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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-15
.1l1lfner and Police
: in Pitched Battle

automobiles to obtain a better view
Of the hostilities. None was in
jured.
The casualties include Lieut..
Andrew Barry Of the detective bur-
eau, who was wounded three times,
not seriously; Cleaver and Farina,
each shot II times. Farina had one
bullet near his heart and probably
will die. Cleaver may recover. At
hospital both said: 1--WE want to
die"
Police estimated 400 shots were
fired in the battle between 100 po-
lice and the fugitives, who were hid
ing in a dugout in the center Of q
swampy field. Cleaver and Farina
were armed with two sub-machine
guns, two shotguns and pistols and
were captured only after their sup
ply Of ammunition became ex-
hausted.
Police Fight in Open
Police were obliged to fight from
the open, firing from q distance Of
about so var. into the stronghold
Of the desperadoes hidden behind q
thick clump of brush.
When the pair finally surrendered
Farina dropped unconscious.
Cleaver, almost exhausted, was far
from sub.ued, however. If I'd had
any ammunition for my machine
gun," he taunted, ''I'd have cleaned
up all you flatheels."
"The battle was the most spec
tacular thin: I have ever seen in
my police experience" said Chief
Of Detectives Grady.
Police squads renewed the search
for the othere three who broke Jail
and were believed hiding in the
vicinity. They are Thomas Nc
Goorty, Fred Bender and Charles
Clark.
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Warsaw, Poland, June 16.-(APl
Violent storms In various parts Of
Poland have caused great losses.
Lightning killed woman and two
children in the village Of Brudno and
three children were drowned in the
village Of Otroki where floods car.
ried away twelve houses.
Great forest areas were destroyed
BY fire started By lightning near the
Lithuanian border.
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American Doctors
Choose Chicag0an

Minneapolis, MINI. June 49,
(AP)-Dr. Malcolm LaSalle Harris
Chicago surgeon, was elected presi-
dent Of the American Medical asso.
citation here today. DR.. William G.
Morgan, Washington, d. c., was also
q candidate.
DR.. Harris has been q member Of
the associations house Of delegates
for 27 years, and Z member Of the
board Of trustees and judicial council
for 10 years.
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Quarrel in India
Brings Blo0dshed

Peshawar, India, June 16.-(AP)
"A quarrel between two brothers,
the Nawab Of Dir and the Khan Of
Jandul, has led to much blQodshed
IN the Malakhand district In the
northwest frontier province.
The Khan . few days ago led an
attack against Dir Fort and was
driven of, his supporters suffering
200 casulaties. Later the Dir forces
captured the Jaudul Garrison ct
Panjkora and the Jandul forces ~.
tired, leaving several Of their strong
holds n the hands of the Dir troops.
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dEz{{iHS2E IS HSzS s

June Is
1762-Benjamin Franklin made his
s'kite-and- lightning" electro
cal experiment.
1776-Washington accepted conn
mand Of the Continental ar.
my, refusing pay.
1s36-Arkansas admitted into the
Union.
1S63-Lincoln announced invasion
and called for 100000 MI
litia.
le04-AGeneral Slocum," an sxeur-
sion boat IN East Rivor, New
York, burned: 400 vomen
and ehi3dren poEiGho6.
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Five Planes Crash,
IL Forced Down by
Severe Paris Storm

Le Bourget, France, June 15.-
(AP) - Seventeen military air
planes Of . squadron Of 81 were
forced down, five being wrecked and
one observer killed, during : night
flight from Nancy which ran into .
violent storm in the Paris region
Thursday night.
Twelve Of the planes have not vt
reported, but it is hoped that they
made safe landings in the country
districts.
Two Of the pilots were injured.
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PRESIDENT IS
PLEASED WITH
PARTY CHOICE
Wires Congratulations Pre-
dieting Success AS Vaca-
tion Train Halts

