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Arena

Andrew Kraft, Jr., recently pur-
chased q new touring car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Zeweigle and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Sattler returned
from Harvey Monday evening. It
took them eight hours to make the
trip which usually requires only 11s-
hours. They said the roads were
terribly muddy.
Charlie Frazier and John Holmes
were up to Churchman's after re-
pairs for the well machine Tuesday.
Mrs. Allen Frazier returned from
Bismarck Tuesday afternoon.
Ben Klagenburg has been working
on his tractor the past few days,
getting it in shape for spring work.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Stark and
daughter Ellen and Mrs. Allen Fra
zier spent Thursday and Friday
transacting business in the capital
city.
while there had the misfortune to
break down his car. He had to leave
Pit at the garage.
Philip Weber brought out his
new tractor Thursday.
Jacob Steiglemeyer and Andrew
Kraft were in Tuttle Friday. Mr..
Steiglemeyer brought out one Of the
!, Wetzel boys to overhaul his station.
airy gas engine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Kraft and
son Philip were shopping in Wing
Ko..h,;1 AZ Valley CITY
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lUIp euUWlu8 tste SSsSS"s ~ "ASASss 80
was held in the community. The
sympathy Of the entire community
goes out to Mrs. Mailman and fam.
ily in their hour Of bereavement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Nicholson mo-
tored to Bismarck Monday with j.
F. Little, where they. were called
upon the death Of Mrs. Mickelson's
uncle. Jack Mailman. They were
also accompanied by Mr.. Wallmah's
daughter, Virginia.
Norman Little was Monday eve
ming caller at the Paul Greenan
home.
Louise Walker was = guest 1t the
Earl Mowder home couple OF days
this week.
Anna and Melvin Danielson visit
ed at the Earl Mowder home Tues.
day. -.
ton was held at the Center school
house Tuesday, March goth.
Pete Nicholson was . caller ct
the John Howe home Tuesday to get
Mae and Weston Mailman whom he
took to Bismarck on the train that
evening.
with his brother, Carl, met with .
painful accident Tuesday morning.
While he was carrying q loaded
shotgun it accidentally discharged,
the shot hitting him in the foot. He
was taken to Wilton to the doctor
where it was necessary to amputate
two of his toes. The latest report
is that he IS getting along nicely.
The Ladies' Aid met with Mrs. G.
J.. Kuehl Thursday, March 22nd.
There was not a very large crowd
on account Of the bad roads. The
next meeting will be at the John
Howe home.
willard Diamond purchased some
seed wheat from Roy Little We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Davenport,
Charlotte and Ruth Wilmot, Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Berg, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Little attended the card
party and dance given by the NJ.
w. A. in the Legion hall Thursday
night. A delicious potluck lunch
was served by the NJ. w. A. mem.
bers.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Nicholson and
daughter, Odessa, called at the Har-
ry Davenport home Friday.
Roy and Gene Little called at the
]. F. Little home Friday afternoon
to get a horse which had strayed
away.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Berg were Re.
gan business visitors Friday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Davenport
called at the Paul Greenan, Ear
Mowder and Roy Little homes Fri.
day morning looking for thei,
horses.
Callers in Regain Saturday from
here were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mic.
kelson, Earl and George Mowdef
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Mccullough, Bill
johnson, Cecil Elkins, Mrs. VIM
Nicholson and daughter, Odessa
Marie Schilling and Roy Little and
family.
Charles Manning is on the sicl
list this week. He has been in Bis.
| marck for several days where he
went to consult the doctors there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvan Ghylin and
SON Gerald and Eric Ghylin were
Sunday guests at the Roy. Little
home.
The Garfield Ladies' Aid. viii
have an ice cream social, and fancy
work sale ut the Garfield school
house Saturday, March 31st.
Edna Eide spent the weekend
with Mrs. A. H. Helgeson.
Gene and Norman Little called q
the Bill Mccullough home Sunday.
Mrs. Anna Knutson spent seyera
| days this week with Mrs. Maggie
Mailman.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Nicholson an(
daughter Odessa spent Sunday q
the VIM. Uhde home.
