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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-06-21
HIGHWAYMAN TOOK HIS
TRUSTY GUN WITH MONEY.

Louisville, Ky. - Going armed as a
matter of protection against highway
robbers proved a losing venture for
Ben Bunch, he told the grand Jury,
resulting in John Bryson being In
dicted for robbery. Bunch not only
lost his money, but the revolver he
purchased for his protection also was
a part Of the loot, he said
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-06-21
PAINS IN
SIDE AND BACK
Caused by Woman's Ills and
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Grafton, PA was troubled with
and pains in my sides and
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-06-21
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

The Public Ledge charge for political announcements are For
district Offices $751; county Offices $40; city Offices S. Candidates
will please mind that rule CASH with order for Insertion
The Washington times., 1921-09-13

One day Sennett wanted q fat cop
and selected Arbuckle from the
crowd about the door. He told Ros-
co to go inside and get q cops uni.
form and he would soon see II he
was any good"
Roscoe got 50 q day for the days
he worked and was q hit from the
first. ''Pathe" Lehman taught him
how to run and fall 80 that he al
ways got q laugh and how to look
into the camera with that name
expression as he swung the fire hose
and drenched some innocent actor
In the cast.
Roscoe also got Minta Dnrfee Job
with Sennett, and again ii was his
wife who worked with him and
urged him on to learn better parts.
During these years Rosco had bean
growing broader and heavier. His
weight went from 225 to $50 pounds,
and finally to almost 500.
In the theatrical world there 10,
no such thing as Temperament on
S35 a week. and Roscoe probably had,
the hose turned on him and was hit
by pies thousands of times before
Sennett recognized that he had
screen comedy ability ana placed
him under q moderate contract.
The Washington times., 1921-09-13
Story of Spittoon-C Cleaners Climb
To Millionaire Actor

both the stage and screen. with
unlimited wealth back of him, met
Roscoe about this time. He knew
that Roscoe's earning power was
thousands where Sennett had been
paying him hundreds, and signed
him to a long.term contract. AS
one Of the three highest paid male
stars on the screen Roscoe felt the
old aversion to work. He and
Minta- Durfee had separated In the
meantime. and he did not have his
wife to urge him on and play OPP
posite him.
Roscoes also thought at this time
that he did not need any help in
making comedies. Instead of taking
men like Walter Wright and Hamp-
ton Del Ruth, who had charge Of
Sennett's scenario department, with
him, Roscoe thought he could go II
alone.
While these pictures were a sue
cess Rosooe's personality carried
them along. He had found that "the
plays the thing" and he had no
play. The little schooling he had
had In the old days in Kansas was
not enough to enable him to write,
ana those he got to write had not
been trained In the Sonnet school Of
rank melodrama, the ridiculous
comedies of situation and gags. In
desperation Roscoe went back to
throwing pies and using the hose.
The Washington times., 1921-09-13
TRAGEDY Seems
LINK TOREUN|TE
FATTY AND WIFE
Mrs. Arbuckie ignores Agree
ment Separation and VIII Go
West to Aid Comedian.

NEW YORK. Sept. l3.-"Mr. Ar.
buckle Is innocent in this terrible
affair and / am going to California
TO be near him until he Is cleared
what else should a wife do. when
her husband is in deep trouble?"
Mrs. Mimic Durfee Arbuckle. who
is separated by agreement from the
comedian accused Of murder, paused
In packing her trunks last night long
enough to make her position In the
case absolutely plain. Grief shown
from her eyes as she spoke, but there
was indomitable courage, too. and
her words carried the convictic,i OF
clearest confidence In her husband.
When reminded that. less than q
year ago, she had signed contract
with Arbuckie under the terms Of
which both were free to live as they
choose, the wife brushed all that
aside with a wave OF her hand and
said:
1--WE are still married. There
never was a court action for divorce
or even separation. 1t was not
thought of by either Of US. What.
ever differences we may have had In
the past are quite forgotten now.
and this Is no time to bring them up
again.
At am sure that all this is fright.
full error and that my husband Is an
innocent victim. He 10 not and never
was such a man as Ii described In
these charges. Others may think
what they will-but / know;
Listening to Mrs. Arbuckle's de.
tense of the accused screen star. the
thought came to all who heard II
that out of the murder case may
develop a reconciliation between the
comedian and his wife. Mrs. Ar
buckle is in the country and will
leave for San Francisco without com
ing to this city.
Even before she spoke. Mrs. Ar.
| buckle sent a telegram TO the come
dian expressing deepest sympathy.
assuring him complete belief In his
Innocence and adding that she wa
starting West to him at once.
This message was sent when the
news of the comedians arrest was
carried to his wife. She had heard
none of the details Of the gay party
which developed into tragedy 20 sud
denly. She forgot the causes OF their
encouragement and. as she said. for
rot even that they were separated.
The formal contract signed In the
presence of lawyers, with all the
safeguards that coul dbe imposed on
Il outside Of court, became Of less
value than so much waste paper
when the wife learned OF her hus'
bands plight.
| Mrs. Arbuckle shook her head at all
questions concerning the persons
present at the banquet that preceded
the death Of the girl. nor would she
discuss that phase Of II in any form.
Neither would she 60 into the differ
ences that led to her separation from
the comedian at the height OF his
career. She simply said:
HE is in great trouble. He must
need me. ! am going to him. That
Is ALL"
The Washington times., 1921-09-13
IV-BECoMES STAR.

