Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 64, Number 36, Jasper, Dubois County, 13 January 1922 — Page 1

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QUEER GÜLT OM TOLSTOY ESTATE

They Practice Doukhobors Ideal- .' ism, .With a Mingled Belief in Buddhism. MANUAL LABOR A RELIGION ;, Declared Enemies of Destruction of property. Human or Animal Life, , fnd Oppose Soviet Government. 4 -. . Ynsnaya -Polyuna. Itussia. Fifteen young pen,two young women and an elderly ' matron have recently .estubIJshed on the Tolstoy estate what they '.tiVm "an .improved bolshevik com-

niunuy. jicscrincM s an attempt m '..rectify fnllure of communism, the members of the colony are the declared .'enemies of the destruction of property." , t human, or animal life, und thus are arrayed against the soviet government. . The members of the colony make a A'religion of manual labor and "declare ,;vJlts chief tenet to be embodied In the phrus "Love thy neighbor as thyself. They declare, themselves, like' Count Tolstoy, "searchers for the truth In all

; things." They arrived here In early,

September with a.permlt from Moscow' - tö ocQupy a portion Vf the estate now classed as n national Institution. , . Teacher Organize. Movement. '.I V...A teacher, whose brother Is director S;ot the-colohylorpanlzeti the movement. .lThe 18 memhersj-.all of whom profess

. the practical Idealism of the. Doukhobors sect, with mingiea neuer in Buddhism, were alloted quarters in a

Lf' once handsome but now tumble-clown

J -.In .1780 for the serfs of Prince. ."CcAlon . Bkl. father of Tolstoy's mother. . " ? Tho new nrrlviiU hnvo made the

3l biflldlnK tvabltable and'havötWfed

: -,nrjpare for the. cultivation of the 100 re xeauaeu u.r sprKi.. I cttlncluded in- their Krant. Food-fjo Many 'ljri?ht plai-U are sen nmong far hasbeen uppUodfic:kt,the sPrt th?ng.

V coteenment 'thiiamc as to oirvlsltor.' ' X? 'or .IVrcrje aroappearing

"to the ToUtöy liome; The three women

,f ' :fj0 the cooking.

. The correspondent came first In contact with a member of the colony In a

L " rather strantre manner.

LT After a long Journey,, he had been

-enrolled as a pilgrim at the Tolstoy White flannels, plain check and home, according to the rules of the In- striped, are among the most popular Mitltutlon. He was giveji a bed In the fabrics for Southern wear. ground floor room, characterized by a The straight panel type of frock is : brick arch, a room occupied by Tolstoy pre-eminently a favorite for the nome fifteen i years. Just as he was small girl, especially for party wear, dropping ofT to sleep he was roused Circular skirts, which are coming In ;,: by pleasing chords on the grand piano for considerable attention, are freV located In the room. The phivlng.was . quently faced with a contrasting color. ; done by a young man. wbo''MMre -hUh . ; Black Is to be ..much worn this ! . '.hoot8. a belted Jucket and "a slKepskln spring, black hats replacing thost. of :fr cap. SecIoK the crre'siM'nlent.r' h- the bright colors horctoforo fnsiilon

stopped playing andap(Togliedtsa.vIiig

- he didn't know the room was occupied. ; Then he went on to explain who he was and began to ask information about the possibility of walking" to InV (Ha. by way of Turkestan. He wanted .4' to study philosophy there, he said. 'Orchard Trees Whitewashed.. J The 100-acre farm Includes a big or- . .-,. chard, planted by the famous Jtusslah ..1 author, and one of' the1 first acts of th A newcomers was to whitewash all the 7-.:. trees. This operation was preceded by an animated dlscussjoq as to. whvther . It should be dne. Th&yttm "men care. " fully debatfd this pfVmeitrK.the tree ' "re not; whitewashed the ofchard will

V be rained by, insects, but 'if the whlte--wash is applied the rn"seets.wiil Ii of

starvation and it is wrong. iovtesiroy f life. .As the' mebers tf-tlv colony : ' are vegetarians and 'rru'f' Tsr t'.rcreforc ' . the prime article of food to them, ne- ', ' cesslty prevailetb -over itleals and the whitewashing -warf done. A second rohletn. was sMxl inuch after the satne-n-i'nlngiVrjnany V years the mans gfiorvthei Tolstoy s- . täte has beeii..l,rpJvf Öbollnskl. who occupied a buifdlhgrtV usd by the author as a ; peasaptohiol. The newcomers- declaring that" aho, presence "'of an overseer' might' restrict .their . 'liberty of . action." have" decreed that the prince must'go.'inndMhe tiolmki fatally soon must seek föod-und .shelter elsewhere. , . . .