Superior, Wis, June 15.-(AP)-
President Coolidge endorsed the
nomination Of Herbert Hoover as the
Republican presidential candidate
by sending to the commerce secre-
tary in Washington . telegram OF
congratulations and personal appre.
citation Immediately upon reaching
Superior today.
Praising the personal qualities OF
Secretary Hoover President Coolidge
said:
"You have been nominated for the
most important position Nm the
world. Your great ability and your
wide experience will enable you to
serve our party with marked distinc-
tion. wish you all the success that
your heart could desire. May God
continue to bestow upon you the
power to do your duty"
Mrs. Coolidge Happy
Mrs. Coolidge asserted herself
with Mr.. Coolidge's greetings, tele-
graphing: "The President and / send
you and yours our love and best
President Coolidge was informed
early today on the train by Edward
7. Clark, his personal secretary, Of
the nomination Of Herbert Hoover
1t the Kansas City convention. The
news reached the special train car
rying Mr.. Coolidge to his summer
White House on the Brula river
after the chief executive had re.
tired.
The telegram to Mr.. Hoover was
prepared on the train and dispatched
% soon - the train stopped here.
A vacation spirit seemed to take
hold Of President Coolidg as he was
driven in an open car through the
gaily decorated and crowd lined
streets Of the city. He responded
promptly to the cheers and hand
clapping along the route, lifting
his sailor straw hat time and again,
and smiling ct the office workers
from the windows in the business
district.
City Flag Decked
The President and Mrs. Coolidge
were on the observation platform Of
their car @ the nine car train pulled
into the flag -bedecked city which for
weeks has been In feverish prepara-
tion for their visit. i was the first
time Mrs. Coolidge had appeared
since leaving Warrington and the
second time the president had been
eeen outside the car. Following the
orders Of Major Coupal she re-
mained quiet, resting in bed most Of
the time.
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PENNSYLVANIA
NAMES KANSAS
MAN AS CHOICE
New Y0rk's 80 Votes With
Middle West Support Clinch
Victory for Senator
NORTH DAKOTANS SPLIT
Seven Vote for Curtis, Six Go
to Ekern, La F0llette's
Candidate
NORTH DAKOTANS SPLIT

Convention Hall, Kansas City,
June Is. - (AP) - Senator
Charles Curtis of Kansas was
nominated by the Republican
National convention today for
vice president.
In the vote North Dakota,
South Dakota, and Minnesota,
failed to give all their ballots
to Curtis. North Dakota divid-
ed Is vot s-seven for Curtis
and six for H. L. Ekern, of Wis
ccnsin.
South Dakota with 13 votes.
gave 10 of them to Dawes and
the other three to the kansan.
Minnesota gave "a of q votes
to Curtis. the other three. 60
ing to Dawes.
Kansas City, June 15.-(F-Sen-
ator Charles Curtis of Kansas, ap-
peared to have the vice-presidential
in his hands as the Re-
publican convention met today to
name the running mate for Her
bert Hoover. New York and Penn
sylvania having voted solidly to
support him at meetings held just
before opening of the assembly.
Adding the ninety votes Of New
York and the 70 of Pennsylvania to
the middlewestern support already
behind the Republican leader OF the
senate gave him such a lead that
leaders believed his nomination pos
sible on an early ballot.
1T looks like Curtis" Senator
Borah Of Idaho, q booster for Vice
President Dawes, declared as he
started for the convention hall and
the Curtis news swept tnro.gn the
city.
Curtis himself was still silent
but the word came from his friends
that if the nomination were ten
dered to him by others than Of -
own group he would accept. H aIli
not want to be- in the pos.ti af
seeking it.
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FARCO WOMAN dues

Fargo, N. D., June 16.-R1-Mrs.
Mae Bruce Dougla1, former head Of
Art department ct North Dakota
Agricultural college, died.
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London, June 15.-F1HHouse Of
Commons rejected provisions Of the
prayer book Of the church Of Eng
land for the second time.
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The Weather

Cloudy tonight and Saturday
with probably thunderstorma.
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19

