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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30

Detecting the odor of gas as he enter
ed the house. Ellerbrook. getting 10
response to a call TO his mother, went
to her bedroom and found her with a
rubber tube connected to gas Jet
attached by cord to her mouth
Physicians OF Casualty Hospital pro-
nounced her dead. Attached to a win
dow curtain in the room was the fol-
lowing note:
Dear Harry:
Don't come in the house by your
self Get the minister and send for
MIR. Bailey and Pete l could not
stand it any longer. ] suffered aw-
fully with my head and wanted to
rest so badly. Try to forgive me and
b. happy but God knows my feelings
better than anyone else. j have
prayed to Him all morning.
Don't keep this house. Let 1t go
for anything you can get l love you
dearly. Bury me with your father.
MOTHER"
DIR. j. Ramsay hewitt, District cor
oner. after an investigation, gave a
certificate of suicide. He leaned that
Mrs. Ellerbrook for several years had
been in poor health, and had fire.
quently intimated that she might at
tempt to end her life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30
lVO|DLEAGUE TALK
AT LEGAL MEETING
Discussion Suggested by DR..
Nrchwey Blocked by Inter-
national Law Society.

Embarrassing silence. at first greet
4 Dr. George Washington kirchwey s
digestion that discussion of the
.eague of Nations or an ASSOCIATE, n
{ nations be included in the ropoi [
+, international law made by Paul >,
teinsch at the session Of the Ameri-
in Society of International Law at
he Shoreham last night.
Then started a three-cornered argu-
rent over the international idea
hartman Oscar Strauss, former am.
assador to Turkey, suggested the
ague question was not included in
ieinschs report on points not now
dequqately covered by international
wv, because the subject required
necial treatment. not coming w,thir
re restricted scope Of the committee
urvey.
The league discussion did not cor'e
ntil former Secretary OF State Rob.
TT Lansing had left the room.
Other needs OF revised international
W were cited by the subcomm' ttca
hartman, DR.. Charles Noble Greg
", DR.. Harry Pratt Judson. and for
er Gov. Simeon Z. Baldwin, OF Coz
ncticut.
The subcommittee included r >ber.
snsing.. David Jayne Hill. Rear Ad.
iiral Charles II. Stockton, Breckin-
'dge Long, Maj. Clement L. Rouse,
frederick r. Coudert. John Foster
Jules. and DR.. William Miller Col.
or.
The business meeting and executive
puncil session today will be followed
v the annual banquet at Z o'clock
the Shoreham.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30
MOTHERS CLOSE
CONVENTION HERE
Delegates Go Sightseeing.
Prizes. for Best Posters Won
BY California Girls.

The twenty-ffth annual convention
of the National Congress OF Moth srs
and Parent-teachers' Association
closed today.
A board meeting. in which the rou-
tine business Of the year was finished
up, featured the last session this
morning. For those who had no part
in this meeting sightseeing tours
were arranged, and delegates visited
the Red Cross building. historic st.
grounds.
Prizes for the best poster in rho
exhibition shown as an incidental to
the convention went to Della Bowls.
Of Oaklan, Cal. high school and Edith
Overstreet, of HOLSTER, Cal.
At last nights meeting Mrs. Giles
Scott Rafter. president OF the Dis
trict Congress OF Mothers, was pre-
sented with a gold gavel by the del
egates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30
MELLON READY TO
FUND BRITISH DEBT

Secretary OF the Treasury Mellon
is ready to arrange with the State
Department for a notification to Eng
land that this Government is prepared
to enter negotiations for funding the
British debt to this country, it was
said at the Treasury today.
Officials assumed that the Govern
ment's notice to Great Britain will go
forward within a few days. There
probably will not be any considera-
BILE delay, therefore, before actual
beginning OF the debt discussions.
..fter word is cabled to London of
this Governments readiness to dis
cuss the proposals England may wish
to offer. officials expected that Eng
lands financial spokesman would ar
range to sail Immediately.
England, II was said, previously in
dicated eagerness to resume the par
leys in Washington, at the suggestion
OF readiness by this Government.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30
GIRL EL0PER
. SENDS S. 0. S.
Dad Brings Alma Home From
PhiIIy-Youth With Her
Held for Court.

