davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-21
Oil Leases on 1000 Acres

BU Times NDeCtQE
SULLIVAN, Ind, Oct. 21.-Oil
drilling leases on 1000 acres Of JET
ferson township land, near Pleasant
vile, have been filed in the County
recorders Office here. \ Sullivan
County men, who took the leases are
reported to have said they were
backed by outside capital.
Evening star., 1927-05-03
Text of Presidents Plea for $1O,OOOOOO
Fund for Relief of Flood Sufferers

President Coolidges proclamation
yesterday. appealing for contributions
to bring the Red Cross Mississippi
Valley flood relief fund up to a mini
mum of 10000 900. follows
The situa ton in the Mississippi
Valley has developed into grave
crisis affecting a wide area in several
States. There are now more than
200. 900 flood refugees who have been
driven from their homes, This mum.
ber is being increased daily. as fresh
breaks IN the levees inundate the
country on either side of the river
driving the inhabitants to points of
safety.
These refugees are being fed, shell
tered and clothed by the American
Red Cross, acting as the dSent for the
American people. The burden of their
care will continue for many more
weeks.
Because OF the vast increase in the
flooded area, the sum already called
for will prove insufficient. The num-
Evening star., 1927-05-03
REFUGEES MOVED AS
FLOODS COVER MORE
LOUISIANA TOWNS
Continued from First Page.)

continued from FMSt Page)
as flagship. and composed of six
steamboats, four Coast Guard patroi
boats and half a dozen surf launches.
left Natchez today to comb the area
covered by water. Meanwhile, the AL
legheny, naval tug. with q barge in
tow, moved to ST. Joseph to stand by
TO remove citizens in case of
crevasse there.
A cry for relief came from a num-
Der of refugees marooned at Frogmore,
Concordia Parish, and arrangements
We're made to send boats to the near
est point on the Black River. Sicily
Island, in Catahoula Parish. also was
being flooded by waters from the
crcvasse below Vidalia and was being
evacuated.
Residents of Bunkie and Marksville
in the path of expected breaks, at
Echo and Big Bend. on Bayou Des
Giaise, hoped that they would be able
to repel the invasion should the
levees crumple. Protection leyees at
Bunkie were strengthened, and it was
believed that Marksville was on suffi-
ciently high ground to insure its safe
ty from food danger.
Melville and other sections of
Avoyelles Parish, however, were not
expected TO escape unscathed.
Reparations Committee to Meet.
The reparations committee, desig-
mated TO assess damages caused
citizens of ST. Bernard and Plaque
mines Parishes when the raging
waters were released upon their homes
and fields to save New Orleans, was
to meet today. Before them the
members had message from Gov,
o. H. Simpson, terming the voluntary
surrender of their homes by residents
of the two parishes 'one of the most
patriotic sacrifices the world has ever
beheld."
The population of refugee camps
swelled hourly as persons arrived on
foot, in wagons, in automobiles, or
were ferried to safety in flooded sec
tions by the relief boats concentrated
in the area. The task of rushing food
and other supplies taxed the immense
facilities of the Red Cross
In Delhi, La, there were more
than 5000. The normal population
of the village is 700. Two airplanes
went there today TO take 400 pounds
Of medical supplies, as there were
none available there for possible
Illness.
Evening star., 1927-05-03

her TO be cared for has been doubled
since that call, and the crest of the
flood has not reached all parts
In order that these thousands OF
your homeless fellow citizens may
continue TO receive necessary care, a
minimum Of $40 900 900 will no needed.
and IL is therefore desired that the
quotas originally assigned as a mini.
mum TO the various communities
should be doubled.
"As President of the United States
and as President of tho American Red
Cross. | am therefore Urging our peo.
pie TO give promptly and most gen
erOusly so that sufficient funds may
be received to alleviate the suffering
among so many thousands.
For the purposes of coordination
and effectiveness in the administration
Of the relief funds. l recommend that
all contributions be forwarded to the
nearest local Red Cross chapter or 10
the American National Red Cross
headquarters offices at Washington
st. Louis or San Francisco"
Evening star., 1927-05-03

Styles in women's hosiery have in
creased from $50 in 1920 to more than
5000 today.
Evening star., 1927-05-03

aware of the fact that their mission
was not so much to demonstrate the
capabilities of the airplane as TO ac-
complish diplomatic objective.
4 would like to make the trip
again Capt. Eaker said, but If l
did. I'd take a bigger plane and make
hops of 1000 and 1900 miles without
landing But, of course. our purpose
was not to get around South America
in the shortest possible time, so we
We're denied the opportunity of max
ing long jumps every day.
Evening star., 1927-05-03
NURSES GROUP ELECTS.

