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Arizona republican., 1920-11-17

mony of the inquest with a partial statement of the autopsy, which has not been completed The body Of the man. Dr. Sweek said, was poorly nour- ished and undeveloped. The left tenn pie, he said. was bruised and there was a scar on the left ear. The con- tusion on the left side of the head, Dr. Sweek said might have been caused a few minutes before death or several hours prior to it. The left eye, he said, showed it had been bruised. pr. Sweek did not state what caused death, but opined that death could have been hastened by i'll treat ment. Dr. Harry R. Carson and Dr. Harlan r. Mills. with Dr. Sweek, per formed the autopsy
 Several telegrams were introduced in evidence. They were incoming and outgoing messages for the Checks, All were sent on Saturday evening They were addressed to Bruce w. Campbell of East Orange, N. J.: Mrs A. H. Porter in New York city, and Mrs. Sterling Check of East Orange, N. J. In each of these messages the death of the father was told and that they were shipping the body to East Orange. An answer was received from Mrs. Porter. Another message was sent to the Savings Investment and Trust company of East Orange asking l if it would honor checks on the elder MT. Checks account signed by Victor 1 Check. The death of the father was l told in this message.
 Checks Explain
 According to statements made b, l the Checks after their arrest. the.
 have not treated their father cruelty | They explained that their father wa l very peculiar and would eat only tn juices of food. Victor Check ex plained the blows which the neigh
 bors heard by saying that his fathe
 was subject to fainting spells. A
 times, he said. his father would si
 in a stupor and he frequently had t
 clap his hands in front of his face t
 arouse him.
 { Often, he saic, he was forced
 bring his father out of the spells b
 rubbing his cheeks with his hand The bruises on the head, he said, wer
 caused by his father hitting his hea
 against the top of the car while the , were going over rough place in tn
 street. The black eye. he said, wa ; caused by his father running again
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17
FATHER DIES AS
 RESULT BRUTAL
 ACTS SAYS JURY
Victor Check Is In Jail and Wife on Bond Following Inquest Over Body of T. J. Check, ", Saturday.

That Thomas J. Check, aged 77 years. who died last Saturday night, came to his death as the result of brutal and inhuman treatment at the hands of his son, Victor Check, and daughter in-law. Belle Check. was the verdict of the coroner's jury yesterday at the inquest over the body of the aged man, held by Coroner Charles DeSales Wheeler. Victor Check, the son, is be- ing held in the county jail on coro- ner's warrant, no bond being set in his case pending the preliminary hearing of the case. His wife, Belle Check. has been released under a cash bond of s4,00o which she furnished.
 The elder MT. Check. who is said to have been worth between S200 900 and 3600,0 died last Saturday night while fin their car en route from the home of Mrs. Minnie Wolf, 544 East Lynwood street and their apartment in the New Haven apartments. $50 North Fifth avenue, according to the story told by the Checks. The death of the aged man. they said. occurred about o'clock in the evening.
 Following a very speedy investiga- tion into the matter on Sunday after the body had been taken to the under taking parlors of Moore and Son. L. Nj Laney, county attorney, swore to a complaint charging the Checks witt aggravated assault. They were placed ip custody Sunday night. on Monday Mrs. Check was released under a bond Of $4.000, and Check was held fin jail being unable to furnish a bond O S5.000. The inquest was started or Monday and postponed until yesterday pending an autopsy of the body bS Physicians.
 Neighbors Testify
 Prior to the death of the elder MT Check. the neighbors of the family il the New Haven apartments had re ported the alleged cruel treatment O The aged man by the younger couple and the authorities had started an in vestigation into the matter. Befor fnuch could be accomplished, the eide Mr. Check died. Testimony of tn other residents in the apartment al tended to show that the aged man wa subjected to a great deal of abuse b. bis son and wife.
 According to Mrs. Elizabeth Tel who owns the New.Haven apartments Victor Check and his wife, Bell. cam with his father to the apartment ol ISeptember 21 of this year from Topeks Kansas. MT. Check was said to hay Tuberculosis. and the trip to Phoeni was made in the interest of his healtl 'it was said.
 A formal charge will be place against both of the Checks toda, lCOunty Attorney Laney stated last eve sning following the coroners inques tMr. Laney added that the charge woul sbe based to a great extent on the vel sdict brought by the coroners jury. M Laney intimated that each of u EChecks would be charged separately connection with the death of the age Than.
 Heard Blows, He Says
 Among the first witnesses, called b Mir. Laney, who conducted the fl auest, were Thomas F. Nichols and h wife. Alice Nichols. who live in u New Haven apartments. MT. Niche
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN

