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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-09-29
ROYALS BIG ELEPHANT LIZZIE
SPANKS LITTLE NAPOLEON,

Most OF us grown-ups were made
familiar with our mothers slipper or
he weight of our fathers hand years
ago when the world was younger,
while undergoing a certain process.
not popular with the small boy If any
age known as "srlnkin'." From
time ilnmemorial up 70 the present, il
has been the favorite method by
which parents have corrected the
small faults and misdemeanors of their
offspring, and every one knows how it
is done, and how it feels. That is,
everyone that is human, and has had 4
fathe" fpi ituther who have tr.e 10
bring Their! w lin the way they should
go" But to spank an elephant You
never heard of it, did you? NJ OF
course not, for it was never done in
this country until the other day and
this was how it happened. While the
show was in Boston, the keepers took
the elephants and the bovalapus down
10 the river for a bath, and such a
bath! Into the river they ran pell-
nell, like lot Of school boys. After
an hours playing and swimming.
ducking and chasing one another up
and down, the headkeeper thought it
about time for them to come out and
20 back to the tent, particularly as it
was then nearing the time for the
doors to open At the word of COM
mand, they all, like dutiful animals
they are, came out on Shore except his
royal highness Napoleon, who had
made up his mind that a bath was so
good thing on warm day that he
would stay in until he got good and
ready to come out, command or no
command Coaxing and threats weJh
of no avail, and no boats being near,
nothing could be done but wait. His
swan, waded, and ducked at
his own sweet pleasure for nearly an
hour, and then quietly walked ashore,
and made quick run for the tents, |
knowing full well that he had done !,
wrong. The superintendent of the me-
nagerie, who had spent few years in |
India catching wild animals, said he !
would give him a spanking ne would |
never forget And he did He had
Venus and Cleo lead Napoleon out into
IN opening near some big trees. Then
he chained the latter's legs to big
ron stakes that we're driven into the |
ground, so that he could not move.
Then a heavy rope was fastened to
Lizzies trunk When all was ready
and Liz had taken her position, the
gave his word, and
lown came the rope with tremendous
yhack that made little Napoleon trum-
lhet and roar for all he was worth. At
'irst he trembled with fear, but to-
wards the end of his punishment he
begged like a good fellow, and by his
lotions afterward he must have been
erribly ashamed. At any rate he has
been on his good behavior ever since,
md when you see him, you will never
.hink he had been a naughty little
Elephant No indeed.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-09-29

Mr.. c. E. Geisel is at Martinsville,
Ind, for few weeks stay.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-09-29

but after taking several bottles of the
Vegetable Compound can now do any,
thing about the house or farm that a
woman should do. l have four months
old baby that is the healthiest and big
gest baby for his age that have ever
seen. am willing for my letter to be
used for testimonial to tell other suf-
fering women how much your medicine
has done for me, as l give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound all the
praise. Mrs. BLAIR L. FISHER, R. d.,
Box 81, Grafton, Pa.
Working early and late lifting,
carrying, and the heaviest of houshold
duties-is it any wonder that it results in
backaches and kindred ills. But every
woman who suffers as Mrs. Fisher did
should profit by her experience and
give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound fair trial.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-09-29
ARMY WORM Is
SEEN IN KENTUCKY.

Crop pests in the form of fall army
worms. which resemble common
spring army worms, have broken out
in several Kentucky counties and are
causing serious damage by their at
tacks on various crops, according to a
warning issued by Harrison Garman,
entomologist at the Kentucky Agri-
cultural Experiment Station.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-09-29
MINER CRUSHED TO DEATH
UNDER SLATE IN LETCHER.

