Show THE OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINE- R ill Meiwrewu Claimed the Home Boy” for Her Own Then Rival Ladies uu j ! WOULD YOU ENVY HER? At Lefts Thj Charming Face of the Mayor’ Bride That Aroused Such Slashed His Picture from its Frame the Fury Among Christian WomsB’ij Camp of Budapest This Is Her Hus- band’s Favorite JV oi Her Photo r & W ! Si L fw ip £ h ' " V s 1 Certain ladies who had turned from adoring to abhoring went to a public building where the Mayor’ had been hung Armed withportrait knives fighteoutnef they began to slash the canvas Just then Sipocz entered” — Drawing by Artist Paul Frehm 'i rf ' rare treasure held in the ten- der hands of a bonding com- pany But now— ! ' - vX n V 4 t r ' The' Mayor’s standing with the 'Wom1eTs Christian Camp would makes a snake’s hip Jook like the Eiffel Tower What you are prob- : ably wondering did Hi Honor do to shatter hi3 popularity with his former adorers? He got married And the clubwomen couldn’t “see” the blonde bride with a giant tele- - ' ' scope ' To1 non-Hungaria- T their stand ns may seem incomprehensible Yet the Issue is taken with the utmost gravity here Perhaps the details snould be explained thoroughly at this point When young Dr Sipocz a bachelor was elected a few years ago he instantly sprang into great personal popularity Why ? Partly because of the charm of his character But there were the other factors of his perfect record and above all his devotion to his agetl mother He made his home with her To her he confided all his problems Actually he preferred remaining with her during the evenings to enjoying the city's dizzy distractions On those rare occasions when he Phtos Goszleth thought it advisable to attent some social function he invariably bade Chubby Bespectacled Mayor Eugene his hostess good-nigpromptly at His Clandestine Sippcz of Budapest ten Eugene the ideal mother’s Wedding to a Blonde Beauty NOT boy didn’t smoke drink play cards Member of the Women’s Christian Camp or flirt He was courteous to the Enraged His Large Feminine Following girls and their mothers yes but as for even the mildest of love affairs A STAFF CORRESPONDENT — perish the thought! The result of all this was that the BUDAPEST Women’s Christian Camp took him to EMBERS oi the Women’3 Christheir hearts in the chastest and most tian Camp of this city have collective manner Parties never made any bones about amiably were “thrown” for him There galore their idol This fortunate individual is were banquets and bouquets flattery — or was — Dr Eugene Sipocz the local and universal favoritism Now and b tnoa-n Mayor some more than ordinarily bold then 8pre?d that had Blonde d mn?s almost painfully ‘he:rarby young: woman would drop a hint that if cVtv ? SzlmW ’if respectable and of the “home type” the Mayor were ever to think of mar-- and Vhe aston'ahm?nt fur Mayor Sipocz has been worshiped But to ouch a auction frankly by these estimable ladies b I Hex y UtJ 0 Sipocz would' respond merely with a the Christian Municipal Party thought ungenerous that should they smile He was charming have taken such dislike to the fascinat-in- g since he took office at the City still Budapest’s “home boy” widow But th$ members were not Their adulation wa3 d how he fell under the spell Precisely loZ tlmkeclear thet objections completely unmarred by personal jealof Mrs AlexanderiKarsay the former 6 ousies His position was that of some Pace they pointed out Miss Ilona Szanto will probably never tnat they were an organization of pure- - AND STILL SHE SMILES I Judging from tha Amiabls Expression on tha Pratty Face of Mrs Eugene Sipocz Formerly Mrs Alexander Kersey Formsrly Miss Ilona Szanto—-AboveCriticism — $ t n blue-eye- ryigt nop-commit- al whole-hearte- of Jy Roman Catholic tendency — and Mrs Kareay was only -Jewish by birth but in the bargain had become a Protestant Then again— --oh horrors !— Bona had actually been on the stage And as a final clincher to their ment they insisted that the bridearguhad never shown the faintest interest in municipal politics What kind of a wife was that for a Mayor their Mayor! Dr Sipocz had evidently feared that Game That Laid JEO ! V H?r w i Tr th his marriage might cause some hard ' patient snooping disclosed to feeling among his feminine clientele them “certain facts” about Ilona She for he had kept it strictly clandestine came seemed it of humble stock but The Mayor of Szentendre who united was there of plenty talent family his colleague and the fair Ilona had around loose lying in the Szanto parlor been asked to maintain a discreet Brother Theodore was a famous comsilence about the ceremony After that and pianist Two other brothers poser bride and groom left for their respecwere music publishers And Ilona had tive homes a chorus girl at the famous Klraly The honeymoon arrangement wa3 been theatre Not for long however Alex-and- er strictly on the quiet too Sipocz went Ivarsay secretary in the Minto the seaside for a “vacation" Curiof Commerce sitting in the front istry ously enough Ilona departed for the row had seen adored wooed walked same resort