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The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-21
Magnolia Gazette Publishes Letter.

The letter Published in The Lead
er from Matthews Ard was copied in
the Magnolia Gazette which said:-
The Brookhaven Leader of last
week published letter from young
Matthews Ard, Brookhaven boy,
written to his mother, which gives
the following graphic description OF
the scene in Madison Square Garden,
where fifteen thousand people heard
every spoken word and musical note
sounded in Arlington Cemetery on
that notable occasion.
The wonders of modern science
were never more wonderfully demon
strated when every sound made dur
ing the funeral services over the
body of the unknown American sol
dier, held in Arlington Cemetery, on
Armistice Day, was transmitted
thousands of miles away to many of
the larger cities of the. country-ev-
en- as far away as San Francisco
and reproduced with startling clear
ness.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-21
Florence Macbeth, A Versatile
Wanderer.

Before her appearance with the
Chicago Opera Association COM
menced Florence Macbeth, the young
American coloratura soprano, who
will appear here with Whitworth
Artist Course, Jan. 5th, will have
crossed the Continent and returned
halfway, singing at such widely di-
vergent points as Fort Collins, and
Boulder, Colo, Cheyenne, Wyo., to
st. Paul, Milwaukee, NASSAU, Wis,
Normal University, ILL.,, Olean, N. Y,
Bradford, Pa, Asheville, N. c., Ma
rion, Ala, and Fort Worth, Tex.
Miss Macbeth also sang eighteen
performances with the Ravina Park
Opera Company this year, all the as
signed roles being for coloratura So
prano.
An epoch making performance, f"
and 1--WE doubt if better 'Traviata'
has been sung in history" are ex-
cerpts from two critiQues taken at
random from mass of compliment
ary notices in Chicago rejecting up
on her great success there recently.
"A foreigner with a fraction of her
endowments would be a world fig-
ure" and surpassed by no coloratura
soprano on the present day stage"
are other tributes honorably won by
this American artist.
Miss Macbeth's last performance
of "Ophelia" in Hamlet" was the
subject Of no less than thirty recalls
in New York, while at the thirty
first call the gifted young prima dom
ma was obliged to sing Annie Lau-
rie" from the stage box before her
audience would disperse. One half of
the coloratura roles of the Chicago
Opera season will be sung by Flor
ence Macbeth this year, fact that
alone places her in the Galli-Curci
class of great soprani. Miss Mac
beth sings here January 5th.
Season Tickets for Wihtworth Ar
tist Course may be purchased of the
Leading Jeweler during the holidays.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-21
Do You Pay Taxes ?

At their first meeting this month
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
fixed the tax levy for 1921 at 80
mills, divided as follows:
Revenue fund, mills; school, 9 :;
school expense, 11a; general i'm
prOvement 21a; streets 31a; school
bond interest Is; school bond sink
ing II; waterworks sinking 2-3;
waterworks interest 1-6; sewerage
bond interest 21a; sewerage singing
1-3; hospital bond interest rs; hos
pital bond sinking 1-3; playground
bond interest 1-3; playground bond
sinking 1-3. A resolution was adopt
ed making an appropriation of $25
per month to the municipal band.
Resolution adopted reducing salaries
of all officers 10 per cent.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-21
Sacred Concert by W. M. U.

In the Baptist church here Sunday
night, the 25th inst, at 700 o'clock
a sacred concert will be given un-
der the auspices of the Woman's
Missionary Union. The program
will afford lovers of fine sacred mu-
sic a rare treat, and, in addition to
the songs, Miss Elizabeth Purser,
teacher of Expression in Blue Noun
tain College will render a number
of readings. The public is cordially
invited to attend and join in free
will offering for the benefit of the
Pastors Home Fund.-Magnolia Ga
zette.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-21
Whitworth Students Recital.

The training received at Whit
worth College in the Music and Ex-
preston Departments was demon
strated by students Monday after
noon in recital. The follwing, well
known in Brookhaven, had part
Misses Edith Lipp, Dorothy An
dress, Doris hampton, Josephine But
tertield, Valerie Wall, Edith Hobbs,
Maud Elsie KEGS, Camille Afford,
Mamye Sutton and Hazel Barge.
Little Valerie Wall made her de-
but as a violinist and charmed her
hearers with every glance of the
bow or of her pretty blue eyes, and
every movement of either her little
hands or feet, regardless of the
First Waltz" by Coly, she inter-
preted."
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-21
rne snan,s, snare.