Fleming John Earhlea, an Aus
trian miner, 50 years old, was caught
under falling slate and crushed 20
death in the Elkhorn Coal Corpora
tinp,S nina hare
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-09-29

A most interesting meeting of the
Eleanor Wood Bible class was held
Tuesday evening at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. James A. Wallace in Forest
avenue. Mrs. Wallace, as hostess was
assisted by Misses Anna and Eleanor
Wallace. After the usual business and
social session, delicious refreshments
were served.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-09-29
TOBACCO IN BARNS

Hav your tobacco In the barn insur-
ed. We can do It as cheaply as any
one. Ask us for rates. Call number 40
n. F. g. D. B. C0UGHLIN,
No. 900 Market st. Phone 40
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-09-29
PAINS IN
SIDE AND BACK
Caused by Woman's Ills and
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Grafton, Pa. 81 was troubled with
Inflammation and pains in my sides and |

back. After DOCTOR
ing with different
doctors and not get
ting relief, / had al
most given up hopes
when my sister told
me of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege table
Co mpound, and
knowing that she had
really been helped by
it, l purchased it. I
was unable to do my
- u IL a.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-09-29

FOR SALE-A second hand Royal No.
s Typewriter in good condition.
Cheap IL sold at once. Apply at this
office. 19Sept-t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-16
Congress is Spurred BY Lack
of Facilities to Treat Vets

five new hospitals at cost of $780,
900 each, one In the central Atlantic
states, one in the Great Lakes re-
gion, one in the central southwest.
one in the Rocky mountain states,
and one in southern California.
Watch Merger Result.
What will result from the effort to
merge the various government agen-
cies now looking after the needs of
the service men remains to be seen.
Senator Capper has introduced bill
for this purpose in the senate and
Representative Rogers has introduced
a similar measure in the house. There
is an important need for Capitalization
of government activities in behalf of
the disabled veterans. This was de-
veloped at the hearings on the Rogers
bill before the house interstate and
foreign commerce committee.
Col E. G. Cholmeley-Jones, director
of the bureau of War Risk insurance,
agrees that it is unsatisfactory to
administer separately the several sery'
ices to former service men and the
surgeon-general Of the public health
service is quoted as having recon-
mended some measure of co-ordina.
ton. The board of federal vocational
education, however. has not looked
with favor on the proposed merger oi
the three services.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-16
WILSON Will
MAKE REPORT
ON WAR FUND
Officials Announce President
Will Make Final Itemized
Statement of Allotments
and Disbursements.
FOLLOWS HOUSE VOTE
TRv Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. - White
House officials announced today that
President Wilson, before his retire
ment, March 4, would make final
itemized report showing the disburse-
ments and allotments made by him out
of the $150,0OO, 900 war fund voted him
by congress.
The house after a stormy session
yesterday adopted a resolution calling
on him for such a report
Over the protest of Democratic mem
bers who charged it was. a move to
'defame and malign President Wilson
in the closing days of his .administra-
tion, the house late yesterday adopted
by vote of 211 to 79, resolution call
ing upon the president for an itemized
statement showing disbursements and
allotments of the s150,OoO,0O0 war
funds voted by congress.
Introduced BY Gould.
Introduced by Representative Gould,
Republican. New York, the resolution
was reported by Chairman Good of
the appropriations committee who,
replying to Democratic attacks pre-
cipitated by references to expenditures
by the American peace commission at
Paris, declared no injustice to the pres
ident was intended in the resolution
and that if any such construction was
placed upon it the Democrats were re-
sponsible through attempting to create
an impression that there was some
thing crooked in the money spending"
After the chairman had IL
! liminary statement as to what had
been shown by partial reports of ex-
penditure, Representative Byrns, Dem
ocrat, of Tennessee, declared that
while he had no objection to adoption
of the resolution, he thought informa-
ton should be sought from depart
ments to which the money had been
allotted. The president, he said. had
nothing to do with the actual spend
ing, that more than four-fifths of the
fund had been accounted for. and that
| it was merely an attempt to make it
appear he was unwilling to present
the record
SIPS 900 for Damages.
The American people will never
forget the great achievements of
Woodrow Wilson" said Mr.. Byrns,
'and his name will fill the brightest
pages OI history aILeT MS QetracIOrS
| are dead and forgotten"
Representative Rogers, Republican,
of Massachusetts, attacked reported
expenditures of the peace commission
at the Hotel Crillon in Paris, calling
attention specifically to an item of
S125, 900 for damage to hotel property.
He said he did not know if chande-
liers were in the damaged list, or at
what hour of the morning thew might
have been broken.
The acting secretary of state was
unable to give details of Paris expen-
ditures,' Mr.. Rogers said. Wages of
hotel employees amounted to s131.0 900
and We had to pay for their food.
There was another item of s14 900 for
| automobiles, when the streets of Paris
were overrun with American cars.
Confidential expenses of the presiden-
tial party were cut down to 1854.
Why should there be confidential ex-
penses of president to negotiate on
the part of the people. treaty of
peace?'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-16
CABINET SELECTIONS
NEARING END; Three
POSTS STILL VACANT
NV Associated HreSs)

