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The Washington times., 1921-09-06
Widow to Continue
Humanitarian Work
Fostered By Husband
Model Wife and Mother" Dis
> cusses Plans Of Carrying
Out Wishes.

NEW YORK, Sept. go carry on
the work begun by her husband is the
highest ambition of Mrs. Annie Evans
Hoskins, widow Of DR.. Horace Hos.
kins, former president Of the Amer.
lean Veterinary Medical Association,
one-time editor-in-chief of the journal
of Comparative Medicine and Veteri-
nary Archives, and for many years
secretary of the Pennsylvania State
Board Of Veterinary Medical Exaniin-
ers, who died at his home in this city
on August 81. :
Mrs. Hoskins says her husband
labored untiringly for the good Of
humanity. 1t is her hope and aim to
emulate his example.
Under the veterinary's will, Mrs.
Hoskins gets the entire residuary es-
tate amounting to $4,000, her hus-
band writing In the remarkable docu.
ment that she had fulfilled all my
expectations as to a model wife, moth
er and helpmate." Wifely devotion
lie the secret behind the qualification
for this tribute. d.
II can only say that the longer we
lived. together, the doctor and I, the
more devoted we became to each
other" Mrs. Hoskins said. mo wo.
man could wish for better man than
he was to me-
Mrs. Hoskins said she was once sec.
rotary and for a time treasurer of
the Woman's Democratic Club of
Philadelphia. having lived in. that city
until she removed to New York with
her husband four years ago. a--
Mrs. Hoskins Is a native of Della.
ware county. N. Y. She said she first
met DR.. Hoskins at a little upstate
place called Meteor. in 1888, and two
years later they were married. The
widow now lives at 1875 East Thir.
teenth street. She has a grown daugh.
ter and two grown sons, both Of the.
latter being veterinarians like their
father.
DIR. Hoskins was largely responsible
for the enactment Of the Congressional
act providing for the commission and
rank of veterinaries in the United
States army.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
KILLS WIFE AND
FIVE CHILDREN;
ENDSONNL|FE
Minnesota Banker Wipes Out
Family After Resigning
Position. >.

ORMSBY. Mimi. Sept. Ga family
of seyen-the father. mother and five
children-were found shot to death
In their home here yesterday. Off
cials said indications were that the
father, Frank Klacow. retired bank
cashier. had killed his five children,
his wife and then himself with a re-
volver which was found under his left
arm. There was evidence that an
anaesthetic had been used to numb
the victims before they were killed.
The killings were discovered by a
neighbor who had brought the Sunday
school collection Of yesterday to Mrs.
Klacow, who was treasurer Of the Or
ganization. A sign. walk in" on
the back door led her to the living
room, where she found Myrtle dead
on a cot. In an adjoining bedroom
were the parents and baby and the
boys were found in their beds up
stairs.
A letter to a brother. Henry Kla-
COW. Estherville. Iowa, was found.
Klacow resigned six weeks ago as
cashier OF the Farmers State Bank
and refused to give q reason. Bank
officials declared his accounts in good
shape.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
FATHER HESITATES TO
BURY SON, WAR HERO

STATESVILLE N. c.. Sept. g.
With the casket draped in an Ameri.
can flag and resting on chairs in the
little home. John P. Speaks, Of Union
Grove township, near here. refuses to
bury the body Of his son, Thomas B.
Speaks, who was killed in action in
France on October 4, 1918. 1t arrived
at his home on August 10.
Following the arrival of the body,
the father. to satisfy himself that the
casket contained the remains Of his
son. had the casket opened. Mr..
Speaks identified the skeleton as that
Of his son by the shape OF the teeth
and dental work. with which he was
familiar.
The coffin was then sealed and
placed in the little home.
When the county welfare officer and
the sheriff of Tredell county visited
the Speaks home Saturday to ascer.
tain II II was insanitary to keep the
casket in the house, Mr.. Speaks told
them he did not want to bury the body
unless he had to do SO.
IT prefer to fix a place in or near
the house." Mr.. Speaks is quoted as
having said. and keep him until am
dead and have his bones buried with
me-"
No action has been taken by the
county authorities to force Mr.. Speaks
to bury the body.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
by .
NAN CAUGHT IN .
WOMAN SROOM
Jumps From Window With Lad
After She Screams
For Help.

