davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1931-06-02

MY one hope is that two more
logs on the human bonfire will
help New Yorkers to give a mon
a chance to live, too. I DO NOT
ENTIRELY BLAME MY WIFE
FOR WHAT SHE HAS DONE.
I BLAME THE LAW THAT
ENCOURAGED HER AND IN
FLAMED HER"
After that he laid down the
pen, followed his wife to her
lawyers office. whipped out a
.32-caliber gun and began fir
ing. Three bullets struck her
one through the heart. She
fell dead. The fourth landed
in the lawyer. Then the Broad
way hoofer turned and went
away. Today, as write, they're
looking for his body in one Of
those cheap hotels where
broken men go to die.
II BLAME THE LAW!" he
cried. And there's many a man
who will echo that charge.
and wish he had pulled that
gun. But what good would
that do? Behind the lawyer
stands The Law. AND THE
LAW GIVES THE WOMAN
the BREAKS.
She may be lazy, dishonest,
selfish and cruel. .. she may be
utterly silly, hysterical and in
competent. but unless she is
actually criminal, The Law gives
her the breaks Grants her the
custody of the child, with all
mony. tells the man he must
come across or take his rap.
The Real Question
Why should any man have
to support a woman who has
proved to be a worthless wife?
Why should any court give the
child to a female who had
proved to be a bad mother?
Because she IS a wife and
mother, and because we have
invested those terms with the
glamour of sanctity. But that's
the most vicious sort of ssnt1'
mentality.
And the law puts into the
hands of any attorney an in
strument of torture beside
which the Rack and the Iron
Maiden look like nursery toys.
It is true that no self-respect-
ing lawyer will use the law to
drive a man to despair. But
what about the shySter in his
infinite variety? What does he
care about self-respect If he can
add to his wad? No Stick-up
man is more ruthless. Yet the
law arms him and backs him
up in his attacks. And God
nelp the poor devil who is at
MS mercy FOR UNCLE SAM
WILL NOT!
copyright, 1881. King Features
syndicate. 1ne.S
The Washington times., 1931-06-02
Americas Name
Italian or British 2

Where did America get its name7 From Amergo Vespucc
the italian navigator the usual But now it as
serted in Bristol England that the name Is derived from rom
Cabot. -, :. .:s
After Cabots second voyage to the New Yorld it is SAID
Amervk obtained pension for him from King Henry VII and
Cabot named the in his honor Those who advance
this theory support with the Customs Roll Of the Port OF
Bristol for the years 1896 to 1400 and by other documents
which describe Cabots discoveries considerable amount OF
evidence has accumulated by Dgby Wilson, Ameran
consul at Bristol.
It an interesting story and may be true But whatever
the facts persons will agree that America the wrong
name anyway Columbia would have been far more approp
ate unless there is ground for believing that Lief Ericsson
was real discoverer In that should be known
az THE United States Of EricSoniA"
The Washington times., 1931-06-02

one-fourth of the time, and
at one-tenth of the sacrifice in
human blood and misery.
Emerging from Valley Forge
in the summer of 1778 Wash
ington decided to attack the
enemy at Monmouth. but his
commanding general. instead
advancing as instructed, ordered
a retreat. Alarmed, faithful
Lafayette sent word to the
commander-in-chief, who came
The Washington times., 1931-06-02
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

flying on his steaming horse,
ordered the treacherous general
to the rear, took command
himself, and in the nick Of
time snatched victory from GER
tain defeat.
In view of Valley Forge and
Monmouth. is it not possible
that among the advisers of our
present commander-in chief
may likewise be some traitors,
hired by manipu1atorS who are
The Washington times., 1931-06-02
Ann Tenna Withdraws
Gracefully From Lists

