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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-11
COUNTRY MAIDEN
PUT POLISH ON
SIDEWALK PEST
Smart Chicago Youth, Who
Sought to Lure Near Bride,
Gets AtCfuI Surprise.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE way Of man
with a maid is beyond the comprehension
Of Muriel stearnes of Freeport, Ill. And
while Chris Memis is working out a fine
Of 500 and costs in the bridewen he
probably will revise his notions concern
ing the simple little country girl.
Pretty Muriel, who is 81, IS to become
a bride on Saturday. She came to our
sometimes wicked city to complete her
bridal outfit Her shopping done, she
trek&ed down Roosevelt road to the
Illinois Central Station.
Along came Chris, neatly pressed, new
II snined, and redolent Of the barber
shop. Mun!el caught his experienced
eye. without rouge she was and with
out powder, but prettier for their alb
sence. The typical little country girl
wandering IN the big city.
NO. SHE DIDN'T
WANT TO.
Chris was smitten instanter. "Ah.
there" he ah-ed. or words to that
effect. Don't you want me to show you
the sights OF the city. little strangerY"
Miss Marion Wighumap matron at
South Clark street police station. Is
given the floor at this point.
'She was polishing up the fellow in
fine shape" Miss Wightmaa relates with
gusto. "Sergt. George Telling and my
self were passing In an automobile and
Telling took hand. But his services
weren't needed"
Before Judge Joseph W Schulman in
morals court MurieI explained the an
sence Of rouge powder, etc.
SHE COULDN'T
UNDERSTAND.
My mother told me the only girls
men accosted on the street were girls
who painted their faces" she said. 80
I didn't even powder my shiny nose. ]
can't explain why be should speak 70
me- I didn't even look pretty"
Chris reused from his gloomy reverie
long enough to flash a look that IN
dicated he questioned her last state
ment
Your fiance Is a lucky fellow" Judge
Schulman allowed, as he slapped the
500 fine on Chris. Little Muriel's blush
Of pleasure at the compliment put to
shame the most artful rouge in the
world OF cosmetics
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-11

ITALIAN BANK FAILS.
MILAN. Aug. 1.-THE Kuster Bank at
Turin failed today with liabilities Of
IS. 900 900 lire.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-11
Housewives Commend
Attorney General

The Housewives League Of Indianapo-
lis met in the women's room OF the
Fletcher American Bank at $50 O'CLOCK
Yesterday afternoon It was resolved 70
send G note Of commentator TO the at
torney general on the stand which ne
took in the suit against the dairy com
panies. The league also decided TO peu-
tion the Local Council Of Women tor
membership IN that organization
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-11
MRS. HOPPER SUPPORTS ALICE JOYCE
In The Inner Chamber on Vetv al ALhantbrG

Alice Joyce is surrounded by whale"
Of a cast IN "The Inner Chamber"
which opened three day engs gement at
Alhambra today.
Chief in support Of Miss Joyce are
Mrs. Dewolf Hopper, Pedro de Cordoba,
Jolmes E. Herbert, John Webb Dilion
and Ida Waterman.
That Is sure some bunch OF talent to
appear in one picture.
The story is an adoption Of Charles
Caldwell Dobie's novel THE Blood Red
Dawn" The central figure is a
stenographer, girl of good family,
whose father had once been wealthy and
who had been reared to the best in life
until after the death OF her parent.
should find herself penniless and the
only support of her invalid mother. She
loses her job when she rejects the ad-
vances Of her employer. and her way is
made all the harder by the malicious lies
he spreads about her character The
only one who befriends her is torn from
her by another falsehoOd. and to escape
trouble she finally marries a Greek
doctor who had successfully treated her
mother.
A tragedy follows the marriage, but
in the subsequent scenes the girl finds
happiness and contentment with the man
whom she really loves.
: + IL
ON VIEW TODAY
The entertainment menu today is made
up IS follows: Wedding Bells" st the
Murat p ;opulsr vaudeville at the Lyric /;
II Do" and Girls Don't Gamble" at the
Ohio; Nobody" at the Circle; "Unchart-
ed Seas" at Loew's State; The Miracle
Of Manhattan" at Mister Smiths; "Smll-
Ing All the Way" at the Isis; The
Fighter" at the Colonial and Honey
moon Ranch" al the Regent.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-11
II Cities Out of II
Report Hikes in
Costs of Foods

