bandit escaped with flflQO in cash aitd THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS jewels. Mr. Hanson h^s offered a $200 j*. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS Th«i reward for the bandit's capture. Bethlehem Ladies' Aid announce AND BORDER BUDGET & their ChAmas sale for Dec. .ONE KILLED S|X INJUREI 8th and 9th. They will have ladies' Little did our forefathers dream that "9at8R :'W3S M. J. MINER. E^Ur ul Muv« PASSES QUARTER MILLION bungalow aprons, ladies' and children's zoning would include the ozone. Folvijr, One man, Paul is dead'and Subscriptions'to the 1923 Community plain and_ fancy aprons, towels, Wm, six others are in the' hospital results fclm «t k« P«d Oflee at bC^lutMul Falls. Matte* Fund says the Minneapolis Journal children's rompers and many other Ohio has selected a "woman judge. of injuries received when an have now passed the quarter million things suitable for Christmas gifts. Should an attorney say "Your Honor" automobile was| wrecked by a street SUBSCRIPTION RATES: SL, $2j0|fr FOREIGN, $2.50 PER YEAR dollar mark. The chairman of the fund or "Your Ladyship"? _. I car at East avenue and Hennepin announced that many last year subscribers THANKSGIVING BOX avenue, Minneapolis, early. Tuesday Nortkwa«t«rn Almtbiav ReprasWntathraa to this worthy fund had AT BETHLEHEM S. S. The president of Cuba is down with a S morning doubled their donations this year/ Please remember your gifts for the influenzas in a land with a thousand Exchange Baak a0B Thanksgiving box at Bethlehem Sunday remedies close at hand. DEAD MAN SUED FOR DIVORCE St. Paul Mw-yi- CONGDON ESTATE SUED school next Sunday. Warm clothing, Suit to recover almost $500,000 inheritance Two months^ after her husband left shoes, anything usable along this There is a huge fortune awaiting tax from the executors 'of her, Mrs. John J. Karpen, Minneapplis, line, will be acceptable. Articles may 3pybody who can get up a grass seed THE REAL MYSTERY the Chester A. Congdon estate was1 filed began action for divorce. While the that will like a Turk menace. be left at Rev. A. W. MacNeilTs by the government in the United case was -awaiting trial on Aug. 14, study during the week, if desired. The Students of spiritism expect to solve the mystery of death, says States district .court at Dujuth Monday. 1922, the body of a man was found in a group of people out in the woods, for news item. But is death the greatest'mystery, after all? Those An authority on fuel says no more the Mississippi river. Mrs. .Karpen, ^whom we are making up this box will who have fallen into the habit of alluding to it as such evidently surveys are needed. That's good. Karpen^s brother and fellow workers gratefully appreciate your kindness in overlook the possibility that life may be the greatest mystery. Dashing There aren't very many units in a survey. BANDIT TORTURES WOMAN identified the body as that of Karpen. this worthy undertaking. Remember waves, lashing winds, twisting trees, rushing tempests, living, fdi' An armed bandit forced his way into The coroner accepted their statements our Thanksgiving box! moving, struggling1 man—these things constitute real mystery. the home of Mrs. Mollie Hanson, and Karpen was buried. Tuesday N The great mystery is not why irten cease moving, but why mep Savings banks deposits have increased si 4220 Park Ave., Minneapolis, Tufesday Karpen turned up intoxicated and & NO HONEYMOON TRAIL move and act and think—not why man stotps breathing, but why he a since prohibition came in, but and "after gagging and tieing her up he looking natural. Mrs. Karpen is suing breathes—that is the real problem. it's not known whether this is because "Oh, eh-h-h. John, I never told you tortured her until she confessed where for" divorce^on the grounds of desertion the bootleggers are thrifty or fhe people —but my right eye is glass." her valuables were secreted. The and cruelty. WOMEN AND CRIME are trying to save up enough to "Oh, that's alright—alright. So is 7 buy a quart. the diamond I gave you." It must have occurred to almost every newspaper reader that "A Nautical Knot" nearly every headline in the daily press, over articles recounting crime, involve women, whether the crime is murder, felony, misdemeanor. To the thoughtful reader this raises the question whether or not woman in her new estate is deliberately violating the law. Study of 19 murder cases and nearly 50 others inclines to the or conclusion that women become criminals largely through impulse. "The Me of Barnstaple" They seem