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The Washington times., 1921-08-02
BRIDES LAz|NESS
HELD REASON FOR
HOUSE SHORTAGE
Architect Says They Shun
Housework and Feed Families
From DeIicatessen Stores.

CHICAGO. Aug. BRIDES came
in for an awful pannins yesterday
at the hands of +. L. Davidson,
president of the Illinois Society Of
Architects, who placed the blame for
the present acute housing shortage
squarely upon their slender shoulders,
"A small apartment requires less
work by the housekeeper," said MIR.
Davidson, 80 she prefers it to a
house of her own which can be a
zeal home for the family.
Further reducing effort, the
modern housewife feeds her family
from the neighboring delicatessen.
she would rather have an automobile
than a home
Miss Harriet Vittum, head resi-.
dent of Northwestern University SET
Element, speaking of the shortage Of
houses and flats, said:
zone woman with six children Gp.
pealed to us to help her find n
cheap flat--three or four rooms in n
basement, and her financial limit WAS
$40. We telephoned to thirty-eight
real estate agents before we could
place her"
Building permits for work to cost
s14,004,650 We're issued by the city
building department in July. This is
in contrast with permits for s6,659.-
800 of work in July, 1920. and only
S7,4S4,200 of work in June, 1921.
Permits for 124 apartment houses
and $40 residences were Issued lIst
month. In June a year ago ther..
were permits for only six partment
houses, and 156 residences.
The Washington times., 1921-08-02

set forth the circumstances surround
ing the marriage of the defendant and
stated that the deponent considered
Toussaint of unsound mind.
The deposition Of Arthur Freeman,
Catholic priest Of Goldsboro. n. c..
said that he became acquainted with
the defendant through his wife, Mrs.
Toussaint, who was a Catholic. He
declared he always regarded him as
queer"
The States case was confined main
ly to the reading of Toussaints con-
fession, taken the day following the
murder Several witnesses, among
them former Chief of Police Lee Huff,
who obtained the confession from the
defendant. were placed on the stand.
Accused Man Unmoved.
Toussaint remained unmoved
throughout the day. but his wife wept
quietly during the latter stages of the
trial.
Otto II. Toussaint was slain on the
night of February 6. According to
confessions, the son. after tampering
with the fathers automobile and put
ting 1t out OF service, waited at a
dark corner, believing his father would
walk home.
Hardly had the father passed the
son, than two shots were fired. Both
shots were effective. one entering the
fathers head, the other the body. The
elder mans body was found in ditch
late that night. The unconcern over
his fathers death led to suspicious
being cast upon Henry J. Toussaint
and an investigation and confession
followed.
The defendant and his family came
to Washington in 1882. The father
purchased the Summit Hotel, Sow.
enth and p streets northwest. He
sold this hotel several years ago,
went into the junk business. Later
he quit this business and Joined his
son, Henry, in business in Wichita
Falls. ....
The defendant is a former army
lieutenant. graduate of Harvard Col.
lege, former student at Georgetown
and George Washington Universities.
He was well known about Washing.
TON
The Washington times., 1921-08-02
All Run Down
Now Feels Fine
EafOs,ic Ended
His Troubles

"Eatonic is the only thing have
found to stop my heartburn and I
think 1t has been a greet help in
nervous spells, writes G. G. johnson.
An upset stoma ch may cause lots
OF suffering all over the body. Eatonic
helps in such cases by removing the
cause OF the misery, because 1t takes
up and carries out the excess acid
and gases and keeps the digestive
organs in natural working order. A
tablet after meals is all you need.
Big box costs only o trifle with
druggists guarantee.
The Washington times., 1921-08-02
Hoover Begins Task
OF Starting Machine
To Aid Russian Poor
BY w. H. ATKINS.
BY international News Service.

American relief for Russias famine
victims will be made possible without
delay by complete acquiescencc of the
Soviet authorities in all conditions
which may be prescribed by this Gov
ernments representatives, II was ex-
pected In official circles today.
Open Negotiations.
The tone Of the Soviet communities
ton to Secretary Hoover made IL
evident that the authorities will
give guarantee for the safety OF
American relief workers, and that
they will interfere in no way with
control or distribution of the relief
supplies, which may be sent into
Western Russia.
Under instructions from Secretary
Hoover, Walter l.. Brown, director
in Europe of the American relief
administration today was en- route to
Riga to open negotiations with the
Soviet representatives. and to agree
over the conditions for administer
ing the Russian relief program. He
is expected at Riga within few
days, and If by that time all Amer
lean prisoners are released and out
side Russian territory, 1t Is expected
by officials here that nothing will
arise to delay early operation Of the
Relief Waits on Soviet.
Meanwhile. the officials of the
American relief administration We're
preparing to carry out the relief
project, which will involve spending
about s1,25O,000 a month, 10 care
for 1000. 900 children and adult in
valids. 1t was said that The ma
chinery Of the organization is being
SO adjusted that the work can pro-
coed expeditiously. when Director
Brown. cables from Riga, that the
Soviets have accepted all terms.
The program of the American re-
lief administration may be broaden
ed considerably, after other relief
organizations have come into the
plan in a cooperative way. A num-
Der of other organizations have in
dicated a willingness to join in the
project.
The Washington times., 1921-08-02

