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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-27
Heart Problems

Dear Mrs. Thompson: My daughter,
IS years of age, graduated from high
school last spring and this summer
she has been spending at home. This
fall she. is going away to school,
| feel that she could do more to
help me while she is at home. There
are six in our family, and she is the
oldest of the four children. You can
imagine that l am kept busy with my
work, although the other children are
pretty good about helping me. My
15-year-old daughter and her brother
of 10, do the dishes and run errandS
for me. The other child is a year-old
baby.
would be much relieved if my 49,
year-old daughter would help with the
busting or take care of the baby
while | work, but she will not. Her
father gives her a dollar a week
spending money and she spends it
for magazines and ice cream. The
magazines she reads in bed all morn.
ing and on the front porch all the
afternoon.
| have told my husband that she
does not deserve an allowance if she
doesn't help any, but he says that il
is her vacation and she ought to have
a good time. 1t is always this way
| think the children ought to be cor
rected and their father thinks they
ought to have their own way. Some
times ! get SO discouraged / wish
could die. Any advice you can give
me will be greatly appreciated.
HEARTSICK.
Your husband certainly ought tc
with NotI in onuarriDp the
children OF course your eldes
daughter needs happy vacation, bu
it will be happier if she is helpful
and not merely self indulgent. tt
spoil her does not add to her happi
ness and it only sets her habits o
selfishness so that she will make
others and herself unhappy when sh'
is away from home. She will griev'
because she hasn't more friends anC
good times, or because she cannC
keep her friends, and she will blame
outside conditions and will not rea
lie that the real cause is her thought
lessness of others and her ill-manne1
ed selfishness.
Do not wait on her Let her max
her own bed. If she does not get u
for her breakfast let her go withou
it. Do not wash or iron for her o
make yourself extra work in any wa
because she demands it. Have a CON
plete understanding, however, so tina
she will know that if she does he
part in little ways you will be only to
glad to help her whenever you car
A disagreeable person may be forgive
in her own home, but will not be to
Grated outside her home.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-27
JAP STATESMAN BELIEVES AMERICAS FEAR
OF 0RIENTALSI IS ECONOMICAL, NOT RACIAL

partition of China is what the Jap
anese have been dreading for many
years but as result of the great war
this apprehension has been completely
removed. II America pursues a peace
full policy toward China and contrives
for the improvement Of her internal
administration and the development Of
her natural resources in concert with
other countries, there can be no reason
why the United States should come
into collision with Japan.
He concludes: Americans suspect
Japanese designs in China, while the
Japanese entertain similar suspicious
toward A erica and if these
suspicious on both sides can be
removed there will be no reason why
the two countries would go to war on
account of China
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-27
FALLS FORTY FEET, DIES

ATTICA, Ind, July 27.-Milton Wilt
hite, % years old, employed by Stand
ish & Allen, Chicago contractors,
was killed instantly Tuesday, when
he fell 40 feet from a new bridge being
constructed across the Wabash river
here. He struck the. cofferdam
around the pier and his right side was
caved in. His parents, five sisters
and three brothers survive. He was a
veteran of the World war and served
in France with the supply company of
the 313th regiment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-27
QUINSY ATTACK FATAL

LAFAYETTE, Ind, July 27.-An i'll
ness of only one day from quinsy was
fatal to Miss Emma Donohue, local
telephone operator She arose at the
hospital Tuesday apparently much i'm
proved and returned to her bed in a
short time, where she died before at
tendants reached her. Her throat had
swollen shut She was 26 years old.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-27

bad checks and to go to work and re-
main at work. He failed to follow the
courts orders and was arrested and
ordered sent to the reformatory.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-27

each week If the muscles of yourface
are firm you will not require an as
tringent oftener than this, but if there
is any tendency to sagging, two or
three applications each week will be
helpful.
Mrs. N. T.-Your sons hair is too
dry; massage his scalp with red vase
line or any good OIL
Anxious.-It is not necessary for you
to bob your. hair, but it will help it to
cut it off above the place where it
begins to split. Massage each day
until the scalp glows from the increas-
ed circulation and if you feel that you
should hasten the improvement, send
an addressed stamped envelope for a
tonic formula.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-27

