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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-06-20
Children Cry
FOR FLETchER'S
9 q 9 7 O RI
"HOW LONG, OH LORD."

The Stanley administration is
closing. 1t came into power prOmis-
ing all things TO all men. Its prom
Uses We're made TO fit the hopes, the
expectations of the people. BY plat
form pledges and by the vote of its
candidates, il pledged to turn on the
light" to cut off the heads of useless
officials, to abolish Jobs made for the
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-06-20

London, June 14-Before the
American Luncheon Club, Lord Fish
er told of the brief toast an American
admiral once proposed 10 Great
Britain, 1T was damned fine Ola
hen that Matched the American
Eagle.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-06-20
Lame Rack Relieved,

For lame back apply Chamber
lain's Liniment twice a day and mas
sage the muscles of the back over
the seat of pain thoroughly at each
m
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-20
tecLlves puzzle and sweat.

tectlves puzzle and sweat.
"Barbi-blueue" t"Bluebeard"), Paris
calls him. Also, "the India rubber bend
ing man" and "ihe man OF missing
flancees."
The girls and widows who accepted
invlcStlons 20 accompany the charm
ing wOOer 10 one OF his lonely country
villas. has IN almost every case dis
appeared as though swallowed up by
the earth.
List of Women In Notebook.
Among Landru's possessions de-
tectlves have found a notebook contain
Ing dates and the names Of some Of the
women who dropped out Of sight after
going 10 live with him.
Police also found strange coll
lection Of dossiers which Landru kept
about some OF the women who are
missing.
Those dossiers were filed I'm large
grey envelopes, in a trunk. They gem
orally consisted Of a lock Of hair. a bit
Of iewelry or lace, a photograph or
two, some notes and a bundle of fer
vent love letters.
Some Of the women he met through
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-20

matrimonial ads In the Paris news
papers. Since his arrest women have
called at his Paris fiat IN answer 20
matrimonial ads.
There usually followed a dinner at
the BLUE boards" Nat.
After dinner he often tried his hyp-
motto powers upon his willing subjects.
And occasionally he entertained the
girls with acrobatlc feats.
For a year or more in 1918 he
carried on a double affair with a
widow and her niece, Nine. Annette
Pascal and Mile. Fauchet.
one night in his nat, after a dinner
and wine, he so surprised them with
his Inverness that they nicknamed him
the India rubber man."
He seemed d0uble-iOinted, and tho
widow and her niece confessed OF being
delighted when he gave a private ex-
hlbltion for their edincation. bending
and twisting his body in a most aston
ishing fashion.
Landru also tried out his hypnotic
art upon the niece, which frightened
Continued on page tweIye.)
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-20
MADE POPULAR By
SOOTHING FRANKS.

Landru, the Partisan hluebeard,
the man whom apparently no
widow with savings or love-hun-
cry girl could resist for % hours,
who holds the police speed records
as a love-maker, is 30 years old.
He has a blue-black beard. which
Is one reason why Paris calls him
"Blue-beard." lie is not striking,
or attractive 10 look al, but a dozen
women have testified 20 his ador-
able, soothing pranks.'
Landru has wife and a son %
and two daughters, but they have
had no part in his life since he
came out Of jail on a swindling
sentence in 1918
His son believes that his father
must have been a sort Of Jekyll and
/ Hyde person-because he was al
ways eenlle-manncred and kind 10
( his children except when "he used
20 have terrible spells OF anger. and
[ would become a regular mailman
over mere nothlngS."
The son says he never smoked,
drank 90 excess or gambled.
IN addition 10 being a skilled
motor engineer. he had once been
an architect and had a number Of
diplomas from various schools. He
holds r patent on a motorcycle and
in 1899 invented a motor car.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-20
by HAROLD e. BEcHToL,
European Manager of \. Z. A.