belief that these spirits of darkness,
driven from their old haunts, had
taken refuge in caves and caverns
where they held ghostly revelry all
the year round, but on Halloween
they came out to practice their magic
and do harm to men.
Good people were always in great
dread of these evil spirits, and there
was much awed whispering as Hal
loween approached. Some came forth
as copper-colored birds to kill farm
animals. Some stole babies, leaving
in their place changelings, goblins
who were old in wickedness while still
in the cradle. Sometimes they would
steal a bride to take her to their
dark lair, while the bridegroom be-
moaned her disappearance.
If one wished to escape lle lurking
devils on this day he must not permit
himself to be caught unaware. To
give a stranger milk or fire, to bring
home fiery thorn, to listen to ghostly
music might deliver one into their
hands. And if one went to the spirit
realm, he would find upon his return
that hundreds of years had elapsed,
and that he himself had become aged,
decrepit and blind.
No wonder, then, that the good
people took every precaution to drive
away the powers Of evil. Torches,
when carried from west to east,
would send them scurrying away
through the air. In Scotland the vii
lage youths were wont to go from
house to house on Halloween crying:
"Ge's peat t. burn the witches" To
tie red thread around the throat, to
sew a slip of witch elm in the doublet,
to hold up a wand made from the
rowan tree, all served to protect one
from magic.
1t was terrible thing to be born
on Halloween. In Ireland the story is
still told of the fate Of Red Mike,
who "was a queer one from his birth,
an no wonder, for he first saw the
light atween dusk an dark o. Hal
loween eve." At a party test
proved Mixes soul to be all black
and foul. In anger he cried, 'T've the
gift o. night, have, an on this day
my curse can blast whatever /
choose" At that the priest showed a
crucifix and he ran away bowling, to
disappear through a bog into the
ground.
The pagan origin of the festival is
seen in many of the traditions which
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19
ONLY ONE FROSH
GAME AT PENNSY
New Policy in Freshman
Athletics This Fall.

The University of Pennsylvania in
augurated new policy in freshman
athletics this fall when the gridiron
schedule of the first-year men was
limited TO one contest, with the Cor
nell Frosh, on November 10.
In the past, first-year teams have
played complete schedule of from
four to six games with other fresh
man college teams and with leading
preparatory schools. One or more of
the games were played away from
home with the result that the year.
lings were forced to be absent from
classes.
Louis A. Young, head coach of the
varsity team, has always been a
strong advocate of freshmen devoting
all their time to study. 1t has been
his belief that the excitement of ap-
preaching games has cast shadow
over studies in the life of freshman
football players, resulting in condi-
tions and other scholastic worries
that frequently caused the loss of
star athletes.
This season the yearlings are work
ing out with the varsity on Franklin
field, imbibing the system they must
play in their sophomore and subse
quent years. The experience gained
from contact with the varsity should
prove invaluable to the first-year men.
Freshman teams nave held several
scrimmages a year with the regulars
in the past, but this year they will
have workouts against the upper
classmen almost every day.
Captain Butler, who two years ago
was placed on a second All-American
team, is the head coach of the year
lings this season. He will coach the
linemen and will be assisted by AL
fred Langdon and AL Kreuz. Butler
and Langdon were members of the
coaching staff last season, while
Kreus, {, star several seasons ago,
will be making his debut as tutor.
Barney Berlinger, member of the
United States OlJ mpic team, who
played tackle for the yearlings last
season, is among the end candidates.
His speed and size should make him
an ideal wing man. Last fall he dis
played more than average ability on
the gridiron.
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19

still cling to Halloween. Thus the
lighting of bonfires serves the double
purpose of keeping away devils,
witches and other misunderstanding be-
ings, in accordance with the belief of
the early Christians, and it also per-
petuated the druidical custom of light
ing fires in honor of the sun god in
thankfulneSs for the harvest. The
use of apples and nuts in our present
Halloween celebrations is survival
of the druid ceremonies in which
these edibles represented the winter
store of fruits for which the sun god
was thanked They were also used
in the divinations and consulting of
omens which gradually became a part
of the celebration of this festival
which was so tinged with superstition
by the early Christians. Indeed, in
some countries, Halloween is also
known as "Nutcrack Night" because
of the custom of using nuts as a
means of discovering the course love
affairs will take.
In regard to the use of nuts in the
Halloween festival an early writer
observes: "The first of November
seems to retain the celebration of
festival to Pomona, when it is sup
posed the summer stores are opened
on the approach of winter. Divina-
tions and consulting of omens attend
ed ill these ceremonies in the prac-
tice of the heather. Hence, in the
rural sacrifice of nuts, propitious
omens are sought touching matrimony:
if the nuts lie still and burn together,
it prognosticates a happy marriage or
a hopeful love; if, on the contrary,
they bounce and fly asunder, the sign
is unpropitious. I do not doubt but
the Scotch fires kindled on this day
anciently burnt for this rural sacri.
fee"
Apples are used in various ways n
the divinativn ceremonies. 1t was be-
lieved that if maiden ate an apple
before mirror, brushing her hair the
while, the face of her future husband
could be seen in the mirror peeping
over her shoulder. Among the Irish
there were certain conditions attached
to this ceremony. The girl must steal
an apple for use in the ceremony and
also steal a knife with which to pare
it. Then, standing before the mirror
at midnight she would repeat "With
this stolen knife, I pare this stolen
apple and as I cast the pairing over
my life shoulder I command that the
face of my lover appear" 1t was also
believed that If man or maiden at Hal
loween time should throw the pairing
over the shoulder upon falling to the
ground it would form the letter of
the name of the future husband or
wife.
In Scotland was observed the cere-
mony of pulling kale stocks, or stalks
of colewort. Young people were led
hand in hand, blindfolded, into the
kaleyard, or garden, and each pulled
the first stalk he met with; they then
returned to the fireside to inspect
their prizes. AS the stalk was big or
little, straight or crooked, so should
be the future wife or husband; the
quantity of yird (earth) clinging to
the root indicated the tocher (wealth),
or dowry; the taste of the pith or
custock indicated the temper. Then
the runts, or stalks, were placed over
the door, and the Christian names
of the first to enter thereafter were
those of the individuals whom the re-
spective parties were to marry.
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19
Pathetic Foithfulness