More than $4,000 spectators attend.
ed a recent football game in England
in which teams of women played.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-27

1t is 100 years since chairs were
hrst placed in Hyde park, London.
There are now nearly 10000 of them
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-27

All inquiries addressed to Mrs
Forbes In care of the Beauty Chats"
department Will be answered in these
columns n their turn. This requires
considerable time, however, owing to
the great number received So, il a
personal or quicker reply is desired, a
stamped and self-addressed envelope
must be enclosed with the question
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-27
COURT REvoKES SUSPENDED
SENTENCE GIVEN FoRGER

GREENCASTLE, Ind. July q. -
Judge James P. Hughes of the Put
nam circuit court Tuesday revoked the
suspended reformatory sentence pass
ed on Homer Oral Haltom several
weeks ago, when he pleaded guilty to
forgery. At that time the court or
dered the young man to pay OF the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28
GIANT BUCK CHARGES AUTO
AND SHOVES IT TO ROADSIDE

Pittsfeld, Mass, Sept. ga
giant buck, estimateu to weigh 400
pounds, leader of a herd of eight
deer, attacked an automobile owned
and operated by Walter C. Rochelle,
Of this place, on the Richmond Road,
West Pittsfeld, early today, smash
ed both headlights bent a mudguard
and showed the machine to the side
of the road.
Rochelle was proceeding toward.
Pittsfeld when he saw the herd Of
deer in the road. Four bucks and
three deer jumped to one side, but
the leader snorted, and with horns
lowered leaped at the auto which
was going slowely. The impact stop
ped the touring car, and stunned the
buck which lay 4pon the ground for
a few minutes. as if dead. It then
jumped up and led the herd. into the
woods.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28
THREE NEW NATIONS
ADMITTED TO LEAGUE
Esthonia, Letvia and Lithuania
Granted Places by Assembly at
Thursday's Session.

Geneva, Sept. 24.-Three addition
al nations were admitted to the lea
que of nations yesterday. The trio
comprised Esthonia, Letvia and Lith-
uania. Membership in the league was
voted them by the league assembly
at this mornings session.
Esthonia was the first of the states
to be admitted. The vote in her ia
vor was unanimous. The Jugoslay
and Czechoslovak delegates were ab-
sent. Letvia also was elected nuani-
Ten states, including Jugo-
slavia, did not vote. The election of
Lithunia likewise was without op-
position in the assembly, the Polish
delegation, which in committee had
opposed Lithuania's admission, not
being present when the vote was
taken.
The Czecheoslovak delegates also
abstained from voting.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28
SPELL IT DAHL EIREANN '''
CALL IT "DWOLL ERIN"
New York World.

New York World.
In answer to numerous inq'u uries,
The World herewith prints the fol-
lowing information on the Dali Ell
reann:
How it is spelled-Dail Eireann.
How it is pronounced-Dwoll Erin.
What Dali means-House of repre-
sentatives.
What is 1.-THE Irish house of
commons, meeting place for the eigh-
ty-fve representatives of Sim Fein
Ireland. It is now held in Dublin, but
can be held any place designated by
the members. In Easter week, 1916,
it was held outside of Nelson's Pillar
in Dublin, when the members assem-
bled to read the Constitution of the
"Irish Republic"
BY the way, Sim Fein is pronounce
ed "Shin Fame"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28
HoHENzoLLERNs GO TO DooRN

Doom, Holland, Sept. 1.-THE
strong feeling against the Ultra
Conservatives in Germany which has
manifested itself since the recent
murder of Matthias Erzberger is be-
lieved here to be the cause of sever
al members of the Hohenzollern FAM
lily leaving Germany and coming to
Doom where they are expected to
remain with former Emperor Will
liam until they consider that condi-
tions in Germany are favorable to
their return. The ex-emperor's
daughter, formerly Princess Victoria
Louise, now the duchess Of Bruns-
wick, accompanied by the Duke and
their children, arrived here yester-
day. With them also was former
Pince Adalbert, third son of the ex-
ruler. Former Princess Eitel Fried
rich and Oscar are expected here
shortly, it is understood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28
JURY ExoNERATEs
YOUTH IN MARION
White Boy Slew Negro Girl With
.Hoe-Struck in Self Defense,
Says Testimony.