& door According to the attorney employed by the Checks, the sister of Victor Check has a detective in Phoe- nix, who has been employed by her to watch the Checks.
 Mrs. Check said that when they first went to the New Haven to reside, the telephone was in the front hall near their apartment, aQd she answered the phone. After a time she grew tired of answering it and trying to wait upon her father-in-law and she asked that another one be put in, she said. Following this. Mrs. Check said the other residents in the apartment became incensed at them.
 The coroner's jury was composed O c. k. Miller, foreman; L. c. Sewell G. H. Carr, George s. Johnson, c. J Hammons and w. V. Jones. Neithe Victor Check nor his wife, Bell Check. was present at the proceed ingS.
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17

A hatchery with a capacity of 10000 eggs will be used by poultry products company in Montana. The products will be used to supply the Yellowstone and Glacier national park hotel systems with fresh eggs and poultry.
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17
THE REAL oEEENsE

T hear you were arrested for dis regarding one of the traffic signs"
 T don't think it was exactly that" replied MT Chuggins.
 "'Fhen what were you arrested for2' Not speaking with proper politeness to the officer" Star.
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17

"Orangeade" and orange crush" that never come closer to an orange than the tanks of synthetic chemical lab oratory are hereafter to be deemed "misbranded." and the vendors prose- cuted accordingly
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17

Barrels and casks, especially those used for beer, are sterilized in Ger many by the use of ultraviolet rays.
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17

The ancient astronomical instru- ments, seized in Pekin by Field Marshal Count con Waldersee, of the German army, in 1901 at the time of the Boxer trouble, and taken to Potsdam, have been returned to the Chinese govern ment
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17

One hundred and ninety thousand men are being educated in the United States army schools.
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17

One ton of wheat straw will produce the equivalent of 40 gallons of gasoline, according to the United States deparSs ment of agriculture.
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17

The most northerly air service in the world is between Por1us, Sweden, and Suorvajaure in Lapland-
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17

A machine just invented makes Mex ican hot tamales at the rate of 100 a minute
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17

A liquid forming an artificial shell has been compounded by a Michigan inventor to preserve eggs.
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17

The Roman emperors lent money on land.
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17
THE4VCTORY OF 60OD VALUE

Dodge Brothers great works arc operating at full capacity every day.
 It is good to be able to say to you that Dodge Brothers implicit faith in the good will that grows out of good value is being vindi- cated by everything that is going on in their plants today.
 You know well that Dodge Brothers dedicated themselves, from the very first, to the pro duction of a car which should rise superior to all external con- ditions, and be, in effect, and in fact, law unto itself.
 They were supremely satisfied, to begin with, that good motor cars supplied great and a per manent human need
 They were sure that no matter what happened, there would al- ways be an inexhausible market for the particular kind of car they hoped and planned to build They were convinced that they could produce car so sound in value, so saving, and so satis- factory to the individual owner, that no outside influence could shake it's hold upon the public. The simple facts, as they exist at this moment, are so inspiring
Arizona republican., 1920-11-17

that we are prompted to share them with everyone who shares with Dodge Brothers their faith in sound business principles. Dodge Brothers are more strong ly and soundly enuenched in the good will of the public at this mo- ment than ever in their history. Every good result which John and Horace Dodge counted upon when they committed them selves to the principles Of build ing good will by building good value, has come to pass.
 Their certainty that people will always discover a meritorious product, set it apart, prefer 1t and reward 1t, is continuing to come true with each and every suc- ceeding business day.
 Dodge Brothers Motor Car is in demand because Dodge Brothers Motor Car meets a definite eco homie need and satisfies a human craving for honest and substantial value.
 Its market will continue to grow and the production continue to increase to meet that market, as long as merit continues to be the determining factor in motor cars and in all other manufactured products.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
TURKEY SUBMITS-WINS