If the Shah Of aPersia were to be
deprived of his income he would still
be one Of the richest men in the world.
He would only have to sell his orna-
ments, gems, and precious stones to
become possessed Of about $3b.000.000.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-21

Does your roof leak. If so call
the Lincoln County Lumber Co. They
sell all grades Of cypress and red
cedar shingles,
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-21
CATTLE SALE.

December 81, 2s, 90, 1921 at
Lakeland Dairy, my farm, three
miles north of Summit, Miss, on
Brookhaven and Monticello
Road. ! will sell sixty head Of
Jersey mixed dairy cattle; also
one registered bull, from VIM.
Todd's herd. For further in
formation write
MRS Ida l. OWEN,
GRENADA, MISS.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-21
Plate Supper at Union School.

You are invited to a plate supper
at Union on Thursday night at 1880.
Hon. H. v. Wall will speak.
G. d. Williams, Principal.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-21

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The New York herald., 1921-03-30
SEAPLANES TO SEARCH
SWAMPS FOR AIRMEN
Strange Cries Heard, Believed
to Be Calls for Help.

PENSACOLA. March 29.-Search for
Chief Quartermaster G. r. Wilkinson
and four companions missing in a naval
balloon since March %. shifted late to-
day to the vicinity Of Apalachicola.
where, message to the naval air sta
ton here eaid. strange cries had been
heard In swamp. The cries, the mes
sage state, sounded as IL they were calls
for help.
orders were sent TO Panama City for
the despatch of seaplanes from that
point TO search the swamps. and the di-
rigible CT will leave early tomorrow
to assist them. The swampy land on
both sides OF the Apalnchicola River
and Bay has seldom been penetrated and
officials here believe that IL the hiers
landed deep in this swamp il would
have taken them several days to make
their way far enough for their cries to
be heard.
officials were divided In their opinions
as to whether the balloon could have
regained sufficient altitude to reach the
Apala chicola Bay section after having
been az low as 100 feet off st. Andrews
Bay March 20. as reported In the mes
sage brought in by the last Of the two
carrier pigeons released
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
PLANES VANISH FLYING
FOR VIRGIN ISLANDS
Machines Fail to Report at
First Landing Place.

wAsHINGToN, March 29.--The four
Marine Corps aviators who left the
naval air station here early this after
noon I'm two planes on the first leg of
their flight TO the Virgin Islands had
not been heard from tonight either by
naval officers or at points in the South.
They had Intended TO make their first
stop at Fayetteville. n. c., $40 miles
distant. but did not put In an appear
ance either here or at Langley Field.
Va. which had been considered as an
alternative stopping place.
The disappearance OF the aviators was
complete. Notwithstanding inquiries at a
score OF points where It was thought
possible they might have landed.
The only fact which served TO relieve
the anxiety OF officials was the i'm
reliability that disaster could have
overtaken both planes simultaneously.
The theory was advanced that perhaps
one had been forced down In an
Isolated spot and the other had de-
scended to assist IL in repair work.
The craft left here at l :02 p. NJ. the
first being occupied by Major Thomas
G. Turner, Chief OF Marine Corps avia-
tIon. and Lieut. d. q. Bradley. chief test
pilot OF tho Navy and Marine Corps. and
the second by Lieut.. l.. II. Sanderson-
pilot, and Gunnery Sergeant Charles w.
Rucker
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
AIR FLIGHT TO $4,000 FEET
RESTORES PATIENTS VOICE

WASHINGTON, March 29-An airplane flight altitude of
the of speech H. A. REM,
soldier eight months had
been unable to speak above whisper
which while he slept, returned
normal within hour when he stepped from the
plane Boiling Field he surprised at his saying II
don't know whether 1 talk not.'
Renz while in the tank Camp Colt Pennsylvania injured
finger which failed heal finally amputated 1t not
whether the infection responsible for the
of his voice. and effort his speech he also had
his ton adnods and submucouse recton Eminent
had him his without result
AS and beneficiary risk insurance.
suited the public health service and Dr. Charles E. McEnerney
diagnosed the partial aphona with paralysis of the adduor
of the flight high altitude prescribed
through of the Air found his
Boiling
kind public health
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
BANK EMPLOYEE
COMMITS SUICIDE
Shoots Self While Father
Waits for Him to Come and
Tell His Troubles.
BOARDERS HEAR A SHOT
1--we Made an Ass Of Myself
Is His Only Explanation,
According to Police.
BOARDERS HEAR A SHOT

