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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
'CUUFEW' Poem
BORN ON SLATE
g. YEARS AGO
Author, Now 81, Hears 1t
on Radio; Tells How It
Was Composed.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
SAN DIEGO, Cal, March 13.-
Miss Rose Hartwick Thorpe, 81
recalled wildly today the afternoon
sixty-four years ago when she
wrote on her slate the immorta,
poem. @Curfew Must Not Ring To-
night"
Mrs. Thorpe listened Thursday
night TO radio broadcast of the
poem from New York by Peter DE-
Cordoba, actor, and was pleased.
For years many have thought
that Rose Hartwick wrote of &
lover Of her own, but 1t was from a
magazine story that the 17-year -olc
girl got her idea, she explained to-
day.
The fact that "st the ringing Of
the curfew Basil Underwood must
die" depressed her and she wrote:
1--WE lover in that prison. doomed thi.
very night to die.
At the ringing of the curfew, and no
earthly help is in sight
Her poem, however, had happy
swung to and fro and chung tc
ending. The girl, Bessie, mounted
the gloomy tower. wnere the bel
the clapper while the deaf sexton
pulled at the rope.
Then Oliver Cromwell. who hac
sentenced Basil to die at the ringing
of the curfew, appeared and added
the last words:
GO; your lover still lives; cur
few shall not ring tonight"
Nerves of the human body num-
Der about 100000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
LIBERTY UNDER
BOND REFUSED
DAISY De Voc
She Must Remain Model
Prisoner Despite Protest
of 'Unfair!
United Press

81 United Press
LOS ANGELES, March 13.-Daisy
De Voc, who once was secretary and
companion to Clara Bow, film star,
today bernoaned the fact she must
remain the model prisoner" of the
Los Angeles county Jail for some
time to come and protested that it
was unfair"
A decision by the state supreme
court denying Miss De Voc release
on bail, pending appeal of her con-
viction of grand theft definitely has
blocked her fight for freedom for
several months at least.
BY coincidence, Clara Bow was
weeping in a prison sequence of her
latest picture, Kick H." when she
received word at the studio that her
former friend must stay in jail.
Il am terribly sorry to see the girl
in whom placed the highest trust
paying such q penalty, I believe she
had fair trial and I did all I could
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
CROW AL WAYS HEARS
DEATH ORDERS READ
Bird has Perched near Court House
During Five Ceremonies.
81 United Press

BIZ United Press
SIDNEY, N. S. March 13.-Justice
Hugh Ross was pronouncing death
sentence on Alfred Beckett when a
large black crow few into tree
nearby.
The crow cawed rsucously as the
Justice completed his sentence.
Then it was recalled that the same
crow has appeared in the same tree
during the last five death sentences
in the court. The last time the
crow appeared was when Justice
Ross read the death sentence
against "Bing" Anderson, New Eng
land ski jumper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
TIBETIAN BEER STEIN
EQUIPPED WITH STRAW

Mouthpieces in Handle and Cups
From Horns Featured.
BY United Press
CHICAGO, March 13.-Steins for
drinking Tibetian beer are equipped
with permanent straws, or have
nlouthpieces in their handles, a coll
lection Of drinking vessels put on
display at the field museum of nat
ural history revealed.
Other cups are made from the
horns of wild yaks.
Tibetians use them for drinking
arak, a liquor similar to beer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13

Maybe most actresses would tell
the stage goodbye if they had a
million dollars. But not blonde
Edith Broder. Though she has in
herited that sum from her uncle,
DR.. Charles Broder of New York,
she intends to continue her the
atrical career.
Here you see the comely, "a
year-old millionairess III a New
York studio where she is playing
in talking picture shorts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
WOODCOCK WILL
OPEN BIG DRIVE
THIS SUMMER
Campaign to Eradicate All
Huge Liquor Sources to
Be Conducted.
81 United Press


