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The state herald., 1920-08-17
A DIPLOMAT At II


17e7-JuIy II, John Quincy
Adams born In eralntree, now
part Of Quincy, Macs.
17st-Sseretary Of Legation at
St Petersburg.
17s7-oraduatsd At Harvard.
17s0-Admitted 70 the Bar.
17s4-7-Minlster e Tho Hague.
1797-Married Louise Catherine
johnson.
Observation-Disclosures to Prussia.
1e02-in Massachusetts Senate.
1e03-8-ln National Senate.
1e09.t4-Minlster to Russia.
1914-Peaee Commissioner at
ohsnt.
1st5-t7-Minlster to England.
1817.25-seeretary Of State.
The state herald., 1920-08-17
HoNEYMooNs IN ODD PLACES
Persons Of Adventurous Disposition
Have Spent Them Amid Arctic
and Savage Oanasrs.

Mr.. Elkins, the wealthy young
American who recently took his bride
for n honeymoon ''as near the North
pole as he can comfortably get" Is
by no means the first bridegroom who
has spent his 'month of honey" In
this chilly environment, says London
Answers.
A. few years ago Mr.. Max Fleisch
mann. Chicago millionaire, at his
brides request. took her straight from
the nltnr to the Arctic wastes, where
The state herald., 1920-08-17
CATERPILLAR IS
CABBAGE ENEMY
Imported Butterfly Is Most De.
structve Of Many Insects
and Other Pests.
IS WELL KNOWN TO FARMERS
Frequently seeretes Itself In Immature
Heads Where Il 10 Difficult to
Reach With insecticides
Sometimes Attacks Heart.

The most destructive Of the many
insects and other enemies Of the cab
bage family. is the caterpillar of the
imported cabbage butterfly. sometimes
called the, white butterfly. a familiar
object to nearly everyone. This is the
imported cabbage worm, and is well
known to farmers throughout this
country and Europe as well. and the
butterfly Is generally recognized as
the parent of the worms.
Bane Of Growers.
This cabbage worm has been right
ly termed the bane Of the cabbage
grower and the dread OF every care
full cook and housewife. 1t begins
The state herald., 1920-08-17
BONES UNEARTHED IN
HAMlET'S GARDEN

Dover. (By Mail. -Four ancient
skeletons have just been unearthed
in the garden of Forbes Robertson's
house near here.
This coincidence gave England s
greatest Hamlet one more oppor-
tunity to recite the "Alas. poor
YorickW speech and Britishers are
wondering whether despite his re-
tirement from the stage he was not
tempted to give the gardeners a
private hearing of the philosophical
prince.
The state herald., 1920-08-17
DELICIOUS CHRISTMAS SALAD
Endlve ls Hardy and Can Stand Right
Smart Freeze-Bltter Taste Re.
moved by Bleaching.

Endlve Is quite hardy and can stand
a smart freeze. As winter comes on
more covering can be added and the
family viii be supplied with the most
delicious salad until Christmas or
later II II is carefully hillcd and COW
cred so MS 10 turn the rnln. This
bleaching process not only insurcs
tenderness. but takes out that bitter
taste which Is so Objectionable to
many.
The state herald., 1920-08-17
Imported Cabbage Butterfly.

work early In the season; the princi-
pal damage is therefore to young
plants, and accrues through the neces-
slty of replanting. with attendant in
crease In cost of production, due to,
additional labor, cost of stock. and de
lay In getting the early or better
prices In the market. After riddling
the outer leaves. which remain after
wards attached to the stalk. the cater
pillar attacks the tender inner leaves
as they form, frequently secretlng IT,
self in the immature heads, where
Il is difficult TO reac, 1T with
Insecticides, and rendering the cab
hage unfit for food because of the
abundant dark green excrement which
Il deposits. As II result, cabbages be-
fore being sent to market must he ex-
amlned carefully and the damaged
leaves removed.
Look for Concealed Worms.
Before cooking 1t is frequently nee
essary TO tear the heads apart to In
sure that no disgusting worms are con-
ccaled within, and even after the
vegetable II prepared for the table
there is d1nger OF an admixture OF
animal matter with the vegetable food.
In cool weather the caterpillar often
feeds freely exposed on the surface OF
the leaves In the sunshine.
Frequently the caterpillar bores
into the center OF the cabbage. attack
Ing what is commonly known MS the
heart" and then the entire hcnd Is
worthless for market.
The state herald., 1920-08-17
THE MORE THE MERRIER.

