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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-03
PROSPERITY AHEAD
Is BELIEF OF ALL
NATIONAL OFFICIALS
international Mans servIoe.l

WASHINGTON. Jan ; Prosperity
like the flowers of the song, will
bloom again this spring. The business
depression already is beginning 20
dissilye This, according to govern
ment officials of The treasury. asri-
culture and labor departments. is
forecast for 1921 Ii true. the forecase
means the end of unemployment now
involving thousands OF workers in the
east
II viii also end the great national
buyers strike which swept the entire
country last summer Ethelberg Stew
art. government price expert believes
1891 prices should be far lower thar
at present. The buying public is IN
need of almost every necessity. he
said and that business depression
woula disappear within a few weeks
il manufacturers and retailers would
give up the eida that they can cling
70 war prices.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-03
HOTEL CLARENDON


Manager G. ]. Root OF the Claren-
and is now very busy with the final
don hotel arrived Thursday evening
preparations for the opening Of the
big hostelry. He found that aetivi-
Ties had been IN progress and that the
work was under control and we'll on
It's way to completion. Mr. Root came
direct from New York, where he said
the winter weather thus far had been
ideal and that there had been hut one
| light covering of snow. He said
Christmas day there was fine and that
make tourists late in getting started
/ for the land of sunshine and flowers.
Mr.. Root has slJrst the summer in
Breton Wood. n. H.. where he is
manager OF the big sAmmer hotel,
Mount Washington. He has had
charge of the hooks for the Claren-
don and SAYS they have Moves been
better and that many old time friends
are to return this year. Among them
will be the following:
H. Z. Mcintosh Of Cleveland. Ohio.
4 Miss G. pettibone of Buffalo, NJ Y.
William Knigflt. Mrs. H. II. Harding.
Miss NJ. sullivan, Mrs. Douglas Alex
ander. Mr.. and Mrs T. NJ MacDon-
aid. Mr.. and Mrs f. r. Muenzen. Mr..
and Mrs j. +. Pryor. Mrs u. G.
Thompson and daughter and Miss NJ
ID. Beardsley of New York City.
Mir. and Mrs j. w. Brown OF Piqua
| Ohio
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Chandler and
son of Portsmouth. n. H.
T. r. Farnsworth and daughter OF
New Orleans.
Mrs. w. w Brown and mother oil
Cleveland
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Morse Of Min.
neapolis. Mimi.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jemison Of
birmingham. Ala:
Mr.. and Mrs. w. t. Hite and fam
lily of Huntington, w Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Irish and fam
lily of Toronto, Canada.
Major and Mrs. j. l.. Beckurts an,
daughter, Isabel, OF Haverford. Pa.
f. NJ Hebard of Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs p ". Vail of New
ark. n. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Cockshuu of Brant.
ford, Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Briggs and fam
! lily of Detroit, Mich,
! Mr. and Mrs. II. G. Heinz ana fam
: ily Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs w C. Biles PITTSBURGH pa
Mr. and Mrs. n L. Weeks OF Bos
:. ton, Mass.
= Miss G. Reynolds and mother o
Providence, r. /.
On Wednesday morning the door
!, OF the hotel will be open to guests
and the luncheon at noon on that ia.
: will be the first meal served.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-03
PRINCESS lSSENA