WASHINGTON, March 13.-Amos
w. w. Woodcock, general of the
nations prohibition forces, is or
ganizing his enlarged enforcement
army for test of his ability to i'm
prove on his many ambitious pre-
decesSors.
This test period will begin in
earnest on July /, when the rest
Of the 500 rev agents which con-
gress provided will be indicted into
the service and started out on the
track of big bootleggers, whom it is
now the governments intention to
eradicate.
Already $50 have been given their
preliminary lessons and are on the
Job.
Woodcock has been In Office nine
months, and believes himself ready
for the big test.
He looks back upon the expert
ences of others who have preceded
hirn-Roy A. Haynes, Brigadier-
General L. g. Andrews, Seymour P.
Lownatl, and DR.. James M. Doran.
But this does not deter the new
general of the prohibition forces.
Big Drive on by July
BY July IS the full effort Of this
bureau to enforce prohibition
should be well under way" he said.
He told how he intended to get
some thinking" from his admin
istrators throughout the country by
instructing them to send in plans
here for spreading out the new
agents under their jurisdiction.
We want to have everybody
study his own problem" he said.
MY feeling is that the bureau Is
getting more effective enforcement
he asserted, after telling how dur
ing the last month agents in New
York had "silenced" stills with an
average capacity. of 10000 gallons
Of alcohol a, day-"quite a big dent
he called it.
Woodcock told how he was going
to spend $4,000 to buy light, fast
automobiles for the enlarged force.
They will be used to scurry out
upon the alarm, and get boot
leggers. He expects to get about
100 cars cars for. this account.
Hunt for Big Sources
The prohibition director also has
found out how he can make use
os the $4,000 which congress grant
ed with the direct specification it
could not be used for propaganda
as formerly.
He has set up a special invests
eating force which will try to locate
the big sources Of supply
Woodcock will start out the $50
agents yet to be inducted into the
service with a full course OF IN
str1ction iii their Jobs.
The other $50 already have taken
the course. He has summoned his
twenty-four instructors here for the
middle of June for a "refresher
course from him, and then they
will teach the fledgling agents Tor
two weeks.
There are 5000 applicants from
which to pick the new agents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
OF NEW BEAUTY
FOUND IN THE SEA-
Sokoo and the Cleveland Symphony by Their Playing Of
DebusSy Made a Splendid Musical Impression.
BY WALTER D. HICKMAN

FORGET how when The Teachers Federation of
indianapolis brought Noa the Cleveland symphony
to the old Caleb Mills hall.
Last night the Civic brought back the orchestra
and the conductor this Caleb Mills hall at Short
ridge
The six and probably that have passed the orchestra
was introduced to this city have brought forth many changes and i'm
proyemens in both the and the conductor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
WOMAN LEADS ARMY
OF CHINESE BANDITS
Government Troops Defeat 5000
Rebels in Battle.


By United Press
SHANGHAI China, March 10
An army OF 5000 bandits, led by a
woman-sister of the Communist
general, Ho-Lung, was defeated to-
day by government troops.
The woman led her forces into
the battle when they encountered
government troops which were pro-
tecting the town of Lachih.
The bandits had crossed the HUI
peh- Human border to attack Lachih
bat the government forces of the
Eighth division. under General Hsu
YUM Chan, drove them back after
sharp fighting There we're many
casualties before the bandits fed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17
Minnesotans Attend the
National Game Conference
Gopher State Ranks High in Ma
ton As Leader in Game and
Fish

Returning last week after at
tending the 18th American Came
Conference which was held in New
York City under the auspices
of the American Game Association
members of the Minnesota dele
cation expressed general satisfac-
ton as to results obtained. Among
those in attendance were Will
liam T. Cox, Conservation Commits
sioner, James T. Williams, Mime
apolis, member of the Conserva-
ton Commission, William D.
Stewart, Director of Game
and Fish, DR.. Thaddeus Surber,
Superintendent of Fish Propaga-
ton, DR.. r. G. Green, Department
of Bacteriology and Immunology,
Sam G. Anderson, Hutchinson,
President, Minnesota Game Pro-
tective League.
Mr.. Stewart and Mr.. Anderson
were on the program, the former
joining in a discussion relative to
the waterfowl problem and its
solution while the latter was one
of several authorities talking
about demonstrations in upland
game management.
Minnesota's Game and Fish di-
rector briefly stated that a SUBJ
stantial start had already been
made in the Gopher state in re-
establishing waterfowl breeding
grounds and outlined accomplish
ments recently completed. Specific
mention was made concerning the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17