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MenOken

The Boy Scouts held q meeting in
the consolidated school Tuesday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs, Otto Ayers and son
were entertained 1t dinner Friday
by Mrs. Ollie Cook Of Bismarck.
The dinner was given in honor Of
Mrs. T. /. Bailey Of Mason City,
Iowa. Mrs. Bxtaey returned home
Saturday after spending two weeks
visiting relatives and friends near
hero. Mr.. and Mrs. Carl jacobson
and family of Bismarck were also
dinner guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Abelein enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Ishmael
Mrs. Lucille Tollefson, Miss Lucille
Elness at. dinner Sunday evening.
Miss Gertrude Ness was 4 Sum
day dinner guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. j. Agnew. q.
Royal Thomas has purchased ;
new tractor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Park Wood enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Boren
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Clisby. Mr.. and Mrs. George Ely
and family Sunday.
Miss Luella Tollefson and Miss
Lucille Elness spent the weekend
visiting Mrs. Jack Ishmael.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. +. WEIGH called
at the w. =. Dance home Sunday.
W.T.. Dance, who has been on
the sick list for some time, j. i'm
M. and Mrs. w. Junkert were
Sunday callers at the homo Of Mr.,
and Mrs. August Klepstein.
Albert Sherman is on the Sicl
| list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Craven &C.
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. 0ttt
| Ayers attended the home talent
play, 1.-TWO Days to Mary" IN Nc.
lenzie Saturday evening.
{ William Ebling, Sr., q Bismarck
spent Sunday visiting his sons
Henry and Edd Ebline.
William Trzynka AZ Regent cemt
Friday and i ltaying q The 4: g
Dance home until I11eday morning
He 1aade the trip N ear.
The Ebling br6thess have pur
chased ! new tfaekor.
/ Mrs. VIM - fpeehoy 9!
Boyd school gS Il Ga1o ! beg sup
per nd trpesos teNn bal
i FiaaY eyenln bout 80 -
realized from RI sale q The boxes
whida yill Q 81 shsed 4 buy play
III smpaIis iii ana "a.
4 Scouts Hnder re 11peryi sien. 9
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Wild Rose

At the township election last
week all the old officers were re-
elected, viz H. A. Carlisle, supervi-
sor; W. H. Brownawell, clerk; J. P.
Jensen, treasurer;t Arnold Peterson,
constable; r. w. Feltheim, justice
Of the peace; J. s. Swanson, asser-
sor.
o. B. Swanson and son Marvin
nnotored to Bismarck Wednesday.
Mrs. Ernest Saville and Miss Hell.
en- Skramstad attended the Latle.
Aid at the home Of Mrs. Olaf Felt.
helm in Braddock Saturday after.
noon.
A number Of our young folks a..
tended the dance 1t Braddock Sat
urday evening given by Char;c.
Swanson.
Homer Brownawell, who has beer
helping his brother Harold Brown
awell in his garage at Sterling iol
several weeks, returned home Sat
urday.
ton, election day, and visited thu
Cherry Grove school taught by Mis-,
Helen Skramstad, in the afternoon
s. B. Goodine made : business
trip to Bismarck Wednesday.
Ernest Savile and children, Fred
Lee, Elsie and Earl were III on tn
sick list last week with the flu.
Marvin Swanson, who has beel
helping with The work - the AUG
nat 0Snx faspns rnAr Mnffik earn
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Edwin Morford was q business
caller ut Ed. Weller's Thursday.
John Joeb and Fred Ohlhauser
were business callers at Linton one
day this week.
! Miss Blanche and Porter TIMBER
went to Winona to visit with friends
for few days.
A number Of the young folks of
this community attended the dance
and basket social in the Livona ter
ritory Saturday evening.
Pete Stretch Himself Of near Can
non Ball. is working for Ed Weller.
Clarence and Cecil Morford were
business visitors with their brother
Edwin Friday.
Godfrey Grenz was Z business
caller at Hazelton Saturday.
Harvey futile and George TIMBER
were callers at the McCory ranch
Sunday.
Hazel. Cecil and Clarence Morford
attended . party held at the Julius
Gimbal home Of Gayton Saturday
eevening.
