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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-15
TERRIFIC WIND
STORM CAUSES
GREAT DAMAGE
Train and Wire Service Para
lyzed by Hail Along North
500
STRIP is IL MILES LONG
Box Cars Blown from Tracks.
Snow Fences Demolished,
Is Report

Minot, N. D., Aug. 15.-(AP)
"A terrific wind and hail storm
averaging about ten miles in
width this forenoon swept east
and west through a territory
reported to extend between Par.
shall and Douglas to the south.
west of Minot demolishing
scores of farm buildings and de.
stroying thousands of acres of
splendid crops.
Reports of the damage were
slowly received in the various
towns close to the area. Farm.
ers who came into Makoti to tell
of the damage which they sus-
tanned bore black and blue marks
ou their bodies received from the
hail stones being driven through
by the high wind.
No reports of deaths had been
received early this afternoon al.
though many scores of persons
were reported to have been in.
jured by the hail.
One of the major items Of de-
struction was that Of the Blue
Hin Consolidated school, 10
miles south of Ryder which was
blown to pieces by the wind. It
was q two story brick structure.
Peter HOLDEN q farmer of the
Roseglen vicinity narrowly es.
capped death when the building
collapsed having driven his
automobile along side the struc-
ture when he saw the storm ap.
preaching at q rapid rate. His
automobile was partially de-
stroyed but he escaped without
serious injuries.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-15
Holdup Men Cow Buxton
Bankers and Get $500
Employees and Patron Locked
in Vault Of Red River
Valley Bank

St. Paul. Aug. 15.-(AP)-
Similarity in the descriptions Of
the four men who robbed the
First National bank ct Buxton,
N. D., Tuesday and the quartet
Of tear. gas bandits who got
$4,000 last week in the robbery
of the Sweeney Detective
Agency's armoFed car, led St.
Paul police today to believe that
they might be the same gang.
Chief Of Police e. J. Murname
announced several days ago that
the men who robbed the Swee-
ney car had left the city but st.
Paul detectives were hot on
their trail. Their identity was
learned he said. from the two
men arrested last week as &C.
cessories to the holdup.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-15

Unsettled, with showers tonight and
Thursday. Temperature unchanged.
The Western outlook., 1928-04-28
Classified Advertisements
1.1 Ct Il I-T
,,s .,,Ir. BOOKS

The Crisis and books by Negn
authors can be secured from our
San Francisco agent, Mrs. Lena NJ.
Parker. 4 Regley place.
The Western outlook., 1928-04-28
House Favors Fund
for Howard

Washington.-The Reed tslI ID
authorize annual approp' ia'ions h|
Howard university was adopted BY
the House by a vote of 22h toN|
For years Southern members of tn,
House have been having the appre.
priation for Howard eliminated from
the interior department supply Dill
on a point of order, based upon the
fact that there is no substantive law
or authorization for tie appropra
ton. The bill adopted, drafted BY
Representative Reed, of New York
Supplies the necessary authority td
the appropriation.
The Western outlook., 1928-04-28
Lodge Roll Contains
Only Chinese

Manila. P.I-There is Moso,,.
lodge i.I the Philippines. Mencim
No. SO. which claims to he the o,l,I
regular lodge in the world WIN,
active members are all fIII-bloaia
Chinese. However. they have som.
honorary members ~hn are M
Chinese. Frederic H Stevens III.
Past Grand Master of Grand Lo1u.
of the Philippines and d .puty Of tn.
Supreme Council, Scntti>h Ritz, 4
the Southern JuriSdicl.)n, is 4,
honorary member.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-27