Joseph Eckert, of Gibbon, the land
to become a part of Fort Ridgley
state park, was announced this
week by C. M. Babcock, commits
sioner Of highways. The Minneso-
ia Highway department recently
let contract for grading a road
6-10 mile long, to connect the new
trunk highway No. 20, with the
state park. This approach went
through land owned by Mr.. Eckert,
and during the negotiations for
right-of-way, he expressed a desire
to donate to the state the ten acres
lying between the road and the
southern boundary Of the park. It
is considered valuable acquisition
as it rounds out the park property.
A deed has been given to the state.
Joseph Eckert came to Nicoliet
county with his parents just after
the close of the Civil war. He was
then five years old. His father,
who had been with the Union ann
les, established the Halfway Tav-
ern on the road between Henderson
and Fort Ridgley. His mother,
Franziska Eckert, now "a years old,
is resident of Gibbon, and the do
nation of the tract of land to the
state for park purposes, was made
as a tribute to her by her son.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17
Special Musical
Program Sunday


Special music by junior and adult
choirs, Anthems.
"The First Christmas Morn"-New-
ton.
gThere were Shepherds"-Ashf
with violin obligato by DR.. p. o.
Peterson.
1The Heavens are Telling from
the Creation, Hayden. Junior and
Senior Choirs.
Organ Selections by Mrs. Russell
Cooper.
soh Come, All Ye Faithfur-Ash-
ford.
20 Little Town of Bethlehem
L. H. ReDner.
I'm Bright Array Norwood Dale.
Carols by Congregation.
"Joy to the World"
aOh Come. All Ye Faithful"
Christmas Sermon by Minister,
"The Meaning of Christmas"
Baptism of Infants
Five O'clock White Gifts Vesper
Candle Light Service
Professional by united choirs of
junior and intermediate depart
ments. This professional will be
sung with old English lanterns and
ancient robes and clocks in the dim
of candle light.
Carols by united choirs-
silent Night"
'sFirst NOEL
ooh Come, All Ye Faithful"
o Little Town of Bethlehem"
Guest Soloist. Miss Vione Stegge.
Story, The Christmas Light" Ethel
Colbert Phillips. Mrs. Caradoc J.
Morgan.
White Gifts Offering.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17
Catholic History Group
Will Meet in Minneapolis
Seven National Organizations Will
Gather Dec. % to SO-Public
Meetings to Be Held

Representatives of seven ma
tional historical societies will at
tend the twelfth annual meeting Of
the American Catholic Historical
association, December % to 30, in
Minneapolis.
Rev. Peter Guilday, founder and
secretary of the society and pro-
fessor of church history at the
Catholic University in Washington,
will arrange for the meeting. An
executive committee has been
named to work with $50 Mime
apolis priests to plan the sessions.
Several public meetings will be
held and special evening sessions
will be sponsored by the Knights Of
Columbus.
Nine papers will be read on the
subject, 1.-THE Catholic Church in
Contemporary Europe" Each treat
Use will cover one or two European
nations.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17

completed Thief Lake project at a
total cost of $130,000. He said that
he was optimistic for the immed-
late future because Of the wide
spread interest throughout the
country and the evident willing
ness of all states to coperate. A
summary of upland game develop
ment was presented by Mr.. Ander-
son.
In commenting on the confer
ence both Mr.. Cox and DR.. Surber
indicated that beneficial results
would come through a concerted
national and state legislative pro-
gram. Mr.. Cox regretted the omis-
sion of one important and vital
subject, that of the actual shoot
ing of game birds in manners that
are murderously destructive and
contrary to all rules of good
craftsmanship.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17