Bill Schiermister Of Gayton was
q caller at the G. C.. Crenz home
Monday afternoon.
Ole Knutson, who has been staying
with Porter TIMBER for some time
this winter, left for his parental
home in Minneapolis Wednesday.
| Miss Ethel Mandigo, teacher Of
this district, who was boarding al
Paul Mausehund's il now at Edwin
Morford's.
i Wallace Kyss made 4 bushes,
trip to Bismarck Tuesday.
] Dewey Lawler is sporting new
auto.
\ Porter TIMBER, John Joeb, Steve
j Koppy and son, Dewey Lawler, Her
man Backhaus were business callers
at Linton Wednesday.
i Ed Weller transacted business q,
Linton one day this week.
II Mike Billingsly of Montana ]!
working for Dewey Lawler.
ii John Joeb delivered . truckloat
Of hogs to Ed Weller Wednesday.
Rhineholdt Rensselaer, Of neal
!, Hazelton was . business caller q
the home Of his parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. John E. Rensselaer,.
4 A number Of friends Of this vicin
, ity attended the funeral Of Ere.
Schiermister Of Gayton, March 22
. The deceased died ct his home Mon
day morning, Of heart trouble, .
the age Of 20 years. Mr.. Schier
mister was . well-known farmer o
near Hazelton. Pallbearers we're hi
. six sons, Fred, John, William, Jake
5 Helment and Walter. Besides hi
. many friends and relatives he leave
to mourn his death, his mother, /
children, six boys and five girl,
and sisters and brothers. The ser
mon wes read by Pastor hso See
! mann Of Linton in the Luthera
church.
Math Koppy and Godfrey Gren
were business callers at Hazelto
< Saturday.
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Taft

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry lessen visited
at the LaYerne Richardson home
Wednesday.
Lloyd Nelson visited 1t the home
Of his sister, Mrs. Herman ME-
man, Tuesday.
E: L. Hurr was = Sterling caller
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lewis visit
ed at the Cosney home Wednesday.
Election Was held Ut the White
school 81 Taft township Tuesday.
Quite . few turned out.
Miss Lydia Briscoe and Mrs. Sal
" Roberts are visiting at the Cos
ney home Z few days.
land visited with Mrs. Henry Jes-
sen Thursday.
Mrs. John Baker visited 1t the
John Benz home Thursday.
Miss Florence Gosney visited 1t
the Wilbert Koon home Wednesday.
Miss Lydia Briscoe and Mrs. Sal
w Roberts visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbert Koon in Sterling Fri
day: !.
800
Bismarck Friday to see the doctor
and found the baby suffering. with
bronchial pneumonia. She Will re-
main in Bismarck . few days with
Mira. Ed. Olson Of Motif came
out to the John Benz home Satur.
/ day morning to stay while Mrs
| Benz il in Bismarck.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lewis visit.
ed ct the Burns Bailey home Fri
>E. Cline transacted business
in Sterling Friday.
daughter Edna, Mrs. Sallie Robert!
and Miss Lydia Brbcoe viaited Will
Mrs. .Chas. Gaskill Friday evening
MI. and Mrs. TriplGtt Of Britton
also Mrs. Sallie Roberts and Mis-
i Lydie Briscoe and the r. u. Cos
ney family, were dinner guests q
the George Lewis home Saturday.
Miss Florence Gosney spent tn
weekend IN Bismarck visiting witt
\ her sister, Mrs. Ben .Koon.
i Mrs. r. i. Gosney seems TO b
the first in the community to hav
hens hatch. She has 81 chicks frou
J five hens. She set the hens in ia
basement and cares for the chick
}, there till the weather gets war;
:. enough to pur out.
j MI. and Mrs. Frank 9windlin
spent Sunday It - Henry Swind
= ks n0l Iuc., "a. ! Bismarck cslIe
Mr. and Mr.. Ben Koon called !
] tie Cosneys homs Sunday morning
n Mis- HoIen Syindling rslled 1
81 a. Gooree Lewis horns eppdsy.
!. Gp6qge Hestty VA : 1iSmarc
Ssctrs fS1is eslled s Il
y chaxloS Audiences home Tuesday.