William p. Russell. % years old, an
employee Of the National Bank of
Commerce. committed suicide last
night in his room in the boarding
house run by Mrs. Elizabeth Lee in
241 West Seventy-sixth street, shoot
ing himself in the left temple with an
automatic pistol. Roomers heard the
shot and found Russell lying across
his bed with the pistol clasped in his
right hand. They summoned DR.. L.
s. Sovel of the Belleclaire Hotel at
Broadway and Seventy-fourth street
but Russell died within twenty min
utes without regaining consciousness
Detectives who were sent to the house
found a note In the young mans room
which read: Kindly notify my father
at the Hotel Belleclaire.'' At the hotel
they found Charles L. Russell Of Cur
renville, Pa, who said his son had been
lieutenant in the army during the war,
and had been working in the Bank OF
Commerce for several months. Mr.. Rus
sell said he had come to New York TO
visit his sister. the wife of a major
stationed at West Point, and that he
had wired his son to meet him at the
railroad station last night shortly after
6 o'clock.
According to the detectives Mr.. Rus
sell when he met his son noticed the
boy was nervous and distraught and
asked him what was the matter.
i've made an ass OF myself" his sor
| replied. according to the police account
| MIR. Russell told the detectives thai
| he told his son to cool off and thea tel
| him about It. He then went TO the
Belleclaire and the young man went tc
| his room. Mr.. Russell said he heard
nothing further from his son until the
| police notified him OF the suicide.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
BLIND MANS SHOE
| BETRAYS HIM AS
VILLAGE BURGLAR
Deputy at Cold Spring
HarbOr Gets His Man in
Best Sherlock Style.
TOWN COBBLER HELPS
Loot, Consisting OF Clocks,
Grape Juice and Whiskey,
Is Traced to Thief.
HE CONFESSES THE DEED
Unable to Find His Way Out
Of Town, They Don't Trou-
BILE to Lock Him Up.
HE CONFEsSES THE DEED

There were no finger prints visible
when Deputy Sheriff Charles Wenzell
OF Suffolk county investigated the rob-
berry of the home of William T. Lock-
wood in Cold Spring Harbor yesterday
morning, but on an old horsehair sofa
he found the dusty imprint Of a shoe
a very curiously shaped shoe. He
called the town shoemaker in to look
at II, and the shoemaker said that no
person in Cold Spring Harbor could
have made the imprint excepting
George Hawxhurst: at least it GER
tainly was made by George Hawk
hursts shoes.
But George couldn't commit burg
larry" said the saoemaker, "he has
been stone blind ever since he was
born. When he walks out somebody
leads him with a stick most Of the
time"
But the Sheriff went to see Blind
George. and had hiri walk through the
dust. with the result that the blind man
made footprints exactly like those on
the horsehair sofa. Then he sat down
with Blind George, and they had long
talk, and George at length owned up
that not only had he entered the Lock-
wood home but he had also robbed the
home of Matthew Carley and tried TO
burglarize the barber shop of John
Sloter His loot, he explained to the
Sheriff, consisted of an old clock. two
bottles OF grape juice and two bottles
of whiskey. He turned over the clock
10 the authorities--and the empty bottles
also. G..
Blind George was not put under ar
rest. because. as the deputy sheriff
said. he couldn't leave town anyway,
and he was left to his own devices ana
the wonderment of the town until this
morning, when he will be led into
police court and arraigned on charges
OF burglary. He told Wenzell that he
had no idea why he went into the houses
and tried to get into the barber shop.
excepting that he had sudden desire
10 see what was In them. He made his
way along the street with his cane. tap
ping his path, and located the windows
of the houses by his sense of touch.
he GilUlDeu anu ltiN aASNh'
everything he could find. but discovered
nothing that appealed to him but the
clock and the bottles. He liked the way
the clock licked, he paid, and the bottles
appealed to him merely because they
were bottles and therefore mystery.
lie said he hadn't any idea what was In
them until nc drank their contents, and
he was unfortunate enough 10 drink the
grape juice first, so that his appetite
was somewhat dulled. Nevertheless he
found the whiskey very enjoyable.
"It slid" he told the Sheriff. 1T slid
right down my throat"
The thing that Mr.. Wenzell cannot
understand Is why George didn't leave
any finger prints. because Georges eyes
are his fingers. George said he couldn't
understand II, either. any more than he
could understand why he didn't have
sense enough 10 wipe his shoes before
climbing on the sofa cover George is
27 years old and lives with his mother
and grandmother.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
THAW'S MOTHER PUTS
BAN ON RENT INCREASE
Orders Return of Extra
Charge to Tenants.