~Maybe," mused Senator Sorghum
cit would be good thing to have hun
dreds of thousands more government
employees"
"What forf"
$50 that statesmen who specialize
on cutting down small salaries could
make more impressive showing as
to the amount saved In the aggregate"
The state herald., 1920-08-17
NOTICE

When in need of Rawleigh Pro-
ducts. mail me your order.-Wm. G.
Mcdowell, Box 3s, Julesburg, Colo
RADIO. ii-tf
The Washington times., 1920-02-22
How My Friend Amanda C.. Thomas,

September twnty Theodore shonts president Of the
great traction lines of New York City virtually died in
the of Amanda O. Thomas Mrs Shonts the wife sat
snousy several blocks away FORBID
DEN TO SEE HER DYING HUSBAND
ITO my friend Amanda Thomas Mr. Shonts in his last will be-
eahed the bulk his estate Who this Amanda Thomas
into the life Of President shons and completely dominated
him and his ortune2 The New York
story of her extraordinary
Amanda Thomas did
r. Shonts and by her articles immoraties
desert her and wlfuly and malciousy debauchsd him.
These the words of the complaint the suit which
Shont has begun against Amanda Thomas for
Other suits will be brought to make her dgg the millions
Mrs Shonts claims Amanda Thomas heeded
the same articles immoralties and wiles"
woman who debauches by her 'arHces mmoraies
wes and ruhlessy her victim
she is what the dictionary defines VAMPIRE.
The Washington times., 1920-02-22
anda C. Thomas, Chorus Girl Twice Married and Twc
Divorced, Won the Traction Magnates Affection and
Turns Up With viii That Gives Her His Esta

The Vampire of the drama and the motion pictures well known
adventures who usually begins chorus girl her
opportunity to lure victim leaves the
foogh and lives in the wh luxury and gayety maes and
cloas her activities with camoufage responsibility ruins her
husband he has fortune gets divorce and often ms
and again opportunity and Offer but ng
married badge dcency and though she tolls
neither has she husband yet she lives luxury and fine urs
and ewesand Of millions fascinated by the YAM
leaves sorowng wife and children follow the kn skirt of
this until he has been stripped of his fortune his
and the affection of those who dear to him.
That the Vampire the public knows the Will the
testimony Mrs shon lawyers promise present prove
truth the singing words of their damage
Thomas Vampire real life which perhaps outrival
the Vampires of the movies?
Or has shocking injustice been done Thomas lawyer
asserts? Will she satisfactorily explain with Shonts
and prove the sinister accusations which under
against her?
The Washington times., 1920-02-22

To get the full cruel brutality OF that
letter 1t must be understood that Shonts
was demanding that his two daughters
should bring pressure on their mother to
seek divorce, so Shonts should not be EN-
barrassed in his relations with Amanda
Thomas.
Meanwhile Shonts would drive wife and
daughters out of New York, where he and
Mrs. Thomas were happy together, and he
forbids them to go to Virginia, because
this is Mrs. Thomas's home State, where
her friends and relatives live!
And then the threat!
If the poor girls, Marguerite and Theo-
dora Shonts, will not play Shonts's gam.
If they refuse to coerce their mother i"'n
bringing divorce suit If they fail TO :
away from the forbidden Fairgrounds =
Shonts and Amanda Thomas-then he
punish and starve them by stopping Il
allowance.
This, then, was the man who manaf
the arteries of traffic of the greatest 7
The Washington times., 1920-02-22
HvIHAT were "her articles, immorah-
w ties and wiles" which Mrs'
Thomas