Among the distinguished guests at
Tie Princess lssena during the past
week have been Mrs T. w Higgins,
widow of the late Ex-Governor tIig-
gins OF New York and Mrs, j. u. Gem
Ieron. Mrs. Higgins and Mrs. Gamer
.on are sisters and are from Olean,
N Y. Governor Higgins was for
many years resident OF Olean and
was president of the Exchange Ma
tional hank OF thai city. one OF the
largest of the inland banks of New
York state. Mrs Higgins IL very be-
neyolent and generous and lives In
her beautiful home surrounded by ey
cry luxury Naturally when away
from her home she selects a hotel in
accordance with her tastes and eN
pressed herself as delighted with the
| Princess lssena They motored to
Seabreaze. have been spending some
time on the west coast, and will motor
from here to St. Augustine. and ex-
pect 10 spend the winter in Florida
parts. Mrs. Cameron is especially
fond OF the delightful sunshine and
wa m weather in this state. Mrs
Higgins is a generous supporter OF
The Higgins Memorial hospital in
Olean. named in honor OF her distin-
lguished husband and the buildings are
now being enlarged. II is one of the
best equipped hospitals in the state.
Manager Henry w Haynes OF the
Princess Issena will soon begin the
co. struction OF another cottage to add
to the Princess group. 1t will be built
ESPECIALLY for Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
W. therby of New York aud Great
Harrington, n. IT, They are now oc-
cupying the Issehn cottage. and the
NEW one is 10 be built during their so
iourn there and viii be exactly ac-
Eeording to their liking.
Recent arrivals at the Princess Is
sena are:
Miss Hannah G. Baddelay. Mr. and
Mrs. ID. e. Raymond ANA children,
Dudley and Irma of Sputh Norwalk,
Conn
Rev ANA Mrs. Richard Golden and
A. +. NJ Golden OF Larchmont, \. Y.
Mr. and Mrs w. NJ Bavier and A.
Bachle of New Rochelle. N Y.
Miss Etherl Cowley of Detroit,
Mich. who Is connected with the ASK
Mr. Foster" sci vice, was guest at
the Princess Issena on Friday.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-03

hcAse to the residents and tourists Of
Deiand a good many reservations
have been made for dinner tonight.
There Will be dancing afterwards the
hotel orchestra furnishing the music
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-03
Lending Hotels of the East Coast Of the
Great Winter Playground of the World

Visitors ss Ys
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
CHRISTMAS JOY
|SPROv|DEDFOR
MT. ALTO VETS
200 Hospital Inmates Will En-
Joy Turkey Dinner, Entertain
ments, n'Everything.

Several entertainments. free theater
tickets, and big Christmas dinner Of
turkey. mince pie, n everything, Will
feature the Christmas week activities
Of the 200 ex-service men at Mt. Alto
Hospital.
Under the direction of the medical
officer in charge, and the local repre-
sentative of the American Red Cross,
a program has been arranged which
will take up the entire week.
Beginning this afternoon a concert
will be given by the Yale Glee
Club, while tonight there will be q
vaudeville entertainment and music
by the Fort Myer Band. On Saturday
night Christmas carols will be sung
in the wards followed by an entertain
ment and refreshments by the Over
seas Women's Service League.
Next Tuesday an entertainment will
be given to the soldiers by George
OConnor and the pupils of his school
of expression. On Wednesday the Red
Cross Club will conduct an evening of
games and refreshments, while on
Thursday dance will be given by the
Red Cross for the hospital staff. On
Friday the patients will lentertain the
children from the Industrial Home
school, with music by the Boy Scout
Band. On Saturday there will be q
dance and refreshments for the pa
tients and their friends.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
NEW YORK TO ESTABLISH
BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC

NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-Establish'
ment here Of a birth-controi cnnic
within the next few weeks was an
bounced yesterday by Mrs. Anne Ken
nedy. secretary of the American Birth
Control League, In an address before
the Woman's Law Club.
"In this State the law makes IT a
crime" she said. Ito give information
en- birth control. But the law has been
90 interpreted. as result of Mrs.
sanger's challenge of II, that such in.
formation can be given to women suf'
fering from disease. 1t II on this
Premise that we are opening the
clinic"
Mrs. Kennedy said there were eleven
States where oral information on birth
control could be given legally. She
declared the league intended to open
clinics In all those States.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
DOUG AND MARY
bLESSNEWY YORK
ANDFL|T WEST
Pair Recently From Europe 90
ing to California to Spend
Christmas.