HER MEALS WIN HERiS60,000 Pilldtnhian'a WMI Rewards Cook v " r With Bequest of Money and .Automobile. Philadelphia, Pa. Her ability to; eook hai earned Mrs. Anna Souderl "."( JCO.OOO and an automobile. This sum! ' and the motor car were left to her by j the will of Samuel W. Ihllng.- for whom she was housekeeper. After the death of hi wrfe Mr. Ihllng frequently came to thV-Souder borne for meals. They appealed to him. Mrs, louder said, with the result mat h Invltetl her ami Mr. Souder to live in his home and keep house for him.

John Gilbert, New Fox Star.

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"GLEAM 0' DAVVN- William fx vnoouc?Q.

"Gleam o' Dawn" a picture to U,. IVilWnm T?rxV 4 c,cnBCU uv "imam . January, presents John Gilbert for tle fltst time as a S.ar All whQ geen ?qk . , . , . t. Drfduction, Shame, Wll recall , . . FASHION NOTES OF INTEREST Homespuns are very smart for spring. Covert . cloth and covert colorings rO ' p'roilOlITlCCd gOOd. . tVvy W'tlJackels. of .the coolie type on suit and drt;-:.- 's f.r spring. - Ctton falirics an I cott'" braids appllqued on cloth are a spring feature. - Crepe de chine is used extensively for millinery and Is often combined with straw. .hle. The dropiecl shoulder line is jrain ing in favor. Many lace dnsss have lortg' transparent sleeve;. Tori?ve is the-name of a new shade of brown which is mi the carmel tone. Mveirn; slii)rs are often fiade of satin iv.x satin brocade, or S(:ne.;;.in! in itin. CROSBY'S KIDS Mieter S STRATCGV " Parrot Bet.rsya Master. Seattle. Wash More trouble for Chris Iahl of Hurien City. And all l.ecr.use of his cresfed parrot. Sheriff Starwich and bis deputies visited the house when no one was home but the parrot. Hy his Jabberings of "booze and its associations the parrot betrayed hi master and inspired the of ficers to search so diligently that they fund a barrel of lmwsh under a dralnboard. . N.vt Contejit xyith thlsdiscovery. thc. orlkvrs rettitnd to- Dahl's lmuse and found a still In "the underbrush, they say. Dahl will be charged with manufacturing liquor.

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Mr. Gilbert's fine tvork in th leading male role. In . fact it is said that this wä3 wht made him a star. Gilbe t ;uung of fine presence, with äx intellectual fae, and possesses an arttisUc sense and a h'slrionic abilty TO LIVE IN LUXURY Life of LumberjackSbon tOvBe ".''One; Long, VaäÜqri,V;" - Private Roomrf, 'Spring Beda, ; cHolci Cuisine, Lights: and Showrrrrl! " DultUh, Minn. idle lumberjacks during the slack summer months parade Ilchigan street, Duluth's Bow ery, rubbed their eyes and gazed in wonderment at the following advertise ment placed in the window of an em ployment agency: "Priuite rooms, spring beds, choice cuisine, steam heat, electric lights, bath and showers, and an electrically operated laundry." The advertisement, which compares favorably with placards heralding facilities for vacationers at the many head-of-the-lakes summer resorts, was signed by a Chicago lumber firm with camps In the vicinity of Loretta, Wis. According to the agency, the re sponse would have been greater had the advertisement read "Three squares M day, warm bunks and reasonable ours "Many of the lumberjacks are for elgners and cannot yet read the Eng lish language extensively," said the agent, who declared only a part of the men reading the advertisement under stood what "choice cuisine, spring beds and private rooms' meant. "While. many were stumped through inability to. understand the meaning .6f the unusual notice, ' others," said tbejigent, "refused to be 'kidded by such' -bunk. " Despite the. fact that .not" a few timber workers dropped. In ;L the oflice to assure the agent: that ther "uoiiMn'r f.,11 fnr nv such halt."