Special Despotch to THE NEw YoaK HEn,Lp.
PITTSBURGH, March 29-The crusade
OF the Baptist Ministers Association OF
this city against profiteering landlords
brought to light to-day the fact that
Mrs william Thaw, mother Of Harry
Thaw, not only has refused 10 permit
her agents to increase the rents In her
properties but has forced the return OF
increased rentals to tenants imposed
by an agent who acted without her con-
sent or authority.
Following this action Mrs. Thaw in
structed her agents In the Mount Pleasant
district of the Connellsville region that
her miner tenants were TO be charged
only ss month rent for their houses
and 81 for COAL and that when the
mines were shut down because OF In
dustrial depression these miners were
to be given fuel and rent free.
This Information was made public by
DR.. A. s. McKibben to-day and follow
ing the announcement the Baptist Min
isterial Association sent a congratulatory
telegram TO Mrs. Thaw commencing her
generous and charitable acts.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
BILL MAKES CITY
CENSOR OF DANCES
Measure Put Up to Miller May
Put Curb on Broadway
Jazz Palaces.
HOTELS ALONE EXEMPT
License Commissioner to Pass
on Steps and How Late to
Indulge Them.
HOTELS ALONE EXEMPT
Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Albany, March 90.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany, March 20.
palaces, as well as in the dingiest hall
n the old Bowery district, is to be
brought under municipal control, If
Gov. Miller signs a bill which passed
the Assembly to-day and now lies on
his desk.
The Commissioner of Licenses in
New York is to be dictator OF dam
cling. He can decide whether the
shimmy is immodest; just what kind
Of fox trot or turtle slide young girls
may dance in public without endan-
gering their morals and how late the
youth and graybeard of the metropolis
may dance at night without risking
their health.
These regulations are all contained in
tie Cotillo bill which amends the city
charter In relation TO the regula ton Of
dance halls The measure was not re-
garded seriously at first. Then IL quiet
~ passed the Senate: now 1t is through
the Assembly and all 1t needs is the
Governors signature to put 1t on the
statute books.
The existing law defining a public
dance hall specifically exempts hotels
having upward of fifty bedrooms. The
rev law defines the dance hall as any
space or place in New York 'in which
dancing is carried on and TO which adj
mission can be had by payment of fee
or by the purchase or presentation of a
ticket or token, or at which charge is
made for caring for clothing or other
property, other than premises owned and
used by a religious, charitable, elee-
mosynary or educational corporation or
institution" The Cotillo bill throws in
a new clause specifically authorizing the
Commissioner of Licenses TO determine
wht ther the premises for which license
is asked Is in fact hotel. The bill also
prescribes that the word dancing" as
used In the measure shall not apply to
exhibitors or performances in which the
persons paying for admission do not
participate.
The new law provides that no public
dance or ball may be held unless per-
nit Is obtained from the Commissioner.
a fee of So shall be paid for such per-
mits and a permit may be revoked by
that the dance or ball is not being con-
Quoted in accordance with the rules and
regulations Of the law
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
IS KILLED, 30 WOUNDED
IN RIOTING AT ESSEN
400 Communists Are Under
Arrest in Germany.
BD tie associated Press.

BERLIN. March 29--The Government
believes IL has effectually broken up the
insurgent Communist rising IN the mid
Germany industrial areas with the cap
ture Of the main body Of rioters al
Lcuna and Ammendorf. Thus far 1900
Communists have been arrested. and the
others are reported either to be fleeing.
leaving their arms behind, OF surrender
ing.
Fifteen rioters were killed snd forty
others wounded In a clash with the se-
curity police at Essen. The attempt 70
bring on a general strike IN that region
has failed. A state OF siege has been
proclaimed In the district.
President Ebert has authorized the
installation OF extraordinary emergency
courts for the speedy trial Of CONF
munist rioters
Reports arriving in Berlin from mid
German and Ruhr points indicated that
the Communists had been unsuccessful
I'm their attempt to provoke q widespread
Confirmed or Second Pare
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Real Purpose Yelled.