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Increa5es
in the retail cost of food are shown in
eleven out OF the fourteen cities in
cluded in the official tabulatio ns
made public by the Department of
Labor. Norfolk, Va, with a decrease
of ] per cent; Dallas, Texas, with a
decline of one-tenth of / per cent,
and st. Louis. where prices remained
unchanged, the exceptions.
The figures were made for the Pc
Rod from June Is to July Is, and
show increases of per cent in Butte.
Mont; ) per cent in Cleveland, Ohio,
and Portland, Maine per cent in
Bridgeport, Conn; per cent in
Houston, Texas; Newark, n. J.; New
York and Washington; per cent in
Birmingham. Ala. and Charleston,
s. c., and two-tenths Of / per cent in
Cincinnati.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-11


CENTRAL AND SUBSIDIARY
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-11

checks on her account, according to pc
lice.
During hrs. Phillips Illness. due to
the automobile mishap, the young hus-
band did not stay at home, according TO
reports from Los Angeles. He roomed
with neigbbors, rode around in her car
and spent her money freely, it is added.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-11
YCRKA TO END
ENGAGEMENT AT MURAT.

Miss Blanche Yurka, who has been
leading woman with the Stuart Walker
company Cor many weeks, win leave the
organization at the close Of the Satur-
day night performance Of Wedding
Bells" at the Murat. Miss Yurka will
leave for New York and other Eastern
points on Sunday to spend a short time
resting before beginning rehearsals for a
new play.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

is not surprising that many victims con-
fessed to anything In order that the torture
be stopped Sometimes the boot consisted Of
boards, between which wedges were driven,
crushing muscle and bone,
Binding with red-hot irons or burning
out the tongue with similarly heated tools
were everyday occurrences In the courts Of
the various parts Of Europe during those
Ages so rightly called Dark. The idea that
anything was allowable so long as 1t was
done in the name Of law and order and that
cruelty ceased to be cruelty when prac-
tised upon one suspected Of crime was
widely accepted as true.
More than one person has expressed the
opinion that It would be well for Landru
to have nine lives, like cat that he might
undergo at least something like the suffer
ing of few Of his victims.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

French, when they adopted 1t, did not
take its legendary sex" from it. They
retained the old idea by feminizing Dr.
Guillotin's name and The Maiden" be-
came "Mme. Guillotine."
The device consists of two upright posts
rising to a height Of about thirteen feet.
surmounted by cross-beam and grooved
so as to guide an oblique-edged knife. The
back of this knife is weighted with 120
pounds of lead to make 1t fall swiftly. The
blade is held In place by the cross-beam
and Is released by pressure Of the little
button at the side of one of the uprights
II comes, originally, from Persia.
And II Is this device which will lop Off
Landru's head. He may consider himself
lucky. Too lucky number of not ordi-
narily cruelminded people think.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

The expression cutting into stripes" is
often heard, but few people to-day realize
tbs sinister significance. 1t was punish
ment borrowed from the Chinese and was
melted out to parracides-those guilty OF
numbering their parents-and 1t was suit
fered by men and women alike. The death
was a slow and dreadful one, the con-
demned being literally sliced to bits with
sharp knives. So expert did the execu.
TONERS become in this that they could
avoid cutting arteries or touching vital
centres for the good part OF an hour.
Whatever the mode of painful death de-
creed for him, Landru would certainly have
suffered torments before its infection. He
would not have been allowed at his triel
to defy the prosecuting attorney and judges
or to cross-examine witnesses as he did In
Paris. The machinery of Justice was
rugged quite differently those days. The
witnesses would have been heard and then
it would have been presumed that Landru.
was guilty; that is, the assumption would
have been not that the accused was inno-
cent until proven guilty, as is the case to-
day. but that he was guilty unless he could
prove himself innocent In order to make
him confess the commission Of his murders
he would certainly have been put to the
torture.
Men then seemed to expend infinite
ingenuity in devising ways OF infiict-
ing pain. It was mere trifie to draw q
man up from the ground by his wrists and
hang weights on his feet, while they ap.
piled burning candles to breast or other
tender parts Of the body as was done to
Pastor Iosnnes Sarcander, OF Holenshoven,
Moravia, In the year 1620-just when the
Pilgrim Fathers we're settling In America
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