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Feb. 16.-As
President-elect Harding continued his
conferences with the ranking leaders
of his party today it was indicated
that completion of the cabinet slate OF
the coming administration waited only
on definite selections for the portfolios
of Navy, Commerce and labor
BY all of those in close touch with
the situation it was conceded, how
ever, that these selections might not
only lead to considerable delay but
might also involve some shifting OF
the assignments already more or less
definitely fixed. 1t was considered un-
likely that any announcements would
be made until day or two before
Inauguration.
List Nearly Complete.
AS the list stood today, with navy,
commerce and labor vacant, it was un
derstood to contemplate the appoint
ment Of Charles Evans Hughes of New
York for secretary of state; John w
Weeks of Massachusetts,, for secretary
of war; Andrew Mellon of Pennsyl
vania, for secretary of the treasury;
VIII H. Hays Of Indiana, for postmas
ter general; Harry M. Daugherty. OF
Ohio, attorney-general; Henry Wallace
of Iowa, for secretary of agriculture,
and A. B. Fall, of New Mexico, for
secretary of the interior.
For the navy portfolio, Frank O
Lowden of Illinois. is understood to be
Mr.. Harding's choice, but it is un
certain whether he will accept and
there has been talk of transferring Mr.
Weeks to that position if the Illinois
governor definitely declines. Several
names including those of John Hays
Hammond of New York, and Herbert
Hoover OF California, have been men
toned for the commerce portfolio
while James ]. Davis, of Pennsylvania
and number of others are being urg-
ed for secretary Of labor.
Confers With Hays.
This morning Mr.. Harding again
talked over the problem with Mr. Hays
and later in the day he expected to
begin series of conferences on the
subject with Mr.. Daugherty. Mr..
Hughes, Mr.. Mellon and several others
high in party councils are expected
here before the end Of the week.
Another of Mr.. Hardings confer
ences today, was with Arthur Woods,
former police commissioner of New
York city and former official of the
council of nationtl defense. A. H.
Smith, president of the New York Cen.
trail railway, also is in St. Augustine,
and will see Mr.. Harding within the
next few days.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-16
BURIAL Unidentified
SOLDIER IS OPPOSED
(Bv Associated Press)

PARIS. Feb. 16.-The American
graves registration services expressed
itself today as opposed to the selec-
tion at present of the body OF an
unidentified soldier from the Amer
lean war dead in France for removal
and burial with honors in the United
States. The reason in the constant
reduction in the number of the un-
identified Americans and the hope Of
the eventual Identification of almost
all of them through teeth charts
which are being sent to Washington
and compared with the records.
Hundreds of bodies already have
heen identified, it was explained, and
the officers of the service here feel
that the time is not yet ripe for the
selection Of the unknown here to be
honored
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-16
Weather Forecast
MOORE'S GENERAL FORECAST
Westerly Gales.

Westerly Gales.
Decidedly colder weather will arrive
during the next "a hours Strong
south winds will shipt to westerly
gales by Wednesday night, as the cen.
ter of the Rocky mountain storm
crosses the western Lake region. Con
siderably colder during tonight and
Thursday, and temperatures are ex-
pected to fall below freezing.
For Indiana, by the United States
Weather 6ureau-Generally fair and
much colder tonight and Thursday
strong southwest and wat winds.
Temperatures for Yesterday.
MaAiinuii ''..'......... %
Today.
NOOu bt
Forecast for Wayne County, by w
E. Moore-Partly cloudy and decidedly
colder tonight and Thursday; rain OIL
snow, followed by fair; westerly gales
tonight
Weather conditions--A Rocky noun
tain storm of great intensity now GOV
ers the Mississippi valley and Lake
regions with heavy snowfalls in the
far northwest. A cold wave has over
spread the north and west with zero
weather in Montana and the Dakotas
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-16
RELEASE PAUL FIRST
ON BOND OF $4,000
ON PERJURY CHARGE