Marion, Sept. 23.-After an in.
quest had been held over the body of
Rebecca Wright, negress, a verdict of
justifable homicide was rendered and
Benny Watson, charged with infict-
ing a wound with hoe which caused
death, was exonerated.
According to the testimony which
was given at the inquest Rebecca
and her mother, Victoria, and some
other negroes were fixing a bridge
near the store of J. C. Watson in
Britton's Neck. Benny Watson, neph-
ew of the proprietor and a clerk in
the store, went down to the bridge
and had some words with Rebecca.
It was stated that she USED insult
ing language and picking up a light
wood rail struck the young white
man once on the arm and was in
the act of striking him a second time
when he picked up hoe and hit her
in the head. Victoria, it was also
stated, armed herself with a rail and
was in the act of assaulting young
Watson.
The wound became infected and
Rebecca was taken to the hospital
where she died some days later from
blood poison.
Young Watson belongs to a SUBJ
stantial family in the Britton's Neck
community and his exoneration from
the charge of manslaughter was
greeted with appreciation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28
MAY DENY SACRAMENT,
70 lMMoDEST DRESSERS
Notice in = Montreal Church Warns
Women Against Use Of Trans.
t
parent Material.

Montreal, Sept. 2S.-An intima.
>tion that the sacrament might be re.
fused women who dressed immodest.
" was contained in notices posted
today On all doors TO the Church OF
the Gesu on Bleury Street. The no.
tices, nailed up after Archbishop
Bruchesi recently had issued de-
cree TO combat modern feminine
fashions, read:
"Out of respect to our Saviour,
present in the tabernacle, and for
the ediAcation Of our ne1ghbors, we
beg women to appear In church on
ly in dress of irreproachable modes
ty, collars closed and sleeves sufi-
ciently long. We draw specially to
your notice the abuse of dress Of
transparent material. We earnestly
hope that we will not have to resort
to drastic measures to enforce this,
such as the refusal of sacra: ent."
Explaining the notice, the Rev. J..
@. Plamondon, prefect of the church
said:
Modern women's clothes are sin
and shame. It may be the fashion,
but it is certainly an unreasonable
one"
He added that he had already re-
fused several women interviews on
account of their clothes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28

New York, Sept. 24.-Shot and
wounded three times by her former
chum, who then ended her own life
with. bullet, Miss Mildred E. Hanan.
daughter of the late Alfred P. Hanan,
shoe manufacturer, tonight hovered
between life and death in a Brook
lyn hospital.
With the outcome of the girls in
jut;es still in doubt, police took up
back trail from the scene of noe
turnal tragedy into the world of "high
life," blamed by Miss Hanan's accu-
mulated misery and heartache which
impelled her to take her friends life.
, "The pace is too fast and the liquor
has driven me crazy" she had writ
ten in a letter addressed to her
mother. -.
Still another possible motive for
the deed, that of jealous rage over the
attentions of a man who was with
Miss Hanan when the shooting occur
red, is being scrutinized by detective
who are trying to clear up many un-
explained points. -....
For more than three hours this
man, John S. Borland, importer and
exporter, was questioned regarding
details of the affair, as we'll as the
circumstances of his acquaintance
with the two women. 49,. e..
: A further complication developed
when San Francisco newspaper men
reported they. had located and ques-
toned Mrs. M. E. Dittmar, to whom
calling her "mother darling," Mrs.
Lawes had addressed a letter found
among her effects. .,.;... =.
Mrs. Dittmar at first denied any re-
lationship and then told her question
ers she was sister of the dead wo-
man and volunteered the information
that jealousy was not the motive of
the killing.
This information was at variance
with both the solution of the mother
darling" letter and the contents of
another addressed to Mrs. Birdie Will
liams, a former nurse in the Hanan
household of which Mrs. Lawes had
also been a member for your years.
"Make it easy for my darling moth
err" Mrs. Lawes had written in the
second letter. which began with re-
quest that her body be sent home to
California and cremated.'
The stories Of the tragedy and the
events preceding it told by the in
jured girl and Borland, a Dartmouth
graduate, coincide closely. With, Miss
Dorothy Gottschalk, Miss Hanan told
detectives she and Borland had dined
at her home in one of the most e&-
elusive residential districts Of Man.
haitian.
At II o'clock last night. she said
she and Borland drove Miss Cots
chalk to her home in Schermerhorn |
street, Brooklyn, where they stayed
until shortly after o'clock.
eve had just emerged from the
vestibule len saw Mrs. Lawes step
from another building" Miss Hanan
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28
TOO MUTCH 'tHIGH LIFE''
DEAD WOMAN'S MESSAGE

