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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-07
SUICIDE PACT
IS CAREFULLY
CARRIED OUT
Milwaukee Police Find Bodies
of Couple in Gas.filled
R00ming House

Milwaukee, Wis.,, April 7.-(AP)-
The most carefully planned and
executed suicide pact which has come
to attention Of Milwaukee police in
years was revealed early today when
officers found the bodies Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Haggin in their room.
ing house.
Man and wife lay in an attitude
Of repose on their bed.
Two cats, whose lives they strove
20 spare, were in the bathroom.
And all about the house were
evidence Of the care with which they
had embraced death. Even the man.
ner in which the suicides were re-
vealed, letter to Haggin's brother
in Chicago, was q manifestation of
The same deliberate preparation.
They sought death to escape worry
of financial distress, it was indicated.
Four days ago the only roomer left.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haggin made their
plan and turned on the gas.
Letter Came Yesterday
Joseph F. Haggin, the brother,
received his letter in Chicago yester-
day.
Better come up and get our
bodies, we have decided to end it
ALL"
With the letter were keys to the
house.
Haggin FASTENED to Milwaukee,
arriving after midnight. With police
he rushed to the house. On the
front door was the first of a num-
Der of notes which police found. In
death Mr.. and Mrs. Haggin planned
to be considerable of the living, it
was revealed, for the note said:
DO not light matches, the house
is full of gas"
Crevices about windows had beer
stuffed up to prevent escape o.
gas. On the bathroom door was
another note which read:
Cats Were Alive
IF these two cats in here arc not
dead please, some one, send them to
Miss Cawker, humane society work
er, have them put to sleep, DOM
throw them into the street, thai
would be cruel for they were raised
as pets. Thanks" The cats wer,
alive.
On the furniture were little notes,
explaining from whom they had beer
purchased, how much is owing and
what disposition they wished mad
Of them.
Haggin was 40 years old, his wife,
Pearl, was 80. They had beer
married II years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-07
Grain Carriers Said
to Be in Conspiracy

Cleveland, April 7.-(P-Anti-
trust proceedings against virtually
all grain and ore carriers on the
Great lakes charging that members
Of the lake carriers association to.
gcther with independent vessel own
ers had entered into an agreement
not to accept a contract for spring
shipment until May / were filed in
federal court here today by United
States District Attorney A. E.
Bernstein.
Bernstein asked for an injunction
restraining the shipping companies
from continuing an unlawful COM
bination and conspiracy to restrain
interstate and foreign commerce"
Bernstein charged that the agree
ment was entered into last Deem.
Der by the vessel operators.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-07
GARAGE
CONTRACT LET
TO ]. L. LARSON
Building Will Be look 1OO-LO.
Gated at Corner of Broad
way and Seventh

Approximately $4,000 will be ex-
pended on Eismarck's latest garage
construction project.
John l.. Larson, Bismarck con-
tractor, was awarded the contract
for erection OF garage to house
the Stair Motor company at the cor
ner of Broadway and Seventh street
The building will h. f brick an.
will be fireproof throughout. 1t viii
be 100 by 100 feet in size with ha
basement and ground floor.
Across the front of the building
facing BrOadw"y, showroom WI
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-07

be built with G5 feet OF full length
plate glass.
Van Horn and Rittenbush were
the architects. The wiring contract
was awarded the Stratton Electric
company of Bismarck. plumbing to
II. A. Thompson and heating to
French e WEIGH.
Construction Of the building vii!
begin at once and occupancy is ex.
pected by July /.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-07

lice Commissioner n. I4afleur. A
short time ago the commissioned
asked the chief OF police, ]. A.
Wagner, for his resignation, but the
officer has never replied. No rea-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-07
MIvOT POLICEMAN FIRED

Minot, n. d., April z. -(AP)ADis-
missa; OF his brother.in-law, John
Sundby, as c. plain OF the Minot pc-
lice. was announced today by Po-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-07

son was given for Sundays dis.
missa!.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
Mandatory Dismissals in Some
Police Trial Board Convictions