Euiopcdn manaNef OF " T.. n.
PARIS. May 20.-It has taken Landru
the Partisan "Bluebeard," 60 chase poll
tics clear out Of the spotlight
Landru is the central flgure-the sus-
rcci-in the wicrdest murder mystery
Ease The French capital has enjoyed in
generation
Politics Is deadly dull 20 Paris along
d. this thpobbing. human-interest
mystery OF love, passion, hypnotism,
curious disappearance, pet animals
and India rubber" acrobatics.
Detectives are turning up new revela-
tons almost daily and already there is
a long list Of missing girls and
widows, 1ancees Of the "Bluebeard"-
boys and pet animals who were taken
10 his country villas.
SO far, the case involves:
A dozen or more comedy women.
from pretty girls 10 widows OF ripe
years.
Two little girls with golden curls,
about 80 years old.
Two boys, one Z, one IS.
black and white cat with long fur.
And three tiny pet dogs that yip-
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-20

Henri Landru. the tenant Of BLUE
beard villa" near RambouilIet, and
two OF his nine or ten suspected
victims-Oeft) Nine. BuiSsOn, and
(righD the pretty widow, Nine
Cuchet.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-20

Wiped family at night
Bald. bearded, but young IN his
ways" this prisoner Landru, in intelli-
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-20

gence and education, is above the ord-
nary. He is keen and polite. And he
calmly sits I'm prison while the de-
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-10-07
These Rats Wouldn't Eat MY Best
GRAIN Says Fred Lamb

It's hard to keep rats out Of feed
store. Tried for years. A neighboring
store sold me osme RAT-SNAP. It
worked wonders Gathered up dead
rats every morning. Bought more
RAT-SNAP. Haven rat now They
wouldn t eat my best grain when l
threw RAT-SNAP around'' Three
sizes, 25c, soc, 81. Sold and guaran-
teed by R. J. Madry, Wholesale Gro
GERS, Scotland Neck, n. c.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-10-07
Bronchial Troublue.

Mrs. A. E. SidenberGe1, Rockfield,
lid, states: "For an attack Of bron-
chial trouble which usually assails me
in the spring I find chamberlain s
Cough Remedy the only thing that
gives me relief. After using it for a
f W days all signs Of bronchial trouble
disappeared. -
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-10-07

LOST-Between the Thomas CO, and
Ray Boyette's store a silver card
case with the initial M, L, on cover
with small change inside, Finase re-
turn to The Commonwealth
New-York tribune., 1919-03-19
Says Lower Prices for
LinOleum Are Not Likely

Buyers Of lnolcum are deferred
from placing orders by tho fear that
the market will break after they have
purchased stocks. Herbert Plmpton,
New York manager Of Thomas Potter
Sons & Co., Inc, linolcum and oil cloth
manufacturers Of Philadelphia, says
their fears are unwarranted. "What
is needed" he said yesterday, "is con-
fidence in the assurances given by
manufacturers that costs have been
figured down to the lowest point CON
sistent with prudence and the relative
cost Of raw materials. The buyer
who has a larger conception of bust
ness trading than merely breaking the
market, which does no individual any
good, knows that at present prices
manufacturers are asking only fair
return for their product.
"Materials that go into linoleum are
high in price, this being particularly
true of Scotch woven burlap, the sup
ply of which is so scarce that Amer
lean factories have been compelled to
work on short time. The Scotch mills
of Dundee are the only ones that turn
out the higher grades of burlap and
the felt base coverings have been Of
fered by the manufacturers at prices
that should command the attention of
wise buyers"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-19
Chemicals
-
Unsettled Feeling Contin.
yes in the Market for
Domestic Potash

Advices coming from Rotterdam that
the Allies have broken off negotiations
with Germany for the delivery of pot
ash will have tendency to unsettle
the domestic market for that COM
modify, according to some dealers.
Others see in it possibilities for in
creasng sales. Those who regard the
latest report as disquieting take the
stand that consummation of the ne
gotations would have permitted do
mestic dealers to base their prices on
established facts, while under exist
ing conditions it is possible that the
negotiations may be resumed at any
time. Consumers, therefore, are un-
certain as to whether the foreign prod
uct will be available This, it is said,
will result in Withholding of orders.
Some dealers consider the report as
lending further encouragement to the
production of American potash They
contend that the negotiations, once
broken off, will hardly be resumed,
and consequently domestic consumers
have nowhere else to look for their
supply.
There is little activity in heavy
chemicals, except that export orders
are being filled. Some inquiry is re-
ported for fake caustic soda, which is
rapidly gaining favor with consumers,
who claim that it has several advan-
tages in handling over the solid or
ground product. Caustic soda is used
to a great extent in the manufacture
of pharmaceuticals and in the textile
industry.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-19
Rubber
Spectators Held Largely
Responsible for High
Scrap Rubber Prices