Ann Tenna WlthdraWs
Gracefully From Lists
Editor, Times:
I quit! I'm through! I'm
sorry I ever wrote you a let
ter, because didn't think it
would start all this fuss about
what is after all q trivial mat
ter.
I apologize to Versus, Mr..
Tiller and everyone else whose
feelings we're so hurt. I realize
now that it was a magnanimous
things for Amos and Andy to
do to cut off the Derby pro-
gram.
Versus points out that other
stations carried the race. OF
course. it happens I am poor
and only have a crystal set and
so could get no other station.
But what are my feelings in
the matter when these other
people had to have their wit
and humor. Again I say I'm
sorry.
But let any druggist every
try to sell me the Amos and
Andy toothpaste and see how
sorry I am-ha ha!
ANN TENNA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
ARKANSAS HILLS
FEEL NEED OF AID
Work Rather Than Charity
Asked as BarefoOted
Children SILVER.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLINTON, Ark, January 31.-The
drought left the cupboards as bare in
the North Arkansas hills as in the low
eastern counties, and has produced
Red Cross food lines for the first time
in the history of this section.
The people of Van Buren, County, OF
which this is the county seat, are hav-
ing their first experience with the Red
Cross emergency food relief Save for
two or three times following tornadoes,
the national Red Cross had never ex-
tended aid to the county, and in these
instances no food relief was necessary.
The hill farmers are reluctant to ask
for charity. They Big, some with tears
in their eyes, for work at 25 or so cents
day, and accept food only when told
there is no work Some of them go
hungry for days before asking for food,
or before being found by local volunteer
relief workers.
S lightly more than 500 families, or
about $500 persons, now are receiving
aid. Relief workers estimate some 1000
to 5000 persons will be dependent upon
the Red Cross in the next two weeks.
The county population is $4,000.
The Red Cross thus far has supplied
no clothing. Townspeople have emptied
their attics of old wearing apparel, but
have filed the needs in only small
way. Many Children in the county are
going without shoes. stockings and I'M
derwear. The clothing they have, con-
sisting for the most part merely of
outer garments. is ragged and there is
no thread for mending.
Disease is spreading. The Springlike
weather which has prevailed this month
has prevented more suffering
In normal years the men work in the
timber lands much of the year, while
their families till the soil The drought
wiped out the crops and there is no
longer any demand for timber.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
DIPPING SEASON OPENS

Cattle dipping Is now under way
in four tick infested states. They
are Texas. Louisiana, Florida and
Arkansas.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
M|NOT MAN TO Be
SPEAKER AT DINNER
Will Address Bismarck Scout
Leaders at Meeting Sched-
uIed for Monday Night

p. n. BakKen, scout executive of
the Minot area council with head
quarters at Minot, will be the guest
speaker at the regular monthly meet
ing of the Bismarck S~coutleader's as
ISOLATION to be Held next Monday eve
ming at the Prince Hotel, according to
All announcement today by Robert
Byrne, president of the association.
Bakken will give the only address of
the evening on the subject "A Scout
masters Opportunity to produce men
OF character trained for citizenship"
About fifty-five scouters are ex-
pected to attend. Training certifi-
Gates will be presented to those hav-
ing earned them during the winter
sessions by DR.. j. o. Arnson, chair
man OF the leadership Training
committee Of the Bismarck district.
Those to receive minimum training
certificates are: Joyce Moule, Rev.
Father Wacker, Myron Rierson,
Torolf Johansen, E. G. Swayer. Ern-
est Penwarden, Lloyd Lillestrand, DR..
II. A. Brandes, ]. s.. Fevold, w. A.
Groves, DR.. j. o. Arnson, w. F. Nc
Graw, A. N. Ellingson, Sanford Sjo-
beck. Raymond Evans, Corporal
Heffron, Bonnie Casper, Judge A. M.
Christensen, L. X. Thompson, John
Schiller, Jess Melton, John Gerlitz, j.
N. Roherty, Ted Quanrud, J.. p. Wag-
ner and G. E. Pickles all of Bismarck
and Clifford Olson and E. "A. Killing. of
Sterling.
Robert Byrne, John Karasiewicz,
George Jaszkowiak, Clayton Finlay-
son, Albert Cordner. Wesley Sherwin,
William Smith, Joe Kirby, Kelley
Simonson and Waldo Ellickson will
receive certificates for completion of
a specialized course in archery. This
group has met every Monday eve
ming since Feb. 2 and each one has
made q lemon-wood bow and a set
of arrows. The group expects to or
ganize a scoutmaSter'S archery club
for target shooting and playing arch
cry golf.
Robert Byrne and John Karasie-
wicz will receive advanced certificates
in recognition of their work as Off
GERS during the entire course.
In addition to the program as list
ed above, Henry Duemeland will lead
the group in singing of scout songs.
The various events on the city and
area program for the balance of the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
Lights in Pembina
Shot Out by Four

