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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-11-17
DECLARES HANNA'S
DAUGHTER INDUCED
HIM NOT TOREWED
EX-Wife Says Millionaire
Planned ST, 100000 Trust
Fund for Daughter.
NOT TO CONTEST. WILL.
One Beneficiary Expec,S
Settlement With Miss
Jane Evans.

That the marginal notations on the
will. Of Daniel r. Hanna. who died
Nov. al his summer estate. Croton-
n-Hudson. making bequests to Miss
June Avis Evans OF No. l57 West
5Ith Street, and announcing his in
tcntion OF marrying her, were can.
celIed a month before he died. be
cause he promised his tavorite daugh-
ter, Ruth Rhodes Hanna, thirteen, Of
No. $50 Park Avenue, he would never
marry Miss Evans, was the explana-
ton of the much discussed ''blotted
and cancelled" wiV of the millionaire.
according to Mrs. Mary Stuart
Hanna, one of the four wives who di-
vorced Mr.. Hanna.
"After ne hal promised Ruth, his
favoritc daughter, that he would never
marry Miss Evans" Mrs Hanna said
to-day to a reporter for The Evening
World. my former husband told ne
that Ruth had a mission in life" and
an extra .rust fund of 81 100000 would
he created for her | fully believ'
that Mr.. Hanna in cancellnG the
clause providing Tor Miss Evans IN
tended to draw up a new will in whicl
the s1,OOO,OOO trust fund for Ruth
would be embodied"
Mrs. Hanna is the mother of the
Misses Natalie, Ruth, Charlotte and
Mary Hanna. aged nineteen. thirteen
~,
live with their mother at No. $50 Park
Avenue, and tn" girls attend the fash
ionable Miss Spence School. When
Mrs. Hanna got her divorce from Nj.
Hanna IN 1915 he created a trust fund
Of S6.OO0,GOO for his four daughters
Mrs. Hanna. who went to the thea
trc with her former husband two
weeks before he died. said there
would he no contest Of the will by
he" or her four daughters. The chill
dren Of the marriages of Mr. Hanna
/are all on amicable terms with each
Other and often dine together in Their
respective homes Miss Elizabeth,
one daughter, lives at No. II East
6Orh street.
Mrs Mary stuart Hanna admitted
that her former husband embra ced
the Catholic faith on his death bed,
and had often expressed a desire TO
come into the church" before his i'll
ness
Miss Evans's attorney, Leslie C.
Ferguson. explained to-day that her
action would not be a contest in the
sense Of attempting to set aside the
will but claim under it. One OF
? the first points to be raised by her
lawyer. it is understood. is that there
is nothing to show the word can
celed" does not apply to the entire
will and not merely to the blotted
portions referring to Miss Evans hy
name. She cannot contest" the Will
because she is not an heir at law.
Two ways are open to her, it was
CONTINUED on Fourth Page)
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-11-17
1921 ADJUSTMENTS
COST 1897, 900, 900;
ARMY, $418,OO 900
Tax Returns Contrast Military Ex-
penSeS With Sums Spent
on Pleasure.
tAssoCiate ed pressJ

WASHINGTON, Nov. II

Federal tax returns have been
given curious applications in con-
nection with financial problems
now before the Conference on
Limitation of Armament.
One set of tables snows that
against Slls.OOO,oOO spent for -the
army in 1921, the country con-
sumed $75O. 100000 in candy and
chewing gum, 1891, I,000,COO in soda
and confections and 1853 100000
for perrumery, iewrlry, silk stock
ings and other articles for per-
sonal adornment.
The smokers poured cut {l,ljl,-
600 900 for tobacco n all forms
Baseball fans, theatre goers. cab
aret frcquentcrs md those at
tending concerts paid 1897, 900, 600
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-11-17
HINDU RIOT GREETS
WALES IN BOMBAY
Number of Casualties Reported in
Native Quarter as Princes Pro-
cesSion Moves Through City.