Aa,rs. were IRE, her r .rt!'s wse n"G %rs
Shonts swears Amanda Thomas
made use Of to prey ruthlessly' ike
Vampire upon President Shonts?
Mr.. Warren Dixon and Mr.. George w.
Files, the attorneys for Mrs. Shonts, assert
that the evidence they will present Will
lay bare a story unparalleled by anything
of the kind in the history Of the American
courts. Mrs. Thomas's lawyer calls the
charges preposterous and slanderous.
Whatever revelations may be developed
at the trial, there are many curious facts
which have already leaked out since the
d ,ath OF Shonts.
In all New York no name, perhaps, was
better known than Theodore p. Shonts,
the feared and hated head OF the wretched
traction system which squeezed and
jammed and suffocated it's helpless patrons
and fattened on its nickels. Better known
than the Governor Of the State or the
Mayor OF the city, Shonts paraded his name
day by day, and his boasts and misleading
statements in the cars of the subway, the
elevated and the surface roads. Shonts,
too, had been the first United States
Governor of the Panama Canal Zone.
Everybody knew of Shonts and his trac-
ton management. He was a public char
acter. But what manner Of man really
was Shonts? The public is entitled to
know, and 1t will soon learn with aston
ishment.
After Shonts died last September Mrs.
Shonts applied for appointment as admin
istrator of the estate with the statement
that, so far as she knew, no recent will
had been made by her husband. What
more natural than to appoint the widow
to administer the husbands estate? The
Surrogate Of New York appointed her.
Then Mrs. Amanda Thomas produced
the very curious last will' Of Shonts,
which gives the bulk Of the property to
my friend Amanda Thomas" This will
named certain executors, and the Surro-
gate accepted the will,
- turned Mrs. Shonts out
#M and appointed the Guar
&NA anty Trust Company to
temporarily administer
~ k#A the estate.
The Washington times., 1920-02-22

" the m o I h er
doesn't start di.
vorce proceedings
within sixty days
the girls shall he
punished by stop
ping their spending
money.
The Washington times., 1920-02-22

s h o n is h a d
plenty Of money to
take Mrs. Thomas
to Smart" and tex
pensive" places -
but couldn't afford
having his daugh-
tiers 90 to such re-
sorts.
The Washington times., 1920-02-22

The Shonts-Aman-
da Thomas scandal
was Q etting too
notoriou us TO-
Shonts's comfort
and he blames his
dauahtersl
Accept Amanda
and have money
stan d by tn e "
mother and b e
m a d 9 to SIN art
for II
The Washington times., 1920-02-22
EXPLANA-
TORY
NOTES..

This paragraph
refers to Shonts's
demand that the
daughters coerce
their mother into
giving him a d.
vorce.
Virginia Is full Of
relatives and fam
lily friends Of Mrs.
Thomas - { ey
mustn't an oy
Amanda there.
The Washington times., 1920-02-22

but III 'tne DrleI lew. uayS IN winch MIS-.
Shonts was administrator OF her dead hus-
bands estate she learned many things.
She found that my friend Amanda
Thomas" had lost no time in stripping the
dead mans town apartment and country
home Of their furnishings and putting
them In storage in her own name. These
furnishings the widow estimates to be
worth $4,000 or more. The inventory OF
them'cov fifty pages OF typewriter paper
and include more than thousand articles
grand mahogany piano.
Shonts had a country place in Pennsyl
vania, a few miles out of Philadelphia
Here Shonts and his friend Amanda" had
spent many happy. coy week ends to-
gether. But hardly were the remains Of
Shonts In the grave when Mrs. Thomas
sent vans and rushed the furnishings to
New York and into storage.
Why should Mrs. Thomas take these fur
nishings, Mrs. Shonts asked-and the
newspapers thought that was very nat
ural question for the widow OF Theodore
Shonts to raise. and they printed the
curious facts.
But Mrs. Thomas seemed to resent 1t as
an impertinance for anybody to wonder
why she should strip the Shonts fiat and
farm of everything, and in letter to her
lawyer dated November 10, 1919. Mrs.
Thomas writes:
my Dear Judge Shearn:
an the newspapers this morning the
attorneys for Mrs. Shonts have added to
their daily chapter of insinuations and
false charges a story that the farm of Mr..
Shonts in Pennsylvania and his apartment
have been looted of their furnishings.
The facts are these: A large part of the
furnishings of both places was owned by
me long before I ever met Mr.. Shonts,
and was taken out of storage and loaned
to him; the rest, with the exception of
certain articles bought and paid for by
me, and for which hold the receipts, Mr..
Shonts had often told me, and had de-
clared to his friends, it was his wish that
I should have in the event of his death.
In June of this year Mr.. Shonts had
complete inventory of these furnishings
made and executed and delivered to me
a formal transfer of title to insure, as he
said, that they should not fall into the
hands of those who had ruined his life.
upon his death I had the farm fur
nishings transferred to a storage
warehouse in this city, and also stored
there a large part of the apartment
furnishings. The only article of any
considerable intrinsic value was a rug,
which I had cleaned
and put in rug stor-
!: !. :: !. !. !.
age at Altman's. The
~ remaining articles
q X4 enumerated in the in
z ventory attached to
the instrument trans
ferring title to me,
y which were neither
ySI. very numerous nor
very valuable, but
which were bulky,
were kept in my
apartment to save
storage expense. The
fact that Mr.. Shonts
had confirmed my
'randum of title to these thing,
Made in known TO MT N,eoii
dwriting, and, believe, to Mr..
W a Fortune &c W.. ell. 20 aoo,
in Stocks ing which Mrs.
lone. snon.ss ~ lawyers wye .n nave
papers.
The Washington times., 1920-02-22
INTERBoRoUGH CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION
los Broadway
Office of the President

