pleasure resort.
Men are sent there for punish
ment and the nonalimony payer
shares his cell with criminals.
"A lot of this alimony trouble
is due to a former wife prosecut-
ing to spite mans second mate .
Another brief speaker was Wal.
ter Brinkman, who failed in the
first attempt in Cook County to
force woman to pay her hus.
band alimony,