Pembina, N. D., April 10.-(P)-
Pedestrians scurried to cover here
the other night when four men
in a car drove down Main street
and shot out the street lights. Of
ficers who ordered them out OF
town said they had been drink
ing. Informed of the affair, Sher-
if H. G. Well Wednesday arrest
ed three men, H. H. Miller, Penn
bina, and Albert Olafson and
Wallace Swenson, Hamilton, and
took them before Justice e. E.
Barry, who bound them over to
the June term of district court for
destruction of public property.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10

The opinion has the effect Of hold
Ing illegal q practice which has been
followed for years in many counties.
In many cases. county commission
ers have considered contracts to be
on a satisfactory basis and have con-
Nnued them from year to year with
out asking for bids. Counties where
this practice has been followed in
clude Cass, Grand Forks. Ramsey,
Burleigh, Richland and others.
Under the attorney generals rul-
ing, counties which have followed
this practice must abandon the sys-
tenn and call for bids. The Burleigh
county commission already has de-
cided =, do so.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10

posite report on prohibition from the
feminine viewpoint.
They plan to deliver this document
to President Hoover at the white
house Saturday labeled as from the
national commission of women for
law enforcement. The chief execu-
tive will not be present. however,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
Must Ask for Bids
Is Ruling by Morris

An opinion that county commits
sioners are annually required to ask
bids on printing supplies for county
s has been given by Attorney Cen
eral James Morris, 1t was announced
Friday.
The opinion was given In response
to an inquiry by F. G. Orr, manager
of the Mott Pioneer Press, Official
newspaper for Hettinger county, and
asserts that the duty Of asking for
such bids is mandatory upon the
commissioners.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10

since he intends to attend the burisi
of Speaker Longworth IN Cincinnati.
The report will be based upon %
dry law studies already drawn up by
as many women commissioners"
many OF them nationally prominent.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10

year will be discussed at the meet
ing.
Scoutmasters Bill Smith. Clayton
Fnlayson and Father Wacker r the
Scoutmasters in charge of arrange
ments and the program. President
Byrne will act as POSTMASTER.
Any man interested in attending
the dinner may do SO by notifying
Scout Executive William q. Fulton
before Saturday evening.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
Women Are Drafting
Views on Prohibition

Washington, April 10.-GP-More
than a score Of prominent women dry
advocates gathered hefe Friday to
draft In executive sessions, a COM
The border vidette., 1931-03-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
NOGALES AGENCY, INC.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That We. the undersign.
ed, do hereby associate ourselves toge
ther for the purpose Of forming COR
pOraticn under the laws Of the State
OF Arizona. and do hereby adopt the
following Articles Of Incorporation:
ARTICLE I
The names of the incorporators are
Victor ]. Wager, O. G. Crenshaw and
8. G. Jung and the ross Office address
and residence of each of them is POI
Morley Avenue. Nogales. Arizona.
The border vidette., 1931-03-14

The principal place OF business of the
corporation shall be Nogalea, Santa
Cruz County, arizona. but the corp.
Grafton Eaay have such branch Offices
within nr without the State Of Arizona
as may be hereafter established by the
Boerd Of Directors, and meetings OF the
Board OF Directors may be held and
any business transacted at any branch
Office.
The border vidette., 1931-03-14
ARTICLE V

The authorized amount of the capital
stock Of this corporation shall BE- One
Hundred Thousand ($100000 00) Dol
lars. divided into one thousand 10000
shares Of the par value OF One Humid red
1900. OO) Dollars each. Upon sub
The border vidette., 1931-03-14

STATE OF ARIZONA, los
County of Santa Cruz,
This instrument was acknowledged
before me this 22d day OF November.
1880, by Victor J. Wager, G. G Cren-
shaw and S. c. Jung, who stared to me
that they executed the same for the
purposes and consideration therein ex.
pressed.
DUANE BIRD,
(Seal) Notary Public.
My commission expires Dec. 5, 1892.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-10-03
Cardinal Fielder
Is Hero Of Series
Connie Mack Pays Glowing
Tribute to Pepper Martin
Of st. Louis