TNIIE official announcement that Tur-
L key has decided to sign the peace
treaty nullifies n threat which the best
elements of civilization viewed with sim
cere approval.
The penalty proposed for Ottoman
obstinacy by the Entente was banish-
ment from Constantnopc. The basis
of agreement Mt last reached means that
the sultan will continue to rule on the
European side of the BosporuS, and a
new cycle of intrigue. of playing off one
nation against the other, is thus sug-
gested. The prospect is not hearten-
ing
As Soony as the original drive of
Turkish power was weakened in the
sixteenth century the jealousies of the
European nations became the surcst
guarantee Of the sultan's possession of
Constantinople.
Ottoman submission now to n treaty
which, although it dismembers the en-
pire, preserves Moslcm sway over the
historic capital commanding the inter-
continental straits. is obvious evidence
of the value set on this strategic role.
1t was Germany in 1878 which safe
guarded the war breeding Turk in Eu-
rope. In the light of omin0us prece =
dent her late foes are making similar
mistake tOday
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
AN iNExcUSABLE TRAGEDY

TT is a cruel and cynical perversion
u of fact to classify the two deaths
at the Fritz & La Rue fire yesterday
as "accidental." Accidents imply an
element Of the unavoidable.
Catastrophe was Inherent in the
fimsy. delusory nature of the new lad
der which caused the deaths of Acting
Battalion Chief Srhwartzkopf and one
of his staff and serious injuries to nine
Sfellow workers.
For some time the record of the city :
fire apparatus has been sinister and
alarming. Bursting hose has become a
commonplace. When fatalities from
defective equipment have been escaped
it is good fortune which has interviewed.
The latest incxcusable tragedy calls
for searching investigation into the
quality of fire fighting instruments.
Firemen obviously play daring and in
spring game with chance. 1t is al
outrage to betray this courage and sac
rifice with treacherous tools.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
OUIJA PSYCHOSIS

DOCTOR DERCUM has raised n
- warning against the use Of the ouiia
board which is not likely to have any
more effect than any other warning
against foolish habits. He says that
''it would be difficult to imagine con-
ditions more favorable for the develop
ment of psychOsiS than those furnished
by the ouija board and other mediums. y
Now psychosis is just what great
many ouija fans think they wish tC
develop. They suppose it means an
acute psychical scnsitivencss. But it
does not mean anything of the kind. 1t
is form of mental arrangement, or
insanity. due to some other cause than
q brain lesion.
We shall not attempt to decide
whether Doctor Dcrcum is right or
wrong. but will content ourselves with
admitting that he is an expert in men
tai disorders.
vt has been suggested that the phono-
graph be used as Substitute for the
ouija board by those who wish harmless
amusement. But the phonograph might
relieve sufferers from ouijaitis only to
spread mental disturbances in the sur
rounding neIghbOrhOOd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

ever, that the small town. not yet
from the class Of crassness
and crudity, Is often the worst OF Of
tenders in the matter Of screaming
signs. The notes Of stridency and met
ropolitan dignity wilr not harmonize.
The position of Philadelphia as one
Of the great cities of the world war
rants the exercise of discriminating
regulation of advertising insignia. Huge,
heavy, swinging signs are admittedly
dangerous. Restrictions on these will
enhance necessary public security. The
awnings and awning poles on Ridge
avenue aud elsewhere are futile. ugly
and actually obstruct trade and move e
ment on narrow thoroughfares. The
Council has wisely ordered rcmoyal of
these structures, mostly rickcty in
heritances, from several streets.
1t has been said of late years that
some Of the best art in America went
into the making of advertisements.
With this view in mind, the co opera
tion of intelligent business interests
with measures making for taste and
safety as evidences of genuine progress
ought not to be impossible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

