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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-14

anee blossoms, the marriage brokers
O the east side rub their hands gIee-
fully. Many are the bargains con-
summated. For east side. west side,
Al around the town-the story u the
same.
The ehetto-though they don't call
u the ghetto any moee-etW has It's
Old country. customs. The marriage
brokers se0 make their alliances,
even - IN Other lands and other
times. The family contract 4 signed
and. afnoqe the more orthodox, the
mating methods 90 unchonged. A
dowesy tQlg With the bftde and there
y mnFs'ten : little pFe.uaptial bas-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-14

harangue ~passersby into conversion
to this new apostle of American
realism. There were no clear-cut
beginnings and endings to his short
vignettes Of life. He told, with re-
straint and fierce understanding,
what he had seen on his short way
through life. The last moments Of
a condemned man, getting a violent,
elevcnth-hour attack Of religion in
the death house, then repudiating
God with his last breath. A mild,
plain, pleasant-faced wpman's calm
recital of how and why she had killed
her husband. A shotgun" wedding
in Tennessee. The funeral Of q Chi
cago gangster. a jurors story of
the balloting in a murder trial. A
chorus ~irl's slangy, unadorned ac-
count Of how she had defended her
virtue and why. How an illiterate
farm woman had sent her boy to
college. and her amazing reward.
The story of a side-show freak.
Stories without beginning and with
out end. so that Crystals cheeks
burned with a fever to know more
about each life of which Colin Grant
had given a glimpse. But it was as
if he said to her: II can't answer
the question. 'Why?' and What hap
pened them can only tell you
some Of the things I've seen on my
way They r neither pretty nor
ugly. sad or happy. They are life,
and if you don't like them l don't
give a hang"
His book had made her love Colin
Grant more fiercely than ever. She
knew that if she did not marry him,
she would never marry anyone. And
he was ION his way" The very
title to his book was another warn
ing to her.
The next morning she was at The
rress offices at half past seven, SO
that she might not miss seeing him.
NEXT: Colin Grant asks Crys.
tails help.
Copyright, 1929, NEA Service. Inc.\
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-14
LOST ny A A

London. June A.-R1-There are
two reasons why the Kenilworth
Parish Church called for the resigna-
ton Of It's pastor. Rev. =. =. Bradley.
according o him. Because he did
not shave cnol Oh, and because In
asking for prayers for King George,
he said king George "" instead 81
King George the Fifth,A they asked
him n abandon his cugdcy, 10 says.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-14

Of all." be told them, "because gam
bling = the chief enemy which pre-
vents men from becoming rich. Look
o the hard working Chinese. Most
o. them arrive in Siam wearing shirts
ana IN time succeed IN becoming big
merchants. It never pays to gamble"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-14
! FUNNY SITUATION

London, June l4.-one feature Of
Frederick Henry George Simkins'
arrest is that he was pinched in q
position very few are found in.
Police found him underneath hts
overturned car y Maids Vals, whore
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-14
xIN0LY ADVICE

Bangkok. Siam. June ll.-R-Boy
Scouts Of Slam recently received some
valuable advice from the nations
king. who received much Of his educa.
tjon from to west. 10 not gamble
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-14

Editors Note: This Is the Sec
0nd Of three stories ON the recent
work Of the Pennsylvania Crime
Commission. whose investigation
Is Of timely interest because IF
its similarity to that to be under
taken by President Iloover's law
enforcement commission.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-14

rebellions and demands for personal
selection.
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1870. NEA Service. Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-14

= Juna. motsth 9 btidas and e.
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NEXT: Colin Grant asks Crys.
tails help.
Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, 1nc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
PUPILS TO GIVE SHOW
Minstrel Performance of School 81
to Be Held Wednesday.

The minstrel to be given by pupils
Of School 81, Dearborn and East
Tenth streets. will be presented only
at the school. Wednesday evening,
and not at Brookside park at a
later date as enormously announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
200 RADIO MEN
60 TO MARION
Dealers Leave City After
Inspecting Robbins Plant.