STAFFORD, Del, Aug. ga case
that has baffled the Sussex county
authorities has developed on the farm
Of George Morris, between Greenwood
and Milford. Morris, who Is a
brother of Mrs. Charles w. Lloyd, of
this town. Is a well-to-do farmer Of
that section.
A few days ago his brother.in.law
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hail,
of Philadelphia, came for a visit and
also with a view of purchasing place.
1t is said they brought with them
more than $4,000.
Saturday night Mrs. Hall went into
bed room Of the bungalow to lie
down. She had been there about ten
minutes when she became conscious
some one also was in the room and
suddenly was grabbed by q man.
Reaching under a pillow she seized
a flashlight and switched the light on
in time to see a man in brown
trousers, brown shoes, and cap leap
out of the window. Her screams
brought the other members of the
household, but the intruder had es-
capped.
Arthur Morris, a fourteen!year-old
nephew Of Morris, was at a we'll near
the home. The intruder ran to the
boy, bound and gagged him. and, put
ting him in a waiting automobile, evi.
IDENTIFY guarded by an accomplice, hur-
riedly drove off. Last night the boy
was brought back and left exhausted
at the edge Of q corn field. His groans
were heard by the family, who
FASTENED to his aid. He said he was
carried to a woods some distance from
the farm and kept bound and gagged
all day, without food or water. AS
darkness approached he was put in
the automobile by the same man and
brought to the corn field.
Detectives questioned the boy to-
day, but could learn nothing i'm
portant from him,
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
YOUNG WOMAN SEES
HER FIANCE DROWN

BALTIMORE, Sept. 6.--Seized with
cramps after diving from a rowhoat
off chanticleer Shore. Stony Creek.
Sunday afternoon. Samuel Schwartz
man, twenty-one years old. 1929 West
North avenue. sank and was drown.
ed. His fiancee. Miss Bertha Mendel-
shon. 1918 Callow, avenue, Witnessed
the tragedy. The police boat. Rob
ert ID. Carter, after dragging for
half an hour. recovered the body.
SchwartZman, II il said, was a
poor swimmer, and had taken only
few strokes after diving from the
boat, when he sank. Miss Mendcl-
shon, her brother, Joseph Mendel.
shon. and Leon Goodman, 21o7 Cal.
low avenue, who were also in the
boat, were unaware that Schwartz
man was in danger until attracted by
shouts from shore. Mendelshon and
Goodman Owed. but Schwartzntan
sank before they could reach him.
Last Sunday, 1t is said, was
Schwartzman's twenty.first birthday.
About a month ago he Is said to have
inherited a 81 fortune Of $4,000 and
was preparing to engage in business.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
LONDON EAGER TO GREET
WORLDS FUNNIEST MAN

LONDON. Sept. 6.-Charlie Chap
lin, on the. sea, returning to the
land that gave him birth but very
little else, is crowding from the
columns of the British newspapers
such matters as the Irish question
and the League of Nations. Charlie
dominates page one Of the popular
papers and the excitement will grow,
day by day until the climax Ia
reached when he steps from his train
in London, a former student of
London's poorlaw schools, with An
income eight times that Of Premier
LLOYD George. ........
Dozens Of the best reporters in
England are searching old school
and church records for details OF
Charles early career.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
1900 DOCK WORKERS
. t.. ON STRIKE IN CUBA