BOMBAY, India, Nov. II CAsso-
ciated Pressl .-Coincident with
procession escorting the Prince OF
Wales through the CITY OF Bombay,
to-day. serious disturbances occurred
the authorities TO agitation by fol-
the authorities to agitation by fol-
lowers of Mahatma Gandhi, the
Hindu mon -cooperationist" leader
and a number of casualties resulted.
The, procession itself however, was
mol naAETsd ey any .unIoWGFd ineldSal.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-11-17
BH Ddrid laurence,
sneeia al Corresponds Of The G

speeiaI Correspondent The Evening World
WASHINGTON, Nov. Y Copyright, i92t)-Gfeat Britain ex-
poets the American desire abogaion of the Anglo
japanese alliance with concrete PROPOSE that treaty agree
be substituted which shan be signed only by England and
Japan but by all the nations interested in guaranteeing the oPen door
in China
Whether such should contain absolute guarantee Of
territorial integrity and administrative independence Of China
whether the object would be achieved by pledges to respect Chnas
political independence still matter Of debate. But the big fact that
enough confidence The probable solution OF the question prevails
lead the American delegation show willingness to sign the
reduction of naval without waiting for the adjust
merit OF Far Eastern questions.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-11-17
lister Rejects Latest Irish Peace Plan OF Lloyd Geo,
FLAPPER'S HEART
NOW FLAPS ONLY
FOR THE MAN OF as
"Half Baked Youths" Haven't a
Chance Against Mature Person
With. Modern Maid.
CHICAGO. Nov.


CaIlnw youth has been ban
ished from the fapper's heart;
the man OF forty-tive now reisns
supreme.
Miss Marceline Stokes, social
worker, has come to this conclu-
sion as Il result OF her expert
CnCes.
1T startles me-" she exclaimed
to-day. the way Young men are
being dismissed with the snap OF
finger for the middle aged man.
Girls among whom | do much of
my work tell me they prefer the
companionshjp OF the older men;
that young men bore them be-
cause they are so immature.
"One girl. perhaps not so cul-
turcd as the others. made this
statement:
I'D rather have a hard boiled
old man than half baked
YOUTH"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-11-17
j: S. IS READY TO SIGN
AGREEMENT ON NAVAL CUTS
BEFORE FAR EAST SETTLEMENT
Great Alliance Proposed to Preserve
China, Shelving Anglo-Jap Treaty
League of Nations May Handle
Land Armament Problem.

WASHINGTON Nov. II ASSOCIATED PresS)-fieadS the dele
cations the nine Powers participating in discussions of Far Eastern
questions meeting to-day decided proceed first with the consider
alton problems relating China before entering upon other Far
Eastern questions.
The other questions decided will be taken up in the order
listed by the tentative agena suggested Time by the American
Government.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-11-17
SANTA CLAUS NOW BANS
MOST WARLIKE TOYS
Christmas shoppers No Longer
Choose Cannon and Tanks

BOSTON Nov. l7.-Msrs, God OF
War is rapidly losing favor in Toyand.
for news of the Conference on Limita-
tion OF Arms apparently has reached
to the ears OF Santa Claus, and the
wise old bird, despite the fact that he
was not even invited to the Arms Par
ley, has already cut his production OF
toys of war.
Warlike toys-miniature cannon,
tanks, batueships, armored autOmo-
biles and the like-are not in favor
with early Christmas shoppers.
After the war, toy submarines, bat
tleships, armored automobiles and
tanks sold ike hot cakes" said Miss
X. l.. Lugrin. chief toy buy er for q
large department store here. This
year sales on such TOYS have fallen m
and We have very little demand foI
toyA OF Z. WAF-lIka nature
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-11-17
WILL WATCH CERTAIN CLIQUE
OF GENTLEMEN"