st. Louis, Oct. 3.-(P-John Leon
ard Pepper Martin, the young man
who said he could hit any kind of
pitching the world champion Athletics
had to offer, and has proved it so far,
today stands out as the world series
hero to date.
No less an authority than Connie
Mack himself paid this tribute to the
sensational young Cardinal outfield-
er. Mack says Martin has been the
outstanding player of the series.
Martin, whose tempestuous base
running yesterday helped Wild Bill
Hallahan to subdue the AS and
square the series, was not even count
ed on as a starter in the classic, be-
cause Of injuries. But he was a live
ly cripple when he stole two bases on
Mickey Cochran and scored both Car
dinal run in the shutout victory.
Yesterday he was a leaping misery
to the Athletics every time he came
up. In the second inning he doubled
and Immediately stole third. In the
seventh he singled for his second hit
of the game and his fifth of the Sc
ries, and a couple of pitches later
plunged head first into second base
for his second stolen base. An in.
field out put him on third and hi
scored on Charlie Gelbert's neat sac.
rifice.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-10-03
Demons Plaster
Reserve Outfit
Line Shows Improvement as
Regulars Pile Up 50
to q Score

Behind a line that showed marked
Improvement over early season per-
formances. the Bismarck Demons
rode rough shod over the substitutes
to pile up a total Of So points in =
game played at Hughes Field Friday.
Minus the services Of Green, Nor
man and Eddie Agre, and Ben1on, the
regulars were able to score almost 1t
will.
Schlickenmeyer, who was used for
the first time at fullback, played stel-
lar football. Murphy at center and
Shepard at end proved to be the gees
Of the line by snearing play after
play.
The reserves were unable to cope
with Dohn who ran wild every time
he took the ball.
An aerial attack launched by the
subs. failed to net results with the
Demons displaying q well grounded
defense for passing plays.
The performance Of the forward
wall was gratifying. according to
Coach Roy Mcleod. who said Friday
that it showed great Improvement.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-10-03
Hafey Is Apparent
Batting Champion
For National Loop
Cardinal Leads Bill Terry .3488
to .3486 in Semi-Official
Averages

New Yrok, Oct. 3.-R-Although
the figures still must be checked q
few more times before they become
official, Chick Hafey. the bespec-
tacled st. Louis outfielder, seems to
have won the 1881 batting cham
pionship CT the National League.
The final semi-official lists credit
Hafey with a barely visible margin
over the 1880 champion, Bill Terry OF
New York. Hafey's final mark was
.3458 and Terry's .3486.
Hard on the heels of the leaders,
Sunny Jim Bottomley, st. Louis,
wound up with an average of .348l.
Trailing him were Klein. Philadei-
phia, 1887; O'Doul, Brooklyn, 1856;
Hornsby, Chicago, 1892; Grimm, Chi
cago, 1881; Cuyler, Chicago, $3.50; Al
len, New York, 1879; and Fullis, New
York, 1923.
Lloyd Waner, who made more hits
than any other player, connecting
safely 214 times to beat out Terry by
one, set a new mark when he went 10
bat officially 681 times. The Cincin-
natl Reds, by completing 1875 double
plays, bettered by INT their old major
league record set in 1928.
Terry took the role Of leading all
around slugger. In addition to his
2l3 hits for second place, he led the
league with 20 triples ard shared
first place in scoring with Klein, with
121 runs, and was second to Klein
with ia runs batted in.
sparky Adams st. Louis, took the
ether first place in hitting with %
doubles to his credit. Another bat
ting record was established when st.
Louis and Chicago hit % doubles be-
tween them in n game July IL.
The Cards pitchers took nearly all
the leading roles. Allyn Stout won
six straight games for a perfect aver
age; Jess Haines made himself the
nominal leader with a 1876 average
gained from II victories and three
defeats; while young Paul Derringer
was credited with the actual leader
ship with 18 victories and eight de
feats for a .692 mark. Bill HallahaN
took third place. winning 10 and los
ing nine for a .679 average, and
struck out 157 men and walked lO2
to lead in both.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-10-03

Mandan Smothers Dickinson, 80 to D
Stark County Boys Unable to
Cope With Onslaught Of
Braves