Capital Clasps As Gent
Appears With Posy
Bedecked Kelly

He went out for Sunday
afternoon stroll, but he nearly
caused a parade.
What WAS that strange OBJ
ject walking leisurely down the
street? Well, it had on trousers,
that much was established. 1t
had on a regular coat. The suit
was Of immaculate palm beach.
1t lpoked like man. Until
ones gaze fell on the hat. Then
it looked like-well, that's what
everybody followed him to find
out. For the hat was a white
sailor, broad brimmed, with bril-
liant blue flowers woven into
the hat band.
All of which means that to be
fashionable now men must wear
lowered hat bands.
And the man was an Ameri-
can, too.
The Washington times., 1921-08-02
FoRGER, TO BECOME MOTHER,
PARDoNED FROM PRISON

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. Mrs.
Margaret Smith, who has served less
than five months of two to fourteen
year sentence for forgery, was par
doned by Gov. Warren t. McCray be-
cause she Is about to become a mother.
The governor said he favored the wom-
ans release because he did not want a
child to come into the world stigma
tized by prison birth.
Mrs. Smith, who is the mother of
two children, was found guilty of forg-
ing four checks for a total of s9S last
March. a.
The Washington times., 1921-08-02
100000 Face
DEATH IN RUSSIA
ASPLAGUE GROWS
Unburied Bodies Clog Roads
Over Which Fleeing Hordes
Seek Safety.

BERLIN. Aug. 2.-More than ft.-
100000 persons face death in Russia.
Cholera Is spreading and famine con
ditions are worse every twenty-four
hours.
the morale of the people is break.
ing down. Hundreds of thousa 1ds
are in flight and the roadways IN
the Samara district are filled With
unburied corpses. Practically all
workshops are idle. The railway
transportation system has nearly col
lapsed.
u. s. Inspires Hope.
But there was one ray of hone to-
day and 1t came from the United
states. The news that America Will
aid Russia caused a wave of relief IN
Germany, Poland and the Baltic
states.
The Washington times., 1921-08-02
Shonts Will Filed.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-The will of
Theodore p. Shonts, New York fin
ancier, who died in September, 1919,
leaving most of his property to
Amanda g. Thomas, was filed for
probate here yesterday. the object
being to expedite distribution OF Chi
cago holdings of the estate. The
local property has an estimated val.
ue OF 100000.
The Washington times., 1921-08-02
ELDER TOUSSA|NT
CARRIED ASHES OF
Wife IN TIN CAN
Man, With Whose Death Son Is
Charged, Talked to Re-
mains, Lawyer Says.
by Special Correspondent.