B EnS1 .GGotlll h1s t-"p lelpin
) seoreo hlqfk eve. q ~ q
y ~ l6oe ~ doy0s III
u M md DgS0. 0qe Eyineo .Uo1
y Diemasek eallers rti6oy.
81 Wi1Aokt Kan. AL ChegJoI GO
Y 10 eo1l1d q ~ Harold Vr3<1
= $3.50 ondey mbsnlHe. So
~ ChAtley Aqdefson 49, : elless
81 1ismarck Friday: 5.
Mn Lucas and Ruth and NJ
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Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Jepsen accom-
panied by Theodore Christensen and
Alice Miller motored to Bismarck
Sunday to visit Mrs. J. c. Christen-
sen, patient at the Bismarck hos
pital.
J.. C. Christensen and children
wene Sunday dinner guests Of Mr..
and Mrs.. Ed Rasmussen.
VIM. Neultimier OF Carson served
dinner to = party Of invited friends
At the w. Ozmun home Sunday.
Myrtle and Alice Hanke Of Graf
ton have spent the past 10 days as
guests at the Henry Tillman and
Charles Wolfgram homes.
p. ]. Rausch and Adolf Rich were
county. seat visitors Monday.
Mrs. Joe Geek Of Glen Ullin was
= guest Of Mrs. Peter Klien the first
o1 the week.
Mrs. Alfred Westrum went to Bis
marck Tuesday where she entered
Bismarck hospital for . minor oper-
alton, returning home Saturday.
Mrs.. w. Stayner has been quits
III at her home the past week. suf-
fering with severe case Of flu,
Her mother, Mrs. Arndt Of Selfridge,
has spent the week with her.
Mrs. Peter Klien entertained Z
party Of friends at = bridge lunch.
con honoring her house guest, Mrs
Geek, Tuesday.
Arnold Arndt and family passed
through Raleigh on their way home
i frnnn Waiting III WiacoF4&n.
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Carson

Joo Stokes ana family spent the
veek-ehd with Mr.. Stokes parents
at Hettinger, returning Monday.
Editor J.. G. Bell and family and
Mus Vivian Wax attended the auto
mobile show at Mandan, Friday and
Saturday.
Professor and Mrs. Logeland re-
turned from Milton, N. D., Satur-
day; :,
& st. p. west Of Leith Saturday
night. Six cars were tipped over,
several containing grain. About 200
| feet of track was torn up.
A. D. LaDue and wife, Florence
Littlefield and Fred DettloH at-
tended the automobile show ct Man
dan.
The results Of the village election
at Carson were a. follows: Oliver
Tollefson, trustee first ward; w. A.
Hart, trustee in the third ward; f.
b. Littlefield holding over in the
second ward; A., d. LaDue, clerk;
Florence Littlefield, treasurer: p.
E. Stith, assessor; NJ. H. Roberts,
justice Of the peace, and H. Wolf
gram, marshal. A 1 mill tax levy
to support the band was also voted
on and carried los to 10, or
about sc per cent.
A good representation Of Grant
county was in Carson Wednesday
to lease state and school lands.
Prices paid ranged from SIS to
1888. The leasing brought $500.
Frank Allen went to Bismarck
! Friday on business, and while there
took in the automobile show st
| Mandan.
Deputy Register Of Deeds Dor
othy Schneider went to Bismarck
Monday for weeks vacatiop5
which she spent with her mother,
Ben Mooney returned to Bismarck
Monday after spending q week with
his family, who are staying with
Mrs. Moneys parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Littlefield.
Emmons Botten was . business
visitor at Burt Wednesday, return
ing with q tractor for one OF the
patrons Of the Botten Motor Co.
Jake Steinley and wife were busi-
ness visitors at Mandan the week.
end
Judge Fletcher issued marriage
license and also performed the mar
rage ceremony Wednesday, when
Eva Anderson and Melville Jackson
Of Thunderhawk, So. OAK. were
married.
Miss Ethel Watts, who has been
attending school at Valley City, and
who graduated from there this win
ter, IS spending . few days at the
home Of her aunt, Mrs. Oliver Toll
lefson.