More than two hundred jobbers
of the Apex division of the United
States Radio and Television Corpo-
ration left on special train this
morning for Marion, where they will
inspect the Case radio plants Of the
company and look over the new line
of radio equipment on display at
the Marion Country Club, where
they will have luncheon. After a
business meeting in the afternoon
they will attend a community party
at the factory and the Marion coli
scum tonight.
The jobbers visited the recently
acquired Robbins Body Corporation
plant here Monday.
This factory has been equipped
as the worlds largest and best
equipped radio cabinet plant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
JEWISH LEADER
PRAISES YOUTH
Welfare Organizations Elect
Directors.

Modern youth was praised by
Leonard A. Strauss, president OF the
Jewish Community Center ASsocia-
ton at a joint meeting of the asso-
citation. the Jewish Welfare fund
and the Jewish Federation Monday
night at the Kirshbaum Community
Center.
youth is full Of energy and it is
the task of the older people to de-
velop and direct that energy into
healthful and proper channels,
Strauss said.
New directors elected for three
years by the federation were Louis
j. Borinstein, Edward A, Kahn and
Philip Greenwald. DR.. Reuben A.
Solomon, Mrs. Louis Wolf and Saul
Solomon were reelected.
Directors elected for three years
by the Jewish Community Center
Association were Miss Esther Arm
old DR.. J. K. Berman, DR. Philip
Falender, DR.. Elliot HirSch, DR.. A.
S. Jaeger Carl Lyman, Henry V.
Robin, Rabbi Milton Steinberg and
Mrs. Louis Sereinsky.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
SHUTINS WILL
Get FLOWERS
Distribution to Feature May
Day Celebration.

May day. the feature of Child
Health week, viii be observed in
indianapolis Wednesday with all
child health promotion agencies and
more than fifty thousand school
children participating.
Distribution OF flowers to crippled
and shut-in children by the Public
Health Nursing Association, the Red
Cross and Girl Scouts will be part
of the celebration.
Mrs. Harry c. Leslie and Mrs. L.
Ert Slack will be among the fifty
women who viii assist in distribut-
ing the flowers.
One hundred Girl Scouts collected
flowers and potted plants from city
schools today.
A health fair will be held to-
night at the American Settlement,
GIT West Pearl street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
BAY0NETS USED
TO HALT MILL
STRIKE PARADE
Deputies Use ReVolVerS and
Clubs Against Women
and Children.
BY ROSCOE b. FLEMING
TIrnes stan Cnrresnondent


GASTONIA. n. c., April 30
Deputy sheriffs, armed with bay
0neted rifles. revOlvers and clubs
Monday night broke up a parade Of
strikers near the LOray cotton mill
here and arrested three.
The deputies apparently were
angered because the strikers, aban-
doninP their daily line Of march had
penetrated another street, away
from the mill Half of the ninety
paraders were herded in one group
away from the mill and the other
half herded in the opposite direc-
ton
Mrs. Callie Martin. who saw her
l5-year-old son in the roundup,
strove to break through the deputy
lines to reach him. After a struggle,
she was showed into an automobile
and taken to Jail The charge
against her was profanity.
Two other strikers, Everett HaSeI-
dean, 10, and Walter Lloyd, 16. were
IN jail today, charged with violating
the hastily prepared anti-parade
ordinance which city council passed
as civic weapon against mass
picketing, and which is under at
tack by the strike committee and
the American Civil Liberties Union
Mill Resumes Work
The arrests followed the usual
strikers mass meeting at which adj
dresses we're made by Fred E. Beal.
organizer Of the National Textile
Workers union, and Carl NJ. Reeve
Of the international Labor Defense.
The Chadwick-H Hopkins mill at
Pineville, thirty miles from here. re-
sumed operations Monday after a
three-week shutdown. due to a
WalkOut of 100 of its 273 operatives.
Starved out" was the explanation
Of the local strike leaders. who said
they had not obtained sufficient
food or funds from the National
Textile Workers union to continue.
Carl NJ. Reeve OF the Internation-
al Labor Defense. said that the
union had found it impossible to
keep extending relief to Pineville.
explaining that the feeding of 500
at the Loray mill at Gastonia, CEN
ter Of the strike agitation, and the
500 at Bessemer City, where there
are strikers in four mills, was all
the union could manage for the
present.
Grand Jury to Report
The CASTOR county grand jury,
which has been investigating the
breaking up of the strike and tactics
of the communist strike leaders, was
expected TO report today.
The North Carolina situation
sums up as follows: Strike at Loray
Mil. here. considered by both sides
the focal point, continues, appar-
emily indefinitely At Bessemer City.
the Usage, the largest mill, is shut
down; two others are running, al
though crippled, and a fourth is
running full force, with outsiders
having replaced the strikers.
The Rex Mill. near here. has dis
charged thirty-one persons for be-
longing to the union. No strike has
resulted. Two mills at other points
are still partially crippled. and two
more. where a few workers walked
out in each, are running full line,
although with the strike unsettled
At Forest City. fifty miles away,
a strike was ended when the north
orn efficiency expert was discharged
and the "stretch-out' abolished.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