Paul First, who was arrested on a
charge of subornation of perjury
Tuesday evening, was released under
$4,000 bond. 1t is understood that he
will plead not guilty to the charge.
William Wilson. who plead guilty to
charge of perjury in Wayne circuit
court Tuesday morning and incrim.
mated Paul First in his testimony, is
being held in the county Jail pending
sentence by Judge Bond, who has
his case under advisement.
Sues for Divorce.
Mr.. First is employed by the G.. r. &;
railroad as a towerman. He sued
foS divorce in the local courts and the
trial was heard last Saturday. He
was granted divorce and custody OF
a minor child by the court at that
time.
During the testimony William Will
son was one of the chief witnesses
He testified that he had been enter
tanned by Frank Lancaster at Indian
spolis and that he had received $50
from him. He promised Lancaster
who was named as correspondent in
the case. that he would. not testify al
the trial.
Arouses Suspicians.
The smoothness of the testimony
aroused the suspicious of Prosecution
Beckett, who investigated the circum
stances and found that the testimony
was untrue. Wilson was called in an6
questioned. He admitted that his
testimony in regard to the Indian
apolis trip was false. He stated
further that he had been promised a
check by Paul First, plaintiff in the
case, to testify as he did. He said he
had not received this
Wilson is employed by a local tax
company as a driver.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-16
Soviet Gold Rubles
Discovered: Deposited

NAPLES, Feb. 16.-Police authori-
ties have deposited in the Bank OF
Ilaly 100000 gold rubles found on
board the Italian steamer Ancona
when it was searched here today. The
money was discovered hidden in the
cabin of a Russian commercial mis-
sion. and the agent for the steamship
company states the gold was intended
to be spent in England to be spent for
the purchase of machinery and mer-
chandise for the Russian Soviet gov
ernment. Authorities here, however,
suspect it was destined for the carry
ing on of Bolshevik propaganda in
Italy and England.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-16
.HACERSTOWN WOMEN
WANT SCHOOL CHANGE

HAGERSTOWN, Ind, Feb. 16.-Pe-
titions requesting that the manage
ment and control of the schools here
be transferred to Elmer Crull. town
ship trustee are being circulated by a
group of women in Hagerstown. The
petition requests that the school cor
poration be abandoned. 1t will be pre-
sented to the town council.
This is the first move here toward
consolidated schools and new school
building. The petition applies only to
schools within the town corporation.
Those circulating the petition are:
Mrs. William Dingwerth, Mrs. Oscar
Fox, Mrs. George Canaday, Mrs. Char
les Smith, Mrs. Raymond Small. Mrs.
Everett, Root, Mrs. William Abbott
and Mrs Ethel Ridpath. Members of
the school board are: DR.. o. M. Dear
doff, president; John G. Clark, secre-
tary and Horace Hoover, treasurer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-16
SALARY INCREASES
KILLED BY S0L0NS
IN INDIANA HOUSE
(Rv Associated Press)

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb 16.-Two SAL
ary increase measures were killed in
the house today and one escaped kill
ing after sharp contest between ir-
reconcilable foes of increases and a
majority of the fees and salaries COM
mittee. The bill. passed to second
reading, grants slight increases to
treasurers of certain counties. Bills
to authorize increases to city and
county sealers and to county record
ers were killed.
The Moorehead senate blk intended
to Americanize foreigners by requir-
ing them to attend night school four
hours a week to learn the English
language. was indefinitely postponed
after attacks by Lake county mem
bers. While the house was putting
the various bills to death, the senate
passed the bill levying the tax of two
fifths of cent to each 500 of tax
ables for the supporting of the Purdue
Agricultural Experiment station. This
bill goes lack to the house which
passed it, fixing the levy at three
eighths of cent. The senate change
in the bill probably will be accepted.
Pass Farmers Seed Bill
The Malott pure seed" bill also was
passed by the senate and will go to
Governor McCray for approval The
measure, supported by the organized
farmers of the state. provides for a
test being made of all agricultural
seeds sold in Indiana.
The garnishee bill, introduced by
Representatives Dufendach. Hughes,
Hannberg and Humrichouser, was
passed to a second reading after a
contest occasioned by q divided re.
port of Judiciary-A committee.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-16
rALLADIUM NEWS BUREAU