HE District Commissioners before them recommends
tions of superintendent Hess Of the Washington police
department that the in police trial board cases be
amended to provide mandatory dismissas OF police Officers
found guilty of certain offenses.
These recommendations followed the report to the Senate
mon the Caraway resolution calling for the number OF
policemen hailed before trial boards in the last two years
It was revealed the number of these trials was excep
ony large rejecting Senator Caraway claimed upon the
personnel of the force
Major Heses official exoneraon Of charges made against
him before congressional subcommittee and his intention to
cease the effectiveness Of the force should cause the
Commissioners to place in his hands the power to get rid Of
the comparatively policemen who do reflect dscredt upon
the large majority and honorable within the
department
One effective method Of doing this contained in Major
displays much eniency the of trial board members
at times eniency is added the pleas and demands OF
Senators Representatives and Of influential citizens for
further leniency for those convicted by trial boards
Senator'S and Representatives have way Of ambasng the
these statesmen are among the requests for
ienency for policemen convicted OF ofenses before trial
boards They frequently make the matter personal demanding
tat policemen whose families in the States be given
gentle treatment in sentences imposed
This Of congressional and other Influences destructive
- discipline in the police department because many Of those
stalking the demands hold high official positions and must be
Riven consideration.
The trial boards and the Commissioners understanding the
dependency Of the District Congress too often find
advisable to sentences with the result that there are
eases Of policemen with pull who have several times been
convicted of violation Of police regulations and still upon
The force
Il mandatory disissals are provided pull and influence
viii not the guilty In this way known bad eggs may
be effectually kicked out
Among the offenses which, proven would bring mandatory
1ismissas drunkenness while duty and fragrant
disobedence Of the orders Of superiors.
The public the idea that trial boards composed Of police
eficer are disposed wheWash offenders accused by
citizens Conditions may predispose this way but the truth
that the local police manual to trials lacks real punch
in serious and is too weighted down with ancient red
tape .
the Commissioners expect the head Of the police depart
ent clean things up they must give him power that will
partly enable him to do this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
SAVE THE TREES!
BY DR.. Frank Crane

bHRIFT intelligent spending intelligent saving
conservation depends quite much the in
egent timber products upon the saving of the
forests.
This point that often been overlooked by sen
mentalists.
H. OxhoIm director of the National Committee Wood
Utilization Washington has issued timely pamphlet
bringing this point.
National benefit by
timber growing than by boarding the timber
this simple Growing wood after all
business that is If be made to it will be
if it can't be made all shouting viii not
complish much .
It made pay when there constant and profit
able made timber products and at the time careful
attention paid to reforestng.
Forest fires should be strictly guarded against much
strictly than they taxes growing timber lands should be
regulated make the growing of timber lucrative
The sentimental interest the love of CT
the the prevention of floods should
hand with the commercial products with their
being cared such not only to make timber profit
able, provide the
is to be hoped that efforts will be successful to place the
timber business of the United States solid economic and
political foundation that be preserved and
increase
Mr. says constructive prob
lem lies timber and timber culture each backing and sustain
ing the other.
like CROP timber becomes utilized mature,
should be avoided Orderly systematic of tim
Der lands should be encouraged"
. . Copyright Mcclure syndcats)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
By ELSIE ROBINSON

They became brave by exactly
the same process that you are
becoming brave-by loving some
thing or someone more than
themselves. They have not always
loved a little child. They have
sometimes loved an idea or a
cause. They often became brave
nv loving God. But always there
was some great desire and devo-
ton in them which freed them
from the grip of their cowardice.
That is the history of human
courage. That is, indeed, the
history of all human growth.
The greater impulse triumphing
over the lesser. That is the spark
which God breathed into clay,
which brought man up and up
from out the slime.
You have that spark in you,
too. 1t burns when you think OF
and more fiercely as your love for
that child grows. And that is
the way to conquer fear. HELP
THE SPARK BURN. Do not
think of the thing you fear.
Think of the thing you love.
Every time fear comes to you,
fight it with love. And, as you
fight remember this-you are not
alone in your fight; all the rest
of the world is fighting with
YOU. You are part of a great
army, whose marching song re-
sounds through all the ages.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26