HAVANA, Sept. 6.-Harbor opera.
tions were halted here yesterday
through a sudden strike Of organized
dock workers. Strike leaders claimed
that the trouble was due TO shipping
companies having refused to negotiate
working agreements with representa-
tives OF the labor organizations and
announcing their determination to
deal direct with the employees.
Unofficial estimates place the num-
Der of strikers at ] 500. The en-
ployers express confidence that with
the thousands OF unemployed laborers
in Havana the strike will not last
long.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
''SHoRN LAMBS OF LABOR"
STAGE PARADE IN BOSTON

. BOSTON, Sept. 6.--Led by vet.
eran Of the world war linking arms
with a hopeless cripple, an unan.
nounced and unexpected demonstra.
ton by the shorn lambs of labor"
took place in front of city hall today,
while Mayor Andrew ]. Peters and
throngs Of citizens awaited the start
of the Labor Day parade.
The Lambs" numbering some 200
unemployed under the direction Of
Urban Ledoux, of the Church OF the
Unemployed. were denied permission
to take part in the labor procession.
A parade of their own was then organ.
lied.
Upon starting the impromptu per.
Torrance, Ledoux was greeted by the
mayor who expressed sympathy for
the plight Of the demonstrators.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
2 WOMEN CLAIM BODY OF
AMERICAN ZR-2 AIRMAN

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 6.-The In.
diana widow OF William j.. Steele,
American airman who is alleged 70
have married an English woman be,
fore his death in the wreck of the
dirigible ZR-2, is confident that her
claims for her husbands body will
be given precedence.
Harry A. Steele. brother OF tn
dead man, said today that the Nav,
Department has notified them tina
their claims TO the body have beer
recognized.
Nothing was known Of William
Steele's alleged second marriage un
til Joyce Hannah, Of Leeds, Eng
land, formally requested his body
after the wreck OF the ZR-2. She
said they had been married on July
4. Besides the widow Steele left two
children.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
SOVIET TO ESTABLISH
MINIMUM WAGE SCALE

RIGA. Sept. 6.-Establishment OF
a minimum wage scale. under which
workmen are to be paid sufficient
money to enable them to buy neCes-
sary food supplies. has been decided
upon by the Russian Soviet govern
ment. The present system OF pay
ment Of bonuses in the form OF com.
modities is to be abolished.
Wages are to be divided into sew
enteen categories, ranging from a
minimum Of 227,500 rubles monthly
to a maximum of $50. 500, which
sums are figured as approximately
equal to 81 and $21. A pound Of
bread now costs 1000 rubles. or Z
cents. .-'"-.. .F..
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
BY International News Service.


LONDON, Sept. 6.-Half a million
Russians are threatened with imme-
diate death from starvation in the
Samara district unless aid is rushed
quickly, said an urgent "SOS" re-
ceived here today from the American
relief workers at Moscow.
Brown Gets Telegram.
The telegram was forwarded to Wal.
ter L. Brown, chief OF the American,
administration of relief in Europe.
who is at present In Geneva.
The message asks that food sun
piles be rushed with extra speed. say.
ing that the situation in Samara is
More serious than was first reported.
Forty per cent of the inhabitants
had fled from the villages we visited
and the remainder were preparing to
move" said the message. Half a
million are in direct want. Every
hour counts"
Samara Is the name of q govern.
ment or province on the Volga river
In the heart of the famine region. How
ever, 1t is but one OF about ten dis
tricts ravaged by starvation.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
666 is a prescription for Colds,
Fever and LaGrippe. It's the
most speedy remedy we know
Stomach
on Strike
2OYearrs
EafOsslc Settled III