grew out Of an article which appeared recently in the
Duval County Facts, published at San Diego.
or the offense alleged, The Caller knows litals. Nor
would it consider comment upon the case. in the light
Of the few facts at hand. either in good taste or in
good judgment. However. newspapers throughout
Texas will watch the progress Of the case with more
than passing interest.
There was q time when newspaper editors worked
with a pen in one hand and a pistol in the other. There
was q time when libel charges, both criminal aud
civil, were SO frequent as to excite little or no at
tention, save in the better-known cases. Editors un-
dertook to reform the world, and bitter personal at
taeks and violent invective we're common. Those VIII I'm
the editors did not like we're branded as degraded crsa-
lures. as moral lepers. and other choice designations.
II the editor was not shot at once a year, at least, he
was considered rather a poor excuse.
But that time has passed. Whether for better or
worse we do not know. Certainly newspapers have be-
come more tolerant. and, in doing so, they have re-
Elected the growing tolerance Of the public which
these newspapers serve. Libel laws still haunt the
average newspaper publisher, especially in Texas,
where they are more stringent than in most OF the
other states. There has grown UP, however, a feeling
that too generous resort to libel laws is certain to
kill the liberty and the freedom which the press or
today enjoys. and which il must enjoy il it is to serve
the public, il il is to make itself worthy Of public con-
fidence, il it is to inform the public.
There should be some check, Of course. Should
newspapers be held net liable for anything which
might appear in their columns, personal hatred would
be sufficient ground for running the character or the
business of a citizen. Newspapers could be, and
probably would be, founded for the sole purpose of
Matchmaking those whom the founders might happen
to dislike.
That there are so few libel cases today Is a tribute
to the newspapers and to the public; TO the former
since 1t is an evidence of good taste and sound policy.
to the latter since 1t is an evidence Of appreciation az
the part a free press may have. and does have. in the
improvement Of society in its broadcast sense.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-27
No Delay on Harbor Project

The rivers and harbors committee has formally ap-
proved the Valley port project at Point Isabel, and
the bill authorizing an appropriation Of ~Sl,OO0'0OO ~
the Valley port was reported in the house Saturday
morning. Congressman Wallace Dempsey. chairman
Of the committee, indicated the committee. would mo-
press passage OF the bill AZ this session, which WE
adjourn next Tuesday, but it will be taken ~ at the
short session 20 convene in December.
Failure Of congress to pass the appropriation At this
session will not materially affect the project, as ne
appropriations for the next fiscal year will be appor-
toned on the new projects as well as the old. IL the
bill were passed at this session, the money would be
available no earlier than IL passed at the short session
The approval Of the rivers and harbors committee
virtually assures the appropriation for the Valleys.
mort. indicating that BY the summer Of 1929 the dredecs
will be in operation and jetty extension under way.
There is one factor, however. that must be considered,
and that is the Valleys readiness to meet the require
ments Of the federal government as soon as the ap.
preparation Is available.
Reports from Washington indicate that a number
Of congressman and senators may insist upon imme-
diate action or the bill, though 50 far as appropr'a-
tions are concerned no advantage would be gained, az
~. shor. session appropriations will be given the
same consideration as those of the present session.
Early in May a subcommittee Of the rivers and har-
bors committee discussed the proposed harbor apprO-
priations with President Coolidge. the president ind
eating he preferred not having a river ard harbor bill
~ this session. The republican steering committee
also decided not to have a bill at this session, but to
pass one in December. Chairman Dempsey Of the
house committee informed proponents of the bill that
Il would be reported out Of committee in order THAI
IN, public might ascertain its provisions. The bill,
=. reported, authorizes the expenditure Of $~4s.5eO,0OO
on navigation improvement, the major part Of this
sum to be expended for deepening Of the Great Lakes
connecting channels at an estimated cost Of $2s,oOOOOG.
At the recent meeting Of the Valley port committee
in Harrington, the fact that the appropriation probably
would not be made at this session was brought out By
Mr.. Creager. That the committee would make a favor
able report was practically a foregone conclusion, Mr..
Crearer said. At that meeting the necessity for Val
ley-wide organization was stressed. and the action OF
the rivers and harbors committee makes il imperative
,h,, the rronosed organization Of a navigation district
he ACCOMPLISHED without delay and the Valley prepared
to meet the conditions of the federal government as
soon as action il taken By congress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-27