Prices Of scrap rubber must be re-
duced SO as to offer some favorable
selling comparison with the cost of
crude rubber This was the consensus
of opinion at q meeting Of the scrap
rubber division Of the National Associ-
alton Of Waste Material Dealers yes
terday at the Hotel Astor. The scrap
dealers declared that rubber manu-
facturers could hardly become inter
ested in the purchase 9f reclaimed
rubber (made from scrapT unless the
price of the latter was based on crude
rubber selling at about 35 cents
pound. Crude at this price, it was
said, was possibility of the near
future. One scrap rubber dealer and
reclaimer declared that the days Of
one and two dollar crude rubber are
of the past, and that even So cent
rubber was but dim possibility.
Small dealers and spectators were
held to be mainly responsible for the
present price of scrap rubber. A plan
was proposed for an educational cam
paign to acquaint these dealers with
actual market conditions. 1t was sug-
gested by one dealer that scrap tires
be listed at 3 cents pound, so that
reclaimed rubber could be sold to the
manufacturers at from Ii to l6 cents a
pound. At this price it was felt re-
claimed rubber would hold interest in
comparison with crude rubber even at
35 cents. Judging the general tone Of
the discussions business at present is
poor with the scrap rubber dealers.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-19

market for bank acceptances is active,
but the activity is all on the side of
demand. Hardly any new bills are
coming in. The supply from Boston
has been absorbed. Yet the demand
for bills is coming from Boston and
from other parts OF the country. as
we'll as New York. Dealers think thew
could sell several times as MANY bills
as they have for sale. The ruins -ate
on call money was yesterday per
cent, which for the first time in months
is substantially lower than the rate on
bank acceptanccs themselves.
United States Food Administration
grain bills are again appearing in the
market, these bills having been re-
newed for second time. This renewal
Is only for period of sixty days.
The range of rates on commercial
paper was yesterday unchanged from
Monday and Il week ago: Two, three.
four, five and six months maturities.
"a Co51a per cent,
Fifteen to sixty day prime trade ac
ceptances, 5@5A per cent; sixty to
ninety days, 5@5la per cent; indorsed
trade acceptances, Az per cent, all
maturities.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-19
Metals
Reduction in Steel Prices
Expected to Follo,U
Meeting

Important steps toward price read
justments are expected to be taken to-
day at the meeting in Washington of
the committee of representatives of
the steel industry and members Of the
War Industrial Board of the Depart
ment of Commerce. The general ex-
pectation is that prices will be re-
duced, although to what extent is un-
known.
Members of the committee of iron
and steel manufacturers, appointed at
a general meeting two weeks aga, met
yeste rday in the offices of Judge Ell
bert II. Gary, chairman of the board
of the United States Steeel Corpora
tion and president of the American
Iron and Steel Institute. The situa-
tion with regard to steel prices was
discussed at the meeting and tenta-
tive programme was mapped out for
to-day's discussion at Washington. The
details Of the programme were not
disclosed.
The conference at Washington will
be the first of series during wnch
Secretary Redfield's price stabiliza-
tion plan will be discussed 1t is be-
icved reductions in steel and IRON
prices will be announced after the CON
ferenccs have ended.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-19
The Tribune's Page Of Business News