A setter dog that refused to leave
canine pal in death caused motorists
at Beaumont, Texas, to send a hurry
call to police headquarters. The dog
was sitting beside the body of his
stricken comrade in the center of the
highway, defying drivers to run him
down as they had the other dog. One
automobile had been thrown into the
ditch to avoid hitting the setter. 1t
was not until the dead dog had been
moved to the side of the road that the
other permitted traffic to move nor
mally.
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19
Talleyrand's Fame as
Diplomat Well Won

Madame De Stael, talking to Talley-
rand, suddenly snapped at him, with
pointed coquetterie:
"If Madame Grant and 1 had the
misfortune simultaneously to fall into
the river before your eyes, which of
us two would you attempt to save
first?"
Talleyrand, old fox, answered smil-
ingly:
"But madame. you are a perfect
swimmer"
At dinner Talleyrand was once
asked what was the difference be-
tween a diplomat and woman of the
world. Instantly he replied:
'If diplomat says Yes he means
Perhaps if he says Perhaps he
means No; if he says No. he is not
a diplomat. But if lady says No.
she most likely means Perhaps; if
she says Perhaps she means Yes !;
but if she says Yes she is not a
woman of the world. d."-Kansas City
Star.
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19
Foe of Crooks

Air transport is the latest modern
weapon police departments are using
against the criminal In recent months
insurance companies, after receiving
tips on the whereabouts of various
suspects accused of driving stolen cars.
have resorted to air mail to get a de-
scription of the fugitive and the stolen
car to the destination before the car
could be driven there In several cases
pictures of suspects travelled through
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19


"a bears curious reSem-
blance TO that of some of
the other red letter days on
- our calendar, notably st.
ININ Valentines day, Easter
NJ day and Christmas day, in
AAkM that it was originally a
pagan festival which was
taken over and incorporated into
Christian religious observances and
later changed so much that a great
deal of its religious significance was
lost. AS result, its traditions are a
mixture of the pagan and the Chris
tian, considerably modified in recent
years by modern commercialism.
Halloween had its origin in the
respect and homage paid by ancient
nations TO the sun. The pagans Of
those days, whether Egyptian, Greek
or Roman, assigned a place of great
importance in their pantheon to the
sun god, the giver of light and heat
and life. The sun marked out for
them the time of work and the time
of rest; it divided the year into sea-
sons; it made possible bounteous
crops of grain and fruits and under its
warming rays flOurished all that was
beautiful and splendid on this earth.
So it was only natural that the
early pagan should set aside day
of grief for the ending of summer
when his beauty and splendor de-
clined under the frostS and winds of
the coming winter, when the earth
fell under the spell of the evil powers
and was not to be free from them
again until the coming of spring. But
mingled with this grief over the pass
ing of summer was the joy which he
felt as he beheld the golden harvest
of he autumn and in his heart he felt
a song of thanksgiving for the rip
ened grain and fruit. The deity to
whom the Romans were accustomed
TO render their thanks for these gifts
was the goddess, Pomona, and they
were accustomed to set apart October
81 or November / in her honor as q
festival day in which nuts and apples,
representing the winter store of fruits,
figured prominently.
The ancient druids also held their
autumn festival on or about NOvem-
ber l and lighted fires in honor of
their sun god in thankfulness for the
harvest. They believed that on the
eve of this festival, Saman, lord of
death, called together the wicked
souls who had been condemned with
in the past year to inhabit the bodies
of animals. That the main celebra-
tion of Halloween in some countries
is derived straight from these druid
ceremonies is shown by the fact that
in parts of Ireland October 81 is still
called "Oidhche Stamina" OF the
Vigil of Shaman. In general, though,
Halloween represents blending of
the druid autumn festival and the
Roman festival I'm honor of Pomona.
With the coming of Christianity
this feast day, as were many other
pagan festivals, was appropriated by
the early Christian leaders and be-
came All Saints or All Souls day.
These leaders could not easily deny
the existence of the pagan gods and
convince new converts to the faith,
but they explained them as the chill
dren of evil, their power that of black
magic. So it came to be the universal
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19
The Interruption