grandchildren are working for
her, canvassing for votes.
This lady is happy, and
young for her years, because
HER MIND IS FREE, and
busy.
Women grow old because
after they finish worrying
about babies and bringing up
young children the world Of
fers them nothing to do that
is worth while unless it be to
SLAVE for those that OUGHT
to be taking care Of them.
Picking out new hats, face
powder or a boyish bob is not
enough of an occupation to
keep an intelligent middle-aged
woman's mind active and her
spirit young.
We are as old as we think
we are. Women and men are
really old and hopelessly old,
when THINKING STOPS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26

one little girl. For her sake
would like to be somebody instead
of a coward. l want her to be
happy. self-reliant and courageous;
in short, everything that am
not.
"It goes back so far. My
father and mother were never
happy. Many a time before /
was old enough to go to school,
/ have trembled in my mothers
arms when Dad came home
drunk, for fear he would kill her.
He was a bully, but also a
coward. I don't want to plead
an alibi for my own fear, but,
according to the psychologists,
childish fear has a great effect on
adult life, so that early terror
may be the cause Of coWardice.
"Oh. Elsie, how can one live
CALAMITY, as you say? How can
! get rid of this terrible feeling
that makes me dread every little
thing? We are living with my
husbands people and / am fright
ened all the time. ! shrink from
every word of criticism.
II don't care for myself.
don't think / matter. But my
little girl--she needs brave
mother. And I'm so afraid that
! will fail her.
MRS. G. F.. W."
How can you live CALAMITY?
You are living CALAMITY, my
friend There is no greater EVIL
dence of gallantry than that q
man should face the truth about
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
SECRETS OF
HEALTH

1<r EFT. good digestion wait
on appetite and health on
both" was the hospitable
wish Of Macbeth to his ban.
queters. In this, as In other
utterances, Shakespeare recog.
nized what science has since
proven to be the intimate rela-
ton between the functions Of the
stomach and brain. If this rela.
tionship were better understood
we would have less indigestion.
Indigestion Is the cause of many
of the worst Ills Of civilization,
including the general poisoning OF
the body, known as intestinal
toxaemia, and 1t Is the result
chiefly of eating unsuitable food.
Now unsuitable" is q relative
term, and at certain times the
stomach is in such a condition
that any kind of food is insult.
able. If we are tired or excited,
for instance, our digestive pro.
cesses are very largely suspended.
Animals do not eat when they
are tired and excited. with the
one exception of the horse. When
the horse does this he either gets
acute indigestion and dies, or else
gets, foundered. The reason why
a cat plays with mouse it has
caught Is probably not in order
to torture 1t, but in order to get
itself into proper condition after
the tension and excitement OF
catching the mouse.
Digestive apparatus, when the
body is tired, will not function
any better than the hands and
feet. You can drive your feet to
work when you are tired, but
you cannot drive the digestive
organs to digest food unless they
are in a fit condition.
Food placed on the window.sill
on hot day will putrefy in a
very short time: II the stomach
is not in a fit condition to digest
it, it will likewise putrefy when
placed in the stomach, for the
stomach is always as warm as a
hot summer day.
1t is obviously unreasonable to
put food in a stomach when it
Is not going to he digested, but
many people do so every day in
spite Of the discomfort that gem
orally follows.
If you eat when you are very
tired you are quite likely to get
ptomaine poisoning. and suffer
from vomiting and diarrhoea, and
you may die from acute indiges-
ton. If you are somewhat tired,
you will be more or less poisoned,
but not so badly.
Now for the purposes OF the
stomach, fright and worry are
equivalent to tiredness. If you
eat when you are frightened or
worried, the food either will not
be digested at all or will be only
partially digested. and the part
which is left undigested putrefles
and poisons you. The poison kills
the friendly microbes of the bowel
which are indispensable to its
proper functioning; the result IL
constipation, and part of the
poison is absorbed and poisons the
whole system.
This will affect different people
In different ways. some may get
an infectious disease which they
would not have caught had they
boem % prcper health.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26