The Mayor removed his eyeglasses.
rubbed them vigorously with his
handkerchief and continued:
There is a certain clique OF gentle
men in this city whom It will give
me particular pleasure to watch for
four years. They belong to the holler-
than-thOu class who are adopts in the
oily art OF bowing and scraping and
who carry their handkerchiefs in their
sleeves. Their smiles are sweet and
winning-if you can't look through
them-but their hearts are bad Some
of these nice cultured gentlemen did
their mightiest 10 put me in Jail, but
! am still getting around to City Hall
just little before o'clock every
morning and remaining at my desk
until the days Job is done, no matter
what time that may be. have been
mired, untermyred and overshadow
but / am still intact"
Talking in more serious strain the
Mayor continued:
The people of New York have re-
elected me to the biggest job in their
gift despite all the unkind things
certain new spapers and special inter.
csts have said about me. Most Of the
newspapers don't seem to have their
fingers on the public pulse.
These newspapers tried to re
form me, and the people turned on
the newspapers and told them on
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-11-17
LEAGUE MAY SETTLE LAND
ARMAMENT PROBLEM.

As for land armaments, there is
movement affot to transfer the entire
question to the League of Nations.
This originates out Of a chance rs-'
mark Of a member Of the British dsIs-
cation who in discussion on the quss-
ton of land ornaments pointed out
significantly that the League OF Ma
tions already has a commission at
work on land armamentS, In as much
as both the United States and Great
Britain have reduced their armies to
a relatively small siSs. the qusstisa
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-11-17
EXP EcT SENATE WOULD
RATlFY AN AGREEMENT.

The influence at the moment. how
ever, of President Harding and Sec
retary Hughes with the American
Senate is such that an agreement
made at this conference stands
very good chance OF being ratified by
the Senate, particularly as Senator
Underwood leader of the Democrats,
could marshal enough votes to assist
in getting the necessary two-thrds
for ratification.
incidentally the Chinese proposals
have in the main produced a favor
able Impression. 1t is realized that
many points will have to be dis
cussed but the truth is the Chinese
were expected n ask for a great deal
more. Their proposals are couched
in language which many British and
American officials think is an angury
of a successful outcome of the Far
Eastern part OF the conference.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-11-17

(Rseing results, scratches, entrioi
and SSisstiens on Page g.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-11-17
'ForgfVeS Those Who Abused
Him and for the .Unkind
Things They Said About
Him-Too Busy to Harder
AnimoSitieS.
'Still Intact" Has His
Eye Out for "a Certain
Clique of Gentlemen His
Official Family Doing
Nicely.

In a special interview given to The
Evening World to-day, Mayor ITvlan
disposed OF many rumors which have
been persistent in City Hall gossip
the past week. The 6rst and most
persistent of these was that the
May or, tired Of the strenuous life as
head of the City Government, was
planning to retire for n long term
on the Supreme Court bench, occu-
pants OF which serve fourteen years
and receive $lI5OO year. The
Mayors salary is $4,000 and his
term four years,
be- Would anything tempt you to
leave the City Hall for the Supreme
Court bench?" the Mayor was asked.
II intend, please God, to remain
Mayor Of this city for the full term
of four years" replied the Mayor.
There is no offer that would induce
me to relinquish that post after the
wonderful vote given me by the
people of this city at the last cleo
ton. Indeed. l would be ungrateful
If did not fully acknowledge such a
tribute, and likewise unworthy OF the
trust that Is rcposed in me-
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-03-24
NO FERTILIZERS HERE