While the scope and purpose Of n.
vivlanfs visit naturally are cloaked In
the obscurity OF diplomatic courtesy and
veiled by the necessity Of using great
tact. IL Is apparent that Its object Is
not wholly one OF courtesy. The mes
sage OF felicitatlon and the expression
OF the gratitude Of France for Americas
part In the war arc accepted az the nat
ural and graceful reaction Of the French
attitude But the purpose Of the visit
goes deeper than that. Enough has been
disclosed 10 make Il plain that VI. vi
vlani comes with the avowed purpose OF
seeking the basis of an understanding
between France and the United states
which will make the settlements of the
peace easier.
As a listener he will be prepared
TO accept suggestions. but Il does not
follow that he has no plan OF his own.
In fact II is assumed that NJ. Niviani
has several courses which the oppor-
tunity of personal contact with the heads
OF Government In Washington will en-
able him to explain. He first OF all
will want to know what the Govern
ment OF the United States desires.
NJ. Niviani was active I'm the League
Of Nations conference at Geneva. He
believes In the league and IL is accepted
that he would be pleased TO bring about
some modification OF mat document
which would leave the peace treaty aud
the covenant intact. Failing that there
Is the alternative OF unscrambling the
-
ra.ts...,.J -. Th{rd po,.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Wireless to Warn Ships
of Storms on Seven Seas
WASHING TON, March 29.-

WASHING TON, March 90
" American mariners are to
receive storm warnings by wire
less from all parts of the world,
under arrangements perfected by
the Shipping Board with most of
the high power radio stations in
different countries.
Managing agents and masters
Of Shipping Board vessels were
notified to-day by Capt. Paul
Foley, director Of operations, that
the warnings would be broad
cast on schedules furnished by
the ships radio operators. Be-
cause of the number of vessels
still on the seas without radio
equipment, he added, the warn
ings are to, be passed on from
ships receiving them by other
means when such vessels are
sighted.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
COL. DADY STRICKEN AGAIN.

Col. Michael J. Dady Of Brooklyn Is
a patient in ST. Mary's Hospital, It be-
came known yesterday. II was said that
he had suffered a recurrence of an all
ment from which he had recovered re-
Gently. A week ago Col. Dady returned
frcm Havana and went to the st. George
Hotel
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
FIVE ARMED MEN ROB
ST. PAUL BANK OF $50, 900
They Fell Cashier and Wom-
an Teller and Escape.

ST. PAUL. March 29--Ffve men en-
tered the city Bank Of 81. Paul this
afternoon. struck down the cashier and
q woman teller with the butts Of their
rcvolyers and escaped with cash and
bonds valued at $50. 900.
The bank Is In he centre OF an out
lying business quarter. Three patrons
were lined up against a wall. but were
not otherwise molested.
The bandit leader knocked G. r.
Kalscheuer. the cashier. unconscious
while another robber struck Kalscheu-
er's sister, Miss Agnes Naischeuer.
Neither was seriously hurt The rob-
bers escaped in an automobile. .he num-
bor or which was obtained.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
13,S00, 900 Pints Used in
Year to Restore Health
Special Despatch 10 THE New yoRx
HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau, !
ID. c., March 80.


NEARLY fourteen million pre-
scriptions, most Of them call
ing for one pint of liquor, have
been issued by physicians in the
United States in the little more
than one year that the Volstead
law has been in effect.
The 13,S00,000 prescriptions
were checked up by the Prohibi-
tion Office to-day, following the
fight in New York by DR.. Donald
McCaskey against revocation of
his license for an alleged pre-
scription of more than one pint
in ten days to a patient. The
prescriptions were issued by As
600 physicians, who are licensed
to prescribe liquor for patients.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30

GENOA, March ga fashionable res
taurant was thrown into uproar to-day
when the police arrested an anarchist
who had in his possession a large bomb
loaded with dynamite and number OF
cartridges. The man confessed he was
the author Of several explosions. Bombs
were discovered by the police to-day
which led to the arrest OF a number Of
other anarchists.
Two persons were killed and several
we're injured in fighting between Ma
tionalists and Socialists at Alessandria.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
DISCOVER ANARCHIST
PLOT AT FLORENCE
Plans to Huri Bombs at Fur
neral Uncovered.

FLORENCE, March 29.-An anarchist
plot has been discovered. the intention
Of which was to throw several bombs
during the funeral of Engineer Longhi.
who was killed during labor disorders
at San Giovanni Upon his arrest one
anarchist admitted membership In
Communist association having as It's
programme the carrying out or opera
tions TO terrorlze the people
The man confessed to throwing a
bomb and revealed his associations
headquarters at Scandieci, near Flor
ence. In the house OF a man named
Ravezzi. The police hurried 10 the place
and found the doors barrlcaded. When
an eatry was forced Ravezzi shot him
self
The New York herald., 1921-03-30

MANY good positions are advertised every
day IN The Herald's Help Wanted Columns.
See next to last page NOW w.-Adv.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Roads Are Good Now

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