Marriage would be an easier job
If every housewife could discover
an infallible recipe for uncorkinE
a husbands pocket and coaxing
money out of it, and another for
extracting a compliment from him
without using a vacuum cleaner.
Every woman should marry. &C.
cording to the masculine cynics,
but all the men should remain sin.
gle. Apparently woman's place Is
in the home, but mans place Is in
the bachelor flat. So what can
the poor girl marry?
Jealousy is always false alarm.
By the time a woman has turned
on the extinguisher the flame Of
her husbands love for the other
woman has practically died out,
anyway-and he is off starting an
other bonfire.
Before marriage a girl fancies
that the most important thing
about a man is the state of his
heart or his pocketbook. After
marriage she discovers that it is
the state of his gastric juice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
Smile Just a Little Bit
BY Lucy Lowell

So easy it $50 very easy and
such a joyous task-to weed out
the thorns and scatter the be-
ginnings of beauty!
A word, look, small, kindly
action-any of these will do it,
rightly used. And sometimes just
the proper thought will so make
itself felt as to bring an about
face into lives filled with mis-.
takes.
1t is not that you are called
upon TO make over any persons
life. nor that you are expected to
iron the wrinkles out of any
human being.
This means excepting in one
particular: the matter of where
the other fellow and his life
touch yours. You have a certain
duty and a certain control over
that bit of another's existence
which had contact with your own.
1t would be an impertinence for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
ONCE-OVERS

When you are entertaining friend or reatNe from small
city village don't mention this in your lhtrouuc'ons'
The introduce not be ashamed Oh 'ne place "nee us
lives.
But it not nice to hear broadcast that live spruceve
spuceve residents may be as wread and as intelligent and
to be
strangers why refer to your friends hang from small town.
might feel able 10 nnee any one you IN
troCuce footing if dom tnem Oy o
much detail to their little home to""'
Be tactfu in introducing your friends
Give country cousins fair running 'n""'S'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26

HERE is the
Ii story of a
coward. 1t Is.
in a way, the
story of every
human h e a r t.
And it holds the
secret of all
heroisl11.
Dear Elsie Rob
inson:
your article
advising folks to
gran themselves
by the back Of
their necks and
stand on their
wobbly feet sure
hit me an awful
wallop. / ha We
been yellow ever
sine 9 / was
born, I guess.
my husband
and l have been
m arrie ten
wears and have
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26

you to reach into the others liv-
Ing and try to rearrange 1t even
for the purpose of making II bet
ter; but it is your duty and your
privilege so to keep in order and
at it's highest worth that point in
your own living which touches
upon the others, that his exist
ence shall be finer, higher. more
satisfying because of the contact
il for no other. reason than be.
cause of his admiration and liking
for something you have which he
has not.
''Die when / may said Abra-
ham Lincoln, Il want 1t said of
me by those who knew me best,
that / always plucked a thistle
and planted a flower where /
thought a flower would grow.
Make your war upon the
thistles by planting your own life
with flowers, they cannot help
but overflow the entire landscape.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26

for aged savants. artists and writ.
ers living in Paris who have exer.
c1sed their arts there. In the case
Of the death of any beneficiary
the pension will stop automatically
and will not be payable to his de.
pendents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
LISTEN, WORLD

himself. That ii
the gtrea st
courage. and be-
cause you lave
that courage you
will win out
without my adj
vice. But per-
haps I can make
the going a little
easier.
You say that
you are filled
with fear and
you feel that
this Is an alb.
or m al condi.
ton. It isn't.
We all fight fear
in one form or
a n o t her. The
greatest heroes
have often had
shaking hearts.
"T h e n how
did they become
hraya1p
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
TO PENSION AUTHORS