it. Getting. domestic help or wo-
men to work around the house in
Russia is difficult.
The Russian people present many
enigmas. They are highly artistic
and patronize the operas lavishly,
but at the same time are personal
ly filthy. Not only the children,
but everybody is going to school.
Every hall is school where young
and old study and they are being
taught communism. They are lot
free and equal, however, that is an
idea yet to be realized "in the fu-
ture." The morals of the Russians
are superior than the average in
Paris or Berlin, Mr.. Uhler said
There are no wealthy people.
Those who had pretentious bones
have had them confiscated by the
government. Those who had homes
not so pretentious were allowed to
retain them, but the Soviet may
send a roomer or boarder there if
all the rooms are not being utiliz-
ed, so the owner has very little to
say about it. Farms have been cen-
fiscated by the gvernment and the
farmers live in communes or little
villages. Every family must live
according to their station in life.
and the government directs where.
The people are not happy or salts
fed, but they are wonderfully
tolerant lot and have stood much in
the past and are now. The secret
service is on the job as the most
efficient group of men anywhere.
and it is dangerous to criticise in
Russia. You might be passing your
remarks to a G. p. u, and If you
say something in the presence OF
your children, it may get to the Pc.
lice through the school teacher.
Tons of Propaganda
The Russians get tons of propa-
ganda through it's local newspa-
pers and literature provided by the
government. No news of the out
side world comes in and they know
of no other state. Moscow has a
daily devoted to outside news and
the difficulties of other nations
comprise its contents. A strike gets
in Moscow. The nation
is ruled by a capable and efficient
group and is under a rigid military
supervision. The military has pro-
crossed far in Russia. Despite This
fact, only from one to two percent
of the Russian people are regarded
as real communists.
When the worker is no longer,
able, because of age or disability,
to work, homes are provided for
them to which the government
sends them. There is no oppcrtun-
ity to save for rainy day or pro-
vide for a comfortable old age. The
diet of the Russian people is large
ly black bread and dried fish and
they apparently thrive on it. There
were no evidences of actual hunger
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17
Historians of the Nation
Are to Gather at University
American Historical Association
Goes West of The Mississippi
River for Second Time

Minneapolis Dec. 14-Early his
tory of the Northwest, facts about
the bonanza farming days in the
Red River Valley, the govern
ment's land policy in the pioneer
days of Minnesota and other topics
Immediately related to the region
will be dealt with by papers to be
read. when the American Historical
Association meets 1.-THE Univer-
sity of Minnesota on December %,
20 and 30 The entire range of his
tory, ancient, medieval, modern
and contemporary also will be Civ
en- consideration in more than 90
papers to be read in over twenty.
sectional meetings. -, q
1t will be only the second time in
the life of the American Historical
Association that it has met west Of
Chicago. Some years ago it held its
annual meeting in St. Louis. The
Association is the Leading body of
historians in America and one of
the principal learned societies in
the United States.
Lester B. Shippee, head of the
university's department of history,
Dean Buy Stanton Ford, acting
president of the university and
former head of the history depart
nent, Edward C. Gale of Mime
apolis, and a large committee re-
presenting the twin cities and the
state are members of the major
groups arranging for the meet.
ings. z
Holding sessions concurrently,
with the association will be a
number of specialized historical
societies with widespread member
ships. These will be the Mississippi
Valley Historical Association, the
Conference of Historical Societies,
the Agricultural History Society,
the American Catholic Historical
Society, the National Council for
Social Studies, the American So,
ciety of Church History and the.
History of Science Society.
Meetings will be divided between
the campus and downtown hotel.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17
Doctors Ask Support for
1881 Christmas Seal Sale
Depression Calls for More Than
Usual Anti-Tuberculosis Work
Says Medic Representatives

st. Paul Dec. 14-Distress, priva-
ton, crowded living and under
nourishment are the best aids to
tuberculosis. It will take heroic eff
forts on the part of everybody in
terested in public health to keep
the death rate from tuberculosis
from soaring in 1882.
This is the gist of bulletin in
support of the 1881 Christmas Seal
Sale issued by the Minnesota Safe
Medical Association today.
Death rates from tuberculosis
went up from 14.3 per cent per TO-
600 population in Germany 1914 to
21.1 per cent in the miserable lean
year of 1919" the bulletin notes. cit
has taken more than ten years Of
the most intensive, antituberculosis
work on the part of the govern
ment health administration to
bring the rate down to 1873 per cent
for 1929"
In Germany such work is tax
supported and government admini-
strated, the physicians point out.
In the United States we have
Christmas Seal funds to rely upon
to give the essential extra push to
anti-tuberculosis work to keep our
death rate from soaring as the
German rate scared with the priva-
tions of the war, This year.
"The most practical and direct
means of combating a renewed
general incidence of tuberculosis is
by means of tuberculosis testing of
all children in the schools" says
the bulletin. I'm this way we can
discover early infections and trace,
through them, the presumable open
adult case in the family that is
damaging the child. Christmas Seal
organizations. in Minnesota. have
taken the lead in this work In the
last two wears. Since public eco
nomy programs in Minnesota make
it impossible to include this work
in the budget this year, added sup
port for the Christmas Seal pro-
gram is necessity.
THE best practical way to fight
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17
First Methodist Church
J. D. Butter, Pastor