WICHITA FALLS, Tex, Aug. a.
When the body OF Mrs. o.. ii. Tous-
saint, of Washington, ID. c., was ere.
Wated several years ago. the husband
Otto ii. Toussaint, wealthy and aged
resident of the District of Columbia
put the ashes in a tin can, carried
them. on his person, often talking TO
the can as IL 1t were living person.
This was the charge made i'm court
here yesterday by Attorney c. c. Nc,
Donald, representing Henry J. Tous.
saint, who today is charged with the
murder of his father, Otto Ii. Tous.
saint. on a lonely road I'm this city
last February. The elder Toussaint
was shot to death. The defense will
plead insanity.
Toussaint "Unwelcome" Child.
I'VE expect to prove" declared Nc,
Donald, in opening the case for the
defence, that:
"First--Henry j. Toussaint was
born I'm the slums OF Washington.
"Second-That efforts were made to
prevent his birth.
'Third-That he came into this
world unwelcome.
"Fourth-That as a boy he was shy,
timid and sad, making few friends
and no intimate acquaintances."
NhseSA'Sy <HNi(oHdid - oDtuius Sldle-
ment created sensation in this lit
tie town. The disclosures of the de-
Tense came as complete surprise
and the Toussatnt trial is attract
ing attention throughout the State.
I'VE further expect TO prove"
declared Mcdonald, that Mrs. Tous-
saint, mother of the defendant. was
a spiritualistic medium, consulted
by persons from far and near who
wished to talk to departed loved
ones; that when she died her body
was cremated and the ashes placed
in a can which the defendant =
father carried around with him,
often talking to II as though 1t was
a living person.
Father Had Delusions.
Further, we expect that the de-
fendant's father had insane deiu-
sions. believing himself to be one
OF the worlds greatest doctors; that
he believed in reincarnation and
thought he would return to this
earth as a great chemist, able 10
analyze human beings by looking at
them.
I'VE expect to show further that
the defendant has three decisions:
"First-That his father killed his
mother.
"Second-That the Catholic Church
prosecuted his ancestors, the
French Hugenots.
"Third-That his father broke up
his home and destroyed his happi-
ness"
The remainder of the attorneys
testimony was taken up In the sub
hitting of dispositions taken from
old acquaintance OF Toussaint. all
of which tended to show that he
was of peculiar temperament and
given to periods of queer mental
practices.
A deposition from DIR. T. w. Oh
liver, OF Wade, n. c., who had known
Toussaint for eight years, told of
several cases in which he had risked
his life and of the refusals he had
made to insure his life because he
believed that he would live to be
100 years old.
The deposition also told Of the defen-
dant's expressed wish Of enlisting in
the army because he would as soon
be dead as alive"
The second deposition submitted
was from Joseph ]. Bruno, Of Scran-
ton, Pa, father of Mrs. Toussaint. 1t
The Washington times., 1921-08-02
NEW CARDINAL MAY BE
NAMED FOR UNITED STATES

ROME, Aug. "A consistory Will
be held at the Vatican in October
when five cardinals probably will b
created, including one American. acs
cording to reports here.
The Washington times., 1921-08-02
PRETTY BOSTONIAN TO
STUDY MUSIC ABROAD
MISS KATHERYN BARRY,

MISS KATHRYN BARRY,
Miss Barry, who is prominent
in Dorchester, Boston, Mass,
social circles, was a passenger on
the first trip of the steamship
Providence as it inaugurated a
new service between Boston and
Mediterranean ports. She will
study music under European
masters.
The Washington times., 1921-08-02

WITHOUT IRON YOUR BLoOD. Also
LOSES ITS POWER TO CHANGE FOOD
INTO LIVING CELLS AND TISSUE and
nothing you eat does you the proper amount OF
Good-you do not get the full strength out of
It, In fact sometimes the more you eat the
more you starve, as your digestive organs arc
unable to handle much food when your blood
lacks iron and you often think you have
Simply eat less and take iron There arc
1000 0n, 900 900 Red Blood Corpusclcs in
your blood and each one must have iron
DON'T TRY TO FOOL YOURSELF"
The Washington times., 1921-08-02

let your doctor decide. Get him TO make a
blood count" Of your red blood eorpuseles
and SEE WHEIHER YOU ARE a 50 PER
CENT? IRON MAN. Or II you do not want to
go to this trouble eat more spinach and other
demonstrating vegetables for two weeks and
The Washington times., 1921-08-02

into thinking you
are a man OF
blood and iron"
when you have
good reason to
suspect that you
The Washington times., 1921-08-02

HUa " - enaify
injure the t-eth. make IN
upset TIE ytovnsch. Eseh to
kuysted Iron 10 stamped
and the words Noxstsd Iron
bottis Of tablets. 80 that the
Into ncrepting inferior soFss
urcrs Suarsntee satisfactory
chseev o. they yfu refund
peuscd By al GOOD drvrrists.
The Washington times., 1921-08-02

A good reason for many of these failures Is plain
approaches middle age THE IRON IN HIS BLOOD IS All
THIN OUT and he then lacks the necessary iron
In his body to give him the force strength and -
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-11-26

Oscar F. Mayer the great packer
is much talked of for mayor since his
return from Europe. But he wants
no office for himself. He generally
picks a friend for job like that and
wins out on him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-11-26
THE RESULT OF A PHYSICIANS
TEST.