Maj. Julia C. Stimson was elected
president of the Graduate Nurses AS
sociation Of the District of Columbia
yesterday at the Nurses Clubhouse.
Miss Malinde Havey was elected vice
president. Annabelle Peterson, cor
responding secretary. Catherine Mo-
ran recording secretary. Bettye w.
Mayer. treasurer: councillors We're
Gertrude H. Bowling and Blanch
Rulon
Misses Barbara Sandmaier. Gather
inc q. Larner and Elizabeth Kimmell
were chosen delegates to the District
of Columbia Federation of Women s
Evening star., 1927-05-03
Took Short Flights Only.

Viewing the flight from the stand
point of flying alone, the airmen pre-
ferred to fly eight and nine hour
jumps without landing, hut they were
Evening star., 1927-05-03
VISC0UNT D'ALTE GETS
LICENSE FOR MARRIAGE
Ceremony to Be Performed in Goth
am Tomorrow. With Mary Emma
Coleman as Bride.

Viscount Date, Minister from Por-
tugal to the United States. who has
been notable figure in diplomatic
circles here for many years, today OBJ
tanned in New York a license to wed
Miss Mary Emma Colemand of so
West Fifty first street. The ceremony
will be performed in New York to-
morrow at the Church of st. Vincent
de Paul, according to advices received
by The Star.
The diplomat gave his age as 60.
while the bride is 10 years his junior.
Viscount D'Alte was born in Eng
land. the son of Count D,Alte and
Margaret Pollock. He has been in
Washington since 1902, his service an
tedating that of any other member of
the corps. and on last Sunday for
mally celebrated his twenty-fiffth an
niversarY in the Capital.
Miss Coleman is the daughter of
Michael and Catherine Hensloe Cole
man She was born in New York.
Evening star., 1927-05-03
THREE ARE REELECTED.
Takoma Park, Md, Holds Election
for Councilmen.

At Takoma Park, Md, the voters
yesterday reelected the three retiring
members of the Town Council whose
terms expired June l. They were: II.
Edso1 who received 392 votes; DIR.
Elon q. Salisbury, 331 votes, and John
f. Adams, 329 votes. The other con-
testants in the field were j. Milton
Derrick, Robert e. Pogue and Maj.
Louis G. Vogt.
Councilman Rogers has just com
pleted 20 years service in the coun-
Gil, Councilman Adams years and
DR.. Salisbury years
The judges of election were Henry
w. Scherger, James w. Ellsworth and
Mrs. j. o. Folk. with Mrs Helen B.
Davis as clerk of the election board.
The terms of the councilmen will be
two years from June 6.
Styles in women's hosiery have in
cr aa cod fI,nT1o en- in 1QO0 4n A. -
Evening star., 1927-05-03
Snake Charmer Bitten.

a snake at the Hagenbeck-Wal
Show declined to stay charmed" last
night and bit Indian Princess Os Ko
Man. 48 years old, one of the per-
formers. She was treated at Casualty
Hospital, but was able to return to
the show.
Evening star., 1927-05-03

Clubs, and Misses Marguerite Reilly.
Catherine Il, O'Donnell and Elsie v.
Krguse. aIternates.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
(Official City, State and County Newspaper
We Can't Duck Responsibility

Most Of our major ills. says Moscow professor,
arc due to sun spots.
These spots he adds in cycles. and have so
profound an effect on mankind that wars. revolu-
tons. famines social and political upheavals OF all
kinds follow in their train.
This sun spot business apparently is something
that science hasn't quite made up its mind ahou;
yet and the ordinary is entitled to believe it
ar not, he wishes.
It's comforting doctrine. in way.
1t relieves Of responsibility. When someone
mentions the World War the present uprising in
China can blame these terrible tragedies on the
far-dstant sun. which can't answer back, ana
absolve ourselves and generation Of all blame.
But somehow it seems just little bit too easy to
be true.
For all know the spots may, it Is
claimed. have profound effect all of our
activities
Yet we might as well remind ourselves that all
Of the spots between here and the pole star
would bring about World War if mankind
had not already planted the seeds.
The World War to- cite single world upheava
the crop Of the seed that many generations
had sown. 1t the fruit of blind greed and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
INDIAN WORK
is DISCUSSED
BY GATHERING
Medical. Farm and Economic
Problems on Reservations
Taken Up at Meeting

