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The Washington times., 1921-11-11
.LANDRU WEEPS
WHEN WITNESS
RELATES DREAM
Modern Blusbeard Shows Signs
OF Breakdown. But Re-
covers Quickly.

VERSAILLES. France, Nov. IL
Diseppoarence OF the second OF the
ess fiAnces ~ Henri "Bluebeard Don
Juan" Landru was taken up In his
murder trial yesterday.
According to witnesses. the widow
announced her engagement TO Landru
q few days after she met him, and i'm.
mediately took up her residence with
him In the villa at Vernouillet, which
is alleged TO have been purchased by
Madame Cruchet
Madame La Bordeline disappeared,
and after nothing was seen Of her for
months. I.andru was alleged to have
stored her furniturs and sold valuable
securities she had possessed.
Replying 70 a question by the
Judge, Landru said he did not re-
member what name he used In APP
preaching Madame In Bodeline, his
second financee. adding that any
way. II is a mere detail"
The, little time / had with her did
not allow me 10 pay extended court.
! am sure tho gentlemen OF the jury
viii appreciate that"
Lsndru scored q point regarding an
alleged automobile ride with the
widow when he triumphantly pointed
out that the use Of automobiles In
1915 was forbidden except for ma
tional defense.
Relation by a witness of dream In
which Madame Cruciet appeared
with her throat slashed made a deep
impression upon him.
The witness was Madame Fried
mann, q sister Of Madame Cruchet.
When she described the dream,
Landru leaped to his feet and cried:
IT have suffered much. Surely you
cannot except to convict me as the
result Of a dream
Sinking into bis seat he burst into
tears, but quickly recovered his com
posure and engaged In repartee with
Judge Gilbert.
There was another dramatic Incl
dent when Landru, pointing a bony
finger al Madame Friedman, asked:
why do you say / was your
sisters assa ssin7"
Because II you were not she would
be here TO defend you." was the quick
retort. .-+'
The Washington times., 1921-11-11
ULSTER VETOES
PEACE PLAN Of
LLOYD GEORGE
Craig Will Submit Counter Pro-
posaIs In Writing, Cabinet
Announcement Says.
ny International News Service.

LONDON, Nov. l1.-Following q
meeting OF the Ulster cabinet today.
Il was announced that the COM
promise proposals submitted by
Premier Lloyd George on the Irish
situation was unsa satisfactory TO Ul-
ster. The Unionists Will submit their
own counter proposals In writing
the announcement said.
Lloyd Georges proposals were re-
ceived shortly after the Ulster cabi-
net met. =.
"No useful purpose can be served
by continuing the former nesotia-
tions until certain the governments
proposals are withdrawn" Sir James
Craig, Ulster premier. declared In
reply TO the compromise proposals
submitted to the Ulster cabinet by
the British premier.
The Washington times., 1921-11-11
Armistice Greeting Is
Sent to Harding By
President of China
sy Isssrasusn.i News Services.

The following message OF
Armistice Day greetings to the
American people was today re-
ceived by President Harding
from President Hsu Shih-Chsng
of the Republic of China;
"On this third anniversary OF
the triumph Of tho united ma
tions srrayed against the forces
Of sutocracy the Republic OF
China sends greetings to the
great Republic of the United
States and joins with 1t In hom-
age TO the spirit of sacrifice and
valor personified In the unknown
soldier about whose bier the
hearts of the American people
stand today In reverence and
gratitude, Joining with all other
peoples In the hope that the
peace which dawned three years
ago may ever grow brighter and
that friendship and good will
may be supreme In the earth"
The Washington times., 1921-11-11
REBELS IN INDIA GAINING
STRENGTH, BRITISH SAY

LONDON, Nov. 1.-The India Of
flee says that during the last month
the change from open warfare to
guerrilla warfare on the part of the
Moplahs In India has been more
marked. Their forces are being led
more efficiently and influenced by the
chances for lootinE and creating ter.
ror. additional Moplahs have Joined
the rebels.
With their recent reinforcement the
government forces are now conSd-
cred adequate to handle the situation.
The Washington times., 1921-11-11
Rain Follows Snow in Maine.