On October 81 we received letter
from Tennessee. A physician who is
there in high esteem made a test with
Timers Liniment and now writes:
81 have tried Timers Liniment on a
The ankle joints were almost dislocat-
ed with a very limited movement of
the Joint The result of the applica-
ton of Timers Liniment is very
pleasing indeed. Please send me a
pint c. o. D. at once" If you try this
remedy for sprains, strains, rheuma-
tism or neuralgia, you will be sur
prised at the results. Keep it at
home for such cases, and also ask
your druggist or dealer in medicines
not to be out of Timers Bitter Wine
Authorities in many sections of our
country look for the recurrence of
| "fue" this winter in severer form
than last year Prophylaxy is the best
| thing At the first sign of trouble
look through your medicine-chest
whether Timers Bitter Wine is on
| the shelf, because that is the very
remedy which will bring you out OF
danger-Advertis
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-11-26
BUSINESS NOTES

Chicago is getting to be center for
the manufacture of musical inStru-
ments 1t is said that there is no bet
ter photograph made than the one
turned out by the Illinois Photograph
Company, at 401 w. Erie Street. B.
very popular with the trade and
public.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-11-26

That bright, able and popular young
Democrat, James NJ. Whalen, will
probably lead the Democratic party to
victory next year as a candidate for
Trustee of the Sanitary District of
Chicago. He will fill the place with
credit both to himself and to the peo-
pie who elect him
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-11-26

PATRICK J. CARR.
Popular County Treasurer Who Is
Making Good Official Record.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-24

Is this not something that we owe to the
people of this city who cannot get away to
spend their vacations, but who delight in such
things in the way of a~musements that we have
inst axperienced in this city in the form of a
travelling carnival?
Perth Amboy should lose no time in securing
possession of the gas works property and the
the few other tracts that are necessary to con-
meet its present holdings all along the river
front. Then develop the whole tract. placing
the amusements at the end of the park near
est the railroad so that the noise would not
disturb the residential section from Madison
avenue to the Bluff. There is nothing that
would bring greater returns as far as the
happiness and contentment of the people is
concerned, and, after all, what greater asset can
a city have than that?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-24
WHAT ABOUT THE FOURTH?

II won't be long now before preparations
xvu, besin for the Fourth of July. What Is
Perth Amboy going to do about 1t? inns CITY
WAS one of the first in the state to adopt the
"sa fe and sane" idea. 1t proved to be a great
success. Since the country in general has adop-
tod the safe and sane idea thousands or httie
lives have been saved and as many poys nave
been SHARED the handicap of going through nie
MANNED in one way or another.
Perth Amboy showed signs OF slipping i"ss
and has been showing such signs lor "
"a or two back, for that matter. lhere
OUGHT not to be any backward step In this re-
sard There are other ways of showing one :
natriotism than by so much deadly NOISE WIFI
ennhasis on the deadly"
II Is all we'll enough to say that Dogs VIII" ~
hovs and that Young America ought TO De d.
lowed to have a good time on the nations p1rth-
dow That was all we'll enough before the Gays
whom high explosives were placed In nre
crackers and death-dealing bombs were hanoeu
ant like so much candy. One thought OF inc
baart-nangs in a home where a little lie mas
heen snuffed out though this so-called ceie-
brat,on ought to warrant the strict ENFORCE
n,ont of drastic rules regarding the hanohhs
OF explosives.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-24
NEED OF P~OLICEWOMEN

As time passes one cannot help wondering
why Mayor Wilson hesitates to carry out his
announced intention to appoint a p~olicewoman
for Perth Amboy. There are several vacancies
on the police force that ought to be filled. The
mayor has said that a woman would be chosen
to fill one of these vacancies. The city needs
such an officer and it would seem as II an OPP
portunity to do a good work for the city is
being lost.
That there is a big sentiment in favor OF a
woman on the police force there is no doubt.
The matter has been agitated for several years.
Many cities have found it advantageous to have
a woman officer. Where one has been ap-
pointed she has fully justified the action taken.
Perth Amboy has particular need for a wom-
an officer. The city has an unusually large
number of industries employing female help.
These girls, employed all through the day. are
naturally out in the evening looking Tor rec
reation and amusement. Many of them need
a guardian. The policewoman would serve
them well.
Besides, conditions at the police station wnere
women prisoners are sometimes confined are
s,ch that it is highly desirable to have a woman
who has authority. Mayor Wilson ought 10
give the matter of a p~olicewoman some atten-
ton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-24