New York, August q, 1915
My Dear Children:
have asking you do certain things that should
be done for long time order please and make me
happy If you agreed with understand you to say
you wisdom of the things asked for and had
made issue enforcing views things would have been
different
always want to do my full duty everyone, but
make extremely hard for do When for instance
you that you into either the States OF Viz
gna York almost Immediately after receipt of that
letter by proceed Hot Springs Virginia, for
month and from there New York City for month
Again response my that you shall settle
heahfu place by the where Marguerite
get we'll and the boy be placed properly school,
YOU 60 from heahful we'll attractive
places in the counry-namey Ashevie, South Carolina
to socaled smart" and certainly expensive place like
Aiken for season. and then by way of Hot Springs and
New York go Newport for 1t really looks
though all have do is express wish you have
it promptly openly and fagranty ignored. You not
mean this but the record shows it works out this
almost universally.
resume the allowance had been sending you girls plus the
regular allowance have been making mother for
long While it is that you have complied with the
conditions which made this promise, will that 4
will allowance for August and September,
but if by October your mother has taken the
should take and have not forced the issue by
either compelling her take severing relations with
her. then and after that date shall only send the allow
ance which have been making mother, and you all
will have live on that your own income
I am fixing a definite limit in this matter because
cannot maintain sefrespect and allow the only
who has ever provided anything for the support of the
family to be absolutely and utterly ignored and also
placed in a position where severely criticized by the
best friends have world and you should If you
have any regard for whatever, allow to be put in
that position.
You will understand therefore that this definite limit is
not caused by any change in affection, but is forced
me bv the conditions which il is in your power to change,
or else sever relations with the who makes it
;nossbe in the interest of all of and for future
happiness, to change the situation.
Your afectonate
FATHER.
Miss Marguerite Shonts e. p Shonts)
Marvin Cottage
Newport r. I.
The Washington times., 1920-02-22

However, now that there is to be a
contest and this charge has been made, I
do not wish to retain possession of any
of these articles pending determination
of title, and am transferring all the re-
naming articles to the storage ware
house, whether bought by me or other
wise. These things are mine, and shall
maintain title. Pending such determine
ton. however, I wish the warehouse re-
ceipts, which I hand you herewith, to be
delivered to the executors.
Yours very truly,
AMANDA c. THOMAS.
This is very interesting letter, and 1t
reveals the fact that Mrs. Thomas and
Shonts foresaw that her possession of the
furniture was pretty certain to be chal-
ienged and they arranged carefully item
lied bill of sale of it.! Mrs. Shonts does
challenge this transfer OF furniture, and
will endeavor to recover it.
Is this a genuine bill of sale, and did
Shonts really want Mrs. Thomas to have
all this property? Here is a letter from
Shonts to his two daughters. written in
August, 1915, which is interesting to read
as supporting Mrs. Thomas's claim that
Shonts had given her the disputed fur
niture:
The Washington times., 1920-02-22

(Contiued on Merit Pdge)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-19
keyboard Touches
Where Craft Is Trump Gard.
BY FRANK H. RRooks

Msehief gets busy when the vigil reo,. :.
faEs than ANS Is more no o apt to he poll
r5heed adase about everything in war being
self With the belief that his narty IS Such Gina
med nden iGffS 'nat the Office be contin
bent is Understanding possibilities. The cIen
Sina had been preponderant since The sur
n lender at ARpomattoN the side OF the s,atu
know what this means). An incunben, o I'm nna
% ING most responsible offices had been re-
that is seemed generally understood that ths
Office was created for him and that The was to
hold II as long as he lived To his eapability
Young man, an Opposite politically and socially
ana; INA perhaps, legally, equipped. came 10 town
known pep and tho traits which g6 with it.
soon after he was nominated by the party of
had given such satisfaction and whose an
ccs;ry had hat delightful flavor which has
eyer r., been EN-, and ever will be go highly regarded
The opposition candidate had combat!veness,
Eli' type. It was new in the county seat and
the HE OF the rusher not altogether hila-
constituency in the mountains Of the county
that had seldom been solicited for its suffra ges
AS there had never been but one ticket except
mountain constituency followed the town vot-
crs or stayed ut home. The opposition party
Hills and through tile valleys He coddled the
farmers babies, BATTERED their wives and jollied
lie taught them 10 believe that they we're the
subservients Of an arstocracy that at pne time
term means much 10 n certain class in the
South the smashing of the Decalogue.
When the vote was counted the old community
was 5olted off its equilibrium; The youngster.
man Of h cSn ms ss saeuaer t the
Abou Ben Adtcm OF the fed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-19
HUGE JOKE PERFORATED
ON PREMIER OF BRITAIN
Hundreds of .JobIcAs wnr Worker,
Seek Employment mt No. 10
Downing. ,