the modern Mr.. job. He isn't trusting
too greatly to any political party. He
knows that no error Of politicians could
be so disastrous to the country as a
general railway strike or a long inter-
ruption of coal mining, and that moth
ing promised by either presidential can
didate is so greatly to be desired as
industrial peace and return to full
production.
The odd thing about il is that even
systematic and careful study of reports
made by the Federal Trade Commits
sion, the Interstate Commerce Com :
mission and the innumerable special
boards established to bring about fair
and productive relationship in industry
will not give the average citizen all the
light he needs.
Is bit of precious and impartial
truth brought to light? II is imme
diately obscured and beclouded BY
smoke screens Of propaganda set up
automatically by the men who lead the
rival forces in, the present economic
struggle. Yet the simple truth-so hard
to GETS all that Is needed-to make the
solution of all industrial problems easy.
II prOitcers are sending millions Of
tons of American coal out. of the coun.
try and thereby, creating shortage
that keeps prices up, the country ought
to be told by some one in unquestioned
authority why this is possible.
If the railway men are really plotting
to take control of the lines away from
the men who own them. the fact ought
not to be disguised or hidden.
II powerful groups in some of the
industries are willing to stop the output
of essential commodities in order to
mancuver their workers into a position
of disadvantage. we should know the
new law under which that sort of con
duct is tolerated and excused. The rest
will be easy.
The country is utterly sick of the
highly organized warfare between unions
and the managers Of industries. 1t Is
wasteful and shameful business. And
| it cannot be otherwise than inconclu-
sivc. The men who are responsible for
that sort of thing will be wise to ac-
knowledge their responsibilities to the
people at large and to the country. Or
will they be willing to keep up the dizzy
struggle until Congress, in response to
some sudden great outburst of public
indignation, goes with its usual ak at
the problems that might have been set
tied long ago nationally and in peace?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
GIVE HIM SHORT SHRIFT

MYTH Erwin Bergdoll in custody, th'
w army bureaucracy has an oppor
tunity to offset in part its bad manage
ment--to use no harsher term-of the
case of his still more notorious brother
The sensat!onaism of a protracted
Trial would be disgusting. The draft =
dodger is entitled to court mart |.
and that he should have as speedily and
as simply as possible
His self surrender after having
eluded all pursuit for three years can
be ascribcd less, perhaps, to conscience
than to practical necessity. In the end
Jail is preferable to fear and the dis
comfort and insecurity of a hunted ex-
istence.
The deliberate manner of Erwin Berg
dolls disclosure of himself suggests that
even his despicable brother may be
eventually moved to face the inevitable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
RETICENCE

uAD little daughter
IL I'd name her Reticence.
She should be her brothers. comrade
And silently dispense
The perfume of her presence
Through their frank and golden days,
The shadow to their high lights,
The border to their ways;
The stem that holds to lines Of grace
The mass of leaf and flower,
The wall about the garden,
The trellis meath the bower.
At evening in the freight
Her brothers play and sing;
Her laughter is so light, so light,
A tinkling, silver ring.
How smooth and slim her little face,
How delicate its rose,
How quiet all her gracefulness,
The twilight hardly shows.
Oh, dearly love her brothers
And all their gay good sense;
But had little daughter
I'd name, her Reticence.
Dorothy Prall, in Contemporary
Verse.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

Such n man could easily go to the
Klondike and pick up 100000.
q q q
WHAT is is to be national chair
w man?
Nine -tenths Of it." replied man
who has been one and an exceptionally
able politician. mine -tenths of it is
bunk. We talk lot about organiza
tion, but as a matter of fact nobody can
organize the United States politically !;
nor even. for that matter, one of our
big states"
There is only one really great po-
litical organization in the country: the
Thompson Lundin organization in Chi
cago. and that is only municipal.
Most national chairmen know moth =
ing about politics or political organi-
zation.
Disputes range in Republican circles
as to whether the much advertised
chairman of the Republican national
committee is good organizer or not.
His detractors say he has served a
useful purpose between campaigns, sug
gcsting by his extraordinary activity
that the Republican party was very
much alive.
''He is always In notion" says an
unkind man. "but the trouble is he
never lights"
However, there are some who say he
is the most wonderful organizer the
party has ever known.
However, that is only comparing him
with Mr.. William r. Wilcox, Mr.. Cor
telyou and others who knew nothing
about politics or political organization
You may dispute about whether Mr.
n I..-lA - n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
THE FEMININE INQUISlTION