dealers. Their operations are still
hampered to considerable extent by
the strike of waist and dress operatives,
and out Of town garment workers have
profited by the strikes in New York
city.
An increasing volume of business is
reported in fall silks, especially those
carrying fancy patterns and high grade
materials. Leading manufacturers re-
port that quality, not price, is attract
ing the attention of the city as we'll
as the Western trade.
Importers of raw silk reported that
business booked yesterday was larger
than that taken on any day the past
two weeks. 1t was intimated that buy
ers who had been expecting lower
prices had about abandoned hope in
that direction, and that instead of
downward movements in the Japanese
product higher prices were not unlike
ly. Cable news from Japan was lack
ing, and therefore the trade worked on
the basis of Mondays prices. Thrown
silk, raw material that has been pre-
pared for the wearing process by be-
ing twisted and doubled, sold in rather
large volume during the day.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-19
Predicts 81 Increase in
Shoes if Strikers Win
Wholesaler Says Prices May Reach Prohibitive
Level if Labor Dema nds Keep Crowing-Vol-
ume of Business Coo d in Spite of High Cost

Manufacturers of shoes say that it is
now up to the shoe factory workers to
decide whether the consumer will have to
continue to pay the present high prices
Tor footwear or still higher prices.
Materials cost more now than they did
before the war, but it is the demands
OF labor that have been the chief cause
OF the big jump in prices, according
TO the manufacturers. Labor is the
cruX OF the situation, and the way it
turns will determine the fiuctuation in
shoe prices, says Miles L. Blocker.
president of the Bleecker Shoe Com
pany, wholesalers in footwear.
Shoes are higher in price now than
they ever were, but they will cost the
consumer more by next fall" he said
yesterday. Labor is chiefly responsi-
Bile for this situation, and unless the
demands of the workers become lower
tuned and less cxorbitant the condi-
ton will constantly grow worse. Dur
ing the last year labor costs to tho
shoe manufacturer have advanced on
an average of about % per cent: the
operation of lasting in itself now
costs the shoe factory 90 cents. against
ol cents year ago. Practically the
same increase has been made all
through the various stages of shoe
manufacturing.
IF the shoe strike in BROOKLYN is
settled III favor of the workers. | be-
lleve it will mean that manufacturers
Will be compelled to charge about So
New-York tribune., 1919-03-19
Silks
Buyers, Repisiting Mar
ket. Find 1t Hard DupIi-
cate Recent Purchases

Though few buyers called at the sales
rooms Of the leaing silk manufacturers
yssteray, the selling operations for the
oay assume what was regarded a salts
iseiory volume. Some houses, those
whose products are widely advertised
uH1er names that have become
familiar to the public, reported that
BUSINESS with them excellcd that done
10y any day the past two weeks. Silk
'spries now being moved out from the
sncwrooms are taken from stocks that
WI not be manufactured again during
me current season. Counters that
were pretty literally covered with
goods on Monday gave Indications Of
having been we'll cleared off yesterday.
me rsorders that keen coming in are
.aksn as evidence that retail dealers
nave found business in excess of their
nrst expectations. 1t has become neces-
sary for buyers to revisit the market,
ana some Of them have found it diff
neuif to duplicate goods purchased a
honth ago.
manufacturers of women's garments
are about through with their buying of
spring fabrics, being busily engaged in
making up garments for the retail
New-York tribune., 1919-03-19
'sCoiaage'' Pianos Are
Wanted in England
Domestic Manufacturers Make
Tuning Pins and Wire of
Fine Quality

Pianos will continue to sell at war
according to representatives Of leading
piano manufacturing firms. During
the war the costs of raw materials
doubled or even trebied in many cases,
and these costs, they say, have not re-
coded enough to permit of any reduc-
tions in the price of the completed in
strument E'urthe rmore, production
during the war was curtailed by gov
ernment restriction and the labor short
age. Even yet piano factories are said
to be short of help as a rule, and or
ders exceed production by a fair mar
gin.
The tuning pins and piano wire,
formerly imported from Germany, are
now made in this country and an ade-
quate supply of these is produced by
American manufacturers. who are turn
ing out products of better quality
than the old German pins and wire, it
is said. Piano makers and steel inter-
ests turning out raw materials for the
piano manufacturers meet every
Wednesday night at II Broadway and
discuss the common interests of both.
Great strides in production are said
to have resulted from these weekly
conferences.
Since the signing of the armistce
export business in pianos has increased,
particularly to England. The greatest
demand from that quarter is said to be
for an upright piano smaller in size
than the ordinary upright used in this
country. In England it is known as a
cottage" piano. Inquiries for prices
and shipping rates have been received
from the Scandinavian countries, Spain
and South America.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-19