/ continued. "The next thing I heart
the shots. I dropped to the sidewalk
and when I got up I saw blood run
ming from my arm.
T ran for hundred feet and col
lapsed. 1 then heard another shot
fired" It was this last shot that end
ed the life of Mrs. Lawes.
One other person witnessed the
tragedy. A neighbor of Miss Cots
chalk said she was at her window and
saw Mrs. Lawes sit down on nearby
stoop, take a cup from her handbag,
drink something from it, and then
dash the vessel into the. gutter.
Searchers later found fragments of
the china, and in the dead woman's
bag phial labeled with the name of
a drug.
Borland, while admitting that he
and Mrs. Lawes had quarreled over
Miss Hsnan, emphatically denied that
any feeling concerning himself had
led to the shooting. He said the mo-
tive was positively not jealousy" ex-
pressing the belief that she was tenn
porarily deranged mentally.
Mrs. Lawes was related to Miss
Hanan by marriage and lived with the
Hanan family until two weeks ago,
when she moved to an apartment at
the Vanderbilt Hotel. She was d.
vorced several years ago from her
husband. Edgar E. Schmidt, and re-
sumed her maiden name of Lawes.
The letter to Mrs. Lawes' mother
read: -. =
"Mrs. M. E. Dittmar, 316 Walnut
Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Mother Darling: You never can
understand what I have been through
here. Don't try to learn. 1t is past. I
am too tired and i'll to try to over
come the great obstacles I have plac-
ed in my own way. ~
"Too much high life. The pace is
too fast and the liquor has driven me
crazy dear. Forgive and. forget and
remember, pray for my soul. Love to
all and think of me as I always say
to you, a good, sweet daughter.
Lovingly,
"Grace."
The second letter, addressed to the
nurse, asked her to notify Walter
Dunnington in this city to take care
of her affairs.
"Send me nome to California cre-
continued the letter. "Make
it easy for my darling, sweet mother.
Don't let her know the truth, dear.
Can't stand this sordid, tinsel life any
longer.
"Forgive me, Billie, all my mis-
takes and remember me as sweet and
clean as was. Been too much
liquor and conversation on all sides"
After adding that she had sent a
''ruby ring to John Borland," the let
ter added: T..
~ drew almost all my money out
of Hartman National Bank. Did have
5000 in my purse"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28

Insects cause an annual loss to
American agriculture of more tran
S1,5OO,OOO,OOO.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28

Alexander the Great is said to have
been buried in gold coffin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28

One variety Of cactus always points
south.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
To Law Makers They Pray
In Poetry For More Pay
Court Reporters in Original Style Make Plea in Rhyme
for Their Next Years TrialIf Music Soothes the
Savage Breast, Then Words Can Feather
the Officials Nest.