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The burden
of furnishing board and room for
Douglas D'Artagnan Fairbanks ana
Miss Mary Fauntleroy Pichord Is
shifting rapidly toward toward Holly
wood and areas contiguous.
Early yesterday afternoon Doug
Tipped a 1000 bill over the counter
Of Mr.. Ritz-Carlton's first-class room
ing house at Forty-fifth and Madison,
got back something like $63.37 and.
having paid his bill for the week.
grabbed Mary's hand and ot-footed 1t
to the Twentieth Century Limited, and
so out of New York.
Having wound up their Christmas
shopping and having looked the old
town over with a particular eye to
such features as had developed be-
tween the time Of their departure last
June for Europe and their return eight
days ago they slipped away quietly.
with only one brass band, for that Sec
ton of the country about which the
residents brag as persons elsewhere
boast of their babies.
Doug wore spats. He wore. OF
course. other apparel, but the spats
are featured because they 90 to prove
that even a movie star may sometimes
fear doing the improper thing.
Doug was horribly afraid that his
spats might be viewed with satire and
derision out in Chicago and Mime
apolis. He wasn't sure Chicago and
Minneapolis had been educated to
spats. But finally he decided to
risk 1t.
Doug and Mary both Travelled AZ
first-class assistants to Santa Claus.
Mary Rugged a Yuletide pack that In.
cluded a $1,000 automobile for her
mother and a flock Of presents for
where except In mail order cata-
logue.
Doug said he had the usual bunch
of Christmas junk for Mary. II buy
her everything in sight. figure that
II scatter my shots I'll make q
bull's-eye somewhere along the line, ;"
he explained.
And then he bestowed a Yulstids
blessing upon New York.
BLESS the poor, benighted town.
he said. "It needs a blessing and more
for being so foolish as to stay here In
Manhattan when by a little ingenuity
it might move West and become q
suburb Of Los Angeles"
Mary's red-headed, bob-haired sec.
rotary sang a soprano amen to Doug
Los Angeles hymn of praise. There, -
declared the rusty-topped Elizabeth
Cameron, sis a place to put curl in
your hair and then some"
Mary, herself, said nothing.
Mary isn't cheering over the Cali.
fornia trip. In the first place. she has
to come back In February to contract
for a new picture. and she figures she
might just as well stay until then.
In the second, her choice of Christ.
mas is one of the white" variety.
And California, owing to its wonderful
climate, can't turn out that brand.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
Old Sol At Capricorn's
Zenith Shortest
Day In Year

Today, according to the oid
conundrum, is the one on wnicn
women talk the least, 1t being the
shortest Of the year
Modern observers however, avow
the implication of the conundrum
to be false, declaring that the
ladies stay up later than usual In
order to get in their innings
Today, according to the as
tronomer, the sun is directly above
the Tropic of Capricorn and ut the
southern limit of its path:
For Washingtonians the sun
rose at 1923 a. m, and Will SET
at 4:49 p. M, giving 9 hours ana
26 minutes Of possible sunlight.
Tomorrow will be but frac-
ton of a second longer than today
and the length Of the days Will
then begin to increase gradually
until along in the spring the IN
crease will be as high as three
to four minutes q day.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
third street northwest.

third street northwest.
This was the story they told:
I'VE we're walking past the hos
pital when the doctors machine mar.
rowly missed us as II entered tho
alley that leads to the rear of the
hospital. We needed q touring car
and we decided to get that one. Al
soon as the doctor stepped from II
we stepped in. We then went home
and got two pistols and started to-
ward Richmond. When we were
crossing the bridge leading into Fred
ericksburg we saw something roll
into the road in front Of the toll
gate. We decided to stop. As soon
as the car slowed down several men,
all with guns or rifles, approached
tons they arrested US. We knew
then we were at Hells Half Acre"
Detective Sergeants Hughlett. Jett.
Connors and Alligood went to tho
Virginia town last night and return.
ed here with the three youths, who
are charged with grand larceny.
Police Chief Perry and Sergeant
Chichester explained to the Wash.
ington detectives that as soon as
they saw the machine on the bridge
they released q large iron drum from
it's moorings and blocked the path.
II the operator attempted to swervs
to the right or left of the obstacle
he would have run into the river.
This Is u new scheme invented b.;
the Fredericksburg police to catch
fugitives riding In automobiles.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21

Give Columbia Grafonola and you will have
the happicst Christmas of your life Through
the holidays and for many years to come you
will dance and sing and enjoy the best Of the
newest music. To carry the glad Christmas
spirit on through all the year, there is no gift
like Grafonoa.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
LOUISVILLE SUICIDE MAY BE
NOTORlOUScH ACOCUNMAN