"Eatonic 10 wonderful" says O.
W. Burton. II had been o sufferer
from stomach trouble for 20 years
and now I am we'll"
Eatonic gets right after the cause
Of stomach troubles by taking up and
carrying out the acidity and gases
and OF course, when the cause 10 re-
moved, the sufferer gets well. II you
have sourness, belching, indigestion,
food repeating or any other stomach
trouble, take Eatonic tablets after
cash meal and find relief. Big boz
costs only tri6e with your drug
gist's guarantees.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
.bR|DE|NFATAL
WEDDING QUITS
USbAND'SHOME
Mrs. Gussman, Whose Father
Slew Priest, Disappears
After Quarrel.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. G.--Mrs.
Pedro Gussman. whose marriage to a
Catholic led to the killing of the Off.
ciatiDg priest by, her father, has left
her husband. according TO Pedro Guss-
mans own statement made to news
paper men today.
Woman Disappears.
Her present whereabouts are not
known TO Gussman. She was reported
to have gone to several hotels, but
inquiry showed she was not registered
at any Of them. -@..-.-
According to people In the house
where the Gussmans have been stop
ping for the last week, Mrs. Gussman
left after packing her things yestev =.
day morning. She later called up the
house and asked the maid to take her
suitcase to another address. She was
told to come after them herself A
few minutes later she came in a taxi.
cab and carried away her baggage.
Woman Petitioned Court.
Mrs Gussman was quoted by room
ers In the apartment house as declar-
ing that her husband had accused her
Of framing up" with her father. the
Rev. z. r. Stephenson, Methodist min.
man, q Catholic. They further quote
her as declaring that Gussman had
told her he believed her insane. Mrs.
Gussn1an last week made application
TO restrain all city, State and county
officers from molesting her. claiming
that an effort was being made to con-
fine her in an insane asylum.
Father James e. Coyle, the priest
who performed the marriage cerc
mony for Mr.. and Mrs. Gussman, was
shot dead by the Rev. Mr.. Stephen.
son on August IL.
Gussman at Park.
Gussman spent yesterday. at East.
lake Park where he served on the
Labor Day committee OF the Birming.
ham Trades Council. He did not know
about his wife's disappearance until
his arrival at the house where he and
his wife had been living.
II am not going to hunt for her."
he said. Whatever she wants to do
Is all right. and she may come back
TO me II she so desires. She promised
to come to the park this morning
shortly after I went out. / have not
seen her since left the house yester.
day morning"
IT want to say that I have nothing
to do with the trial Of Mr.. Stephenson
and iDtend to take no part in II.
don't know anything about 1t. Rumors
that VIII testify and give sensational
testimony are false. I am tired Of all
this wild talk about what am going
to do and what have done. ] want
~ be let alone" ...
Couple Quarrel.
Mrs. E. r. Stephenson declared to.
day that she had heard nothing about
her daughters leaving her husband.
She made no comment as to her opin.
ion about the new turn events have
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
PoRcUPINES "SElZE" AUTO;
START TO EAT CUSHIONS

wELLSBORO. Pa. Sept. g.
While Harry Sherwood and I. J.
Focht were visiting the Asaph oil
we'll in Sheppen township two mo
tor crazed" porcupines took posses
sion Of their auto. When the men
returned they found one animal
chewing the upholstery while the
other had attacked the steering
wheel.
The men armed themselves with
long poles and after much effort dis
lodged the usurpers. So. .--~e
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
! By ANNA LOUISE STRONG.

Copyright. 1891. by International News
Service,
EN- ROUTE FROM MOSCOW TO
SAHARA, Sept. Q. Cby courier to Mos
COW. by radio to Berlin, and by cable
to New York via London. Sept. g.
The train on which am travelling to
Soviet Russia's death district-Samare
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
All Eyes Turned to
Russian Children As
Black Famine Stalks

Anna Louise Strong, the first
American Uonsan reporter to reach
MoscoU since the famine, is 7oU en-
route to the Samarn district, where
starvation and plague are taking
their toll of iives by the thousands
daily. Au along the route the spe-
cial relief train is met By hordes of
refugees telling of tho plight of at
least G0,000,000 men, Vomen, and
children. : I'D
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
COW LASSoES AGED MAN
WHO Is PAINFULLY HURT