Ruthe Elder, the daring airwoman,
is the heroine of little story:
1t was at dinner party in Birming-
ham, and an aged anti-feminist banker
was laying down the law about wom-
ans place.
"WOman's place is the home" he
said. THAT is all she's fit for. Wom-
en- have never produced Shakespeare
or Homer, an Edison or Ford, a
Raphael or MichelangelO or Lincoln
Or"
But here Miss Elder interrupted.
'Dear met" she said. II thought
women produced them all''
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19
Boston One-Legged Golf
''Bug" Often Breaks 100

Though he has but one leg, Eddie
Gisburne, radio announcer at station
WEE1, Boston, has learned to play
golf well enough to break 100 regu-
larly, score not reached by man.
physically perfect buffers.
Gisburne lost his leg while serving
with American forces at Vera Cruz in
1914.
In taking up golf he had to conquer
the perplexing problem of acquiring a
swing. He now hits tee shot for $50
yards and can play iron and putt shots
as well as the average two-legged
golfer.
The curious part of Gisburne's game
is that he can play full wood shot
and maintain his balance.
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19
Country Stores Passing

The old-fashioned country store is
passing-it is going to join the COW
cred wagon. the town pump and the
OK team. Thousands of these stores
still keep their old estate. but in other
thousands glittering showcases, ornate
fixtures, gilt cash registers and steam
heat have supplanted the wood stove,
(set in the inevitable box OF sand)
nail keg, cracker barrel and dry
goods box handy for the whittler's
blade. New York Times.
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19
Census ShoUs u. S. Grouth

In the first census in 179C the popu-
lation was only 3,929,214. In 1920
the enumeration showed there were
105,710,620 inhabitants in the United
States. In 1910 the total was 91,972,-
266. making an INCREASE for the decade
from 1910 to 1920 of 13,73S,354. If, as
has been estimated. the total for the
continental United States during the
coming census passes the 120.00O,000
mark, the increase for this decade will
be slightly Washington Star.
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19
Just Another Yarn
on Rube Waddell

When Rube Waddell was
pitching for Minneapolis, Joe
Cantillon, his manager, let him
( off one day to go fishing IN Min
netonka. Waddell came IN with
{ fine string of bass and pre-
sented them to Cantillon. A
month later Cantillon got a bill
from a local fish dealer which
read:
81. Cantillon, DR..
"Eight bass S1.60."
{ Cheap enough" the baseball
man told the fish dealer, "but ]
{ never bought any bass"
"Oh," explained the latter,
{ "that's a string Rube Waddell
bought here and charged to
you"
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19

the air and when the criminal reached
his objective, detectives were able to
identify him. Finger prints of pris-
Oners can be rushed across the conti-
nent in 81 hours and the old trick of
demanding writ Of habeas corpus
before extradition papers from other
yer when the documents can be sent
100 miles an hour.
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19
Tiny Lemon

/. A new lemon developed in Japan Is
being imported into the state of Wash
ington for the first time. 1t is minia-
ture fruit about the size of pigeon
egg, thin skinned, and has very tart
lime flavor. One is sufficient for q
glass of lemonade.
The Ely miner., 1928-10-19
Tree Planting

Nine OF the thirty-four states CO.
operating with the federal govern
ment in the distribution of forest
planting stock under tn. reforesting
provisions of the Clarke-McNary law,
distributed 90 per cent of the total.
For the year 1927 the total distri-
button w-s 56,O2O.929 trees Leaders
In refofestration are Pennsylvania
and New York, which distributed 60
per cent of the total number of trees