But the idea Of inficting extraordinary
pain upon condemned criminals is one that
the Christian world has been steadily NOV
ing away from during recent centuries.
When New York adopted the electric chair
as a method of execution it was because
1t was declared by science to be more
merciful than hanging. So swift was the
electric current 1t was thought, that life
was blasted from the body before the
nerves could register in the brain the SEN
sation We call pain.
raised as to whether the electric death is
as painless as was thought. French scien-
lists who have studied the matter are not
satisfied that 1t is. They say that the
guillotine is far ahead of the electric chair
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

in search Of . free
country. But this was
by no means the only
kind Of torture applied
to men, and even to
delicate women, to
force them to recant
opinions or confess
crimes Of which they
were accused.
I The application OF
'the boot" was another
very trying perform
ance, for the naked
leg was placed in a
boot studded with
sharp nails. and then
the boot being closed
the eYecutiODer drove
It tigher and tighter
by blows of a sledge
hammer. Under this
arouizinp treatment II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

The law chose open places
easily accessible = Joan OF
Arc was burned In the main
street of Rouen, France.
Iron chairs, to withstand the
flames and to hold fast the
writhing body long after
power to stand had been
burned from the legs, were
usually provided and stapled
to the post. The fagsots
were piled waist-hish around
the condemned and some
times adroitly dampened to
prolong the torment.
There is no doubt that
Laudru would at least have
been burned at the stake ID
the Dark Ages.
What was somewhat loose
ly called hanging in chains
was a favorite form Of pun
ishment for murderers In
those harsh days. Hanging
in chains took several forms.
Most often the chains" con-
sisted Of q stout, iron
latticed cage, which was
hung up from q city gate or
the prison wall and so on.
hut o1wava In acme public
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

ana tnat Wn6n the
knife descends upon
the neck of the con-
demned life is blot
tied out without a
pang.
The instrument it.
self was introduced
during the French
Revolution. 1t was
named after its sup
posed inventor, DR..
Joseph lgnace Gull
lotin, q physician
who was seeking q
more humane meth
cd Of execution than
that by the axe.
Sometimes the axe
man was nervous or
careless or devilish
and took two or
even more strokes to
finish his victim.
AS a matter OF
fact, however, DR..
Guillotin merely sug.
gested the use and
improved somewhat
a death device long
known as The
Maiden" Why the
m e C h a n 1 S m was
named so and con-
sidered feminine Ia
unknown Rut fhe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

that is, his skin was removed by expert exc
cutioners. Hanging. beheading and burn.
ing were comparatively gentle forms Of
death.
were carried out with the utmost publicity.
This was particularly true OF burnings. On
such occasions dense crowds came to see
the sufferings of the wretches condemned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

place. Sometimes the condemned was put
in this cage and allowed to starve to death
there. After the carrion birds had picked
his bones clean the cage was empued and
ready for its next guest. Sometimes the
condemned was hanged or tortured to
death frst and his corpse put In the cage
as lesson to others and to shame his
family.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25


what lingering and agon-
izing death he was to
die. The idea of a pub
lie execution in those
days was not only to pun
ish the criminal, but to
make that punishment so
dreadful that others
would be deferred from
co m m / t ting similar
crimes.
They might have or
dered Landru broken on
the wheel" This meant
that he was to be fast
ened to a huge wheel on
a post while executioners
Sroke his bones with
mallets and tore out HE
tendons with pincers. Or
they might have ordered
him to be drawn and
quartered,' in which
event four werful
horses would have been
tied to. his legs and arms
and then have been
driven away in four diff
ferent directions. The
effect of this upon the
body of the victim is OBJ
vious.
Sometimes the judges
ordered this punishment
heightened out into two
or even three draws"
That is, the first draw
was not hard enough to
pull the body apart, the
second pulled a little
more apart, and the
third pulled 1t into four
parts. Another particu-
larly severe punishment
consisted of hanging the
murderer head down
ward between two stout
stakes and saving him In
half. Sometimes the
criminal was flaYad alive
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-06
NEW NASH FOUR
IS W0MAN'S CAR
Auto Soon to Come Out
Has Qualities of Ease
and Comfort