MOULTON, Me, Nov. 11.-Aros-
took county yesterday was covered
with more than foot of snow. Drifts
were piled nine feet high in some
places. Highways were blocked and
trains were moved with difficulty. The
snow turned into rain yesterday.
The Washington times., 1921-11-11
cONFEDERAcY DAUGHTERS
ELECT NORTHERNER HEAD

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 11.-Mrs. Living
ston Rowe Schuyler, of New York.
yesterday, was elected president gen.
eraJ Of the United Daughters Of the
Confederacy in convention here.
She Is the first woman living north
of the Mason and Dixon line ever
elected to the office.
The Washington times., 1921-11-11
IS GREAT
FAvOR|TE IN j. 8.
PEN|TENT|ARY
Prison Life Is Hard, but Genial
Socialist Leader Still
Wears His Smile.
by WILLIAM f. HAYES.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 1l.-While il
has been said prison life has been
hard on Eugene V. Debs. Socialist
leader of America, now in the United
States penltentiary here. a good look
at Mr.. Debs shows that no hardships
are evidenced upon his genial brow.
Watching what he believes his
swiftly receding days of confinement
The Washington times., 1921-11-11
Value Canadian Lands.

REGINA, Saskatchewan. Nov. IL
The total value of 6.12S.8s0 acres
OF land assessed under the wild
lands tax in Saskatchewan is
$40, ,7s1, ,e07, according to the report
of the wild lands tar commissioner,
published in the annual report OF the
department OF municipal affairs.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
John Horne coke.

A renegade priest, who openly
scoffed at his calling and who led q
life, to say the least, which could not
be called respectable, would not be
we'll esteemed as a private citizen, not
withstanding his learning and the in
genuity of his own generally admired
work. '"Ehe Diversions of Purley.' 9
John Horne Tooke was born on June
25. 1886, and it was not so many years
after that he was looked upon as one
of the political pests Of the era. 1t Is
rather startling that all the public
questions on which his opinions were
deemed .mischievous have since been
settled In his favor.
Tooke was fined and imprisoned for
his opposition to England's war with
her colonies. Twenty-three years after
his death reforms in the house OF COM
mons which he strongly advocated
were brought about. He was the first
prominent EngliShman to proclaim the
advantages Of free trade, and his
biography may well be kept in view as
9 monument to the futility of intoler-
ance.-Chicago Journal.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
Rcck Has Great History.

A report on the Dome of the Rock
of Jerusalem is shortly to be pub
lished and will be of great interest TO
the Mohammedan world. It may not
be generally known that this place is
the third in sanctity of all the sane
tt1aries of Islam, and indeed for a
short period it actually formed the
Kibla toward which all Moslems
prostrated themselves in prayer.
Among the more important religious
associations of this rock we may men
tfon that it was here that David and
Solomon were called to repentance,
and on account Of a vision David
chose this site for his temple. From
this same spot Mohammed ascended
TO the Seventh Heaven after his night
tourney from Mecca, and lastly it is
to be the scene Of the Great ,Judgg-
ment. The historical associations are
not. less striking, and such famous
names as Omar, Aldelmalek. Saladin
and Suleiman are all connected with
the rock.-Zanzibar Gazette.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
Puts -R.ams on siahina Lover.

,s|"curious' writes to a newspaper
asking why ice cream doesn't drop In
price now that all its separate ingredi-
ents have dropped The reason, o
Curious, is because so many ice cream
patrons are young and~unmarried, OBJ
serves! Arthur H. Folwen in Leslie,s:
Millions of gallons of cream are bought
each and every evening! by young men
out with "the girl" What chance 'is
there. that they, will start buyers
strike2 Buyers strikes are for. pinched
and desperate married folk, and have
to do with such prosy, unromantlc
commodities, clothes and canned to-
matoes., The crafty makers of ice
cream know that all limits are off
when young nam and his particular
queen Of Slieba step into a palace OF
frosty sweets. The young mans fear
of being thought "a: ''tightwad" or
"pill' is the ice cream dealers best bet
that prices won't come down to pre-
war levels. Not at least for several
whiles.. Indeed, the ice cream man is
thinking. seriously of not dropping
them at all, but Of making his war
prices do for two wars-the last one
and the next one.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
Jauanese Nans.

Near ToNufuii. Japan, is Sennyu1i,
D. groah Of buildings. noted as the place
ot,interment of several of the mikados
during the Kamakura and Tokugawa
periods, writes g.. correspondent. The
graves are not shown; they are ap-
barentiy very eunpretendins; quite m
Me tka gorgeous, nausoieallns of the
Shotgun dynasty, but the. place istwefeh
visiting. Near the safe, l passed
group Of shaven-pated nuns, their de-
nuded SUBMITS giistenfng in the sun
not walking with demurely downeast
eyes telling their BEADS but with jolly
hSash8er telling each aotlfer some joke
BHdahisf nuhshfp appears to be little
!nors than cheerful REIMBURSEMENT
&c domestic and; economic anxieties;
though one would think they must feel
Internationally cool in the winter. The
extensive grounds of. Sennyuji are
beautifully kept: There is a wide
faafii walk lined with expresses with
sfaesafhs: leading to various silsines;
All are covered with granite sand; at
tile end Is similarly: saaded court
sard about 150 feet square, with q
screen running along one side;. the
raefs are boarded with cylindrical
tiles stamped at the, end with the, IT,
petaied chrysanthemum.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
ROBBED GRAVE OF OCCUPANT
Apple Tree Had Completely Absorbee
the Mortal Frame Of the Famous
Roger Williams