-Father, I'm stranded, please
send me $50 so can come home"
was the telephone message John
Thomas Doyl, 139 T street north
west, received from his daughter.
Alma. sixteen and pretty. who dis
appeared ten days ago.
ASKS POLICE TO HOLD HER
where shall i send the money!"
asked the father. happy in the
thought that his daughter would re-
turn home. She gave an address in
Philadelphia And while Doyle sent
the money, he also notified the Phil
adelphia police to arrest his daugh-
ter and hold her as runaway from
home.
When detectives went to the house
in Philadelphia, they not only found
the GIRL but John Dudley Wilson
twenty years old. OF 1347 l. street
northwest an employe OF the tax
exemption bureau of the Treasury De
partment. with whom the girl Is al
legged to have eloped to the Quaker
City last Sunday morning.
FACES WHITE SLAVE CHARGE.
Wilson. who also was taken into
custody. was.charged with white slav-
cry and was brought back to Wash
ington this morning by Detective Ser
geant Fred A. Cornwell. The youth
is held in a cell at the First precinct
for a hearing before Judge Mcmahon
In the Upited States branch of Police
Court on Monday.
Doyle refused to bring his daugh-
ter back to Washington on the same
train with Wilson. Wilson declared
he was anxious to- marry the giil.
but her father refuses to give his
consent. The girl is repentant ever
her association with Wilson and told
Detective CornwelI she did not want
to marry the Treasury clerk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30
100000 ASKED FOR D. c.
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM

when the army appropriations bill
comes up before the Senate, probably
next week, one of the items will be
s2Oo,000 appropriation for improve
ment OF the District water supply sys-
tenn.
Senator Sutherland OF West Nir-
ginia and Senator Capper of Kansas
today pledged themselves to fight for
continuing this item in the bill. and
Senator Wsdsworth of New York,
chairman of the Military Affairs Com
mittee. is also understood to be in Ia
vor OF keeping the item in the bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30


Both debates will be with girls
cams from the University of West
Virginia. One will take place at 3
1clock tonight in the Public Library
ere and the other will occur at the
anne time in Morgantown, w. Va .
he seat of West Virginia University.
he public has been invited to attend
re debates and Judge for themselves
.vhether the girls have more brains
han the male debaters.
SUBJECT OF DEBATES.
The subject of both debates will be,
Resolved. That the legislatures OF
the various States should enact legis-
Iation establishing in those states
one or more industrial courts similar
y the Kansas industrial court" In
ne debate here George Washington
IN take the affirmative side and in
We West Virginia debate the negative
de.
Mrs. Nannette n. Paul. we'll known
{ arliamentarian, will preside at the
,cal debate. The judges will be Miss
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30
MfantiLe Paralysis Hits
u. &. Census ShOU
Bu KIRK MILLER :

Census Bureau walls.
Washington is slackeE Too few
babies here.
For number of imbicles. idiots and
other adults.
Proportion of minors Is only
20 per cent. What do they ex-
pect.
On one-half of 1 per cent?
When beer wasn't diluted. Baby
had his growler every night.
Now, there are more GROWERS
than ever. Can you blame EN-?
Lack Of proper suds has made
baby as tame as wildcat. When
nurse goes to feed him. She gets
a tough argument.
The little rascal snaps and snarls
in rebottle. Sample of childish re-
taIiation for nipple-adorned break
fast food.
In the mellow days. Beyond re-
call. When the wool.
Ratified of TO the movies. She left
Little Clarence with Big.
Clarence for safe keeping. The
big lummix used TO fill baby's bottle
with Horka Vino to cancel him from
CRYING.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30
Mothers War
On Soul Kiss
Pounce On William A.
Brady, Head Of Motion
Picture Industry

Dress reform, gay grandmothers
cavorting about. came In for their
share OF criticism before the con-
vention of the National Congress of
Mothers this week. and before the
sessions were over. the l"soul kiss"
shown so broad cast in the movies,
came in for its share.
William A. Brady. president of the
National Association OF Motion Pic
ture Industry. who came to tell the
mothers about a higher standard OF
films agreed on by the twenty seven
big producing companies - was
pouned upon
why do you show that awful
soul kiss when there are so many
educational subjectsw the producer
was asked.
Mrs. A. B. Sherwood. delegate
from Springfield. Mo. and a mem
Der of the board of censors. had all
the statistics.
1T takes twelve feet OF film to
show the soul kiss and II takes only
one foot OF flm to show the average
affectionate kiss. The screening OF
the latter takes only half second.
while the soul kiss takes six whole
seconds"
Disgusting" chorused a bunch of
mothers surrounding the famous
producer.
wait a minute" said Mr.. Brady.
hopping his brow and wading
through the crowd. And then he
made an address and told the
mothers all about the new set of
standards the twenty-seven big
producing companies had agreed
on including the "cut out" of the
soul kiss.
He read section "e" of the new
set of production standards, which
IL mo picture shall be shown with
scenes which unnecessarily pro-
long expressions or demonstrations
of passionate love-"
And everybody was satisfied.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30
240z. BREAD LOAF
AUTH0R|zEDByD D. c.
Commissioners Approve Change
In Weights and Measures at
Bakers Request.