Not long after Roscoe was placed
under contract by Sennett he was
turned over TO q director by the
name of Walter Wright. Wright
was the assistant cameraman on the
first moving picture ever made and
an expert in trick photography. He
was largely responsible for Charlie
Chaplin's early success and con-
tributed in no small measure to the
name made by Ford Sterling and
Fred Mace on the screen.
Wright took hold Of Arbuckle In
earnest. He coached him day and
night and at home Minta Durfee
urged Roscoe on to better things.
She also played with him and APP
peared In more than forty OF the old
keystone comedies that made RIOS
coe famous.
Sennett then cast Arbuckle OPP
posite Mabel Normand and they he
gan to make the FATTY and Ma
bel" comedies that continued as
long as both remained with Sen
nett. As this time Roscoe was
under contract to Sennett ana get
ting about $3.50 week.
One day ,Scnnett walked into
Roscoe's dressing room and pulled
an OLD 6ennett utCk Oh kSOSSop.
Sennett believed that you could
always place an actor under
long.term contract cheaper and
easier II he pretended he had not
noticed the actors work enough TO
know Just what he was doing. He
opened the conversation in the
usual way by asking Roscoe what
he was doing"
Arbuckle was thunderstruck. He
explained In length to Sennett Just
what he was doing and what .
great comedian he had become,
Sennett sighed and said he would
like to raise Roscoe's salary. but
did not ne ejust how he could, AZ
Roscoe was then under contract.
Roscoe fell into the trap. ana
suggested that they might destroy
the old contract and make q new
one. This was just what Sennstt
wanted. and q little later Roscoe
signed his name on the line with
the cross and was tied up to Sen.
nett for two years at q salary al
most double his last one.
The Washington times., 1921-09-13
I-EARLY LIFE.

The early life OF Roscoe Arbuckle
on his fathers not overproductive
farm in Kansas consisted Of hard
work and little schooling. In those
days the country schools were open
when the boys were not needed In
the fields to help their fathers AMI
the girls could be spared from the
kitchens by their mothers
In the meantime, as Roscoe mas
often told the story, she used to Sit
around the kitchen stove apd listen
TO his father and mother discuss his
future. This was the principal eve
ming tonic. His father thought
Roscoe would do well as q country
doctor. His mother was equally
n,re Roscoe would win fame and
fortune sooner as a minister OF the
gospel. ~,
Roscoe was never consulted. He
had about made up his mind that
he might as well be doctor as
minister when the first big event
of his life occurred. A one-rng
circus came to the town near Hos-
GOES home.
Months after the circus had been
forgotten by every other boy on the
nearby farms Roscoe dreamed OF
that show. In secret he rehearseo
the part Of the clown or pretenoeo
he was the ringlnaster while q pare
backed rider galloped about MIN:
A few years later q one-car MN.
strel show came TO the town ana
Roscoe slipped away from the farm
long before dawn on the day that
show arrived. He has often told
how he hung over the rail IN that
theater gallery. how he drank IN
every word and joke Of the minstrel
men and how he made up his mind
that his father and mother were
both wrong and that his future lay
on the stage.
When still in his teens Roscoe
left home. He drifted West, work
ing at any odd jobs. but always
with the thought uppermost In his
mind that he was going on the
stage. At one time he was bar boy
in a San Francisco saloon, his duty
being to clean out cuspidors.
The Washington times., 1921-09-13
HARD To SLAY
Or To BE SLAIN
BY A FAT MAN
ArbuckIe Says So In Recently
Printed Magazine Interview,
2. Love Confessions"