LOUISVILLE. Dec. 21.-Police to-
dav announced that the body of an
unidentified man who jumped into the
canal here from a railroad bridge bore
a very close resemblance to Tommy
OConnor, Chicago gunman, who es.
capped from jail last week, a few days
before he was to hang.
Fingerprints Of the dead man will
be compared with those Of the gun.
man. ~
Besides being approximately rhe
same height and weight as the fugi.
tive, the man who took his life bore
other striking resemblances to O'Con.
nor. He has the same color of hair
and eyes. A scar over the left eve
and another on the left hand CORE
spond to descriptions Of O'Connor.
The man, apparently thirty. five
years old, was observed 800 feet out
on the bridge by the bridge night
Waterman. The man jumped in the
water, swan for several minutes and
then went under.
The Waterman called for assistance.
threw a rope to the man, but he re-
fused to grasp 1t.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
SIX AlExANDRlANS APPLY
FOR POSTMASTERSHIp

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 21.--six
applications for the postmastership
here are on file with the Civil Service
Commission. The time limit expired
last midnight. Those filing papers are
J. A. Eggborn, former postmaster:
Thomas Bayne. e. Hunt Roberts, r.
Clinton Knight, Charles NJ. Stoler ana
John ". Schwarzman.
The Civil Service Commission will
submit to the Postmaster General the
names of the three highest applicants.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
CAR TAKEN, BOYS
AY,|N REVENGE
FORLAXDR|V|NG
Decided to Take Machine After
Physician Nearly Ran Them
Down, Three Explain.

"The doctor nearly ran over us
and we stole his machine for spite"
This was the excuse which three
youths. who were arrested yesterday
IN Fredericksburg, Va, gave for
stealing the automobile of DR.. Oscar
b. Hunter, 81 Oxford street, Chevy
Chase, Md, late Monday night from
the rear Of George Washington Uni.
versity Hospital.
The three arrested are James vii.
liam Hill, seventeen years old, 442o
Conduit road northwest; Francs l..
Collins, nineteen years old, 3409 o
street northwest. and Archie r. Ben
son. eighteen years old, 1907 Thirty.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
FRENCH OFFICIAL POINTS
OUT NEED FOR LARGE NAVY

Discussing the need for a larger
navy. a French Official today pointed
out that France has more colonies
than any other power In the world
except Great Britain.
This Is seldom remembered" the
official said the nations are prone
to forget our vast colonial posses.
sions. 1t 10 probably because we eel.
dom have trouble with them"
The Washington times., 1921-12-21

British delegates to the conference
will be luncheon guests Of the wash
ington branch Of the English-speak.
ing Union next Wednesday. Arrange
ments were discussed at a meeting
last night at the home Of William
Phelps Emo. F. A. Delano presided
and Rev. James Freeman spoke.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
Historical Society Meets.

Samuel G. Proudfit and Allen c.
Clark were the speakers at a meeting
of the Columbia Historical Society
last night in the Cosmos Club. Mr..
Proudfit explained that old Indian
camps were located at Bernings,
Piney Branch and Chain Bridge. Mr..
Clarke read a paper on Daniel
Rapine, Second Mayor of the Cor
poration of Washington"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-10-11
SEVERAL CONGREGATIONS;
MONETARY DAMAGE SMALL.
Home of Or. v. /. Darby AbIaze Sun.
day Afternoon Caused by
Defective Chimney.

While the fire department has an
swered several calls during the past
thirty-six hours, excellent work of
Chief Harrison and his force has kept
the damage down to small figure, in
some cases less than $40.
The most serious blaze was that at
the home If DR.. v I. b1arhy 1907 Rev
nolds street, at go o'clock Sunday
afternoon. While the fire was con-
fined to roof damage. water did con-
siderable harm and much Of the fur
niture, etc. in the. house was practi-
cally ruined.
At 11:30 Sunday morning the de-
partment answered call out on Am
herst street and succeeded in saving
small house, number 1924, owned
and occupied by Sarah Polite, colored.
The damage was slight as only a
small portion of the roof was burned.
At 1890 yesterday morning the gas
stove at the Texas lunch room. New
castle street. exploded. and here, too.
the damage was smah.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-10-11
SUPT.. BURNSET HAD CLOSE
CALL; TRUCK JUMPS ROAD
One Ton Machine of Georgia High
way Commission Leaves Bridge,
Falling Into Canal.