FREEHOLD, N. T.. Sept. 6.-Las-
seed by his COW, Frederick Carton. Of
Everett, Oldest civil war veteran IN
Monmouth county, was nearly
dragged to his death by the animal
before his son saw his plight and
came to his rescue. The aged man,
who lost an arm in battle. was pulling
weeds in his front yard when the COW,
fastened by a chain to a stake, circled
around him.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
LLOYD GEORGE TO REMAIN
HERE ONLY THREE WEEKS

LONDON, Sept. 6.-Premire Lloyd
Georges visit to America Is not
likely TO last longer than three
weeks, in the opinion Of Downing
street. regardless of American re.
ports that the Washington confer
ence probably will last two months,
II Is said none of the principal
British or continental delegates could
remain away SO long.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06

lis a combined hospital and kitchen
on wheels. .r~ - e..
1t contains food cars. kitchen cars.
and a dispensary car, waiting room
for patients for the staff quarters. a
bake house, a kitchen, a bath. laun.
dry, all large enough to accommodate
1000 children. a.. ..>
Everyone Helps Children.
1t Is primarily to the children that
the workers are devoting their initial
lsIbors. Altogether $4,000 emaciated
little ones must be removed at once
from the pest-infested region. In
Samara city alone there are 1000 who
have been abandoned by their par
ents. In another district there are
$780, 900. of whom $4,000 are between
seven and sixteen. i..-.., ...t
Does It make your blood freeze In
your veins to read that mothers leave
their children on the doorsteps Of
railroad stations. with the words,
Take them, we don't want them?"
Does it make you shudder with hor:
ror at such .'cruelty?"
Listen! to call these unfortunate
women cruel" Is a slur on mother
hood and a mockery Of their suffer
iugs. The mothers who do that do 1t
DeCdu5t lHcy Sdh DCdL ilO hOhbCA w
see their little ones stare at them with
Questioning, accusing eyes,. because
they can no longer listen to the rasp-
ing, hunger.hoarse voices, begging
food; because they can no longer stand
the pain of babes clutching and tear
ing and tugging at their haggard
breasts-because they have not the
strength to hold them any longer.
Some one, any one else, they think.
can, must, will do more for these tots
than they can.
Train. Bears Relief.
The train on which we are rolling
through the barren steppes filled with
refugees is drawn by a German loco
motive, one Of the gifts received since
the world began to realize RUSSIA
plight. 1t carries bread donated BY
peasants who have been blessed with
a fair harvest and who give all their
surplus to the sufferers. Food fats
and beans donated by the American
Society of Friends make up the bal
ance Of the ratIons.
We roll along slowly-oh, so slowly
when every every mile gained or
lost means probably a thousand lives
or deaths. The news of our coming
travels ahead Of US, first by telegraph,
then by courier.
1t is a thrilling thought that we
represent to those thousands and mill
lions of suffering humans the answer
to their prayers, and an infinitely sad
second thought that-because' Of the
world blockade-we will be too late Tor
victims.
A doctor who has been out there In
and who Is going back on
this train. told me Of the terrible
sights he saw. 49, .-..
Doctor Tells Of Horror.
Hunger Of that kind, you know,
is so depressing, so weakening that
II you let a piece of food fall to the
ground in the midst of such a group
Of human corpses who have had moth
ing to eat but ground roots. they just
stare at 1t with distended eyes,, but
they do not move. Perhaps one or
two will family lift a hand-an un-
speakable gesture of despair. for II
has scarcely been lifted when 1t drops
back, limp and lifeless. They are too
weak, you see, even to grasp the
thing that will soothe their gnawing
pain and perhaps save their lives.
But the most pitiable of all sights
is that Of mothers trying to nurse
their children-trying. you under
stand, for that's ALL
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
Hard HIT sy Drought.