Women who drive their car viii
rnd un unusual appeal In The now
Sash -Four which. II is expected, Will
o., in productions some lime In Sep
t,mber This appeal lies IN ease of
banding uu outstanding feature of
thIH r.,y urodu1t ~ tlo Naeh Motors
.puulur uud f4 due to u number or
rIru,utt that enter into its Tcien-
.IfI. I,.iur and careful construction
The Nasb Tour ls an uuusually
vpil balanced car. this not only 'n-
hnuc,s its riding qualities ma makes
for tire ana gaauliuo economy but y
i4 rcspuusibIo lu large measure tor
nupD Of handling The short 'urning
radius. % feature that appeals pdrii-
,ultrlv tu the woman driver. IL sup
pl,mpuird n Tho Sash -Four by tho
general otuo with which tho cai
ajrurs under all conditions and hS
it's comfortable riding qualities, due
tu its unusually long fiat springs. its
wide rrstul seats and IT, unusual
room for freedom of movement In
the tonucau and front compartment
Rrguuuaiypucas Of the motor, its
quick pick up and its floNibility max"
FOR confidence of the driver and are
features TINT are Hpnt''lhl'V p'IN-
,ularlv in heavy traffic. The motor
ia q fuur-oyliudcr poW"r-plant ot the
perfected yalvo-in-h"ad type and the
smouihn,ss Of its performance, &C
cordiug ia Nash engineers, is due to
Us exceptionally well balanced CON
.sJruction and To- the light weight OF
us pIstuns which are balanced 10 a
hair.
Thc motor ts equipped with n
,ounterhalnuccd craukshnft Of unus-
uul size, which IS q larg" coutribut-
ing factor to tho noticeable absence
~ vibration The rocker arms being
hardened all over do not wear and
.drycIup rattle IN the life Of the mo-
tor. The body dcsi"n Of the Nash
-Four ~ Of stream = type aud it's
proportions are IN conformity with
that good taste which marks high
degree IN the coach builders art.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-06
FORD AGENT HERE
USES SHOP IDEA
Cars Assembled ON Nov
ing Platform Leave
It on Wheels
BEAT YEARS ESTIMATE
Business of Rvan and PattiIlo
Requires Use Of EXtcn-
siyc Equipment

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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-06
TRIUMPH FOR FORD
Liberty Motors In Army Planes Will
over Wilderness without
MiShap.

Ford built Liberty motors carried
the four army nirplaucs which on
October 90 completed the 5000 mile
journey from Mitchell Field, Long
island. 10 Nome, Alaska and return.
The fleet Was greeted over New York
city by "a tlQtilla of 40 army planes
which escorted il to Mincola, The
returning planes touched their
wheels to earth at ais in the ar-
tcruOou,
Tho Alaskan Flying Expedition
commanded 10y Captain st clair
street undertook the journey to
demonstrate the durability of mod
,ru uirpluurs and motors. and TO
effect tho establishment Of an aerial
route tu the northwestern corner Of
the American continent and Asia,
such ~ route would bring mail from
Alaska 10 the states in two or three
DAYS. whereas tho present method OF
transmission requires 20 days.
Talk about service" said Captain
street Those planes and motors
sure stood up. why, the only trou-
Bile We had un Tho entire trip was
caused hy he worst nit Of weather
I've over flown through or want 10
nv through We had everything
rain. SNOW. hail ana slcct, clouds, fog
and mist. But we kept right on fly
ing.
Tho $50 milcs of glaciers We trav-
prsrd was q wonderful sight. but
there would have been little hope FOR
rrscuc had We cracked up in that
wilderness. Altogether, 81 was a
rough trip | never want 10 fly
through such weather again hut the
planes stood H. maGnificcntly. In
stead OF battered hulks florping to
earth after windod flight. they
luuh,d brand new. Even tho turn
Buckles were RnlIshed and the motors
looked as sc they had Just come off
the testing block
We never changed a spark plug,
NcNrr a cylinder missed on us the
entire trip, Tho motors are in as
good condition today as when We
set out"
Before the flight. all the pilots
asked for ships equipped with Ford
made Liberty motors
que to the nature Of tho work
which engaged the expedition, the
fleet required period OF three
months to complete the trip, Since
an of the original motors completed
tho journey without repairs or re.
placements, this is believed 10 b. a
record for aerial navigation. n will
hc recalled that during the war, II
was generally the practice 10 over,
haul the airplauc motors after ap-
.pvoNimatc'v each 90 hours OF flight.
This fs tnr second notable event i'm
which Ford Liberty motors have fig
.urod prominently the first being the
trans. Atlantic Jump of the Ford lib
.crty equipped y g 4. feat which
commanded worldwide interest.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-06
SUPPLY COMPANY
HAS NEW HOME
Tulsa Motor Firm to Move
Soon ON Account Of
Growth

