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The Washington times., 1928-12-08
By Constance Cameron

Probably many mothers eye the
huge assortment OF toys posses.
sed by their youngsters and read
the added influx which Christ
mas Day always brings along.
One mother kept her sons
playroom from being crowded
with only occasionally used toys,
by suggesting that they go over
his collection together and pick
out those which he would like
to give away to some little child
who would perhaps not receive
many gifts.
The very poor Of any com.
munity are pretty we'll thought
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
amOus Beauty
Tells How to
Reduce
BY Maria Jeritza

DEAR MADAM JERITzA:
II AM so dissatisfied, as am
i very stout from my waist
down. am sO My height IS
five feet one inch and / weigh
about 1876 pounds.
My hips are rather pronounced
and my legs. are fat. cannot
wear my skirts the fashionable
length for this reason.
Any information you give me
viii be greatly appreciated.
MRS. H. K.
/ 1t is true you are from 10 to
Is pounds overweight. Getting
slender is a slow process, requIr.
ing patience, persistence and com
mon sense, but If you are In earn
est, and keep on in your efforts,
/ believe you can lose those
superfluous Is pounds.
You will have to walk four miles
briskly each day, either in one
stretch or a mile or two at a
time. You will have to drink six
glasses of water each day, two Of
them favored with fresh lemon
juice.
A daily bath and alcohol rub,
10 minutes of morning setting-up
exercises and the following diet
should also be included in the
days regime:
Each day take one glass Of
milk, two fresh vegetables, one
cooked, one raw, including carrots,
celery, asparagus, lettuce, spin.
Ach, tomatoes, cabbage. green pep
pers, string beans or beets; bne
helping of fruit preferably raw:
one helping of lean meat or else
lean fish or eggs: three slices OF
brown bread very thinly but
tered: gelatin or q fruit dessert.
Omit from your diet potatoes,
white bread, gravies. rich sauces,
Snayonnaise, and all starchy foods
such % spaghetti, rice and maca-
xoni.
8 1 sincerely hope that this daily
Fputine will both burn away
guperfIuous flesh and improve
your health in every way. OF
course 1t should not be under
taken unless you are well to begin
with. Good luck!
A Cleansing Cream
DEAR MADAM JERITZA:
Will you please print formula
for cleansing cream to be used
on a dry skin; also one for an
oily skim r. p. p.
There are so many good pure
cold creams on the market that it
hardly pays to make your own,
unless for the pleasure Of doing
so. If you do make up your own
formula be sure that you make
1t up accurately and get the
proper amount of each ingredient.
"a You might try the following
formula, which has the stamp of
official approval, as it is taken
from the United States Pharma-
.copeia: ~
Spermacettf, 1 ounce; white wax,
4 ounce: expressed oil of almonds,
3 fluid ounces: stronger rose
water, fluid ounces; sodium Dor.
ate in fine powder, 80 grains.
If you wish, add a few drops
Of your favorite perfume oil. This
cold cream is cleansing and nour-
ishing, suited to either a dry or
oily skin. But if your skin is
oily it requires less cold cream.
The Washington times., 1928-12-08

IknOME on, Cupid says the girl who cannot be
herself who thinks all the GIRL-WORLD, save
- herself alone fascinating, amusing, beloved,
sought after glorfied remembered come on, Cupid,
and tell me- Faery King of Love- what type shall be to
win love and that o-sowonderfu look of devotion in
the masculine eye? Il MUST initiate you see-for /
couldn't make ripple just as am. And | want to
rock that boat! I want to be shiny star, and I am
sadly sure-oh deary dear-that just dull piece
of glass. Whose hair shall fix mine ike-who walk
Hke-dress like? Carlo Pickford? Marilyn Miller
Marion Davies, that girl next door?"
And Cupid grumbles a bit of slang-"Be yourself!
The Washington times., 1928-12-08

many gifts and he is in a fair way
to become very selfish, unless you
help me to make him realize the
joy of giving instead OF only re-
ceiving."
That was an odd thought. She,
the drab. laboring mother being of
any help to woman who needed
nothing in a material way. Still,
she, the lady, said it would help
make the little boy unseifish.
So the sting was taken out Of
the charity. The poor little mother
didn't suffer any loss of self-re-
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May the Best Man Win