BRooKVEAL. Va, Sept 6,--3The
river is no low that street light service
has been discontinued, and there IL
little or no day current. Those who
have been depending on their water
supply from deep weels, pumped by
electric motor. have to carry water
from wherever they can get it. g.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06

taken in the case and did not appear
to be moved by the news.
Persons living in the neighborhood
OF the house where the Gussmans have
been staying declared the couple quar-
relied Sunday night. This was denied
by Gussman.
The Washington times., 1921-09-06

Buo his wife
responsible
yarod boy who said have burned the farm cucd
and burned place 1914 when Germans
outside This the the attention France
been called this atrocous crime said that the Infatuated vii
rucid horribly
and while there still life his body he burned stake
The Washington times., 1921-09-06
REDS BEG
FOR FOOD
FROM us.
Director Brown Besieged for
Aid as Inhabitants Flee
From Devastation. .,. ,
By international Ner. ser,lce.

LONDON. Sept. GA mutiny has
broken out In the Red garrison, ut
hronstadt fortress, near Petrograd,
and food riots are taking place In
,Petrograd, according to Warsaw
dispatch to the Daily Express today,
quoting reports received by the le-
cations In the Polish capital. The
reports are not confirmed from any
official source. :.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-04-13

VIII continue with the 30 pieces just
as il has from the start With the
completion Of the organ the Parthenon
VIII have the greatest musical esuip-
meut 20 be found anywhere. and VIII
9rr,e a revelation to those who haze
set to hear costly instrument such
as the Kim5au, with all its versatility
The two great sound chambers are
'ocated just III front and above the
stage. at the right and lett. The cham
OCT at tho right side contains ali the
pipes tho xyiopaone and tho dynamo.
which furnishes the power for the
great bellows. while the Left chamber
Will contain the chimes and tho Nox
Humana.
Tho Parthenon management has be-
come more than enthusiastic while NJ.
Campbell has been buoy testing ont tho
iutricate mechan!sus.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-04-13
THOS. HYLAND IS
MISSING FROM HOME

G-.evinE, = IS believed. from the loss
e his wife, who died two months ago.
sufe-ing from burning fever.
Thomas Hyland. disappeared from hts
home az $50 Truman avenue late Mon
day night or early yesterday morning
4ndor circumstances that point 70 sui
side. The man IS thought to have be-
come denented over his troubles
Mr.. Highland went TO bed as usual
Monday evening ana has not been seen
nee that time Ills children did not
cali him Until late yesterday morning
believing that he was tired and wished
% SLEEP When they received no ans
wer TO their call they entered the room
= ind the bed unoccupied. No clue
was left 70 explain where or how Mr.
Hyland disappeared.
Strange to say, the missing man left
al OF his clothes behind, and must
nave left the house clad only in his
= ght clothes, It is mystery where
he could have gone clad in this scanty
attire and the only feasible explaIna-
on IS that he went 70 tie river and
ended his life Tho Hammond police
aave Seen searching the bank for clues
bit so far have found no tracc.
NJ 4 IL anu - an C4O Id44ID6Q n
sut when the strike was called, he
was forced to seek other employment
He has worked at anything he could
ind 70 do since that time
In yanuarv his wife died and he haz
oeen grieving over her death ever
since, Lately he has been il and
fsverish, and IS thought to be suffer
ny from heart disease He has AWAY 8
been quiet man. but tho children and
nesshbors have noticed no signs or an
unbalanced mind prior to his disap-
pearance. Tho four children are Jesse
IL Rita. IS; Thomas, u. and James
They have been living in the Truman
avenue home with their father and
ne daughters have kept house for him
since the death OF their mother
M. Hyland Is described as being
ABOUT 40 years Of age. s feet. s inches
tail Weighing about 145 pounds. he
has black hair. blue eyes and IS smooth
ghaven-
Tho relatives Of tho missing man
nave been notified and an aunt 81 inc
children IS expected 10 take care Or
them pending the recovery Of the
fatheT.