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.--It Is very
hard either to murder or to be MUIR
dered by q fat man. "a.
So said Roscoe Arbuckle. He made
the statement In his last accredited
interview antedatlng the amazing
scene at the st. Francis Hotel.
Arbuckle's interview, headed Love
Confessions of a Fat Man" is In the
Photopiay Magazine for September.
He is quoted as saying at the begin
ming Of the interview:
Nobody loves fat man except a
temperamental woman" r.
In the amazingly interesting para.
graph dealing with murder" Ar
buckle prefaced his utterances with:
"A woman. today has got to have a
good-natured husband. Statistics show
that there have been more love muir
ders, marriage murders. and suicide
love pacts In the last few years than
ever before In the history Of the
world"
At another point in the interview,
Arbuckle Is quoted as follows:
i wouldn't marry the most heauti.
full woman in the world II she asked
me. A beautiful wife IL like q din.
mond necklace-nice to have around,
but lot of bother to take care Of"
That remark il illustrated by a PIC.
ture Of Arbuckie standing beside "a
flight Of stone steps, looking into the
eyes OF young beauty, his right hand
ciasping her left.
Arbuckle. speaking Of love affairs
said the fat man "is going 10 have
his day" He added:
HE will be sought, chased, even
mobbed, because there will not nc
enough of him to go round-not In
dividually, but as an institution.
Like the shrinking violet have
we languished for 10! these many
years. but we are about to come
into our own and maybe q little bit
Of the other fellows. feel that !
was born at the suspicious moment
for the fat man."
Arbuckle IL represented as having
granted this interview while clad in
ponge5 pajamas. He told his inter.
viewer that he was afraid Of women. "
The Washington times., 1921-09-13
v-FAME IN EAST.

This ontract expired in 1915 and
in the fall Of 1915 sennett decided
to send q company East. He Sc
iected the FATTY Mabel" company.
which included Minta Durfse. Al
81, John, two camera men. a host
Of property men, electricians and
others.
This company arrived in New
York and went to the then TRAN.
gle Studio in Fort Lee, where they
began to film a picture that after.
wards became NOUS und-r tho
title of "The Walters Ball"
The filming of the waters
Bail" dragged through the winter
and early spring. Mabel's contract
expired and Roscoe's was about 10
run out while tho pair were on
Broadway and Sennett 1000 miles
away. Through Kessel AMI Bau-
man, who owned the Keystone
Company, Sennett got Mabel 10
renew her contract, but Roscoe re-
fused to sign.
A famous Broadway producer Of
The Washington times., 1921-09-13
7 BLAME
H|SF|ANCEEFOR
VISITING FATTY
Lehrman Says Comedian Was
Amusing, Although Miss
Rape DisIiked Him.

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-"I excuse
Miss Virginia Rappe's going to Fatty
Arbuckle's apartment In the San
Francisco hotel, because he was In a
strange town and lonesome" said
Henry Lehman. fiancee Of the dead
woman, in commenting further today
about the tragedy which has caused
him unhappiness.
Miss Rape was escorted by Mrs.
Bambina belmont. who has stated
Virginia did not know Arbuckle was
to be in the apartment when they
were invited to CALL" said Lehman.
Even II she had known Arbuck)e was
to be present I would have excused
her going. For despite her physical
aversion to him, he could have been
entertaining"
Lehrman, though grief stricken, Is
still bitter against Arbuckle. whom he
thought was his friend.
The Washington times., 1921-09-13
JARDiN De ST. MARKS OPENS
As NEW PALACE OF DANCE

The Jardin de st. Marks, at Twenty.
first street and Pennsylvania avenue,
held it's formal opening under the new
management Of Joseph Robbins. who
has leased the former Penn Gardens
for five years.
The entire building has been re-
furnished and redecorated. Mr.. Rob-
bins announces that q new policy will
prevail. and that the Jardin will be
conducted in a manner to attract the
most critical Of patrons.
Dancing instructors will be at the
service of patrons and caterer service
will also be maintained.
The Washington times., 1921-09-13
II-GoES ON STAGE.