j. ID. Butter, FaSIOr
Sunday, Dec. 20.
$50 a. m. Church School. Christ
mas Music by Junior Choir. A
special 10c Christmas offering.
10:45 a. m. Morning Worship.
Christmas sermon and Music, by
Adult Choir.
1880 p. M. Christmas Cantata.
1.-The Prince of Peace" beautiful
musical presentation of the old,
Old Story of Christ's Coming.
Wednesday 1870 Old Testament
Study for all interested.
Thursday, Christmas Eve.
600 Carollers leave church. All
Young people urged to help us.
7:30 Sunday School Christmas
Program.
New Years Eve. A Watch-night
service beginning at 500 consis-
ting of Moving pictures, fellow
ship hour and Watch Service.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17

r. A. Sheldon, of Duluth, Mimi.
scented an unfamiliar cigarette cd
or in his bedroom and he found an
.ex-convict hiding under his bed
waiting to rob the house.
Walking along country road
near Rock Island, ILL.,, M. H. Suffer
was brushed by passing automo-
bile and his left ear was severed.
A 25-gallon kettle, in which food
is stirred with a seven-foot spoon
is used by Mrs. J. e. White Of
Springfield, Mo-, in making apple
butter.
A rachel attachment that can be
used on any screwdriver to increase
its leverage has been invented.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17
Two Robots Will Count the
Cars on State Highways
Commissioners Babcock viii Have
Accurate Check-up on High
ways No. II and 8

The Minnesota Highway depart.
ment has recently installed two au-
tomato traffic counters, one near
the junction of T. H. Nos. 1 and z
at Owatonna and one on T. H. No. 3
near Elk River. The mechanism is
set into the pavement slab, and any
vehicle passing this point, summer,
or winter, day or night, will be.
counted. The records thus obtain
ed will show how traffic at various
times of the year compares with
the annual traffic counts taken
each summer. Daily readings will
be taken.
A few motorists, apparently fear
ing that the device records their
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17

ming he pitted his crew against
the Waldorf Calf team captained
by Art Weisner. A couple of the
fellows Art expected would deliver
were Just ordinary buds. Casey"
and his gang won by IS pins. Art
and his crew will be out for "blud"
this Thursday evening. The follow
ing are the individual scores IN the
"casey"-Waldorf match:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17

The prom queen" is popular on
the campus and her selection met
with wide appreciation. The king
and queen" although living in
towns situated in the same state,
had never met before coming to
Marquette.
Apart from her school activities
which take most of her time, Miss
Moynihan is an ardent golfer. Her
summers are taken up with tour
nament play. Last year she was
runner-up in the Central Minneso-
Ia Women's golf tournament and in
1929 she was a finalist in the state
tournament.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17

speed or that it would have some
harmful effect, have turned out and
therefore not been recorded. The
contraption is prfectly harmless and
motorists should go straight ahead
as if it were not there.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17

high school, all winning places on
the honor role.
Heroine in Blaze Drops Into Sleep
Princeton, Mimi, Dec. 16-The
whole front of her body, particu-
larry her hands, terribly burned,
Annie Lamprecht, heroine of the
Milaca fire in which her two room
mates persisted today, finally drop
ped off into a deep sleep at the
hospital here at noon.
Before falling asleep, Annie
begged nurses and attches to listen
to her story. Myrtle and I were
asleep when suddenly was awak-
ened by the explosion. The first
thing 1 saw was Alice in flames
from head to foot, and she was
screaming.
81 jumped up like a flash and
pulled at Mrytle's arm, who APP
peared, stunned as she opened her
eyes. I grabbed the blankets from
the bed and wrapped Alice's body.
Meanwhile, Myrtle was getting
some of the sheets from the bed
and helping me wrap up Alice.
Then I shouted for her to open the
door, but as she started a ball of
flame shot up and she was forced
away.
Myrtle then started for the win
dow but some of the flames ignited
her night clothes and she collapsed
a second after she screamed. /
tried to keep my head and help
Alice toward the window.
II had to release my hold some
what when broke the glass in the
window, but, while had become
weakened by the heat and the
flames around my face, could not
lift her to the sill.
81 started to crawl through the
window but at that moment every
thing went black before me. I
don't remember thing from then,
on"