please say if best results with al
falla are obtained by planting with
nursery oat crop requests w. A.. NJ,
Chicago, Ill.,, in a letter to the stat"
college agrouomy department. "Where
can / obtain good seed at fair price
Amount of seed advisable to acre in
Edmunds county? Where can ! get
inoeulation to best advantage? If SOW
is WclI drained. does il need lining
When is best time TO plant? If acid,
where can | get crushed limestone?
Reply 10y Or. \. y. Hume, state col
leae agrOnomist. Put in 10 pounds
of alfalfa seed on a well prepared seed
bed with one bushel of early oats per
acre as a nurse crop. Our department
can furnish incubation for 80 cent?
per unit, to be used in South Dakota.
"Ir YOU suspect the soil is sour, also,
Professor Hutton can answer mat
question if you send a sample OF your
soil. Take small portions, scrape from
several places a little under the sur
face. so that it Will represent the area
when mixed together. Just mail a
pound or so Of the dir.
you may put in alfalfa at any time
'r.-ut now.
south Dakota soils are nowhere in
need of the addit on Of any commorcia.
element of plant food for CROWNS
ordinary crops. unless it is occasion
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-03-24

pal, township and school funds within
the state.
II. b. 3i3-Joint Printing committee
Relating to the making and publicd-
ton OF quarterly statements OF tn
county auditor and treasurer.
ii. Is. 335-Banking Committee-Re-
lating to banks and banking. Elmer.
gency.
II. b. $50 Banking committee
Granting additional powers and duties
to the superintendent Of banks ana
the guarantee fund commission. Elmer.
gency.
II. b. 334-Appropriations committee
-ApprOpriating 1922 for deficiency in
paying certain items at the 1920 spe,
cial session. Emergency.
II. b. 346-Appropriations committee
-Appropriating $4,000 to pay compen-
sation for the death of an employee
of the state highway department.
Emergency.
II. B. S7-Bailey-Requiring political
duN u IIStlllcIlIN NC MAJ htu pdlu duNtA'
tisements.
II. B. Notwithstanding com
mon carriers.
II. b. Notwithstanding Citizen.
ship day and providing for the cortiti-
cation of all citizens as they arrive
at their majority. .
II. B. Misrepresentation committee
-ApprOpriating $13, 900 for deficiency
in the general fund for the livestock
sanitary board for accredited herd
work and expense for the fcal yea
ending June 80, 1921. Emergency.
II. b. SS-Joint Uniform Laws con-.
mitteo-Uniform sales act.
II. B. Observation-Disclosures &c
the bonding of officers, deputies auc
employees of the state and its subdi
visions including counties, towns
municipalities and school districts
Emergency.
T.. b. Observation-Disclosures com
mission TO De issued by courts i'm d.
fault cases.
II. b. 276-CampbelI-Limiting eN
tensions of time for presenting me
tions for new trials, Of time of film
orders. granting or denying new trial.
II. b. 299-Var Ornum-Relatina t
original notices in probate procee@
ings IN the county court. Emergency
II. b. &26-Appropriations committo
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-03-24
BILLS WHICH PASSED
: y + = = + \ i S y + 4 * x - 4 = -"
Continued