Ralph Waldo Emerson said tnat
America had produced two great
poets, Daniel Webster and Father
Taylor.
AS to Webster, we know what he
meant. Webster wrote no verse
but he had great imagination. sucn
as a poet must have.
But who was Father Taylor?
No one needed to ask that ques-
ton IN the days when Emerson was
preaching in the north end of Bos-
ton, Emerson attracted the intel
lectual few, but the throng, includ-
ing hosts from the aristocratlc part
of the city, went by his door to lis
ten to the man who talked to sailors
in the old Bethel in North Square.
Two drunken sailors were looking
for the place one night. and they
tried to read the kerosene hghted
sign, BETHEL. One of them spell
ed it out painfully
Bet, beat. heel, hell n
then he cried, That's the place."
When Jennie Lind visited America
she had no doubt where to attend
church in Boston. There were men
of great learning, of which Father
Taylor had very little, but none OF
greater heart or greater native gilt
of eloquence.
When Father Haylor lay dying, a
friend said to him. Father Taylor.
you soon will be among the angles"
II don't want to be among the
angels" replied the old man. Il
want to stay here. among folks!"
There are folks enough in the
world, and varieties enough, and we
sometimes have occasion to weary of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-24
WE ARE

ON the same day that We read of the exposure
Of graft and corruption in the awarding Oh roao
contracts in Cape May county we also reao %
the intention of the Board of Freehoioers oi
Nidd,esex county to spend $4,000 for pave
ments of TYPE r." "bitoslag,' and other mate
rails associated with the patent pavement inter
cts. We are reminded of Patrick Henr?s Ia
nous speech in which he said:
Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the flrs'' MS
Cromwell; and George the
he was interrupted by shouts or 'Ireason'
When the tumult had subsidized the old patrio'
continued: And George the Third may prom
by their example. If this be treason. make the
most of It,"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-24
O Has the United States Army a

@. Has the United States Army a
regulation dead march? ?" J.. B.
A. The Cemeterial Division of the
War Department says there is no
official funeral march. When the
relatives do not make a request for
certain musical selections al a SOL
dier's funeral, various suitable ones
are chosen, the only regulation be-
ing that taps be sounded.
@. How many birds can a mock
ing bird initiate? s. S. Il.
A. 1t depends upon the habitat of
the bird and it's own inclination. The
/ natural song of the mockingbird is
beautiful and some of the species
seldom attempt any mimicry, while
others constantly initiate the sounds
they hear. An observer recently re-
| corded the initiating of nineteen
other bird songs by one hooking
bird.
Q. What is the Japanese popula-
ton of Hawaii? H.. f. II.
A. According to a report of the
Census Bureau November 16, 1920
the Japanese residents in Hawaii
number 100, 269, or 42.7 per cent or
| the population, which is 255,512.
This was an increase of 81 per
cent from 1910 to 1920.
O. Where is the largest state
building? II. j. X.
A. The State Capitol of Texas is
the largest building of its kind in
the United States.
q. How may silk ribbon be
waterproofed in order that it may
| retain it's original softness? E. E.. G..
A. The Bureau of Standards says
it is impossible to waterproof SILK
ribbon and yet have it remain soft
and ~pliable, for the reason that any
| thing hat would make it waterproof
fills up all the spaces the
fibers of the silk.
O. Didn't the game of Poker
originate in the United states? G.. j.
w.
A. Poker is known as an Amerl-
can game, but it is undoubtedly an
adaptation of the Persian game "as
mas" 1t seems that this game came
to the United States by way of New
| Orleans. 1t was in some ways SIM
liar to a game already in vogue
there which was Poque, a variation
of an Italian game or it's French de-
rivative. Our present word poker
is a INSTRUMENTATION of the French
term, dividing it into two syllables
''po-que'' and adding the "r' which
is sounded only in some sections Of
the country.
@. Why were cocks put on wealth
err vanes? J. A. S.
A. The cock seemed an %appropri-
ate emblem because a rooster in the
barnyard or on a fence will always
turn himself about in the direction
from which the wind is blowing.
@. When were Oriental rugs first
made? f. T. p.
A. Rugs in the Orient are men,
toned by classical writer's of a very
early period. There are some rare
specimens in the Museum at Cairo
Egypt, which date from at least
1850, B. c. -.
@. How much did it cost to build
Tower Bridge? c. E. w.
A. Tower Bridge, a drawbr1dge
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-24

which spans the Thames just below
the Tower of London, was opened in
1894 and cost over Ii 100000.
@. l have some dull tin powder
out of which l wish to make tinfoll.
Have applied it to paper but 1t
doesn't look bright. Do they use a
bright powder for t~infoil? D.. +. b.
A. Tinfoil is not made by apply
ing tin powder to paper, but by roll
ing out solid tin into very thin
sheets.
@. is it proper to wear a silk hat
with a Tuxedo suit ?-M. j..
A. A high sat is not worn with a
Tuxedo 1t is correct to wear a
Derby, a soft or a straw hat.