- The memory of Roger Williams,
founder OF Rhode Island, long was
neglected. He died in 1883, and for
1S3 years not even rough tablet
marked the spot wherein his ashes
rested. Then g movement was set
afoot to locate the grave, and after
much research, the place was estab-
.IiShed.
When the last resting place Of VIII
liams was opened it was found that
everything had passed into oblivion.
The shape of the coffin could be traced
by a black line. definitely defining
the sides cpd edges Of the wooden
covering. There was a bit Of rusted
material--hinges and nails, a. frag-
ment Of wood, and a single round
knot.
Near the grave stood venerable
apple tree. This tree had sent two
of IFS main. roots into the graves OF
Williams and his wife. The larger
root, following his grave, had pushed
tIlTOuSil li3S cGItN uiitit IL lSoNfiSu ~
precise. spot, occupied by the skull OF
the. dead man. Making a turn about
this the root followed the direction OF
the backbone. to, the hips. There it
separated. sending sub-roofs along
each leg which, in turn, bent upward
about the toes. One Of the roots
formed Slight crook at the knee.
The whole bore a close resemblance
to, the human form. !.
Not a particle of human dust was
left. Chemistry makes plain that all
flesh. and the gefatinous matter CIV
ing: consistency to the bones, are re-
solved into carbonic-acid gas water
an" air, while the solid lime-dast re-
MAINS In this instance, even the
phosphate of lime from the bones had
vanished, taken up by the tree in Its
growth. during which 1t had formed
a counterpart of the skeleton Of the
man whose grave 1t robbed.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
Cloth Tester Invented.

When high-priced clothes wear out
quickly the buyer must have been
"stung," said the bureau of standards
in a recent Washington dispatch to
the Baltimore American. /.
The bureau has perfected device
by which the buyer of suit of clothes
can tell accurately the reason why.
:. The new invention, worked out by
minor employee of the bureau, may
in the future be manufactured so
cheaply that every home can possess
one and be used as a sure. guide in
the purchase of clothing of all grades.
What the device does is to tell be-
yond iall doubt the thread count, fiber
strength and thread width and prob
able 'sfife" of a particular kind Of cloth
that may be given test. 1t. also de-
.termines the power Of resistance to
wear of which a piece Of cloth may
be capable.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
FOR WORLD CITY
Various Sitss Proposed for AM
bilious Project.
Idea, Put Forward by American, 10
to Form international Clearing
House of information!


New Jersey, Hawaii, Cuba. the en-
virons of Paris. the Riviera, Belgium.
Switzerland Italy, and" Greece have
beehzpreposed as sites for an interna-
tionsl city, supen sther plaas: OF which
Hendrix Anderson, an American, now
residing in Rome, mas been colfabor-
ating for the better part Of the last
is years. Such q city, according to
NE Aaaersan;s- pfejeets,s would not be
the. adaptation to. International pur.
poses of q town already existing, but
;woald be built new and so would con-
tsIn aniy those edifices> necessary for
ita. aims, and maintenance There
Hsatd be. among other buildings, an
International court OF justice, which
sfr.. anderson Willingly comedies would
naf do away with war, but woald at
feast lessen the possibility of it,, and
which awouh be: attended by perma-
nAnt representatives. from all nations
There would also. be; an international
bank, an international medical coz
sress, which would always: be in ses-
sion, and through which all new dis
c0yesses IN medicine, hygiene, and sani-
tatfon would at once be disseminated
throughout the world; an intefnatiou-
afpress building; and an. internal tsoAal
nsfanioes Of commerce ana labor. Each
soyernnient would likewise, have it's
oHn building. which would offer to rep
teseptatiyes OF. the other nations the
opportunity of examining all the
works Of progress made by each coun-
try. The city wotld then be an IN
fsfTia tfonaf clearing House of flfoslila-
tfons2 and from Its establishment Mr..
Anderson edeclares, only good results
eoHfa accrue ~ $:>T =
u The. plans Of the city have: been ex-
hihited at the Smithsonian institute at
washington and extensive literature
concerning its economic, political, and
Structural possibilities has been sent,
to- the presidents and 3 soTereisns OF
praetfcaffF: all the ocoaatries in Jthe.
warldss The estimated costeef such a
eftx. il $500, ,Ooe, ,eO0s hut the net an
naak gain 4 eash nation participating
In. ifs advantages ard facilities would
BE- S2IOD00O0, according to the ealcu-:
Iafions, in the tracts which have been
sent out,
ssIecfuresz win, be- made upoa the
nra3eet this summer IN the United
States, aud therSofbonnedn Paris has
o4sereas a chair for three wears for
conferences. on it.sa The plan has re-
seEYed. The. appreciation; Of Pope Bene-
aEet.xV, and both Belgium. and Greece
Haye offered land grants for the site
of the proposed city.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
sEavs Copy American Ways.