MI Exc man has derived considerable
AVA amusement lately in picturing
woman. when her complete political en- >
franchisement arrives. in the cmbar-
RAISING act of confcssing her age to the
election registrars. The alleged humor
expended on this fancy is harmless
enough and it is also conventional and
exceedingly typical of masculine in
ability to grasp the constantly shifting
feminine Standards of pain and pleasure.
RrticenCe about birthdays was a trait
of Victorian wOmankind. 1t is almost
as archaic now as swooning, the "Gre-
clan bend and sal VOLATILE The proS-
pcctivc voter in Kansas who refused
the other day to reveal her age was an
exception, for it is not years which
trouble the fair sex so much today as
it is the r"mOrselcss record of tho
scales.
Fashion aud contemporary taste ex-
tol slimnoSS-the thinner the better
before all other feminine ideals. II is
the weight question which will he the
real StickI"r when the new groups of
voters appear before the registration
boards.
And yet even. then the situation
should not be painful. The law calls
merely for the statement of "approxi-
mate weight. Much virtue and n deal
Of consolation in that considerable ad =
J"rtiv"' The oath actually condones
tn" p"ccadillo of white lying. Modern
woman can dismiss all qualms concern
ing tn" inQnSition prcfacing her as =
sumption Of the political role.
Ih" sympathetic registrar. will not
bat an oycIid as he records, at feminine
dIrtatiOn, the pounds and ounces indica
tiv" of the ariness of sylphs. Under
tn" charitable wing of approximately
truth takes on the nature of needless
crudlty, to say nothing of bad manners
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
r. |, p.

A TTORNEY GENERAL PALMER
\ has gone to his home in StrOuds-
burg for rest. He says he is tired
ont
Those who have been watching him
in recent months will not be surprised.
lie has been tanning the air with all
the vigOr at his command, and there is
10 occupation which will wear mans $
nerves more than this. 1t is as upset :
ting as trying to put ones foot on an
other step at the top of the stairs when
there is no step there, and as irritating
as pursuing an ignis fatuus through a
swamp.
No wonder that the attorney general
Is suffering from the reaction. He
needs a rest and he certainly should
have it. And he knows that there is
no place more restful than the town in
the foothills of the Poconos where he
lives
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
A FoUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration to conceh-
trafc its attention:
The DeidDare river bridge.
A drydoc6 big enough 10 dcCommo-
date the largest ships.
Development of the rapid transit SyS-
tenn. q
A convention hall.
A building for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the tDdter supply.
Homes to accommodate the poEtld-
fion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

The coroner of Harrison. y. Y,
explains the suicide of young law stu
dent as being likely due to some Incl
dent which probably lighted up an old
latent form of monomania an atavistiC
impulse of self destruction interviewed,
throwing him as tempest into the
abyss of DEATH" The coroner adds
"We can look to blft one factor, the
eternal force, love. No other human
force could explain the psychology OF
the tragedy" Before you guess the
coroner's name nS being Henry James
George Cohnn. Sherlock Holmes. Old
Sleuth or Marie COrcli. let it be said
at once that he is a really truly person
and his name is John Stella.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
SIGNS AND CIVIC PROGRESS

THE new ordinance forbidding the
Il projection of signs and advertising
devices for more than eighteen inches
beyond the Chestnut street building line
Is n laudabc attempt TO approximate
the claims of competitive publicity with
those of good taste and ciwc improve
mcnt,
The whole subject of pIacarding is
'complrx, and it is especially difficult to
define the line where legitimate enter
prise ends aud positive Disagreement
begins, Il is recognized fact, how