PALLADIUM NEWS BUREAU
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.--Revela-
ton of the fact that many disabled
vetrans of the late war are not receiv-
ing proper treatment owing to the
fact that the government has not pro-
vided a sufficient number of hospitals,
has spurred congress to tackle the
problem of providing additional gov
ernment hospital facilities as speedily
as possible. s--
The sundry civil appropriation bill.
which has passed both houses and is
now in conference, carries $1,000, 900
10 provide 2,275 additional hospital
beds for patients of the bureau of War
Risk insurance, and the federal board
of Vocational education. OF this sum,
$500, 0G0 is to be available for increas-
ing the hospital facilities at Fort Nc
Kenzie, Wyo., and Fort Walla Walla,
Wash.
To Take Over Forts.
The secretary of the treasury is d.
rected to take over Immediately those
forts for this purpose. The same bill
also carries $12 100000 to be used to
erect or purchase additional hospitals,
the secretary of war being authorized
to select sites with the approval of
the president
The Langley bill, which has passed
the house, proposes the erection of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-16
ESTHER GRIFFIN white
CONTINUES Her FIGHT
TO PRESERVE HIGHWAY

While the hearing on the Injunction
suit brought by Esther Griffin White
against the board of works, the city
engineer and the street commissioner
to restrain the city from dumping
trash in the old Ma ational road. which
was set for today. did not come up
because the city admitted it had pro-
ceeded illegally. according to Miss
White, the case was not dismissed,
but remains on the docket
The board of works. 1 am told, Is
going to try to close the roadway in
another way" said Miss White this
morning. "It will make an attempt.
under the statute, to change the grade
of the street, and in this way close 1t
up. .. .
II intend, however 10 demonstrate
against this action.
Lieber Offers Aid
From all over Indiana l have re-
ceiyed letters commenting my action
/ in trying to preserve this historical
point. one of the most noted places
on the old National road.
"Mr. Richard Lieber, head OF the
state conservation department, stated
he would come to Richmond at the
| time of any public hearing. as the con-
servation department of Indiana il
actively interested in preserving all
historical places and monuments.
81 expect to fight every step the
city takes in this matter. because
have the community and the state of
| India ma back of me.
First street can be opened IN some
other way if 1t is necessary to open IL
at this time. No great popular upris-
| ing has been recorded for the opening
of West First street, although one or
two real estate dealers desire most
ardently that it should be done. But
their wishes can be accomplished
! without destroying the most famous
] section of the old National road"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-16
FIND BODY OF LOST
AGED LADY IN YARD;
DIED NATURAL DEATH
(By Associated Press)

CHICAGO, Feb. 16.--The body of
Mrs. Nancy M. Chamberlain, 81 years
old, whose mysterious disappearance
from the home OF Ter daughter and
granddaughter in an artists colony
has been under investigation by the
police. was found early today buried
in the backyard of the apartment on
Fifty-seventh street, where the family
lived
Two days of questioning by police
brought from Mrs Ruth Townsend,
the aged woman's daughter. and Miss
Marian Townsend, her granddaughter,
only cryptic answers, such as mother
is happy in love-
Confesses to Burial
Ear rly today Miss Townsend con-
fessed that the aged woman died of
natural causes last June and had been
buried by the two women in flower
bed in their backyard, in which the
aged woman had carefully tended
geranium plants.
Every part of their former home
was searched yesterday by the police
and even some parts of the rear yarh
were dug up, but nothing was found
except bones, which doctors said were
those of a dog.
Dire poverty caused the two women
to bury the body secretly, Miss Town
send confessed to Police Matron Mary
Dolan. One by one the priced pos
sessions of the family, until only the
grand piano on which Marian devel-
oped an unusual musical ability, re-
mained.
Dies from Natural Causes
1--WE had neither coffin nor permit,
said Miss Townsend. I'VE covered
the body and placed the geraniums
over the improvised grave. To us she
is not dead, just buried. Mother and
swore never to say anything about
it because we were happy in love-"
DR.. Joseph Springer, coroner's physi-
clan, after an examination of the body.
announced his opinion that the aged
woman died from natural causes.