In California Roscoe got his first
start as an actor when he Joined .
repertoire show. In those days q
repertoire show meant everything
from Uncle Toms Cabin" to East
Lynne"
II was during this time that he
met Minta Durfee. Minta was q
pretty girl. still in her teens, and
like Roscoe had left home because
she was stage struck. She was a
much better actress than he an
actor and II was largely to her help
and coaching that Roscoe fitted him
self for his future on the screen.
About this time Roscoe and Min
Ia drifted to the southern part Of
California. There they met Walter
Newman, q recognized New York
producer and actor who had taken
a flier by taking out q show Of
his own. Newman fell In love with
southern California and decided he
would invest his few thousand dol.
lars In a stock company.
Newman thought Long Beach a
batter field than Los Angeles for
his stock company and went there
He hired Roscoe and Minta at $40
a week "for the team" on Arbuc-
kle's claim that he was an honest
to-goodness actor.
The first night that ArbuclSle
went on in serious part Newman
thought he had lost his bankroll.
The audience took one look at Ros-
GOES size and from then on refused
to take him seriously. In New
mans words, Roscoe "hogged the
act" Roscoe continued as the
comedian with Newlnan's company
for more than a year and learned
much under the producers direc-
tinn ...
The Washington times., 1921-09-13

Not being well acquainted with Miss
Rappe, Mrs. belmont said, she did not
She pounded on the door and kicked.
but got no reply. Finally, after more
than half an hour. she kicked on the
The Washington times., 1921-09-13
Fatty's Housekeep.
er Denies Any Plan
To Wed Him

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10
Katherine Fitzgerald, long time
friend. and beautiful young
housekeeper for Fatty" Ar
buckle, is not engaged to marry
him.
She made it extremely plain
today that she was an employee,
"just the same as the maids or
Che cook"
But she does not hesitate to
declare that she admires him,
and will do everything she can
to help him out of this mess"
But as to any deep affection
between them: "Why, it's too
ridiculous for words" said the
pretty girl at the Arbuckle man
sion on West Adams street.
The Washington times., 1921-09-13
Today

Continued from First Page.)
dieting Is not harmful. It makes
men think, and wars usually
come by surprise. Watched pots
and discussed wars don't boil.
There is much in getting used
to civilization and its ways. In
a great city, the lowest death rate
per / 900 occurs In poor quarter,
inhabited chiefly by Jews. Death
comes to children and adults there
less often than in the richest
quarter. The highest death rate
for adults and children is the
negro quarter.
Living in houses in thic)<ly set
tied quarters, with air and sun
shine excluded, Is an old story
with the Jews. dating back many
centuries. II Is new with negroes,
brought here against their will
from Africa's warm climates only
few years ago.
The negro increase in popula-
ton, constantly diminishing. Is
cut down now to 6.5 per cent.
The birth rate is dropping among
whites and blacks, but among
whites the death rate also drops.
Not so with the blacks. In fig
ures prepared by the Metropoli-
tan Life Company may be found
natures, solution of a serious
problem. ~.
The Washington times., 1921-09-13

door and then teNphoned to the hotel
office asking assistance.
Assistant Manager II. j. Boyle went
up. and as he appeared Arbuckle
opened the door and came out. dressed
In paJamas. He was wearing Miss
Rappe's hat, cooked at an angle. and
assumed his foolish screen smile"
that has amused his audiences.
Miss Rape was In the, room on the
\ Miss Rape was taken to another
room and put to bed Hotel doctors
attended. but Mrs. belmont wanted a
physician she knew, and called DR..
w. e. Rumwell. He treated Miss
Rape until Wednesday, and then
took her to . hospital, where she died
Friday.
DIR. Rumwell Testifies.
DIR. Rumwell told the coroner's jury
Of attending Miss Rape. He said he
knew she died of peritonitis, but was
curious to know It's cause. He and
snother doctor made q postmortem.
This was done without official au-
thority on the ground that the girls
friends asked him to make the exam
nation, which he considered justified
lis action. He verified his diagnosis.
The testimony fits in with that OF
nurses who attended Miss Rape and
made sworn statements that she
charged Arbuckle with causing her
iniuries. the District ATTORNEY said.
connectine the iniuries from which
Miss Rapne dad With her treatment
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MRS. Spreckeis AIDS.
Mrs. Spreckels told the district at
torney that she was informed over the
telephone last Friday by Mrs. belmont
that the young actress was IN q seri-
GUS conoitlon III u IocaI nospi.a: MIs'
Delmont asked Mrs. spreckeIs 70 teie-
srapn henry Lenrman, IN view 10TH
concernins Mlss Rappes conoition.
aIeer tne 'eIesrsm ma oeen sen. Mrs.
Spreckes .oru 'hs uistrct a..orney
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The Washington times., 1921-09-13
III-ENTERs MOVIES.