Governor Dan Moody deserves the praise of every
democrat in Texas for the generalship displayed at
the Beaumont convention, according to Lynch DAVID
son, who asserts that through the craftsmanship dis
played by the youthful governor Texas was saved from
the "bossism' Of the Ferguson anti prohibition ele-
ment, and the equal menace of "bosism" on the part
Of the Love following.
"The only mistake made by Dan Moody" Mr.. David
son asserts, was to apologize to everybody for doing
his duty as he saw it."
Moody went into the convention with the deterni-
nation to secure a dry delegation to the Houston con-
%vention, and he attained his objective. The fact that
he lost some close political friends and probably deep
ened the enmity Of the Ferguson faction is more than
offset by the number Of friends he gained and ire
admiration expressed for the able leadership displayed
in plotting the convention safely through the stormy
opposition.
Commenting upon the action Of the Smith forces in
the convention, MI. Davidson said: IAN outstanding
sacrifice in the convention, in line with the high coui-
age of the governor, was that of John Boyle Of San
Antonio, Smith leader in Texas. Boyle saw that Fer
guson was about to return to power in Texas with the
domination Of the Smith element in the convention.
His own standing in the Smith ranks would have given
MIN great power also. Boyle deliberately cast aside
this opportunity for personal power and prestige and
threw his support 10 the Moody forces in order to
keep down a return of Fergusonism in Texas.
when Ferguson nominated his candidate for ten
porary chairman, Boyle broke into the picture, de-
houncihg reIgusohS elAotb % CaPSute 1e VaueishlH
Of the Smith forces in Texas and promptly seconded
the nomination of Dean. For Boyle, an anti-prohibi-
zionist by principle for many years, to vote his dele
CATION for Dean. a prohibitionist and author Of the
Dean law, must have been a bitter pill, but Boyle swat
lowed it and kept Ferguson from putting himself at the
head Of the Smith forces in Texas
Davidson expressed the view that for either Fer
Euson or Love to have attained control Of the conven-
tion would have resulted in "bossism' OF the worst
character. Commenting on Moodys achievement hc
says: "At one convention he has made Texas safe fr
prohibition and eliminated both Ferguson and Love,
the two men who best typify bossism in Texas. With
out Dan Moody the convention would have been in the
hands Of one or the other Of these men, and Texas
would have been under boss rule. Under these cIt-
cumstances the nomination Of Smith would have made
Ferguson a dominant character in Texas p~olitics-So
dominant in fact he might have turned the state
against the nominee Of the party as a protest ugains.
Fergusonism."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-27
New York Letter

der trial, hold periodical social meet
ing i'm n restaurant near the court
house where the trial took place.
"A fireman Is OF more value to the
world than a policeman" says Ed
ward O'Neil, who resigned as a New
York cop TO become IN fire fighter.
The way to get Captain Harold Al.
Cunningham, master of the s. S.
Leviathan, interested in N converse
ton, is to inject locomotives as a
subject. They're his enthusiasm.
When he's in port he goes out where
he can see them. and III possible, take
q ride. One OF his closest friends n
John Draney, engineer on the Lacka-
wanna. out Of Hoboken, ~. j., and he
obtains official permission and dons
overalls 10 ride with Draney TN the
cab.
7 have found that my knowledge
and love Of locomotives. which is ex-
tensive because | am the son Of an
engineer. is shared by many notables.
Gigli, the Metropolitan tenor, haunts
railroad yards. Edward N. Hurley.
the former chairman Of the shipping
board, is a locomotive enthusiast.
Daniel willard, president of the III.
and o. likes to try but all the new
monsters built for that road. Mayor
Jimmy Walker. Of New York. re-
allied a lifelong ambition not long
ago when he was allowed 10 handle
the throttle Of a locomotive for IN
poet, IN n locomotive lover. So II H.
poet. is n locomotive lover. So is III.
IL. Mencken. the critic.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-27
MY FIRST DOG

MI FIRST BOU
FOR some reason, I have just been
thinking about my first dog--a
sort of cross between hound and
what we used TO call n rat terrier.
I bought him for so cents from q
colord man wwho had many other
dogs and who decided. though with
reluctance, that he could spare this
one. With the pup under my arm, l
trudged home, thinking what a jol-
~ surprise I had for my parents.
They were surprised, all right
though not in the way I had cx-
pected. Ny father looked nc the
prize, shifted contemptucusly. and
said: Don't you bring that dog in
to the house."
Tenderiy I carried the little dog
out 10 the barn. where / made him
comfortable in the haymow. de
howled all that night. No one could
blame hin; he was homesick and
lonely for the other dogs with whom
he had slept at the colored mans
place. But the noise 30 vexed my
father that l had a fearful time
next day before I succeed, with my
mothers cooperation in getting
permission TO keep the pup on trial
for anothr night. The next night.
after my mother had carefully
tucked me into bed, / got up, sneak
ed down the back stairs, and went
to the barn, where | kept the little
dog company. lest he should howl
and be sent away in the morning.
He was allowed to stay, but
neither my father nor mother woul
ever admit that the dog mad even
en- average merit. Neighbors used 20
make unkind. d~epreciating remarks
about him. too; and when one day
he was run over and killed by a big
lumber wagon, I feared that no
would offer sympathy. The accident
was my first glimpse Of tragedy.
Believing that / must bear my grief
alone. | dragged myself up into the
haymow, where for an hour i wept
bitterly. The worst Of il was that
for once I felt that | could not 20
even to my mother for sympathy.
True. she had come to my rescue
when my father was going to send
the dog away, but she had consist
emily refused 10 be identified with
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-27