. ..... rf , the company. Whether the old-time lumber camps, with their assembly bunkhouses, kerosene-lamp" lights, wood-stove hett, strav-mattress beds, old-fashioned cooking, ""do . It yourself when ' you ! need Ir"-laundry, are to.be replaced by j the modern. camps with private rooms, 4..t m i.i ! not.be. ascertained by the agent. HowI.evdV. he was of the opinion that few (camps In the north woods this winter j" would be equipped with electric lights, steam .heat, bath and showers and efe.ctrlcally operated laundries. The Went admitted that "It Is possible for this particular camp to have the'descrlHed equipment. It lsvnövyealed that, far from beuv n twpkwant stufe Merlr hn; . , numerous baseball, teams and two pro - ' fessional league and has ten modern baseball groutids In Mexico City alone. More than that. It has many capable baseball players , and several stars, These facts being made known, the two neighbor states may conclude to Joln hands in'- a ' pledge of eternal friendshln and airr to th.tr friendshJp and agree to leave their po litical and economic disputes to the arbitrament of the diamond.

rnanv took the notice seriously and receives me as royauj vu ui -fild nnnlicntkms for nnsitlons with bearing land next to the farm on which

WOMAN FORCIBLY FED

Russian Red Gees on Hunger Strike in Prison. Marie Splrldonova, Who Attacked Doltheviks, Escaped 'Prison and Was necapturcd, Nearly Dies From Lack of Food. Moscow. Marie Splrldonova, social revolutionist leader, who broke with the bolshevik! over the Brest-Litovsk treaty. Is dangerously 111 in the Cheka hospital as . the . result of a hunger strike that lasted 15 days and was brought to an end through forced feeding. ' .. ., Splrldonova H. the acknowletlged leader of tht? Ilusslan peasants. She was . banished to . Siberia under the czarlst regime for bombing a provincial official. She denounced the Brest-Lltovsk treaty In the fifth all-Russian soviet congress because she said it robbed the peasants of food and clothing. Splrldonova disappeared Immediate ly after her; inflammatory speech. Bolshevist leaders caused the report to be circulated 'that she was mentally unbalanced and had , been placed In a sanitarium;'.": . She was" confined for a time In a building. In'; the 'Moscow Kremlin, but managed tcr escape, and was not heard of for a'löifg whlle. The cheka discovered.her Urins quietly in an obscure sectlon'vöf. Moscow and she was again Imprisoned,; After repeated attempts to get ; released, Splrldonova started the hunger-'strike which came near ending her life. She has been afflicted with tuberculosis for years as a result of her prison experiences under the old regime. Tjife lack of food aggravated her lualady l'and it was necessary to move her to a hospital and administer nourishment; forcibly. - .J3pirldonoTa'wa.s a school teacher at t)iv time shf became a terrorist, and wAlie still i4 her. teens took up the deYene of prints, against Jthe oppression of goyrr.ient ofilclals and lündrpeds." SheV ii 'Jiow about thirty-five FIND AtlCiENf INDlAti RELICS ; : : " ;: n Warrior's Horse arid Gun Had Been Buried With Him in Kansas. Hutchinson, Kan. While excavating southeast of Fowler recently, Charles Hill unearthed some relics from an ancient Indian grave. It appears that all the belongings of the brave were burfed with him. An old and deeply corroded gun barrel of flint lock pattern was unearthed. The lock had all fallen in pieces and the cnawlnir tooth of time had made o o heavy inroads on the once shining steel both of the barrel und the. lock. What appears to have been a bridle bit, of wonderful heft ornamented with chains is among the most interesting relics of the collections. A number ol sterling silver trinkets are practicall; intact. All that remained of the body of the old Indian were two or three rib bones. The relics have been turned over to the Sourbeer archaeological collec tion at Meade. FARMHAND GETS $51 A DAY Receives Dollar From Employer and $50 Royalty for Oil From Land Bought for $10. Louisville. James I'oteet, of Simp son county, Ky., Is a dollar a day farm nand, but his Income Is $51 a day. He r . . u.. ri t . 1 IT l .1 t -. ....a ne works, ue is uiurnvu uuu uas ivv children, but lives on the $1 a day and saves the $50. . I'oteet paid $10 for his G4 acres of land that later proved a rich oil field. j-Two wells have been put down and a third will follow soon. I'oteet's oneeighth royalty from the production of I Iliese weU uen mm n unj. ii. a. vi rn "" U. S. BUYS $100,000,000 TOYS : New York Bank Reports American Manufacturers Treble Output Since 1914. New York. More than $100,000.000 was spent by the American people for toys and games during the m m B . 1 national Lity Dans nas ngured,. ine laiiurj .ur V1 uawut..t ui r- : this country has more than treb'ed, it : . , . i , . r li was estimated, since the war cut off the from Germnny. The valut. of tovs lnade here ln 1919 Was given as $4G0,000, compared with $14J"Xi.000 in 114. Toy Imports declined from $$,000,0 in 1U13, to $1.000.000 In 1U1S. while itnPorts rose ,n llcö to WW.0i nnd to $10.000.000 in lid.' Kx ports of American toys Jumped from less than $1,000,000 in 1013 to $4,000,000 last year.