American methods in social, educa-
tiona1 and recreational work are beng
adopted by the new republic Of Czecho-
Slovakia, the people of which nave
quickly adapted themselves to our
leadership and training. according 10
Miss Eleanor Prudden. director OF the
work of the Young Women'S Christian
association in Czecho-Slovakia. MISS
prudden recently returned to America
for 2 snort leave Of absence.
Upon the invitation of the GZecho-
Slovak government, the Young "om-
ems Christian association. in some IN
stances Jointly with the Young Mems
Christian association, for the last year
has been conducting demonstration
work to develop native leadership
said Miss Prudden. The association
will be able to withdraw early in l922'
as arranged in advance, leaving It's
established program intact for perma-
nent development.-New York Times.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
Wat ..lnside4and oats :

T The Marine was up for Office Hours.
'Fhe Sergeant of the Guard has ac-
msed him of falling off the dock while
10 an intoxicated condition. The ac-
Sised Marine stoutly maintained that
hs. was strictly sober, and that tie
auckng he got was not the result OF
hfsz own misconduct. His buddy was
4 reluctant witness.
j The Commanding Officer addressed
fhe witness: ut is reported by the
Sergeant OF, the. Guard that the. ae7
eussd Private JONES' Was intoxicated
at the time he fell off the dock, ana
that~you assisted, him ashore. TEL
me; low did she appear TO you when
YOU pulled him out? If you had been
orderedyto give an opinion OF him
then, what would you have saids"
es"Sir." answered his buddy. i should
hSSe said that he was one Of the wet
test, If not the wettest, Marine had
ever seen."
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
The ideal Lighting.

According to an Illuminating en-.
sineer, what is wanted today in home
Illumination is, the sort OF good light
Ing that is found on the shady side Of
q. tree on a4snnny afternoon Sub
stitute for the sun a new 1O0-watt
lamp, for the SKY the creamy ceiling
of living room. a d for the tree an
opalescent disc or bowl: from the cell
ing you now get soft radiance which
floods the entire room as though 1t
were open to the sky; from the diff
fusing disc YOU get d generous addi-
ton of light directly beneath, having
the quality <of filtered sunlight. You
have approyimated the charming eff
feet of mellow radiance< that was np-
parent under the tree.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
SHED LIGHT ON OLD TIMES
Interesting Official Documents Recent.
ly Found in the State House
at Philadelphia.

lncrusted with dust, yellow with
age, some nibbled by mice, a real
treasure trove Of documents has been
discovered by wOrkmen restoring the
old state house, the last of the group
of Independence hall buildings to re-
ceive the city'S attention, says press
dispatch from Philadelphia. The build
ing was the seat OF the city govern
ment until 1858.
One of the official papers relates
that Robert Wharton, once mayor OF
Philadelphia, addressing the select
council on December 70, 1914, de-
plored the increase of "tipp1ing
houses" especially those that sold
ardent spirits to minors in one and
two cent quantities. Another record
showed that as late as May 8, 1916,
a resident Of that city paid $23.5O as
q tax for being allowed to carry q
watch.
In the "tippling house" address OF
Mayor Wharton he called the old-time
saloons "vile Sinks
Gazing houses also came in for his
attack. He declared that many such
houses were being operated in the
city openly for the destruction Of the
unwary, and lamented that there
were no laws against them. A refer
ence to a fine of 10 shilling for the
unlawful discharge Of firearms was
mentioned by Mayor Wharton.
He criticized the filthy condition OF
certain footways" and recommended
fixing the pavements on many city
streets. -
"A police flyer was also found near
where the old rogues' gallery used to
be, and. in those days this was an
actual gallery around the police court.
The flyer was dated about the middle
Of the last century, and with it were
photographs Of prominent New YORK
merchant and society man, who hao
run away with another mans wife,
The names might surprise their de-
scendants, now numbered among New
York's -four hundred"
The documents date from ITO TO
1858, the majority belonging to the
years of the last decade Of the Eight
eenth century and the first two dec
ades of the Nineteenth.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
Profitable Exchange.