Medical problems of the Indians
on government reservations in North
and South Dakota were discussed at
meeting reservation superintend-
ents here this morning.
DR.. NJ. c. Guthrie. general medical
superintendent of Washington. ID. c..
and DR.. Emil krulish, district super
intendent Of Minneapolis. spoke on
sanitary conditions on reservations
in the Dakotas and told Of the work
that is being done to combat dis
ease. +.
The need of more sanitariums to
accommodate tubercular Indians. and
more visiting nurses was stressed
by the two men. who also described
the program now being carried on to
eradicate tuberculosis among Indians
DR.. r. W. Strauss. physician for
the Indian School at Bismarck, told
of conditions here and DR.. 4. a.
Whittemore, state health director,
spoke on the collation. between the
federal and state health departments
Diversified Farming Discussed
Diversified farming on the Fort
Berthold Reservation was discussed
by Superintendent l.. w. Page. Page
said that the reservation ranked
high in the raising of various crops
and in sheep raising but said that
dairying had not yet been taken up
extensively.
Farming and economic problems
facing reservation indians were dis
cussed at yesterday afternoons scs-
sion
Plans were laid to institute. on
each reservation five-year pro-
gram with view to making the In
dians wholly self-supporting. This
program includes teaching the In
dams to operate garden to grow
vegetables for family use and also
to diversity their farming operations
to include, corn, wheat. hay and
similar products. Special stress will
be laid on the value of cattle in farm
ing operations. The value Of sheep,
cows and chickens was especially
stressed.
E. w. Jermark, superintendent of
the Pine Ridge, S. D., reservation.
explained the manner in which the
program scheme has operated among
5000 Indians there and F. c. Camp
bell of the Blackfoot reservation,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18

autocratic self seeking and narrow nationasm and
bitter trade rivalry. As the world had planted, 50
did it reap. We may talk about sun spots until
we are blue in the face, but that will not enable as
to look on the World War something for which
no to blame.
Nor will it enable to sidestep responsibility
for what may be ahead Of
What we, as a nation now will determine
what is going to happen to us in the near future.
If blind and reckless and selfish and mate
riastic as the nations Of Europe were before 1914.
may rest assured that will garner a crop
similar to the one they garnered.
Fortunately, the other hand, if We make jus
tce daily ideal and work forever for the estab-
lshment Of the kingdom Of righteousness, in it's
broadcast sense, rest assured that certain
tragedies will be spared u.s.
But. either way. We mustn't try to blame the sun
spots far all Of il.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
&C OMISSIONS 9MAskin6t'
|E Being Intimate Stories Of
~ :, the Womans Side Of Official
tE13c~ Life in the Capital : sM

First Lady's frank nature. IF she
has story to tell, she tells it,,
regardless Of what this one or that
one might think.
1t is no secret that certain promi-
nent members of the Republican Ma
tional Committee have declared that
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge is worth n
round million dollars in publicity
value to the G. O. +. cause, and that
this million dollar contribution lies
in one word-"charm."
Mrs. Shipstcad Made Him Laugh
Washington ladies' who have been
taken in to dinner by the president.
ut one time or another, tell stories
as any woman in official life may be
on the president rs table com
panion.
Mrs. Hendrix Shipstead earned Il
headline this winter rs the woman
who made the president laugh"
II seems that ut one or two Of the
most stately dinners, the White
House dogs have straycd into the
state dining room and that the prcsi.
dent knows the art u deity slipping
a chicken hone under the napcry to
them, without any visiting potenate
detecting him.
An Exclusive Dog
The dogs. waiting for their belated
bone, gnawed at Mrs. Shipstead's slip
per. The president waxed wroth and
was about to shoe them forth, but
the lady at his right protested.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
A I}Oy That Will Succeed

t. year-Old boy in New Jersey wanted to buy
50 dog kennel.
His savings bank contained just few cents over
three dollars And he simply had to have that dog
kennel.
So the lad trudged to a bank and told the pres
dent he wanted to borrow two dollars.
The president, doubt suppressing a smile.
asked him what security he could give. The boy
gravely replied that he going to get job work
ing in store after school. So the president made
out regular three months promissory note. bear
ing per cent interest, the lad signed it and the
two dollars was given him.
Industry and sincerity security enough" the
banker remarked.
We think the banker was right. And we ais +,
think that this boy is going to be real success
later in life. Somehow he sounds as If he were
made Of the right stuff
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
Old Masters