AERIAL IAPS TO i

have mm uses Ross Field Officers Develop Photo-Technic to Meet Traffic Needs of Cities. 7" HOT TAUGHT SCHOOL Lenses Have Bej3 Discovered Especially Adaptetftfop.This Type of SurVeyinß. Arcadia, Cnl.-JXew fields in en cineerimr studies Me being opened at. the army balloon ft iTd airship school at Itoss field hereVn the. department of plotting from photographic u:ap-. according to otlicers of the recently reorganized school; -The. plotting study-1 room is equipped Svith au enormous Photographic map 9 embracing ."(h square miles of territory, almost t Los Angeles, of which Arcadia Is the center. Ihe luan is a mosaic oi .seeral .thousamV'p'hotogra'plis taken by balloon or airship fronr an altitude of COO feet. 1 V Cities to Usi Map. s a result of.hse Itudies by the Langley Field, t'iViidu, and Arcadia schools' the two, great airship centers of the army air service, a number of ities aVe pluimini jo use awrial photo;raphlc maps iij connection with .city dannitig, 4 rattle control, street wideh-ug-aiid fire jjrytectlon work, accord. ng to armyuuUeors. i V4 T)iher uses to which photographic naps are bung pur are nrenmipap nvestlgctions of watersheds.- hydroelectric developments,' highway, .railroad and canal location, forest . surveys and various .engineering works. Army air officers have perfected automatic timing of exposures tt cover the proper ground area, and at the same time secure the necos'ary overlap for the Taccurate fitting' together of Individual negatives. Tills permits ' taking of pictures from the moving -airship or airplane. ... -' - -Perfect Picture Methods; . t Lenses .have been "discovered especially adapted tor thi type . nf " work, and the ofiicer?'hav-J developed the technique covering such details as the best height 'froul which to take pictures for specific purposes, speed of airplane and maintenance of level flights to Insure vertically of view. The maps now produced by air service photographers' according to officers, attain a hich degree of a crura ey and wealth of valuable detail. . Aerial photography Is among' the subjects taught at. the Ko-s Hehl school. Air' service officers point out, that among points of particular value to engineering to be found in aerial photography ar'the speed with which ?uch maps may'-lK" produced, ability to cover territory Inaccessible "on foot, comparatively low wst and impossibility of omltiing any feature of the area photographed. ' ; The mosaic map, army ofiieers say, does not mean transit, stadia and plane-table are in the discard, but that engineering surveys made solely by these time-tried instruments will be out of date. LUXEMBURG HARBORS EXILES Five of Former Suite' of Ex-Emperor Charles'of Austrla-Hungary Flee to Duchy. Luxemburg. VJraud Huchy of Lux emburg. Five 'members of the suite of .former Ktuperor Charles f Austria-Hungary, who was exiled to Ma: deira, have arrived here. '4' he .Hun garians have been granted a temporary . ; aT r yr allies. Inhabitants are not enthunatic as they fear that : under, protection of Prince tel x of Bourbon Panne , hus - band of the' grand duchess of Lux - erriburg and brother of tjie fortiier Empress Zita a new may be developed. 0 Took Honey from. Hives: BeeVPirtMtJBack Agan Soni Ui -4Vg4.. . . Wa 11 : ct Lqnnlng, a bVekeeivex of , Mil--. , ford N. J.v- Uik tver-! W i" p mm ': J i of honey em IiilirU-and stored the Imney in the gArret of his home. Wijen h went to the garret," a few days ao. to got some of theit hoirey, all he found was the-' empty ci.mh cud frames, all the hop.ey -. beirg L-ine. Investigation revealed t! :it H;m hees had entered the garret thro'j-h -a knot hole and lad curried the honey back into their hives. 9

Tomahawk and Sca!p Knife Are : Relics of the Past.