May the Best Man Win
Dear Miss Fairfax:
Having read your column every
evening, I decided to write you
for advice.
I am Is years Of age, and
working as a stenographer. For
the last year, have been going
out with a nice young man.
like him very much, but that is
all.
He says he loves me. but I
don't want him to love me, be-
cause about three months ago l
met a young man with whom I
have been going out about once
every two weeks. and also like
him. Now I don't know which
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
In The Home

After a knife has beer, used for
anything acid, clean its at once.
A pinch of baking sodae added to-
the batbrick will help to brighten
it. ".*
-% .-~
A pinch of bicarbonate of soda
or a small piece Of camphor in the
water will do much to prolong the
life Of cut flowers.
The Washington times., 1928-12-08

This young and ancient Cupid is master of flowery
language and he hates slang; but here it fits! BE
ncer-but still yourself. Don't be the girl who changes
personalities with every who initiates all the
whole world of girls and is neither thing the
other neither dove peacock wren or brd-of-Para-
disc, wild swan humming bird mixture, never
one thing long enough to make an impression. An i'm
pressonthe desire of her heart! The girl who cannot
believe in herself. Her nose-her eyes-her hand and
foot-her frocks-and the intelligence behind her face
may rate better than these things belonging to the pro-
cession of girls she longs to be like; but she handicaps
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Dr. Bisch,s Daily Health HIM

How often do YOU get your glasses changedg lens.
even slight error puts tremendous strain the and
Never try to TIT yourself with pair c
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This Day in Our History

protested against satisfaction for the violation
Of rights by Teuton in the sinking OF
the American ship Ancona.
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The Washington times., 1928-12-08

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New Britain herald., 1928-09-21
Council Passes Appropriation! Work Starts Soon! We
 Are Forced Out!

You've been reading the papers! You know that tho widening of Main Street must proceed-regardless of a neasi H means our building will be sliced in two-it means we must immediately dispose of entire furniture stocks all the new advanced styles selected for Fall business It means price sashng such Hartford has witnessed on quality furniture every home will be proud to own! If you like to save money-you be down early Saturday-t: the biggest opportunity you've had years And our usual liberal terms prevail Choose at these sacrifice prices Pay as convenient!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-22
ICE BREAKUP Is
DUE HERE SOON
Little Danger Of Flood in This
Vicinity Unless Bad
Gorge Forms

Honeycombed ice in the Missouri
river here today heralds . general
breakup within the next "a hours,
according to the U. s. weather bu.
reau.
Flood danger is practically nil un.
less . bad gorge forms.
The river rose 12 feet above the
zero of the gage here ct 3 p. m.
yesterday and it dropped to 11.6
feet at z .. m. today. but was slowly
rising again at noon.
At HUFF the ice moved out early
this morning while at Cannon Ball
it moved out two days ago. Once
the ice breaks ct Schmidt, the
danger Of . flood 1T Bismarck il
past, according to o. w. Roberts,
federal meteorologist.
Formation Of . gorge at Wash
burn early this morning caused the
water to back up into tho lake q
that point. No flooding Of the low.
lands in that territory Is expected.
The crest on Wednesday at Viii
liston was 17.3 feet or a. feet be-
low flood stage at that station. The
ice gorged about q mile below Viii.
liston last night and early today
gorged just above that station.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-22
POLICE CHIEF
FIRED AT AND
THEN STABBED
Calera, Ala, Officer Had Just
Been Acquitted Of Murder
Charge