not to reason regarding the acts they commit and the courses they pursue, or to take into consideration-the consequences to themselves or to society. Furthermore, they appear to have either distrust of the courts or dread of publicity resulting from recourse to law, and justify themselves Iby the "moral" rather than the legal code, notwithstanding the injunctions "Thou shalt not kill," etc. Written by Music by Ml Maude Elizabeth Inch They supply a very interesting sfurdy jn psychology. Wm. Rhys Herbert Possibly they are urged in some measure by faith in the "unwritten Given by the SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL law" which- in the last few years has directed so many jury verdicts. Of this there is some circumstantial evidence, in their pleading when brought before the courts, especially in cases where they are victims of the unfaithfulness of husbands. Ther^ is sotnetruth in the observation of a noted criminologist that "behind woman's At the crime is man's perfidy." Grand Theatre EDWIN T. MEREDITH MODERN CAINS former Secretary of Agriculture, is as familiar with the needs and problems of people in our The crimes of violence that, in increasing numbers, are recorded rural communities as anyone in America today. in the daily news columns area commentary on the imitativeness He says: Tuesday and Wednesday of the criminal. Promoted by. greed or revenge or liust, the killers go "If we save consistently we will have done about their business in the same !ild way. While death-dealing agencies the thing most needed to establish our prosperity." have been modernized and novelties ifi^killing have been introduced November 28 and 29 in the latest records, this is merely, a detail. The map who You can lay the foundation of your prosperity uses an automatic for his work differs only in dress from Cain—the by starting a bank accouijt at great prototype of the murderer. Cain was a man who had some claim on sympathy—by way, not at 8 p. m. First National Bank of lessening or extenuating his offense, but of creating pity for the feelings that followed his deed. I Then the world was young. All International Falls, Minnesota around was teemirig life. Death had not come to raise its mysteries.' CHARACTERS REPRESENTED When the first murderer struck, he must have known that he was offending against man and God—but he could not have realized the Julia, the Haughty Belle of Itarnstapoole. .. .Virgil Batte full result of his blow, of seeing a Jiving being sink into dead^clay. Nance, Her Friend, a gentle'damsel. .....Myrle Rauch But those who, have followed Cain h^ye known what to expect. Barnabas Lee, a Wandering Artist.. .Walter Holt They have killed, known what death means. And they are still killing. Joe Stout, the Stalwart Mate, of the "Bounding Billow".. .Loyd Grover That horror which Cain mlust have experienced is not theirs. Bill Salt, an Ancient Mariner, Boatswain of the Bounding Billow" They slay because they are willing to bear the horror for the sake of Fred Lemmer gratifying evil passion. They have even less claim to sympathy than had Cain. I Jim Spray Walter Ruberg Ned Bluff Sai Sailors Aboard the "Bounding Billow" Lester Gish BUSINESS REVIVAL AS A SOCIAL OPPORJUNITY Jack Bracc Irving Grimoldby I Delia Mona Kaneen There is every reason for believing that'the industrial depression Daisy Barnstapoole Girls Dolores Lemmer is passing. Despite the transportation difficulty and other problems D^ra AJma Olson that are acting as a retarding influence on the return of prosperity, unemployment is rapidly diminishing and that sure index of CHORUS prosperous conditions—advance automobile orders from dealers, indicates Boys and Girls of Barnstapoole that our country will enjoy far better times! in 1923 than in Helen Wirt Ella Larson the year drawing to its close. Emily Day Margaret Harrison One interesting phase in the present situation is that labor is t-' Beulah Schmidt' Ethel Wold much hardier to get than was formerly the case. The restricted immigration Alice Carscadden Gwendolyn Ogren law is having its effect and employers therefore are paying I'- Ella Monsebraten Harry Johnson more attention to the personnel management and to tlie care of Ellen Eihlaw Arnold Anderson their employees than has previously been the case. The labor unions Zelpha Stratton Vernon Kinney are not under as severe pressure in fighting for their rights and Catherine Withrow Carl Hultman therefore should have more energy to devote to more constructive Harold Dickinson Madeline Gorham activities. George