In the late ,9Os we were living In
q shack on the banks of Cripple
creek, a dry stream: in Colorado.
When the dam burst. raging torrent
swept down and we fed up the side Of
the mountain for safety. After the
water subsidized our shack was gone,
INT in its stead stood brand-new
bungalow, completely furnished AS
mo claimant ever appeared we thank
fully appropriated it.-Chicago Jour
nal
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
Nav Make Use of Volcano.

Three expeditions have |bSen sent
from this country to Kilauea, the iiam-
ing firepit of the island of Hawaii, to
investigate the practicability of tap
ming the earth's interior for heat to
furnish power to all the Hawaiian is
lands. 1t is proposed to bore at the
valcano on "safe ground" some dis
tance away. transforming subter-
ranean heat into electrical energy
ponular Mechanics Magazine.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
Watch for DIVING Trees.

People are willing to let tree
sfarye TO death, but when it comes 10
letting an animal starve, it is an en-
tirely different thing. They either
feed or kill the animal. Why not be
as humane to the tree and cut 1t Gown
to end the slow death?
A tree does not show starTatl2n as
much as an animal, but as soon as IL
shows lack of vitality It should arouse
suspicion on the part of the owner
and he should ascertain the cause,
taking steps to remedy it or else cut
down the rec.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-23
COT SMALL FEES
Noted Lecturers Certainly Not
0verpaid for Services.
John 3. Cough, for instance, Is Said to
Have Received the Huge sum
of ST for One Evening.

"I wonder what Charlie Chaplin or
some other famous parsonage OF the
stage or screen would say II ne were
offered y bushels Of potatoes or
ham for an evenings work?'
1t was the old crouch himself. speak
ing to a fellow worker during the
lunch hour in a busy downtown Office
according to the Chicago Daily News.
The old crouch had just finished read
ing an article in which present-day
salaries of stage and screen stars were
spoken Of. and it might be said that
the reading of this bit Of news GER
tainly did not tend to brighten up his
gloomy disposition the least DIT.
But the fact remains that people
equally as we'll known in their day
worked an evening for potatoes, a nam
and other trifling amounts. for the o'a
crouch himself said he knew 1t TO De
a fact. One of his co-workers asked
to be shown and he was.
In the good old lyceum days back
in 1852. when John B. Cough was ID
his prime, it is disclosed that ne re-
ceived about 81 lecture, EACH lecture
taking about three hours.
And it can be seen from MES OF
newspapers that once at AndoVef'
\. H.. those responsible for the lecture
paid. Mr.. Cough With a ham instead
of with currency. and the speaker was
apparently satisfied with this fee.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, who was one
of the shining stars of the lecture
world during his day was glad to ac-
cept s5 as payment for an evening
while the old crouch pointed out that
one time Henry Ward Beecher was
paid - bushels of potatoes TOT an
evening, of his time.
According to the records. it was IN
1889 when the cost of lecturers started
to rise. During that year the Saiem
lyceum astounded the people of that
community by paying Daniel Webster
500 for a two-hour talk, and 1t
created mild sensation.
This doubtless "started something"
for after that prices continued to rise.
Tn the 7O's Mark Twain held out FOR
and received $500 night.
Then Beecher, taking his cue from
Twain. became q holdout and he con-
tinued to hold out until the ante Tor
one night of his services had been
raised to $1,000, this being the very
first $1,000 fee ever paid a lecturer
in this or any other country
Major Pond, accepting the sl,ooo
mark. later contracted with Henry NJ.
Stanley for series Of 100 lectures,
agreeing to pay him 100000 for
them. The major did not dose any
money on this in spite of thes fact that
every other promoter in the count"
was convinced of the fact that he had
become weak-minded in his advanced
years. The fact that the first of this
series of lectures given in New York
netted $1,000 proved that the major
was not so wrong after all. q
: "It's not right" the old crouch con-
timed. sHere we work hard week
after week for smlll pittlnce and
these lecturers. actors, fighters and
ball players get thousands OF dollars
for few hours of fun. There ought
to be law against it"
About that time the lunch period
ended. much to the delight of the 9TH
er workers, who were trying to relax
and who could not because of the old
crouch and his wailing.