Displaying the best football they
have shown this season, the MandAn
Braves smothered Dickinson, 80 to Q
In a game played at Mandan Friday
afternoon.
Except for an occasional flash Of
brliliance, the Stark county boys were
unable to cope with onslaught Of the
Braves.
Mandan used a varied attack to
score in every quarter. Straight foot
ball and an occasional forward pass
constituted their offensive attack.
Dickinson threw a scare into the
Warriors on the first play after re-
ceiying the kickoff, by skirting the
oppositiouS right flank for IS yards.
Mandan rallied, however, to take the
ball or downs. After an interchange
of puTts, the Braves started a for
ward march down the field to push
over q touchdown.
Catching their stride in the sec
ond quarter, the Mandan team rode
rough show v Dickinson for three
counters. A series Of brilliant runs,
passes, and line smashes accounted
for their touchdowns.
The Mandan forward wall per-
formed according to expectations and
broke through time and again to
smear the Dickinson plays before they
got started. Extensively they did not
look as powerful. although OCCASION
ally they opened wide holes that let
the backs through for substantial
gains.
With the score standing n to 0 at
the end of the half, the Braves plod-
ded through the third and fourth
quarters to earn q touchdown in each
period.
Lighter than their opponents, the
Dickinson boys proved to have plenty
OF fight. Unable to gain consistently
against the stalwart Mandan line,
they occasionally broke through for
substantial gains. Their best often
sive weapon was a wide end run.
Boehm and Speilman proved to be
the scoring aces Of the Mandan ag-
gregation. each scoring two touch
downs. Smith and Eckroth account
ed for one each.
Eckroth, Speilman and Eckroth
each tailed a point after touchdown
by line bucks.
Mandan was penalized 20 yards
while Dickinson was taxed IS. Both
drew a penalty of is yards for using
hands on the offense. Mandan was
taxed only once for offside while
Dickinson va punished five times.
John w Reel, Bismarck, was referee
and Opie s. Rindahl, also of Bis
marck, vas umpire.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-10-03
Simmons Breaks
Jinx By Winning
End Title In Row
Philadelphia SIugger Hits at
800 Clip; Babe Ruth Sec
ond With 1873

Chicago. Oct. 3.-P)-Al Simmons,
cleanup nan for the championship
Philadelphia Athletics, has broken
the jinx that has beseiged American
League batting champions since the
days of Ty Cobb.
Final unofficial averages Saturday
gave Simmons the batting title for
the second straight year with an
average of 1870, making him the frs
champion to repeat since 1919. Sim
mons average was the highest since
1927 and nine points higher than his
winning percentage of 1880. Babe
Ruth finished second with 1878.
For all-around hitting perfor-
nance, however, Lou Gehrig led the
field, leading in four departments
with 1853 runs, 211 hits for a high
total of 410 bases, and a record
breaking mark of 1874 runs batted iii.
He also tied Babe Ruth for the homo
run championship by betting out 46
circuit smashes.
Earl Webb, Boston, crashed out Il
two-baSe hits for another new Amer
lean League record, while Benny
Chapman of the Yankees proved that
base stealing isn't exactly a lost art
by pilfering 81. Johnson, Detroit, led
in triples with 10.
AS usual, the pitching race was ali
Lefty" Grove. The Athletic south
paws unofficial and final record was
81 victories and four defeats, a new
record for southpaw pitching. Lefty
also led the league again in strike
outs with a collection Of I'll.
Cleveland won the team batting
championship with al unofficial per-
centage of .299 while the Athletics
and Washington tied in team field
ing at .976, n point shy of the all
time American League fielding mark
The leading hitters and their fina,
unofficial averages:
Simmons, Philadelphia, 800; Ruth
New York, 1873; Morgan. Cleveland
1851: Cochrane, Philadelphia, $40,
Gehrig, New York, .341; Webb, Bcs.
ton, 1884: Averill, Cleveland, 1888;
Goslin, st. Louis, 1928; Dickey, New
| York, 1928.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-10-03
Elks Nine Will Face
Grove Giants Sunday

The swan song of the 1881 baseball
season in Bismarck will be sung Sum
day when the Bismarck Elks and
Grove Giants meet in their closing
game on the state penitentiary dia-
mond at 2 p. m.
The two teams met once before this
season, the ElkS club winning handily.
but the Giants are confident they will
even things no in Sundays tussle.
Glenn, Giant ace, will pitch for the
prisoners while Lefty Klein will be
Oh the mound for Bismarck.
Clarence E. Orion, manager of the
Giants for several seasons, has an
ncunced that he probably will retire
from that position after Sundays
game.