Columbiana, Alabama. March %
-(AP)-H. +. Blake, Calera chief
of police, was fired at and then
stabbed by two women in circuit
court here today just after he had
been acquitted of the murder of
their relative, Miss Louise Montea-
baro.
Mrs. Mabel Monteabaro,, mother
OF the girl, fired pistol from dis.
tance Of about five feet as Blake was
being congratulated by his friends.
The shot went wild. Miss Cecil
Tubbs, an aunt Of the girl, leapcd at
the police chief, drawing a knife as
she flung herself toward him, and
stabbed him in tn, neck. Blake
fell, the blood streaming from the
wound.
The court room was in turmoil in
q moment AMI Charlie C. Mccall,
state attorney general who had per-
sonally prosecuted Blake, tainted
from the excitement. Physicians
said they could not tell from their
first examination whether Blake
wound would be fatal. He had
toppled into the jury box from which
the men who freed him were slowly
filing out. They assisted in picking
him up and carrying Kim to q hos
pital.
The two women were taken into
custoday. Both were frantic from
the strain Of the trial and their deed,
and Mrs. Monteabaro fought hys-
terically with court officers before
she was subdued. She still tried to
get to Blake as the bailiffs pinioned
her.
About 80 persons were in the
court room at the time. All rushed
into the open.
Louise Monteabaro, a sewing ma
chine sales woman, was shot to
death on the night of last November
IA shortly after Blake and w. D.
Farmer, another Calera policeman,
had arrested her on q highway.
They Swore she killed herself after
her arrest for speeding, and while
they had momentarily left the car
to examine 4 bottle which they said
she had flung from the machine.
Blake's trial had lasted little
over two weeks. The verdict was
returned shortly after court was
convened today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-22
TO
GET new PLANE
Machine Will Have Many Con
veniences Lacking in Spirit
Of st. Louis

New York, March 22.-(R-A
luxurious new airplane, with nickel
plated motor, self starter and othe,
conveniences lacking in the Spirit
Of st. Louis, will be ready 70,
Colonel Charles L. Lindbergh BY
April /.
William Mankey, chief enginee,
Tor the Mahoney Aircraft company;
builders Of the Spirit Of st. Louis,
has divulged the details Of the new
plane, which was designed by the
flying colonel himself.
It will have the same wing spread
as his famous transatlantic plane
and something Of the same appear
ance, but will differ in other details,
It will have accommodations for
three passengers in addition to the
pilot and will have = speed Of 12d
miles IN hour. The interior finish
will be the last word in airplane
luxury. The seats will be deep
cushioned leather chairs and Che in
strument board will be Of mahog-
any.
The nickel-plated motor is prob
ably the most beautiful thing Of it's
kind ever built. It is . WRIGHT
whirlwind Of 220 horsepower and
was the gift Of it's builders. Other
parts Of the plane were also gifts
from their builders to Lindbereh.
The plane has : gas capacity Of
only 116 gallons.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-22
862 PRECINCTS
GIVE HIM LEAD
OF OVER 1000
Kelly of Grand Forks Well
Ahead of Dickinson Man
For Democratic Post
/ AMENDMENT is LOST
Pay Increase For Legislators
Decidedly Opposed by
States Voters
AMENDMENT is LOST

Fargo, N. d.. March 22.-(AP)-
Fred }. Graham of Glendale appar-
emily was elected Republican nation-
al committeeman from North Da-
kota at the presidential preference
primary election Tuesday. ..
Compilation by the Associated
Press of returns from S62 of the
2,167 precincts in the state showed
Graham leading Harrison Garnett,
st. Thomas, by more than 1000
votes.
The count was Graham 22,6G3:
Garnet 2O,243. Additional returns
are expected to increase Graham's
margin Of victory. He is Nonpar-
tisan and Garnet is an Independ-
cnt.
]. Nelson Kelly, Grand Forks, was
leading Tobias d. Casey Of Dickin-
son for the place on the Democratic
national committee.
kelly's margin was increasing as
additional returns came in and his
lead Of more than 1000 votes was
apparently enough to insure his
election. The vote in 862 precincts
was Kelly $3.50; Casey 2,214.
One proposal to change the state
constitution was beaten and another
to increase the powers of the state
board Of tax equalization carried.
When tabulations on the proposals
was suspended, the pay increase had
Continued on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-22
FIVE INJURED
AS RESULT OF
EARTHQUAKE
Stones Crumble From Houses
in Mexico City During
7.minutc TemblOr