LONDON. March iS.--premicr Lloyd
George has been bcsjeycd at his Of
hcial residence. 10 Downing Street. by
large number OF would be house
Keepers. attracted there as the result
OF joke with moral perpctratcd by
an organization of women clerks and
secretaries.
Hundreds OF members OF the o,gan-
iZation have been dismissed OF en-
post war activities lave ceased They
have protested vigorously through
Ge!esates who have tried unsuccess-
fully TO interview Mr.. Lloyd George
IN answer TO their las; communication
the Premier had tho following adj :
dressed 10 them:
The Prime Minister. says there can't
De very much In this talk OF women
nndinE II hard to and employment He
ias been trying for some time to get
housckeeper Tor No. 70, and he can;
ma one who wants thc> situation"
Dorothy Evans. sccrctary OF the or
Gnnization. Immediately called several
employment agencies by telephone
Inc proposition appealed 10 many up-
plicantS at the agencies for IL ISM;
every day that woman gnts n chance
TO work ut the famous No TO- Soon
The austcre doorman AT tho ofiicial
residence was opening the door not TO
hiGher-hatted politicians, bui 10 Il
number OF women in all stationJ of lie
brought By servitudc.
Thc doorman reported TO secretary.
the secretary to the Prime Minister.
and in short time the sccretary MAS
on the telephone telling the agencies
70 call on the applicants. And ,iss
rhine Minister has not yet obtained q
suitable houscEeepcr. .-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-19
Ikn,iiance.
: EtUf1InPf.
SumetimeS-.vhen tire or Tia -oos.,,

sometimes-when 7 tire OF tie seasons
best seller.
OF the verse libcr so weird ana lilo
rcalist's rage,
When | long for romance that is wboi.
some and .'meiler."
Beyond the duh dreams OF this prac.
tical age, 49,
Thch I seek the old volume whose
thumbed pages I'LL me
With visions fantastic OF obsolnt,
Just an old fashioned cook book INF
how 1t can thrill me
with recipes. some OF them startfn~
like this: ''s7
Take one dozen eggs and a pound of
Add one pint OF cream and some s,,por
and spice"
Oh! II quickcns my pulse and II makes
my heart liuttcr--
Today no Romance has n seouel 90
- ~ mice!
| have shuddercd with Poe. have
chuckled with Dickens. '
have wcpt with DcMorgan ,n,
laughed with Bill Nye;
But this tale OF Baked Hams mud a.,
smothercd Spring Chickens
Brings q lump to my throat and !,
tear to my eye -at'
When I,turn the ;thumbcd leaves OF the
old fashioncd Cook Book,
Win Its Reckless Romance >. III,
days long gone by
Ida q. Morris.
81 in New York Times.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-19
CANADIAN INDIAN PUT END TO
TROUBLES OF 378 BOOBIES
Corporal ErnncIs u,cgnhn,nrnbov.
Crack Shot, Made Record I'M
cniInlcI In

OTTAWA. March IS.--Corporal Fran
Gig peEuhmasabow, one OF more than
4,o00 CaGad-<n Indians. who volun-
teered for service with the Canadian
eNpeditionary forces. Is credited With
the 'scaips" OF 37S Germans In a re-
port submitted to the House Of Com
mons by Arthur Meighcn. Minister OF
the Interior.
Corporal PeeahmaGabow. who hnils
rom Parry sound, was one or n large
number OF Indian crack shots who were.
detailed IA Shippers. He received tho
military medal with Two bars FOR his
exploits
MIR. Melghen's report cites numerous
instances OF galiantry on the part OF
the Indian contingent which numbered
more than 30 per cent of the total male
Indian population or military age ON,
Indian, John Campbell. Travelled 5000
miles ~ canoe. train and steamer to
Tehch vancouver so nc could enlist