q Shortly after Mack Sennett began
making movies Roscoe decided to
move to Los Angeles as his first
step to get into the movies. Dr..
There was no such person as n
casting director In those days and
Roscoe hung around the Scnnett lot
hoping and praying Sennett would
notice him and put him TO work,
The Washington times., 1921-09-13
mt SHOW GIRL WITNESS TN ARBUCKIE CASE DISAPPEAR
Another Ruin by Rum,
Declares DIR. StratOn
by the REV. DIR. JOHN ROACH STF
(Neted Baptist Clergyman.

CNoe Bap ~
NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-Rum has wrought another ruin
kindes of pours gasoline the
sleeping human passion nvoves innocent and guilty
alike a confagraton. ~.
smoky sin, fed by alcohol blaze into the
roaring Of Character wrecked des
troye violence and murder their horrd heads
its train. ..E .5-.. IT.,
Men become beasts They that beasts doand
Prohibition has diminished the danger 1t has damned the
floods Of whey and diminished tragedy
and misery they caused. '-s 49,.
still Leak in the DAM What happens those
afford the opportunity human
provides lesson. We should stop the leaks.
Public and private parties where liquor flows freely still
They disgrace the community Their existence reflects
efficiency Of enforcement officers. Il
The present tragedy should public officials greater
No seespecng citizen should approval to any
violation of the Volstead act
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-01

wiped out sny dream Of the presidency which
may have remained In him
eentimentally. Nebraska cannot but help
regret the loss Of it's title to Mr.. Bryan Ne
braska hasn't been a Bryan province much Of
the time 1t has been stubborn in taking its
own views of political matters despite the pres
ence OF his strong personality Bryan has suf-
fered particularly the whips and scorns Of his
own party. His hardest fights beginning with
his youthful wars with the Morton element Of
his party have been inside Nebraska. Only in
one election, in 1908, did Nebraska give Bryan
anything like spontaneous hand Yet through
It all barring perhaps the bitterness Of some
OF the earlier days, Nebraska has recognized
Bryan rs a good sport and as credit and
an asset TO his state. He came, as Democrat
to state consecrated-i In blood to the Repub-
leans He managed, despite this handicap
to put his impress on the state and to make
It base for his national operations Nebraska
was a hard nut to crack and he never did get
at more than half the meat OF 1t. but In the
effort he won his states respect and liking.
For all his many home battles there is none
to wish him i'll as he packs his lares and
penates of to a less strenuous cline
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-01
USEFUL
BY BERTON BRALRY,

Yes, irst-class education gives a mental
elevation
Which is worth the toll and trouble to
acquire;
And q brain that's quick and active makes a
woman more attractive,
For intelligence Is something men admire
But-don't place your WHOLE reliance on your
letters and your science,
Though they give you lots OF giamor and OF
charm,
1t is well to have ambition for a lot Of
erudition,
But-a little bit OF beauty does no harm,
While it's wisdom to endeavor to be scintfllant
and clever,
Don't forget to give your features proper
care;
And though knowledge is enduring, don't neg
lect your manicuring
And occasional attention to your hair
1t won't minimize your learning if you show
some thought concerning
The appearance of an ankle or an arm:
And though style and fit and fashion shouldn't
be your ruling passion,
Yet little bit OF smartness does no harmI
On. girl who's wise and witty can be also
mighty pretty
And exceedingly attractive to The glance
And IT causes no reduction In the worth OF her
instruction
II her step Is like feather IN the dance
We admire the girl from college. with her Gull
ture and her knowledge,
- But that isn't ALL the secret Of her charm:
For the simple honest=fact Is, she has Learned
from daily practice
That little bit Of beauty does no harm!
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