The District Commissioners today
approved of changing the weights
and measures law to make IL pos
sible fon the bakers to sell twenty
four ounce bread loaves.
The commissioners, in announcing
their decision after a meeting today
would not approve OF the bakers re-
quest for a twelve-ounce loaf.
Under the new law. which becomes
effective in June. only one-half
pound. one pound and two pound
loafs may be sold.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30

Mothers darling would volplane
into a series of sleep that was good
until 10 a. m. next morning.
Sweet cookies.
That was the start OF a down
ward career. In the beginning
Snookums was the sweetest, red
checked little bottle baby you ever
swooned over.
In the end he was the sourest
little red-nosed rummy you ever
tented at.
We are depressing slightly. IL
Statistics prove that the Capital
Is shortchanged
In the googly department
The municipal stork Is guilty OF
official negligence.
Nature seems to have curtailed.
The crop until Washington gets a
fresh deal.
, From Congress for.
FAIRGROUNDS and SCHOOLS.
So. for the nonce. Infantile
traffic.
J Is paralyzed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30

Presidents Program

The following program for the
day was announced at the White
House:
II, a. MIR. Fairbanks. of
Ohio.
1880 a. m.-Mgr. Bonzano,
apostolic delegate.
1890 p. m.-Former Senator
Beveridge, Indiana. Former
Representative Sherry Ken
lucky. representative Cole. to
present friends. Jack r. Ward.
OF Texas; Mrs. c. II. Cooper and
friends. Representative Steen-
erson and party. Members OF
the Minnesota legislature.
2:30 p. NAT the White
House. minister of foreign rela-
tions OF Venezuela on special
mission, DR.. Gil Borges.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30
Thomas to Meet Alumni.

President John II. Thomas, OF Grim
nell College, will meet the alumni and
friends OF the college Monday night
at the home of Mrs. Dudley. 14O9 Mas
sachusetts avenue, Highland Terrace.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30
Women to Banquet May II.

The thirteenth annual banquet OF
the Columbian Women OF George
Washington University will be held
on the evening of May IL 1t the Chevy
Chase Club,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30
Chamber Ready for Drive.

Two teams OF thirty persons each
ill conduct an. intensive Grive Tor
ew members for the Chamber o.
commerce, il was announced today.
he teams will be under the dirccti ii
A. +. Shalet and Joseph d. Drey-
'uss
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30
GNU. Girl Debaters
Meet w. Va. TONIGHT

George Washington University girls who, statistics show
than the young will double opportunity
tonight show off in public The girls will take double
first intercollegiate debate in which girls institution
participated
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30
Mother Prays To God,
Writes Note To Son,
Ends Life With Gas

After praying to God for several hours MIS- Fannie L.
Eebrook fifty years old yesterday ended her life by nhang
Illuminating gas the bedroom of her home at i56 street
northwest Her body found last night by her Harry
Elerbrook upon his arrival home from work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-30

$500 CASH
Easy Monthly Payments

New homes just completed Seven rooms and
tiled BATH hot-waer heat electricity, tapestry brick
front with concrete porch, attic and garage. Only
a few more to be sold on such easy terms. We
have been offered rents much higher than the
monthly payments. Located in very good north
west section, where you would like to own your
home.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03

You s~atursfy feel secure wAsn ~
know that tie medicine yos ara absst -
taks = absolutely pure and contains -
Aarufui az. hshis -prod~eing druss4
Such . nedicins = Dr.. Kiimer's ewNup-
Rect. kidney. liver and bAddsr rsssedy.
Tia sane standard II purity. strwnstA
and excslisnce u maintained IN every
botts of Swamp Root.
IL y scientifically compounded from
vegetable hsrhs-
1t d not q stimaaut and i taken n
~yAspoonful doseA@
II i not recommended for everything.
1t i natures great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and bad
der troubles.
A sworn statement Of purity ID with
every bottle Of Dr. Kiimers Swamp
Root.
Ii you need q medicine, you should
have the best. On sale at all drug stores
IN bottles of two sixes, medium and large.
However, II you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
kiinser 4 Co, Binghamton, N. Y, for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this Observation-Disclosures
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03
PUT MUCH FAITH IN ACORN
In England II 10 Looked Upon ss
Protector Against Lightning, and
~ Love Charm.