by Attorney General James M. Og-
den, with a promise he will send
Deputy Merl M. Wall to investigate
ogden declared that he was Civ
ing the matter due consideration,
but pointed out that the statutes
only provide for his Office to take a
hand in liquor law violation prose-
cutions.
The petition alleged that Koko-
mo is rife with lawlessness Qiquor
and gambling, and the the city
government or prosecutor will do
nothing about it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

1t recited the fire department
scandals and the indictment on
liquor charges OF Chief John ASby
and fireman Floyd Morgan. They
were convicted, but ASby has a new
trial pending in Grant county
George Gibbs. member of the board
of works, took a change of venue
to Miami county and was acquitted.
The petition alleged that five
other criminal charges are ready to
be made. but the citizens can not
interest the prosecutor in them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
Sc HELD IN TRAFFIC NET

Fifty-six persons, two Of them
women, were arrested Monday hight
by police, charged with violation of
the city traffic law
Thirty were arrested for speeding,
nineteen for failure to have proper
lighting on their cars and nineteen
for failure to stop at preferential
streets. All were slated to appear
in municipal court today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
K0K0MO ASKS
CLEANUP AID
Attorney-G Promises
to Investigate.

Petition of forty two Kokomo citi-
zens for the attorney generals off
ice to take a hand in Howard county
cleanup" prosecutions, said to be
the result of political quarrels of
long standing, was answered TODAY
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
DUB BABY. UNIS DEP0UX
It Was Found Abandoned at St.
Paul Union Depot.

3 { NtIEU fFt6s
ST. PAUL, April 3O.-A baby girl,
about two weeks old, was found at
the St. Paul union depot. City hos
pital attaches named her "Unis De-
poux" and took her foot prints" for
possible identification Of parents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
PAUPER Is B0OTLEGGER
Poor Farm Inmate Jailed for
Trading Drinks.

By Tnited Press
JOLIET, H.. April 30.-George
Pozek, II, an inmate of the Will
county poor farm. must serve six
months at the VandaHa prison farm
for Bookkeeping among fellow in
mates. Authorities learned Pozek
sold liquor by the drink from his
bottle in return for clothes. books Or
any article Of merchandise hee could
obtain from other inmates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
Man Struc'. by Auto Dies

VINCENNES, Ind, April 3d.
Spierce Hollingsworth, II, died to-
day Of injuries received when he
was struck by an automobile driven
by Charles Thompson. The latter
was eXonerated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-22

aid are many Of the more important features COW
cred only by the larger metropolitan dailies. It's
general makeup and editorial policy are PRO-
GRESSIVE. AS a booster of Valley activities
and personalities The Herald takes front rank
position /. :. For thirty-seven years The Herald
the Lower Rio Grande Valley and now the
proof of intense reader interest is indicated by it's
NET PAID circulation in the Valley, which more
than doubles that of any other publication! In
The Herald you get a complete newspaper-both
local and worldwide ~news-feature stories
comic strips . together with representative ad-
vertisenentsf from various firms Of the Valley and
national advertisers, keeping you in touch with
the products and prices of the times . /. Here, in
deed, is an opportunity for the person or firm who
has something to sE-LE-something to tell the
Valley ~public-Advertise it in the columns Of the
publication that is read generally throughout this
section: "'The Herald Gee. truly a VALLEY
The Ely miner., 1929-11-29
Xf.(.,I IEl|''5j'i5;q 'El;;yyjtgg;;; =
MyAUf1usuQle
aGs 6NChriStruuS
II kmuC Gift
;;ssSssNSSSs%&S 1HH3>W by
- lS3 Frances MSkusick
SaTV7" By
Frances MskuSiCk