%~When she comes home again! A
thousand ways
Il fashion. to myself. the tenderness
seOf my glad welcome; ] sail trem-
]. ble-yes:
And touch her, as when first in the
old days
II touched her girlish hand. nor
= dared upraise
Mime eyes. such was my faint heart 5
: sweet distress;
xThen silence: and the perfume OF
her dress:
The room will sway little, and a
e haze
Cloy eyesight-soul-sigh even
d for a space;
And tears-yes: and the ache here in
the throat.
no know that l so i'll deserve the
place
Her arms make for me; and the
q sQbbing note
II stay with kisses. ere the fearful
s. face
again is hidden in the old embrace.
james Whitcomb Riley: "When
6he Comes Home"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
GSai4!t t.; AZ. !. I ''i!ln!!!n!!cr@!
q 1927 ~ NEA SERVICE. me-

District Attorney Tom Banning's
opening address to the jury, present
ing tie case as he expected to prove
il by q battalion of witnesses, was
masterpiece of its kind For the
most part he spoke without passion.
in cool, reasonable voice, n voice
occasionally tingcd with hypocriti-
cal sympathy.
He began his dramatic story with
the finding Of the body of the aged
millionaire lawyer, turning aside TO
pay tribute to Bob Hathaway. who
faced him. pale. stern-faccd. tight
Tipped. his hand closed hard over
Faiths.
~ will not at this time ask you to
picture to yourselves. gentlemen Of
the jury. the CONSERVATION. the hor-
ror. the grief, with which Mr.. Hath
away looked upon the murdered body
Of his uncle, an old man who had
been his best friend. The whole
world knows the dilemma in which
this sterling young man has since
found himself related by one of the
closest Of blood ties to the victim Of
/ murder. but even more closely relat
ed by the bonds Of love to the sister
! Of the defendant who sits before you
To-Day, cHatReu Win the murder OF
Mr.. Hathaway's uncle and her own
: fiance.
"And when MIR. Hathaway taxes
!. the stand for the state. want
all o. you to bear in mind that he
!. does so in the interest Of justice.
! while his heart, or mt least that part
7 Of his heart which is filled with love
for his own fiancee. Miss Faith
I Lane, sister Of the defendant. would
dictate that he do everything in his
! power to remove the stigma of MUIR
der from the family of the girl he
intends to marry"
Rob's face flushed a dark, angry
red and for moment Faith was suf-
!. focatingly afraid that he would rise
to his feet and denounce the motives
Sof the hypocritical district attorney
: Her tight clasp on his hand held him
down. The bad moment passed. as
i Banning swept on into deadly logi-
cal. blackly convincing summing up
Of testimony which he expected "a
: present to the jury.
{ "You may say. gentlemen Of the
5 jury, that all this evidence is purely
!. circumstantial. | say to you that
such circumstantial evidence, build.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18

Montana, outlined the success which
has followed the working of the plan
to make Montana Indians self-sup-
porting.
Conditions Not the Best
Conditions on practically all of
the reservations are bad, it de-
veloped, because of the general crop
failure in this part of the country
One result of this condition has been
that especially heavy demands have
been made on the government for
help.
Other speakers were H. B. Peiars,
Washington. D. C., general superin-
tendent of the reservations, and
Robert Wilson of the federal agrl-
cultural experiment station at Man.
dan. Peiars said he is especially in
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
BY Allene Sumner
Ghantn,. ~


Washington. March The prcsi-
dent of the United States and the
First Lady leave cares Of state be-
hind them when The Mayflower.
the presidential yacht. sails down the
Potomac
Invitations 70 an outing on the
Mayflower are priced highly, for its
cosy decks are the scene Of the best
Coolidge stories told in Washington.
One goes like this:
Mrs. Coolidge sat in Il deck chair. Il
shawl or robe spread over her knees.
Learned My Lesson"
Are you cold'" someone solicit
ously asked
NO." laughed Mrs. Coolidge. I've
only learned my lesson
She told her friends then of Il re-
cent woman guest on the famous
yacht who seemed very self-cOn-
scious of her short skirts, Juggling
away at them, trying to pull them
down as the breezes blew.
Finally" laughed Mrs. Coolidge,
"Mr. Coolidge brought her shawl.
wrapped it around her. and said.
There. ! think you will be much more
com fortable.
II took the hint because I, too.
have the habit Of 'tugging them
down. SO use a lap robe. too"
Mrs. Coolidge Frank
The little story is symbol of the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
Who Lost the War?