Because hotel doormen in Paris
frequently make two or three
times as much money as a profes-
eor in the Sorbonns Of the College
Oe France. the city OF Paris is ere.
aAing q fund to provide 10 pen.
ntens Of 10000 francs each year
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
DO YOU KNOW THAT

A puncture-proof tire has been
developed, the interior of which
produces a liquid that heals the
holes as they are made.
To aid scientific study SCOOP
has been built to bring up samples
of the oceans bottom from depths
impossible for divers to reach,
The King Of Afghanistan runs
a hotel for tourists.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26

mo man can be as bad as a,
wicked woman" says Judge Kava.
nagh. True! And no man can be
as angelic as good woman, as
ravishing as a beautiful woman, as
bitter as a jealous woman or as
foolish as a silly woman. Woman
is the SUPERLATIVE of the hu.
man race.
When it comes to marrying, A.
man can only try to get what he
THINKS he wants in a life-part.
ner-~and a woman can only try to
think that she wants what she
GETS.
Divorce Is the surgical operation
that cuts your troubles in half
and takes away the better half.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
How to Keep Young
Keep Your Brain Busy.

vHIs British lady, Mrs Runcman, running IN England
for the House Of Commons Her fahernlaw Sir Walter
Runciman her husband member Of Parliament and five
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
The knowledge Test For
Readers of The Times

Match correctly:
/. Caspian Sea Europe
2. Great Salt Lake Asia
8. Lake Lucerne South America
4. Lake Titicaca Africa
5. Lake Victoria Nyanza North America
Do you know:
6. In what book is Becky Sharp leading character?
z. In what line did Sir Henry Irving famous?
8. Who the author of Gamma Karenina"?
8. For whom is the Braie alphabet used
Fill each blank:
TO- All planets revolve around the
IL. The circular basin the of is calico
IL The Mississippi enpties into the
ID. The distributor in an automobile of
H. Plea is a term used in
: 15 1.-THE Age of Innocence" is a famous
See Magazine Page For Answers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
Men Are What We Marry
BY Helen Rowland

Men Are What We Marry
CTRANGE how soon man gets
~ ''winded" when he discovers
that he is all alone in the race for
a girls favor.
There are two kinds of men
those who are like a peach, soft
and sweet on the outside. but stony
at heart-and those who are like q
nut-hard and ilnimpressionable
on the outside, but really tender at
heart.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26

Ulysses Massoth, of Schenectady.
n. Y. has a homemade radio set
mounted on his bicycle. When he
rides he can tune his set and
listen to programs wherever he
goes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26

There are 100000 ''superfluous"
women in Berlin, Germany. At
this rate every thirteenth woman
must look to some other city for
a husband.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-11-08

detective. If he had been, I would
never have asked the question about
Dupin; and would not have had the
cold courage to lecture to him now.
Then there was later detective
a little fat, Catholic priest" | went
on. He asked his friend where a
wise man would hide a pebble"
And his friend, if he had any
sense, would have said to bury it six
feet under the ground and smooth off
the top"
His friend told him to hide it on
the beach. Then the detective asked
where a wise man would hide leaf.
And the answer was-in the forest.
| don't say that Ahmad Das would
have chosen this drawer if he had
time to choose a better place. But
it is certainly the most likely place
in this room"
went to the drawer and hunted
among the garments. And I'm afraid
the color came to my face. Evidently
my theories were to go unsupported
by fact.
81 guess Ahmad Das didn't hide his
pebble on the beach," the detective
exulted.
Then | looked twice at newly
Numbered shirt that | had picked up
and laid down before. 1t struck me
as being an unusually heavy garment.
Some inspiration made me unpin 1t.
And folded within it was found an
other shirt, covered with great
splotches of dark brown stain.
Freeman leaped toward me and
took the garment in his hands. Just
for an instant he examined it.
Good Lordl" he exclaimed. you've
found it after all. Do you know what
those spots are9'
No"
They're blood. It's convincing
proof And it's Ahmad's shirt, too"
Swiftly he compared the laundry
mark on it with the mark of the
other garments in the drawer. 1