of the attorneys for their reference.
Not only are the transcripts in demand
by attorneys-they must be filed away
in the event of new trials or appeals.
Night and Sunday work is common
in the life of every court reporter.
Many Leave Kansas.
The low salary paid members of
the profession in Kansas is causing
many of them to leave the state. In
some of the district courts. conditions
have actually become serious. So. in
leading off their poetic idea to the
legislature. the reporters say:
Your honors know, full well we trow,
That many are resigning;
The pays too low-they've got to 60
To stay they are declining.
They've gone to states among our mates
Where salaries are ascending;
The judges pleas for scribes like these
Have been well neigh 'heartrending.
Judges Join in Plea.
Foreseeing the condition to which
united with other county officers in a
plea for higher salaries and We're given
temporary relief by the legislature last
winter. to which the reporters refer:
These judges. too, appealed to you
At your Lspecial-session:
Got some relief (but very brief
From living costs oppression.
Their Work Is Important.
AS long as there are differences of
opinion among mankind; as long as
there is crime. the work of the court
must go on. And there must be some
record of the procedure which can be
relied upon for accuracy; otherwise
all the efforts of justice are set at
naught. The reporters remind:
When evil from this vale of tears
Betakes its way forever,
Then may we cease our hopes and fears
And all our vain endeavor.
But till that day We long for comes
Our courts must keep ON grinding.
When thieves attack us in our homes
The judgment must be binding.
Shall Judgment in our courts. forsooth,
Be but bitter, hollow jest?
How can you say who told the truth?
Whose memory be called the best?
There is one solution-the court re-
porter, and the legislators will be told:
The answer is-"The Silent Man"
Who is by most unheeded;
His pen so swift, his manner bland,
His mind SO Keen to understand
Exactly what is needed.
Beside the witness chair he sits
Amid the noise and clatter,
And catches from the careless lips
A ceaseless line of chatter.
When lawyers fight he bows beneath
a stream of verbal gas
And grimly mutters, 'twixt his teeth.
Those worGs-they shall not pass
And then-there is something grim
and ominous in the next four lines,
that seem to hint of darkened prison
cells and gallowS-comeS the realiza-
ton that what has been, forever shall
be-
The moving finger writes; and having writ
Moves on nor all your piety and wit
Shall lure it hack to cancel half line,
Nor all your tears wash out word of it.
From a Master Mind.
Who penned those lines? Are they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
500 FIRES in 1920
Fire Losses Here Amounted To
S2,S11,126 In Year.
Shfngle Roofs One of Leading
Fire Hazards, Claim.

Z More than soc fire alarms were
eurned in to the city fire department
IN 1920, according to the records in
the office of Fire Marshal Joseph
Hanlon. Losses from fires amounted
to $2,S11,126 in the last year, with
insurance. The summary does not in
elude the total losses for the year as
complete reports from a number of
fires have not been received.
One of the chief lessons to be
learned from Topeka fires. Chief
Hanlon pointed out, is that the ma
1ortty of them were caused by the.
fact that homes of the city are single
rooted. In 103 homes in the city
shingle ROOTS caught fire from sparks
from chimneys. The use of slate or
other fire proof roofs in new con-
struction and the replacing of shingle
roofs on homes already built is urged
By the chief. More fires are attributed:
10 shingle roofs than from any other
cause.
I Carelessness.. m inly carelessly
thrown cigarets, or children playing
with matches. caused forty-five fires.
Piles OF rubbish. grass or hay fires
and bonfires. caused sixty-nine fire
alarms. Defective fIues caused forty,
eight alarms. Twenty garages burned
or partly burned in 1920. Twenty
two automobiles caught fire. Fires or
alarms from miscellaneous causes
such as overheated stoves and fur
naces. electric ironss gasoline, oil,
lanterns, short circuits, lightning. etc..
numbered 125.
Dwelling houses sent in 244 alarms
in 1920 and business houses sixty The
remainder of the alarms were from
trash piles. barns. garages. bridges,
fences and from unknown sources
Forty-eight false alarms were sent IN.