From DruIdical times the acorn hal
been held to be q sure protection
against lightning. as the tops of many
fiagstaffs. the end of cornice poles
umbrella tassels and blindcords still
attest. Even to this day. In English
rural districts, when a thunderstorm
threatens, farm-laborers and Others
viii HE them to the nearest oak tree
gather al acorn and carry Ii about
with them till the sky clears. In many
parts of Great Britain a girl Tilted by
her lover Will seek by the light of the
for a dried acorn beneath an
oak tree. This she will burn at mid.
night In a candle fame, reciting mean.
while the following doggerel =" 'Tis not
this acorn / would burn, but my true
loves heart that / would turn. May
he no JOY nor profit see, till he comes
back again to me-" Welsh peasants
hold that to plant an acorn brings
lifelong good luck a simple way, one
would imagine. to insure ones future
success. The resultant sapling. how
ever, must on no account be trans
planted. II this is done, most terrible
things are bound to happen.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03
MAKING SPACE IN KITCHEN


In these days when rents are 80
high people are commonly obliged tc
economize space as much as possible
the family kitcheb may be no more
than a closet ingeniously fitted with @
gas range and other essentials
Couches convertible Into beds and 9th
er clever eontrivances useful for more
Than one purpose are at d premium.
The newest invention In this line, pat
ented by a resident Of South Chi
cago Is an arrangement whereby
chairs, when rot In use, may be fold
ed and slowed beneath a table. Each
chair, attached by a bracket Il the
inner side OF a table may be slid
out on a rod to a comfortable sitting
distance, a slot In the rod enabling this
10 be done, ~whereupon a thumbscrew
makes IL fast. When II is desired TO
get the chair out of the way, It's back
Is folded down, the screw is loosened
and the chair, after being slid inward
along the slot. is turned bodily over,
the rod being pIvoted at the bracket.
This accomplished Git takes but a mo-
ment), the chair rests on Its feet be-.
meath the table facing the opposite
way. A reversal of the process brings
the chair into view again@Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03

Here are some random observation
OF q man who bas Visited and studied
a good many small communities: II
YOU read your local paper you Will
not miss much that ~ happening
around home. There is no use saying
TINT you wish your own had a paper
ike one In The other town, for the
other fellow there Is saying the same
thing. The nan who reads bis loeai
paper thoroughly Is usually a pretty
good citizen and has IT all owe the
fellow who does not. Local papers,
when all ~ said and done, do more &c
uphold the institutions Of this state
and country than any other known
contributing force In the worlds work.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03


How many residents Of any small
community have ever considered what
might happen IL there were no news
papers7 Just previous TO Sub
scribe for Your Home Town Paper
Week. which is to be observed the
country over November TIP. is q good
time TO recall the plight OF Macon,
Mo-, not long ago, when FIRE put the
Chronicle-Ifernld out OF business for
two weeks.
According to The Publishers Aux.
liiary. the old own crier, relic Of
many years back, was yanked from
his hiding place, busted of. and put
back on his job, with a jangilng bell,
a ~megaphone, and a fog-horn voice only
q little worse for long disuse.
II may have been a novelty for two
weeks. But think Of a community
without printers Ink, compelled to get
Its announcements OF auctions. sales,
court sessions, births, marriages,
deaths, epidemics Of sickness. dog or
.dinnnces, board meetings emmenee-
ments, tax notices, advertisements
Of help and situations wnnted. acct
dents, and The rest. through a shouted
word like that OF the ordinary train
announcer in. a city depot. The town
was a romantic figure IN his day,
but few towns would like to return TO
his mInIstratTons now.
When one thinks Of the temporary
plight OF Macon. and that II might
become the permanent handicap of
many towns, II IL we'll 10 think Of sup
the local paper.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03
unhappy Boy.