Mexico City, March 22.-lP)-A
strong earthquake, perceptible fol
seven minutes in Mexico City, struck
Mexico at 1920 last night.
Five persons were injured in the
capital by stones which crumbled
from houses, and numerous casual.
ticswere reported in special dis.
patches from Oaxaca.
Startled by the tcmblors, au.
dicnces in the trcatrcs became
panic stricken and rushed wildly
to the streets, many women faint.
ing. The observatory today issued
q bulletin stating that the earth
quake lasted q minutes 43 seconds
during which the temblor was per.
ceptible for seven minutes.
The bulletin placed the center o1
the quake about 200 miles southwest
Of Mexico City.
Special dispatches from Oaxacc
said that several houses were
destroyed with numerous casualties
the number Of which is not known
The quake also was felt in the
city Of Vera Cruz and in Puebla
but no damages were reported in
those cities.
New Haven, Conn.,, March o.
R-Earthquake shocks Of the
heaviet intensity ever noted on the
Seismograph at Peabody museum
Yale university, were recorded last
night.
Starting at 1923 p. M, the shock
reached a maximum ct 11:42.
Continued on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-22
ENTERTAINMENT
OF HIGH QUALITY
BEING OFFERED
More Than 40 Motor Cars Of
Various Makes Being
Shown at s. T. S. Gym
SHOW ENDS SATURDAY
Melaney, N. p. Quartet, Elks
and Juvenile Bands Will
Furnish Music

The Bismarck -Mandan Auto show
o,cned its doors at 10 q. m. today.
More than 40 cars Of the latest
models reduced by the automobile
manufacturing world were on the
floor of the State Training school
gymnasium in Mandan.
Many visitors to the show were
waiting when the doors opened and
officials Of the Bismarck Mandan
Automobile Dealers association pre-.
dicted that the floor would be
iamn1ed until the show closes at IL
o'clock tonight. :.
The show will continue through
Friday and Saturday, officially
closing at IL p. m. Saturday.
All Of the cars that attracted the
greatest attention at the New York,
Chicago and Twin City expositions
are being shown and range from
the most inexpensive model produced
to the finest coachwork Of the pop
ular-priced motor.
Visitors Well Pleased
Visitors at the show early today
were loud in their praise Of the
quality of entertainment that is be-
ing offered them.
Howard Melaney, the Singing
Fireman." the Northern Pacific
quartet, the Bismarck Elks band and
Bismarck Juvenile band were on
hand to keep the air ringing with
music.
"The 1928 Auto Show far sur
passes any other motor exposition
that automobile dealers Of Bismarck
or Mandan have ever attempted" !"
Jack Fleck, president Of the asso-
citation, said today.
Clinic For Dealers
Visiting automobile dealers and
garage men viii focus their atten.
tion on the equipment clinic spon-
sored annually by Quanrud. Brink
4 Reibold which Is being held in
the display rooms OF the Capital
Chevrolet Motor company.
Representatives from % factories,
manufacturers Of automobile equip
ment, will be present to explain
every detail Of their products. The
operation and details Of the various
shop equipment and tools displayed
will be minutely explained.
Factory representatives in At
tendance are J. N. Kavanaugh,
Acme White Lead and Color Works;
A. F.. Wixon, Bonney Forge and Tool
Continued on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-22
MRS. CHARLOTTE
PICKF0RD DEAD
Lingering illness Fatal 10
Mother of Three Motion
Picture Stars