NEW YORK. May 26.-variegated
notes Of n reporter covering the big
gest beat in the world:
A photograph record Alma Gluck
made in 1914, Garry Me Back to
or Virginny," has earned her more
than $780, O0 in royalties. Sales have
dropped off as radios popularity has
increased.
Thornton Wilder. author OF the
prize novel, "The Bridge Of San Luis
Rey," has contracts for everything he
will write in the next five years, but
hasn't any idea what his next novel
will be about. He writes very slow
ly. He was at work on "The Bridge"
three years.
Florenz Ziegfeld complains about
scrubwomen $50 goldpieces. He eats
lunch In N cafeteria. but insists on
taking his W poultry when sailing
to Europe. He likes perfumes and
prize fights.
George VI. Cohan's ambition Is TO
write a full-length play in one act.
He doesn't like intermissions in
shows.
William r. Kenny, friend Of AL
Smith. and financial hacker Of the
governors presidential campaign.
was one OF IL children. Seven are
, alive. and five of them work for him.
Paul. son Of Harold Bell Wright,
novelist, is a Broadway actor.
The sash Weight Club" com
posed Of newspapermen and women
who reported the Snyder-Gray muir
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-27
By CARL DE- VIDAL HUNT

PARIS. France. May 22.-Jane
Wolfe. who played film mothers IN
early Mary Pickford pictures, has re-
turned to Hollywood, Cal, seeking
complete recovery from injuries re-
ceived at the hands Of Sicilian peas
ants. They tried to stone her TO
death.
But before departing from Paris
she related her experience in the
mystery house or Cefalu." in Sicily,
where she had travelled TO follow the
teachings az Sir Aleister Crowley,
high priest OF Thelema (orient9l
philosophy and promoter Of queer
performances for which the "mys-
terry house" was raided By Sicilian
police.
known a. the Beast"
Sir Aleister. know among his dis
ciplcs as the Beast" Is n Brit
isher. who spent his patrimony in
search Of the stole PHILOSOPHERS Of
the East. lie had lived with the
Yogis in the silent wastes az India
and had published books on the sub
Ject- Now he Is n wandcrer. barred
even from his own country-but mis-
AALus aNNlaie hlm a genius.
Miss Wolfe arrived at the "mys-
terry house" on the banks of the
Mediterranean and was appointed
tipping secretary to Sir Aleister.
Then followed the initial practices Of
s~elf-eontrol that were designed TO re-
lieve her restlessness. For hours she
was required 10 sit on one SPOT with
u moving as much ~ an eyeiid.
Practiced Self Control
Then | had to practice the
'Dharana,'" Miss Wolfe relates.
That n fixing a yellow square on n
wall and shutting ms eyes and visu.
alizing the square for half an hour.
This was followed BY breathing ex-
ercises. In the morning and evening
we performed the required rituals IN
a large with q tiled flooring.
the center Of which was inlaid with
queer geographical figures. The
master changed his gowns and make
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-27

went down. ] did not move, of course.
But the women shreiked and danced
around me like a flock Of buzzards.
Then they stoned me until I fell
bleeding and unconscious to the
ground.
II don't know how long I lay there,
but when / came to my senses, the
women we're still round me. Slowly
i got back into my Asana position
and sat there without moving 8
muscle. Seeing this the women
gasped. They could not understand
il. Slowly they backed away from
me. crossing themselves and num-
bling strange words. They never
came back.
Flesh Disciplined
eat the end Of my 33 days the
terrible pains Of my body, caused by
sitting almost continually in one
spot, were entirely gone. | had eaten
little Of the food that was brought
down TO me from the abbey. and my
mind wa $50 clear that ] thought
could look through walls. A sense
of perfect serenity ~pervaded my
whole being. My hot blood had
cooled and was coursing quietly
through my veins. The flesh had
been disciplined.
Shortly after my departure the
mystery house Of Cefalu was raided
by the Sicilian police and all its IN
mates put out. For several months
7 lived in England and then went u
Paris preparatory to sailing for
America. My hair Is white now, but
I am cured"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-27