-'Heaven forbid replied; I am
God-fearing American citizen, about to
graduate from Yale. and
"T beg your pardon she said cold
~, and moved toward the door.
"T am sorry If have offended you
in any way l apologized. Won't you
at least stay and have breakfast With
me?
"She shook her head, but when she
saw how it was showing outside she
reconsidered, and turned around.
81 suppose you deserve an explana,
tion,' she said.
"'You don't have to tell me thing
if you don't care to- replied, al
though l was really consumed with
curiosity.
"'You funny boy; don't you think
1t is at all strange to find girl whom
you'd never seen before, asleep In
your apartment?
"'l don't know-I was just wonder
ing why | ever stopped believing in
Santa Claus 1 answered, with an at
tempt at gallantry.
"Tbe girl laughed, and after that
we got along beautifully. While we
were eating breakfast she told me all
about it. 1t seems that she was q
member of the aristocracy in Russia,
not a princess, perhaps, but still of
very high rank. Well, she and her
brother managed to get along for
time, then one day he left her to go
to another town on business. and he
The Ely miner., 1929-11-29

fretful or cross spells, by bad breath.
coated tongue, sallow skin, indiges-
top, biliousness, etc., that their stom-
ach and bowels are out of order.
In cases like this, California Fig
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the quick and gentle way it removes
all the souring waste which is caus-
ing the trouble, regulates the stom-
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harmless, even for babies.
Millions Of mothers have proved it's
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Of steadily increasing use. A Western
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problem to me until began giving
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her right away and soon her stomach
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Since then I've never had to have any
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To be sure Of getting the genuine,
which physicians endorse, always ask
for California Fig Syrup by the full
name
The Ely miner., 1929-11-29

English theme. II was about a Rus
sian Christmas"
Good Lord" calculated Lawson,
'you've never been to Russia. man."
81 know, but | took the idea from
book, or magazine or something. and
rewrote it. Well, the good-hearted
prof handed it in to one of the pa.
pers, and they published it. How
realistic that story was you will un-
derstand in a few minutes"
81 hope So"
christmas eve l. was coming home
rather late from a party, In fact
series of parties, so ii was almost
dawn when | let myself in the apart
ment. And what should | see curled
up asleep on the chesterfield but
girl. She was poorly dressed, and she
had lot of dark hair that had fallen
across her face. so couldn't tell
whether or not she was pretty, but |
took the chance, and awakened her.
She sat up straight and looked at me
and smiled. She was beautiful. fine
features and that sCrt of thing. And
a figure that would make most of
these debs turn green with envy.
Well. anyhow she started talking to
me in an ungodly tongue and all
could do was look amazed
-'Aren'f yOn Russian? she asked.
The Ely miner., 1929-11-29