more per pair of shoes turned out
Wages of workers on the average have
gone up from $14 to SIS week to
from $50 to $40 during the last few
years. There must be stop if prices
to the consumer are not to become
prohibitive.
Labor trouble at Haverhill, Mass,
where the factories are devoted al
most exclusively to the making of
womens shoes, has cut the production
in that section by about SO per cent
Add the complete curtailment of wom-
ems shoes from the Brooklyn factories
and you have an idea of the stock
of women's footwear now available.
buyers are now in the market in
big numbers, but they are demanding
fine, fancy pumps for spring and sum
mer sale. This is just the line being
held up by the labor troubles. Kit
skins. are also wanted by the buyers,
but they, too, are scarce. AS a result
Of this shortage buyers have been COM
PEELED to place orders for shoes now
In the manufacturers stockrooms. All
orders for future delivery are being
received conditional upon the labor
situation.
"In spite of the high prices, sales are
keeping up, and | expect that our bust
ness for this Easter season will be
as large in volume as that of last
year at this time. March business is
little behind that of year ago, when
we had an early Easter. Next month
should see squirt in the buying"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-19
Colors
japanese and Chinese I'm
porters More Active in
Market for Dyestufs

More interest is shown in the market
for dyestuffs by foreign buyers, espe-
cially by Japanese and Chinese firms.
Japanese importers have come into the
American market with large inquiries.
1t is known that the various branches
Of Japanese houses in all parts of the
United States accumulated large guam
titles Of dyes during the war. After
the signing Of tho armisticc they made
efforts to sell their holdings in the
American market, and meeting with
little success shipped the dyes to
Japan. Now that they are again max
u is presumed that the stocks sent
TO japan have been consumed. A large
inquiry for dyestui7s from Italy was
also reported yesterday.
Domestic consumption Of colors Is
restricted, buyers placing orders only
for their Immediate needs.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-19
Business Money

Commercial paper remained inactive
yesterday. There is only a small sup
ply on the market. The New York
banks have been even more limited
purchasers this week than in recent
weeks. They are waiting to see how
heavily they will be drawn upon when
all the checks for tax payment come
in. The rate remains unchanged at
51s per cent. That is the trading
rate" but it is still asserted that small
amounts of paper, with especially good
names and short maturites, can be
sold to the country banks at 81. One
New York bank handling the accounts
of a country correspondent found that
1t had been able to buy some paper
with good names for q per cent The
country banks remain the principal
buyers.
The Stock Exchange house Of Merrill
Lynch & CO., Wall Street, has taken
over the old commercial paper house
of j. II. Burroughs & Son, established
in 1874, formerly located at Is William
Street. The Offices are being moved to
Merrill, Lynch & Co.'s Offices.
Not many trade acceptances have
been coming on the market lately The
New-York tribune., 1919-03-19
Average Exports for
February Are Larger
Total for the Month Nearly
Double Those of a
Year Ago

WASHINGTON, March 1S-Exports
continued to show great strength in
February, the total reaching S588, ,000,-
600 in value, according to statement
issued to-day by the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, Department
of Commerce.
While this is falling off from the
record January total of $685. 100000
because of only twenty-eight days in
February, the daily average would ap-
pear to be even higher than in Janu-
ary. The total for the month repre-
sents an increase of approximately 43
per cent over the SAIL 100000 for
February of last year. Exports for the
eight months ended with February
were valued at $4,386, 100000, as
compared with $3,s62 100000 for the
corresponding period previous year.
February imports are announced as
S235,0O0,000, compared with $2O80OO,-
600 for February, 1918. Imports for
the eight months ended with February
totalled $1,933, 100000 against $1,841,-
100000 for similar period the prev-
Gus year.