Joe Schlosser, who has been work
ing 1t New Salem the past year,
is spending q few days with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. p. Schlos-
ser.
It is reported that Oliver vint
has purchased q barber shop ut
Rhame, and viii move the family
there this spring.
Christ Ellington shipped his
} household goods to Steele Thurs
day. Mr.. Ellingson has = position
with the highway department. Car
. son regrets the loss Of these people,
but Carson's loss is Stsele's gain.
/ Several Cavscnites r are. planning
on accompanying the Carson band
minstrel show to New Leipzig FRI
day night, the 3Oth.
Jim Mcdowell and wife were in
Carson on business Wednesday.
Sheriff Henry Hertz and family
. fdrove to Bismarck Sunday.
Julius Kardos and family were
: business visitors ct Elgin Monday.
Morsiette Brothers started grad
. ing roads Monday.
Il Herb Frasch spent Sunday in
Carson.
The high school play and dance
Friday was very well attended. The
! play was well given.
Seeding was started by some last
week. and Monday saw nearly oil
the farmers in the field.
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Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Abelein and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Ayers
and son, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Trzynka,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Ishmael. The
evening was spent playing whist
High scores being won by Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph lshmael.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-05
Flashes Of Life
(By The Associated Press)

NEW Y0RK.-Society Is going in
for flying. A chain Of exclusive avia-
ton clubs is TO span the nation. Miss
Ruth r. Nichols, Wellesley graduate
and licensed pilot, in behalf Of the
Aviation Country Clubs, Inc, explains
that membership will be offered to
socially ~congenial people, who would
be attracted by lunch and dinner be-
ing 500 miles apart.
LONG BEACH, Cal.-Maybe life
guards az beaches will be in planes
soon. A pilot OF a plane noted that
Clarence Wheaton Of independence.
Mo., swimming far out, was in trou-
Bile. The plane dropped him a life
preserver, which held him I'D till a
boat arrived.
LOCUST VALLEY. N. Y.-Sundry
socially prominent folks had a glori-
Gus Fourth cruising over Long Island
Sound with Lindbergh. The colonel
was a guest of r. Trubee Dawson
assistant secretary Of war, at a house
party. He even went TO q dance.
SYRACUSE, n. Y.-The service of
one family TO the New York Central
railroad totals 260 years, and the
name IS not Vanderbilt either. An
immigrant named Welch began dig
glng IN 1852 IN helping TO extend the
road. Three Of his six sons and two
g~randsons are now active employees.
conductors, etc.
NEW YORK.-Farmers' old auto
mobiles are to be turned into lourb-
shares. The Westinghouse people
have received an order for a mill in
Kansas City in which metal from dis
earded cars will be used TO make
farm implements.
NEW YORK.-Mrs. Edith NJ. Bak-
err 80, widow, is engaged in a tough
racket. That's what she calls taxi
driving, her occupation. She does
II to keep her sixteen-year-old bow in
school. But she knows nothing else
that will enable her to earn $50 and
Up per week.
NEW YoRK.-One Miss Helen
sinclair IS delighted over a letter
Governor Smith expressing an
probation Of the motive that prompt
her to spend SO and make herself
uncomfortable on a hot day. He has
written her: Il appreciate your good
thoughts. am amused at your
adoption Of what has been for some
an individual style for men"
enc mas q brown derby.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-05
Ride Ouey Niagara
In Big Rubber Ball
Brings Fen Bruises

BUFFALO, n. Y, July 5.-tR1-
Except for bruises, Jean Albert Lus-
sier, Springfield, Mass, was hone
the worse today for his thrilling
experience of independence day,
when he went over Niagara Falls
in d huge rubber ball and lived to
tell Of his sensations. he is one Of
a few men who have dared the
mighty cataract and ONE out alive.
The occupant of the 75S-pound
fabric was towed out into the upper
river by motorboat, Laving abandon
ed a plan Of being dropped from an
airplane. The ball rolled and
bounced through the upper rapids
and over the horseshoe falls. A
weight had been placed at Lussier's
feet TO keep the occupant upright,
but 1t became d~islodged and Lus-
sior went over the brink headfirst.