What came near resulting in Sc
rious accident occurred early yester-
day morning when the one ton truck
Of the Georgia Highway Commission,
used by Capt. Burnset in road work
in the district, plunged into the canal,
turning completed yoyer. The break.
ing of the radius rcd, put the steering
gear out of commission and it went
wrong at the most inopportune place
lat the canal bridge.
In the truck with Supt. Burnset was
Amos Reese. colored. Hetlanded on
his head in the muddy canal, while
the former fell quite a distance, strik-
ing on his side, but in soft place,
which accounts for the fact that
neither was injured to any great ex-
tent. The damage to the truck was
slight
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-10-11
(By Associated Press.l

Atlanta, Oct. 10.-Claude A. West
former secretary to three governors
of Georgia and employed for two
months by Governor Hardwick, to as
sist his secretaries and clerks in get
ting their work started, was held al
police headquarters this morning on
blanket charge of suspician, pend
ing the issuance OF warrant charging
embezzlement Of state funds which
Governor Hardwick had directed his
secretary. ID. B. Blalock. to have is.
sued.
The matter had been laid before the
chief by Mr.. Blalock with a request
for the arrest to be made.
Governor Hasdwick has employed
firm OF auditors TO make an exami-
nation of the books OF Mr. West for
some years back. The audit was
commenced this morning. The alleg.
ed shortage on which the warrant was
to be issued amounts to $1.5OO and
consisted of fire insurance loss on
two small buildings at the state pris
on farm.
According to Governor Hardwick's
information, the buildings were burn
cd early in 1890. the losses were paid
by the insurance companies in checks
drawn 10 the order OF Hugh NJ Dor.
sey. governor, and were Endorsed by
Governor Dorsey and cashed at the
bank by Claude A. West, whose In.
dorsement also appeared thereon.
In addition to this matter Governor
Hardwick further stated he had re
quested the auditors to examine q
transaction involving payment by
the state since he became governor
OF small printing bill due Foote &
Davies. According TO the governors
information. he said. the bin was pre-
sented In triplicate, as1usual. and Mr.
West had the warrant drawn for three
times the amount OF the bin and turn
ed II over to Foote G. Davies with the
suggestion that they give him their
check for the excess, amounting "a
StlS. and make II payable to Miss
Myrtle white. executive secretary Il
Governor Hardwick. This was done
by Foote & Davies. Governor Hard
wick said he understood. to save the
trouble OF getting a new warrant FOR
the correct amount the check TO Miss
White was eashed, he understood, b,
Mr.. West
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-10-11
COMMISSION TO
SEND MACHINERY
Importance Of Altamaha Bridge
Realized by Georgia Highway
Authorities and All Needed
Equipment to be Furnished
at an Early Date.

Relizing the Importance OF the All
tamaha bridge. not only TO this imme-
date section. but to all Georgia. as
well as other southern states. the
Georgia Highway Commission has
made It known that the keeping OF
the highway IN first class condition
shall not lack men or machinery and
20 that end. has given notice OF sew
eral modern read implements which
viii soon be available for the use OF
supt. Burnset Of this division.
Some days ago one ton modern
truck was received here and local
rosd authorities have been advised
that other implements will follow
from time to time II really requires
men and machinery to keep the high
way in good condition as n has prov
ed to be one Of the most generally
used Of any in the state and as the
winter season comes, travel by this
popular route viii increase every day.
Not only Is traffic heavy southwark
but hundreds are passing through this
city almost every week on their way
to points north. east and west
supt. Burnset in charge OF this d.
vision, Is working under the Georgia
Highway commission and that he 10
giving general satisfaction TO both his
employers and the many who use tbs
roads Is certain. He is well versed I'm
road building and "upkeep' and under
his direction the highway wall be-
maintained to the very highest stan.
davd
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-10-11
J. S. STINSON TO MANAGE
LOCAL. DODGE AGENCY

Dodge Brothers cars win be sold
In the local territory in future by ]. s
Stnson. who. with volney Williams,
was In te city yesterday for the pur.
pose Of taking over the local agency
ar. Stinson. who has been a success
ful practicing attorney in waycross
for number OF years, win retire in
Order 20 give hIs entire attention "a
the automobile business.
Mr.. williams. who Is well and fsv
orahly known here. win take charge
OF the Savannah territory. consisting
OF afteen counties, on November l,
and viii devote his entire time to this,
Dodge cars and parts win continue
At he present ,locstion Or Newcastle
street and a large stock win always
be carried