The door closed behind an irate
neighbor who had come to complain
regarding certain of WIllie's shortcom-
ings.
A few moments later. as Willie was
tearfully preparing for a pre~maturely
early bedtime. he said to his mother:
II wish we lived In heaven mother"
Ills mother demanded TO know the
cause of his sudden aspiration. to-
wards better things.
"Oh, WELL" he sighed, "you know
the angels wouldn't be half as hard
TO please as the neighbors are.e
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03

This Isn't a country publisher talk
ing. but the editor Of a farm paper
The metropolitan daily viii bring "a
ones doorstep the news Of the world
seen through the spectacIes ~ The city
editor, but II h the editor who HYeg
in the heart Of the community who Is
able 10 reflect the sentiment of the
local group He alone y the true
interpreter Of events as they infect
the small town and the farming cosa
snnnisy thai immediately EurfOuuds tie
town
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03
DYED HER SKIRT, DRESS,
SWEATER AND DRAPERIES

Each package of Diamond Dyes, con.
tains directions so simple any woman can
dye or tint her worn. shabby dresses,
skirts, waists, coats, stockings, sweaters,
coverings. draperies, hsngings, everything
even II she has never dyed before. Buy
Diamond Dyes"-no other knd-thcn per.
feet home dyeing is sure because Diamond
Dyes are guaranteed not to spot, fade,
streak, or run. Tell your druggist whether
the material you wish to dye 10 wool or
silk, or whether IL is linen, cotton on
mixed goods.-advertisement.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03
up to Dad Now.

Daughter" said MIR. Grabcoin, has
the young man who is calling on you
at frequent intervals any prospects in
lifeT"
Yes. father" replied the beautiful
girl with q strange new light In her
eyes. Ills prospects are just spien-
did"
How do you make that QUIT"
81 said Yes last night."-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03

tTune-A Fine Old english Gentleman,
These magazines with gravures and
all these works of art,
Are very wen for city folks who live
by dInt OF mart;
But give me first and foremost, | hold
IL Is the prime
That fine old home town naper-one
of the good old time.
The prlntin, Isn't perfect, The inks
not uniform,
The type is set by hand perhaps
considerably overworn.
The dear old press-I know 1t we'll
It's covered DER with CRIME
But Il prints that old home paper
n OF the gold odd time.
I look for II each week as regularly
II comes,
And when the postman brings II In,
drop all other chums.
/ drink It In. from start TO I'm, ridieH-
lous and sublime,
That fine old home town paper, u
Of the good old time.
Smiths cat may have some kittens;
Jones is putting In new pumps,
My girl chum has got married and the
kids have got the mumps.
Jack Wiltsey's built a ~lean-to. John
sons roses upward climb
Oh | love the old home paper. boys.
one of the good old time.
II. WHAY.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03

Two farmers met after church as
usual and had this conversation:
"Sold your pigf"
"Yes."
"Whatd we get7n
~Ihirteen dollars"
"What'd 1t cost ye to raise lit"
paid So for the shoat, So for the
lumber In the pen and house and So
more for the feed"
Didn't make much. did YET"
mo. but had the use of the pig all
summer-"-Honoiuln Star-Bnlletin.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03

An attendant at a certain institute
for the deaf and dumb was under
going q pointIess rnpid-ire Inqulsition
at the hands of q female visitor.
But how do you ummon these
poor mutes to church," she asked
finally with what was meant 10 be
a plying glance at the minutes near
by.
by ringing the dunb-bells. madam"
reforted the exaspernted attendant.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03
NAME "BAYER" is ON
GENUINE ASPIRIN
Take Tablets Without Fear, II YOU
See the Safety @Eaysr
crog1.s

II you want the true. world-famous
Aspirin, as prescribed by physicians for
over twenty-one years, you must ask
for "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"
The 'Bayer Cross is stamped on
each tablet and appears on each pack
age for your protection against imita-
tions.-Advertisement.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03

Is recognized by the delicate fascinat-
Ing influence of the perfume she s
A bath with euticurm Soap and hot
water to thoroughly cleanse the pores,
followed by a busting with Cuticura
Talcum powder usually meal a clear,
sweet, healthy skin.-Advertlsement.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-03

"A Yates Center woman" says Dick
Trueblood has TO look after a sport
Ing son, a gambling husband and q
painted daughter, and for that reason
the n%eighbors refer to her as The
Director OF Sports Topeka Capital