but wisely chose a differoff with her e That was twenty-fivent hotel The couple met only in the years ago Kars had died And ay of mutual friends it was just she had had the incredible nervenow society to one of those skilfully planned things off walk with j Mayor Sipocz! But it didn’t work Acting unofficially but with great Four weeks after the wedding the r? had turned vigor inevitable news leak occurred S2SSV ladies who bean toJut !? him a£?orin5 was nice and honest about it Ye? he for his defection One admitted to the City Hall officials he group went in a body to one of the was married He caused an announcein Budapest where a ment of the glad event to be printed public buildings of the portrait Mayor in the newspapers He even told his ently hung on the walkhad been reverArmed with mother though the old lady’s remarks knives and righteousness they aton that occasion are not known tacked the canvas It Is said that they But even the anguish of a bereaved were about to slash it from its parent could not equal the emotional frame just when Sipocz entered and saw intensity of the Women’s Christian what was happenings The ladies beat Camp They felt defrauded derided a hurried retreat the Mayor blushed despised dejected just as we all do episode was at an end when something precious has been andButtheunless the former bachelor gives snatched away from under our unsushis blonde bland bride— and it’s up In fact some of the really pecting noses — St looks like demanded being Mayor’s women admirers resorted to big trouble for the of mind of peace tactics that were not really sporting A the Women's Christian Camp & ? - Angeles soap company was fond of hot dice- games and the smart that sometimes rolls in from money” then appealed to him Nothing much wrong in that you ar rigid Puritan who 'regard! gambling in all forpis as a sin But-look at the list of calamities that came to the Bergin family as the Ing if now declared to have been manipulated by the late Arnold Rothstein Bergin on his return home was SfSfn e°ine onlUJf “8e88ion” which unmolested for a year Then the years ago firewotks The soap official began Bergin himself is dead after a had begun to realize that he had nervous breakdown1 been ‘‘taken” he was afraid and His widow Mrs Gladys Balfour He did however on his own stateBergin has been bombarded with letment give up $7500 This was ters of extortion far from for the mobsters i7Hrihrree c5ildre19 Gloria 13 John who wereenough merely were marked for puniness of the sumirritated at the kidnaping The accordingly beHarry Leslie investigating the per- came shakedowns periodical sistent terrorization of the Bergin threatened on the Bergin was street and by family was badly wounded when his phone call More than once his own gun was accidentally motor car was forced to the curb while he wa3 on the (track ofdischarged the gang and he ' was to sign V&LtralJ of tr®gedy stretches back checks “nevercompelled or less than to 1926 In that year Bergin paid a visit to New York City There he fell $1000” at the point of a gun In with a Los Angeles gambler he Desperate by now the victim appealed to District Attorney Burknew and another ‘‘high roller” said to have been an associate of Nick the ton Fitts But “Don’t take action FACES WEST just now” Fitts was implored “In Greek and other big shots to Left ‘Pit Eddie RolKni Rights Rollinif Frankie case anything happens to me you’ll The three men went to a hotel in th Bsrgin Extortion Plot All Wsr ExonSfed with CemnYifUv know added why” Bergin where they and other devotees of He then wrote a “farewell letter” merciless persecution of the dead chance settled down to a lively family chauffeur to a designated spot destined for the eye of the District Atman’s family to negotiate evening of indoor sport The climax full if torney The Bergin children were threatened or police were Eight automobiles “anything happened” What came in a high spade poker game to rendispatched the was that nerve happened with abduction Bergin’s and Jorture Their dezvous Then Leslie’s gun was acciLuck stood firm against Bergin from broke He was sent to a hospital mother was now definitely alarmed the start His losses were between discharged — where he died It then turned out that and appealed for police guard which dentally And the He promised $50000 and $75000 public which had remained instead of a paltry $7000 Bergin had was of course granted Still the exto settle up eventually of the New York card game Ignorant Incidentally 75'°001 tortionists persisted Apparently Mrs the clique with which he had beeniTlay! its witn horrors was at last ftezerthefi? they ‘he continued their Bergin was prevailed upon to send the in on theconsequent secret Copyrliht 1831 international Zeatur — wl f rT I At Lsfti Mrs Gladys Bsrgin Widow of the Not Too “Smart Monsy” Man of Los Angslss Terrorized by a Ganff of Extortionists After Her Husband’s Dsath from a Nervous Breakdown Above! Leo Berlin the Victim '3 Sexrloa fao aj 'J Tragedies for Ong Blameless Family PBERGIN r former president Los a Sk - ht I f v ! ! a Graat Brltala Blsbta BaterraS r I |