never came back She heard from
him once or twice, and he said he
was escaping to America, and asked
her to follow him. So she did. And
she told her story to the New York
and Boston newspapers, but she was
never able to find any trace Of him.
Almost penniless, she came to New
Haven. She read my story. thought
perhaps | was a Russian writing un-
der a pen name, went to the newspa.
per Office, obtained my address, and
with few faint hopes, she came to
my apartment.
"'Of course the men in the office
knew who you were she said indig-
nantly, but I suppose they thought IT
would be good story for you to find
me here ..
"'God bless the newspaper men, !
said fervently. And I'll help you find
your brother-what is your name. by
the way?'
"Dounia Petromonoff, but I couldn't
think of letting you try to find him.
she protested.
"Think nothing Of it. I am train
ing to be detective, and that will be
good practice
"T don't believe It, she laughed,
but you are dear American, so !
think shall let you"
"How nice of her." interrupted Law.
son. "And suppose you found the
brother?"
"Yes, | found him Just a few days
ago. playing in cafe in Hartford. 1t
was a sort of Russian resort So
gave him her address and little
cash. AS you have probably conclud-
ed, l fell in love with the girl, but
decided wouldn't ask her to marry
me until had found her brother"
81 understand. You wanted to make
her feel indebted to you" Y
"She is wonderful" he mused, won
derful."
The two men smoked In silence for
a few minutes. Then boy brought
in the afternoon mail. Clair looked
through his until he found small en-
velope addressed In large, unusual
handwriting. r.
"An invitation to spend Christmas
with Dounia and her BROTHER" he ex-
claimed, as he tore open the letter:
"May l come, too?" teased Lawson.
Clair read:
"Dear Johnnie:
Iwant to thank you many, many
times for finding Leo. 1t has made
me very happy. and you were so
kind to look for him. But | want
to ask your forgiveness for de-
ceiving you. for It wasn't my broth
er whom you were looking for. II
was my husband. &
"He sends his best regards. We
both want you to spend Christmas
with us. You will come. won't
you. Johnnie? Affectionately,
"DOUNIA."
&C. 1929 Western Newspaper Union.)
The Ely miner., 1929-11-29

81 ing decorations and pretty
holiday gifts. The pine and
spruce trees on the lawns
- were shining with many
cvlOred electric lights. 1t
would be Christmas in a few days.
John Clair and Gordon Lawson were
sitting before the open fire in the New
Haven University club. They were
young, good looking and frankly men
of leisure.
81 think | shall go to Miami soOn,"
said John Clair, as he filled his pipe.
''It's getting cold here nOw."
"Why don't you stay whiIe?" asked
Gordon. ''the seasons just started, and
there are some very pretty debs this
year"
women, all you think of is wom-
en-" said Clair disdainfully.
well, from all the letters l get, l
think they like me rather well, too,"
Gordon replied lOftily.
"Oh, see; perhaps it is because l
don't have that magnetic charm my
self that don't like women" laughed
John.
Perhaps" conceded Gordon.
The two men were silent for few
minutes. Then John said: "Oh, by
the way, Lawson, what are you giving
the ladies for Christmas?"
"Why?"
"Oh-just a matter of my feeble but
still functioning curiosity"
"FOr Carmine-a gorgeous dresser
set (she's vain); for Lelah-a rope of
pearls (she has an unusually beaut-
full throat) for Marise-"
"StOp!" interpOsed Clair. "Why
don't you give her something original
"a beautiful shoe tree set for In
stanceT"
"What are you going to give the
darlings for Christmas? demanded
Lawson, cor haven't you decided in
which way you can spend your money
to the best advantage"
"My dear LAWSON" he answered
condescendingly, II am going to pre-
sent girl with her brother asa gift"
"a brother? Why not husband"
''That will come later. Shall tell
you the storyT"
"Yes, go ahead-if 1t gets too tire
some I'll let you know"
"Do you remember when graduated
from Yale?" began Clair; that was
about three years ago. believe, and
a notable year, because 1t was the
last time ever did any work"
s-h4 %l,- Io%a m4l
history of John Clair" he MUIR
INJURED.
"My father died the year after, you
will recall" continued Clair. swell,
the last year was at school the fam
fly went to Europe and closed the
town house. So rented an apartment
on the boulevard with the best of in
tentions of making happy combina-
tion of a little study and few good
parties"
"You were always clever" said Law
son with mock appraisal; "old man,
will you ever come to the point Of
your story-that is, If there is one?"
'Strange as 1t may seem to you,
Lawson, have hidden talent. !
can write. When l was in school |
even had aspirations to be newspa-
per man."
y 81 see. This is only about yourself.
There are no women in this narra-
tive"
"Wait a moment. There will be
presently. The whole story hangs on
the fact that about Christmas time
that year l wrote an unusually good