Tho Tulsa Motor Supply company
now located AT 2O3 East second
street has outEruwn the present bus
mess uuartcrS and ta now prcpur-
Ing To move to a large new building
at the corner ~ FIRST street uud
Cheyenne avenue, where It viii
curry on wholesale business oN-
cluslycly.
The records of the Tulsa Motor
supply company show that dur
ing last year the firm did huh-
ntss ut somewhat more than $aOu.
900. when II iq remembered that
this firm was born as lntc az Juno
IS, 1913. this is a remarkable record
9f growth, according to &. \. Corpcr.
I'rvgidcnt ana manager of the fum.
This is not business.
Bcsidos carrying u fun line of au-
tomohllc accessories. fine mechanics
tools aud an kinds or machinery used
I'm up-to-datc automobile repair
shops. the firm is Wholesale factory
distributors for "A number ut prod
uvts
Nj. Cooper explained that al
though IN their new quarters they
win be- unable To- take care uf Tvtnll
trade, thcy viii bc much better able
To give service as Wholesalers They
now carry the largest stock of this
Kind IN the state, ana have perfected
their organization There is nm nt-
flee aud salcwoom force OF 20 per
sons
Tho frm has moro than thou
sand customers, Nr Cooper said
These customers, dealers nud shuu
service mon are almost all within u
rrdius ut "a hundred miles from
Tu1gt
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-06

You will attend the Tulsa Auto ShO,U
in our ne,V home Which will be OCcu-
pied by US directly following this expo
SitiOn.
1t VaS indeed a pleasure for US to act
as host TO our ellOW dealers and to put
our building at their disposal but this
pleasure is enhanced a thousand fold
by our opportunity to be host to you
all for q UhOle week.
Both Peerless and Chandler WiN be
on display.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-06
purchnsc Bnttcry StntIon.

IUV OkIlhOmn IiaII0ry aud sum
ply company. II West Seventh
street, has been purchased hy T.. NJ.
TenucU, q. ~, Mcrricau and +. H..
Wci-s. Mr.. Weiss Is manager and
battery engineer Tho firm ara
agents FOR presto lhtr batteries.
gas IanAs and appliances.
The Nome nugget., 1921-06-25
POST CARD BRINGS NEWS OF TRADING
 SCH. POLAR BEAR

A Russian post card mailed from Mini Kolymsk, one of the most iso- lated and northerly towns l the world. by Brick Wilson, d member of the crew of the Nome trading schooner Polar Bear is the unique possession of Al Nicholson, proprietor of the Board of Trade. The card Was for warded by Wilson August 25, 1920 and had been enroute piactic.''l" '--- months when received on the steam- ship Victoria
 Mini Kolysmk is located on the north ei'n coast of Siberia at the mouth of the Eolyma River. which empties into 500 miles west of East Cape. siberia. The polar Bear. Capt. Chris Gudmund- sun, after a severe struggle with the ice. reached kolyansk last summer and was the first vessel to visit the port in several years. It is also under stood that the Polar Bear was the only ship to reach the town out of several including Russian government. steamer. which attempted it. Owing to the unusual ice conditions the Polar Bear was unable to return last fall and spent the winter in that locality. From meager :elegraphic advices received via Anadyr from Capt. Gudmunds sun. it is understood that he was caused considerable trouble by the Russian authorities. who seized his cargo of furs with the intention of confiscation but later returned them as a resul. of representations forwarded at his request by the Nome Chamber of Com- merce. As understood by Chamber of ConYnerce officials. the arrival of the Polar Bean was greeted joyously by the residents of the remote town. who were exceedingly shor: of supplies. Capt. Gudmundsun and his crew were shown every courtesy by both residents and officials. Furs were plentiful and the schooner did thriving business trading supplies for belts. Many commodities were so scarce and furs so plentiful that the residents are said 10 have been willing in many instances to :rade fox skin for such small ar ticles as a box of matches.
 After a season of trade the schoona. left for Nome but was blocked by tho ice and later returned to Kolymsk. In CommerceNCapt Gudsnundsun stated that it was a choice betwen wintering in tho dangerous ice fields or putting back to Kolyvnsk and the latter alter