Lee Marion Irwin Factors such as these bid us hope, that the old era of industrial Cecil Martin Mina Patterson autocracy in the United States is passing. The development of the Harold Kerry co-operative idea in large manufacturing plants, the shopmen's councils, Catherine McPartlin Marshall Ek welfare work and the placing of industry on a generally more Tom Withrow Mildred Manly humane basis are encouraging signs of the times. The old idea Dance—Mopa Kaneen, Alma Olson, Margaret Harrisori, Dolores in business represented by Judge Gary in his recent statement that Lemmer, Mildred Manly. the iron andj steel trade face a great revival "if the law of demand Hornpipe Harold Dickinson, Lester Gish and Walter Ruberg and supply is not interfered with," is making way for the more progressive •6 r» Accompanist: ...Miss Marion Heisler conception of industry's obligation to labor and to the general Director Miss Florence McLeod public to which Henry Ford has recently given utterance: ''Profits made out of the distress of the people are always much smaller ACT I than profits made out of the most lavish service of the people at the The Barnstapoole Quay on a Summer Day Alluring Blouses— lowest price that competent management can make possible." 1. Overture—Instrumental 2. "The Day Is Fair"—Chorus. EDUCATION WEEK 3. "The Sea Is the Life for a Manly Man"—Joe and Chorus. Elaborate or Simple! 4. "Behold the Belle of Barnstapoole"—Chorus. The week of December third to ninth has been designated 5. "Once Long Ago"—Dora, Daisy and Delia. American Education Week." Radio stations will broadcast and 6. "My Name It Is Barnstapoole"—^arnabas. motion picture houses, schools, clubs and all educational organizations 7. "I Love to Stroll"—Julia and Chorus. will present programs ^designed to arouse constructive interest 8w "The Pirate Bold"—Jim and Sailors. in educational programs. These alluring Blouses are irresistibly tempting, and 9. "Lovers Full of Joy"—Nance. This propaganda will be necessary in order to place before the 10. "Love That Tarries"—Julia, Barnabas arid Chorus. lend a pleasing note of color for Milady's winter costume. American people educational needs and requisites which they are 11. "A Mermaid Fair"—Bill and Chorus. prone to forget and overlook. For instance, of the twenty-two million 12. "Love Where You Like"—Girl's Chorus. children in public schools in the United States more than half I 13. "*Tis Then I'll Think of Thee'—Joe. There are scores of unique models here for selection are housed in buildings erected more than twenty-two years ago and 13. "Goodbye, Goodbye"—Chorus. v15. which are therefore antiquted and entirely insufficient from modern —from the elaborate to the simple, every new material, "When Evening Draweth Nigh"—Chorus. educational standpoints. These buildings of an earlier day lack embroidery, tone and motif. much that the standards of the present time consider essential, such ACT II as an auditorium, gymnasium, manual trining shops, cooking rooms Barnstapoole Quay—One Year Later. and so forth. 16. "The Sun Is Shining in the Sky"—Chorus. *r And 4 delightfully, wide range of prices! Furthermroe, these buildings are not fireproof, since it has been 17. 'The Fisher's Daughter," a Darice—Delia, Daisy and Dora./ found that only 5/per cent of the total number of buildings in cities 18. "Flower Soqg"—Julia. of 8,000 and over are of fireproof construction. At the present-time .19. "Your Eyes Have'Told Me So"—Nance. tr* ill the United States 250,000 new classrooms are needed, representing —Sailor's Hornpipe—Sailors. 0. M. CASS & CO. an outlay of three billions of dollars. Large as this sum is, it is not "In Sunny,Spain"—Jack. ojie-seventh of the amount spent in this country foi* luxuries last year, 22. "Who Ever Caught Jackip Fast Asleep"—Ned. the amount spent for this purpose being some twenty-three billions. 23. "Life is Full of Ups and Xowns"—Julia and BilL 'i Against this, the amount spent on education was not quite one bil­ 24. "Ho,' Marines of Barnstapoore"—Bill and Chorus." The Store of Quality 25. "Arm in Arm—Will Walk on Sundays"—Joe and Narnfe. It is a source of satisfaction locally that in anbtljer year International INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINN. 26. "Love Will Remain"—Julia, Nance, Joe and Barnabas. Falls will have one of the finest high school buildings in northern "The Wedding1 Bells are Ringing**—Final Chorus. «, 1 £-r J- ft**," 4 Minnesota, and a grade school which will compare favorably with any in the larger centers. &