Los Angeles, March 22.-(AP)-
Mrs. Charlotte Pickford, mother Of
Mary Pickford, famous screen star,
died shortly after midnight today.
She had been suffering from q ling
ering illness for some time.
Miss Pickford was at the bedside
of her mother at the latter's Beverly
Hills home when she died. 4 can
cerous growth was reported to have
been the cause Of her death. She
was SIS years old.
Mrs. Pickford, whose name form-
crly was Charlotte Smith. was tho
mother of three motion picture stars
Mary, Lottie- and Jack Pickford.
The latter also became widely known
in vaudeville. A sister and two
nieces also survive.
The mother of moyieland's best
known actress was born in Toronto,
Canada, September 3, 1872, and was
married there to John Smith, of that
city, when she was 10 years old. All
of her three children were born in
the Canadian city.
Jack and Lottie pickford also
were at their mothers home.
Was an Actress
Mrs. Pickford, generally known
only as the mother Of talented chill
dren, had considerable stage expert
ence. After the death of her hus-
band she entered commercial life in
Toronto for a short period but final
ly turned to the stage. The children
all acted in Toronton and Mrs. Pick
ford played for some time with
Chauncey Olcott.
After Mary became known as a
screen actress her mother gave up
her own career and devoted her time
to the interests of her children. 1t
was she who handled their financial
interests and gave them valued in
structions as to their careers. They
all admit that their mother was
largely responsible for their suc-
cesses.
The name Pickford was assumed
when the father, Smith, died. It was
the maiden name Of Mrs. Pickford's
grandmother. Before her marriage
to Smith Mrs. Pickford's name was
Hennesey.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-22
DAM ENGINEER
UNABLE TO TELL
CAUSE OF BREAK
Claims There Was Not the
Slightest Indication of Break
Before Disaster

Los Angeles. March 22.-(AP)--
The cry Of a city for water and how
it finally was forced to reach across
200 miles Of desert to quench the
thirst Of its 100000 residents was
set forth today in the story of the
st. Francis dam disaster as a civic
impulse which indirectly caused the
loss of more than 400 lives.
This was the story told at the
Los Angeles county coroner's inquest
yesterday into the deaths of 60 vic.
tins Of the dam break. A parade
OF expert witnesses-cnginecrs, sur.
vivors Of the deluge and other OBJ
servers-was begun with the testi-
mony Of William Mullholland, aged
chief engineer Of the Los Angeles
water system, who built the dam.
Weeping as he told Of his so years
OF work in building the great aque-
duct system, the engineer insisted
that he had done his best to con-
struct a technically perfect dam
across San Francisquito canyon but
eventually learned that his creation
had certain defects. The site, he
said, was a "hoodoo" - something
that engineers could not impound.
Declaring the only ones he en-
We'd were those who died as his dam
collapsed and sent a lake of water
down on the sleeping Santa Clara
valley, Mullholland sorrowfully in
formed the coroner's jury that he
could not tell them why the struc.
turc broke.
Mullholland, builder Of all 10 dams
in the city's water system, and Stan
ley Dunham and James Phillips, two
OF his assistants, all testified that
there was not the slightest indica-
ton OF a break preceding the
disaster.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-22
MEN TRIED TO
CUT THEIR WAY
OUT OF SUB 81
Chisels, Wrenches and Tools
Found - Walls Scared
and Battered

Boston, March 22.-(AP)-Mute
evidence that at least some Of the
40 entrapped officers and men
aboard the submarine S-4 had sought
in vain to chisel their way out of
their steel tomb have been uncov-
cred by the naval board Of investi-
CATION. The board is inspecting the
craft, now in dry dock at the
Charlestown navy yard.
The 0ozy debris Of the motor and
torpedo compartment decks has Civ
en- up an assortment Of cold chisels,
hand wrenches and other batterine
tools while the walls Of the motor
compartment, SCARED and battered
by heavy blows, attested to the use
to which the instruments had been
put.
One spot in the motor room, where
"a Of the crew survived for many
hours the sinking Of their ship after
its collision with the, ecastguard de.
stroyer Pauldine off Provincetowr
last December, showed clearly an IT.
tempt to chisel through the stee'
hull.
Another disclosure was that tha
submarines salvage air line was II
working order and in = test func'
toned perfectly. Had IN airline beer
connected. to it in tho early hours
before rescue work turned to salvagl
operations, air could have beer
pumped into al parts Of the 81 ts
maintain life until the monoxida
reached fatal percentage.
Commander Harold 3. Saunders
who directed the salvage operations
upon learning Of this vaid that TIL
submarine crew probably had openei
tho salvage airline and, whsn 4
leaked water, decided It was rup
ktured and closed il.