ton question, believes the govern
ment should pay such expenses.
Even so, who's 10 tell n citizen who
happens to be interested in some
particular candidate that he can't get
out and hustle for him mt his own
~cost?-and if the candidate has a
good many friends who fel 40 dis
posed, what about it,
In Washington the pending INQUIRY
into presidential expenditures classes
as a good deal Of a joke, anyway.
In n form or another, rs old
timers view IL, it takes considerable
cash 70 put a mai into the White
House. In their judgment, Il may be
camouflaged. but il can't be dis
penSed with.
The cynical way of looking at II In
that the present committee II just d
bit Of ~non-partisan political protec-
tive colorinR.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-27
Washington
Letter
n CHARLES r. STEWART

WASHINGTON, May 25.-A presi-
Dental campaign costs money these
a pre-convention cam
paign. f,
The figures we've heard mentioned
BY witnesses before the senate in
vestigating committee on this sub
ject don't mean anything. They're i'm
possibly low.
The candidate whose expenses
haven't run, already, we'll into thous-
ands of dollars, simply has put up no
national fight whatever.
The presidential aspirant who actu-
ally has bestirred himself, except IN
the most strictly local way, and VINO
testifies, "Ive spent only so-and-so
much"-naming some pewee Of q
little SUMS saying merely that the
balance didn't come out of his OWE
pocket. Somebody else dug IL up.
The obvious facts speak for them.
selves.
Nearly 30. 1000. 900 votes were cast ri
the late presidential election-and
loud were the politicians lamenta'
ton at this showing's smallness.
Certainly there's nothing nreaso
able in an allowance Of a 2-ceni
stamp per voter. for n letter. TO en-.
able the candidate TO state his quail
fications. True, il probably will BE-
mostly bunk, but theoretically, al
least. he's entitled to that much.
There's 100000 shot to pieces at .
clatter.
III Utopian political conditions pre-
vailed in this country, no douol
there'd be n spontaneous popular up
rising every four years in some great
and good mans favor. for president
In real life it doesn't happen.
Occasionally a very creditable
possibility" turns up who's able "a
assure the Investigators that IS AZ
all he's paid out to promote his can
didacy.
But does he stand any chance Of
being elected
The sickish part Of IL is that We
pretend 10 be shocked nj what were
pleased to call extravagant %expendi-
lures on political campaiRns-know.
ing all the time that they're abso-
lutely unavoidable under our present
system. IL there's TO be the slightest
hone Of victory.
The candidate, himself, may sit
back, never spend a cent, and never
move an eyelash.
In that case. however. somebody
must do il for him-and nobody viii
unless his bills are paid as he goes
along-or else. uules he sees how
he's due to get his money back later
I'LL - - ~
Limiting campaign contribution,
TO small amounts is one method oil
meeting the situation which has beer
tried, without giving very satisfac'
tory results.
When they DO that they have def.
cts.
Senator Nye. chairman 81 the OF.
committee. which kzs delved AZ
deeply into the campaign contribu.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-27
Ex-Kaiser Advertises
For Cook at Doom

BERLIN, Rp-"The kaiser wants
= cook" " the thrilling news running
IKE wildfire through the s~ervants'
quarters OF the fashionable suburb
Of Grunewald.
An advertisement appears IN n
small local organ read by the kitchen
stats Of most OF the wealthy homes
among the pine woods.
IL reads: wanted, nc once. an ex-
perienced lady cook, able to turn
out tasty ard wholesome dishes. Ap-
ply, with references and photo. r.
the chief Steward. Doom HoDse,
Doom. Holland"
Undoubtedly WilheIm's steward al-
ready has his hands full. sorting out
ellgibles from shoals OF offers, and
many a heart fIutters with the hope
q being picked to serve the "all
highest" in exile.