Indian Who Claims Chieftainship Over 4,C00 Redmen of Northwest Com. piles "Indian Bible" Mikts Unique Statement. I Portland. Ore. An "Indian r.iblc. !the coiupilatiin of an Indian chieftain' of the l'acilic Northwest, is in comse of preparation, and the work has ! r ached the point where ilie compiler. I Thief t?. H. Suszcm Timentwa of I Okanogan, Wash., has sent printed an nouncements of the forthcoming "Bible"? to the Indians located in Portland. ' i In tliyse- piping times of attempted , disaruKlment and plans for univetsul "peace. Chief Suszen Timentva sounds ! the ievalent keynote and Indicates that the tomahawk and scalping kniie are t become simply relics of bygone times, for he says: My- 'desire is if we will hejp in this business now we will have no more world's- war In the whole world.' The 'announcement Is by the man who 'claims chieftainship of approximately5 4,000 Indians of the Colville -Indian reservation. He is about thirty years 'of age, married and has a family. -. . ' Chief Suszen Timentwa's stay-incht, unique' in its phraseology " and ideas. says: . .. "Manv other slcns truly did our old parents from the first beginning o the present offer to his futures, which are not written in thistbook. "Will properly., protect the American histories of the Indians from first beginnhii.'s'till now. That I am King to protect my own American histories, that which had been hidden so long a time never before bad been written on the book. ' . . ' "This'ls i.ot a true, religion, of the genuine American Indian. Just tells the true religion of .the Indians of lhe United States from that time when the wlite'peopje discovered our Land. . "l-oih that tlme we Indians hant:ed, but the, United States was nt 4-!ahgCMl.- And, -likewise, the genu-, ine Indian ttfbje has not changexl.' . . ; RICH, TO WED' CHAMBERMAID,, Millions Suddenly Fall to Old Sailor Women Seek Him inr , Marriage. Paris. The legendary "uncle in in in America, the dream of so many Krance not born with silver sNy,is their mouths; has materialized for Bernard Pouech Lancole in the form of a remote relative named Sicard, who emigrated; to Argentina years ago and .made .ST.L'oO.C h . All these millions have suddenly ctine. tumbling Into the lap of n weather-beaten salt of fifty-seven, winters.. Hut at the "moment be Is living in a sordid inn at Dunkirk, dependent on old companions of adventure for frugal meals and tobacco. Naturally, nwt of his correspondents are begging, but not a few are women anxious to marry him and help' spend his money. "Yes." the old salt confessed, blushing lil;e a. toy; 'Tin going t marry Marthe Jau'ne, ' the best chambermaid that ever made a led. And nb-e to look upon, too." Lancole was a cabin boy at the age of twelve, has sailed around the world ;everal times, had countless adventures, and during the war was torpedoed twice. Twins Smallest Folk Alive. Ilog;ilusa, L:i. Ililiie and Jack Adams, twins of ifr. and Mrs. Wüllen Vdnms. are believed bv local doctors Uf Jlv- j smallest, folk extant. P.illle n 0imr;.s MirfIrtIl Mn0 T!ick . AUa-mv nth,r .Hdldreu 1 q . . . . , .r , . poar to be In perfect health. 'UT0 pQrXtr Hero of Pueblo Flood. St. Louis. ( l;ic;!-vf thcrbember I of Commerce in .St.ini; Mo., will r;quest a Carnegie hero racial for Holtert J. Tuylorr"f St. Louis, negp ' .Pullman-, porter, who Is.snid tf haj'e. , save I 2'd lives when :v Mieni'cr tr;iin "w-ns overturned in tl; Pueblo tl nd. June 2.

. Cces Back . to Jail. .Milwaukee. Ned Ib'gari, seventy-six yearji'old. w ho holds--the record for trips Vf the houe of. correction, found himself . out of a That Is, Ned had completed his term at the "works." It avss a rainy, cold day. Of habit. Neil went to .Patrolman Kdward Pevere and a-ked him ro be .-returned for another mouth. In the District court, turtvever, Ned looked nut at the sunshine and decided tJujL. "'M days" was a little too- long. Vl've changed my mind. Judge,' he told the court. "Better make it Just .fifteen days." Juigts Page nodded. i mt m m m J

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