Winston Churchill, who knows much Of the Gin
side history" CT the world war. declares in a book
just published that the Germans defeated them
selves in the late conflict
French and British offensives on the western
front, says Churchill, costly to the allie,
than to the Germans; victory for the allies was
made possible only by Germanys compelling the
United States to enter the and by her owl,
offensives in France. which proved too expensiv.
in men and materials
Here is new slant on the world war Only the
experts can say whether Churchill is right; we can
expect to hear all kinds of them vocing their opin-
ions in the near future.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18

ing as 1t does. Il complete cham with
out a single weak link. is the strong
est of evidence. will show you
how this defendant had one Of the
oldest motives known to courts OF
justuce--that of greed. BY the terms
of his will. Ralph Cluny had made
this defendant an heiress, whether
she married him or not before nine
o'clock Of Thanksgiving Day. have
also clearly demonstrated and will
prove by witnesses and documents
that this defendant was actuated by
another powerful motive--her love
for another man.
"Who would be able to say which
motive actually supplied the force
behind the terrific blow which crush
ed the skull Of the man who had
loved her and honored her above all
other women! have also demon
strated that, so far as my office
disinterestedly working in the cause
Of justice can discover. this defend
ant had what the law aptly terms
exclusive opportunity to commit the
murder with which she stands
charged. and of which | believe her
to be guilty. II did not so believe,
would not prosecute this defend
ant"
Again Banning threw would-he
sympathetic glance toward Cherry,
who stared at him unflinchingly.
"Now, that is the evidence. gentle
men. 1t will be elaborated upon by
these witnesses, and am sure after
you have heard the defense, you will
be justified in carrying out what this
grand jury saw fit to do to affirm
their indictment by pronouncing
Cherry Lane Wiley guilty of murder
in the first degree"
Tom Banning sat down. hopping
his perspiring face with huge white
handkerchief. and Stephen Churchill
rose to address the court. in rou-
tine appeal for the dismissal Of the
indictment.
AS Banning smilingly accepted the
congratulations of his assistants.
Faith knew for the first time in her
life the bitterness OF a hatred that
lusts for the blood Of an enemy.
TOMORROW: Banning brings out
the fact that Bob Hathaway was
once engaged to Cherry.
Copyright. 1927. NEA Service. 1nc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
NEWS BRIEFS

Fifty-six convicts whipped for
mutiniy at kilby prison near Mont
gOmery. Ala
Grand FOrks-Daniel +. MCGOWAN
of Grand Forks was named manager
of North Dakota state fair for Grand
Forks.
Commander de Pinedo. Italian
filler, missing since he left San Luis
de Caceres, Brazil. on new leg Of
four-continent flight.
Representatives Of % organizations
in Washington plan nationwide pro-
test against lifting Of American en-
barge on arms to Mexico.
Message from President Cosgrave
Of Irish Free State attacking canon
D. Valera censored before being
broadcast from New York.
President H;bben Of Princeton Uni
versity says Secretary MELONS claim
that reopening Of war debts settle
ment would be confusing to economic
stability is not consistent with poll.
cies of 1925 debt commits ion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18

What makes baby pick the middle
Of the night for crying purposes
What did General Sherman say
at the battle Of Bunker Hill' Z
Who eats the fewess onions when
going to visit his best girl on nice
spring evening"
An Indiana farmer lifted an auto.
mobile from tourists neck ana
saved his life. He got his practice
on the mortgage on the home place.
A Russian ship is operated entire
ly by women. We wonder il they put
one another in curling irors
While the White House is being
fixed up. it wouldn't be bad idea
to send in some experts tn revise
the White House dictionary. which
seems to give the pronunciation Of
hostile as "hostyle."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
CAPITOL. THEATRE

A happy balance of romance. his
tory and thrills have been blended
together in don Mike" Fred Thorn
sons latest starring vehicle for F.
b. O. which is now showing ut the
Capitol Theatre. The story is laid
in California just after the state
changed its ownership from Spain to
the United States, and the spirit of
this colorful and stirring period has
been brought to the screen with a
high degree Of accuracy and charm.
One Of the hiehliehts Of the picture
il the bold ride Of General Fremont
:rd his troopers to the aid Of Don
Mike whose possessions have been
conflscated by some lawiess rene
eades. Fred astride the dashing
Silver Kie displays the most daring
and brilliant riding Of his entire
: Al