A short time later the ball, re-
claimed a short distance below the
precipice. was ripped open and the
Springfield man hauled from within.
smiling. One hundred thousand or
more persons. lining the shores.
cheered. His sister. Madame j.. p.
Cautiere, Of S~herbrooke. Quebec.
kissd him. Many other women tried
TO do likewise. Not a few succeed
ed.
Il have spent more than a year
and more than $1,000 on nv VEN
ture." Lussier explained today. II
have succeeded and 7 am happy. ]
have demonstrated that my theory
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-05
PRESIDENT TO
SEE GOVERNOR
Wisconsin Official To
Be Guest of Cool
idge Thursday

SUPERIOR, Wis, July 5.-(Pl-
Striving 70 repay some Of the hos
p~itality Of the state where he is va
v~ationing, President Coolidge invited
Governor Fred r. Zimmerman of Wis
consin to be his guest today and to-
night at the summer White House.
Instructions had been left by Mr..
Coolidge for one of the White House
ears to be sent to Superior to take
the governor to Cedar Island Lodge.
To avail himself Of the invitation the
latter had remained overnight in Su-
perior where he had come to attend
fourth Of July celebrations.
Governor Zimmerman was among
the hundreds who yesterday con-
veyed their greetings to the chief
executive on the occasion Of his fifty
sixth birthday. kilograms reached
the White House by the score from
all parts Of the world. but Mr.. Cool
idge paid little attention TO them.
preferring to pass his anniversary in
the quietest manner Of any year since
he became chief executive.
President Coolidge, however, aban-
doned his determination of having no
special celebration on his birthday
long enough to invite newspapermen
and press photographers to the Lodge.
He shared his great birthday cake
with them and took them along on a
short fishing expedition.
In this way his guests saw him
catch five fish in about half an hour,
and witnessed his triumph when he
drew two of these on the same line.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-05
Beer, BULLETS
DISCUSSED IN
PROBE AT CHI
Gang Sayings in Rum
War Not Attributed
To Dry Law by Men
In Crime Survey

CHICAGO, July S. ~ Beer,
bullets, "pineapples" and politics sup
piled the Illinois Association for
Criminal Justice with material for
the fifth and sixth chapters Of "Or-
ganized Crime" the report of an in
vestigation into Chicago's crime.
The fifth chapter made public to-
day dealt with the city's sheer war"
which has occupied considerable at
tention since early in 1922, when
various gangs were lured from 9TH
er activities by promises Of enormous
profits in bootlegging and beer run
ning. Since then, the report states,
the gangsters active in Bookkeeping
have formed strong organizations.
The beer war" resulted in 2l5 gang
murders in less than four years, be-
sides the killing of 100 alleged gang
sters and bootleggers By the police.
Dry Law Not TO Blame
The report, after enumerating the
outstanding features of Chicago's
"beer war" declared the investigat-
ors did not believe prohibition could
be blamed entirely for the condition.
Since other cities have not expert
enced similar gang activities under
prohibition, the basic cause must be
local, the report suggested. The al
lance OF politics and gangdom was
blamed principally for the war"
"Pineapples," better known as
bombs, have been in use for many
years, the sixth chapter declared, al
though only in recent years has the
bomber widened the scope OF his
activity. Twenty years age bombs
were used by vice lords to discour-
age competition, the report says.
With the coming of prohibition.
bombs were found to Be useful for
the same purpose. Black hand activi-
ties, inter-racial conflicts, labor con-
troversies, and "rackets' also have
found the pineapple" an ideal
weapon Of attack because OF the sec
reey with which it can be planted.
Black hand bombings, the investi-
cation showed, are especially hard 10
solve because the victims seldom will
talk to police and because the perpe-
traitors often have strong political
connections.
Political bombings, such as those
perpetrated at the homes Of Senator
Charles s.. Deneen and Judge John A.
Swanson just before the last primary
election. bring to the public attention
the extremes to which crime, vice,
n liquor rings will 20 when they
fear loss of power through political
changes, according 70 the report.
These bombings, however. the report
points out, resulted directly in aid
ing TO swing the election to the polit-
ical faction headed by the victims.