Continued
II. b. 311-Appropriations committee
-Appropriatlng $4,000 tor deficiency
in salary and expense, pure food and
drug department, for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1921. Emergency.
II. b. 30S- Appropriations committee
-Appropriating SO, 600 for prelimI
nary plans, excavation, and foundation
work for the construction OF a build
ing for disturbed women at the STATE
hospital at Yankton.
II. b. 324-Appropriations committee
-Apppropriating 500 for advertising
and incidental expenses OF the state
board of accountancy. Emergency,
II. g.. Misunderstanding a mu
nicipal bond election at Murdo.
II. B. 266-Parker-Increasins the
amount OF fine that may be imposed
in certain cases, and providing for it's
application.
II. B. Observation-Disclosures to
the extent and amount Of liens.
II. b. 26l-Parker-Relating to fore
closure OF mortgages held by county
p 90 ,uor.cor rooior
,onntln ianonaaa Nm nrohihitino the
nsa ~ athor tnon tho rrcIieh Ian
guage in teaching subjects called for
in state course study in public schools,
II. b. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. what
constitutes % lpo41 fpnGa
on -,nnronriotior committee
t,nronrio+frg n,nnoy ror ronafrs and
,a1ittanai aoni9mant n Statn'hosniraI
yanI+on
II % Tscbirro,-Roou1atina tne
annointmert rarm and salary and the
duties Of the .uperin-endenr Of banks.
denutv clerks and officers. Emergency.
mn o11 concentrations committee.
--Annronrfatfra &o5 q for reDafrs on
.tlra1 o.. The STATE Normal school
AT Madison
nm ~ commttt,,
-Annronriatina money for defciency
in maintenance. state college at Brook
mo. r~narqencv
y r 1q5-Educational committee
polo,ina ~ the formation of consol.
do+od school districts
{ p ,Ioinr County Affairs com
mittca-ReIatfnq to ~compcn4ation o.
ao,n.. o,,r,iseiorars
: p qao- Ioint Anrronrfations com
u,ttt'o c.oo,,I annronriatfon meas
rro
9 y zoe Nm.dor AZ.
t,o a~iot~-nutf.n onong the counties o.
w. m,aaa,. a,~c,m,nIatad in the stat.
Eolanui,n =. ,ba motor yehi
o1o fund
900 c.,e.u, provortfn.
D D. 100 "',''y a,,,.
treSpaSS by "''''i"'' 0p0"
,Inmioino1 Coronation
,. Is, 700 Mon'o'p"' W. s1[
ommlt'ee- - ,s,,a aT
eral census Il S"I"''eS u p"'''0
n,+on oonr,itta
;. 2'9 op'opII',Ion .'
-Appropr'a'lhs @io'o00 lo'
,4o, ooomit,a
S. 2So-ApproprIalIohS commit
-Approprla''nS Fo,''0
OF SoIdlelS an" S"ilo's.
5. b. 2'S-Appropr'"'lo"S '""'''V
-AppropTId'H'H iio''' "
park hoaruS'
;. '2"-ApProp,'@'. ", o.r ;
-ApproprIalhS gov I''
assessing u~HoIs""'N'" '''
strong. t~neIaency' ,.5.4r
). 3. I'o "'IU''| 80 -
ana re-apploprI"'inS ot''',' =, -
building ana equip,'e', r.
state NormaI sc'ool "'
gency. -
5, B. 65-Stoher- rIu' ~
placing OF a stone III '"' sono =,
monumeh an" IP'op''"'
the purpose ,,i,t,
:. Z-S- Api'op ,''.'la nra,ar
-Appropri"''n- go .anito,+to
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-03-24
Treat Your Seed for Smut

The waste from smut is entirely pr"entabe by the fornEldehyde treatment.
An increase of over four bushels per acre has been found IN spTTng wheat IN which
only a little over one and onehaf bushels we're actually destroyed by smut. The
increase when it occurs, is probably chiefly due to the fact that the grain affected
by other seed borc parasites han smut M which are as ehectuhIy checked as
the smut. You can get full directions where you buy you trrpaldehyde.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-03-24
Test Seed Wheat for
termination

II is a serious risk TO SOW any grain with
out first testing 1t for termination in wet blot
ting papers.
All of the pupils in our rural schools know
how to do this. Count one hundred seeds
lust as they come, into a blotting paper which
has been moistencd. Fold over like a book,
wrap in oil paper or cloth, insert a strip Of
rag about one inch wide 10y ten inches long
exactly like a lamp wick. Wet the whole test
and then place 50 that the wick hangs in a
glass of water, keeping the whole thing damp
for several DAYS. Omen after the fifth or sixth
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-03-24

dy and coun the strong weak and dead kernels. This will give you the percent
age of termination. If YOU want to see how strong the grain is, turn the test inside
out without disturbing it and the kernels will grow uo green shoots. They ought
to grw three or four inches tall before beginning to bend ovcr 1t is very impor
tmt that yu. should know the vitality Of your seed. Sowing mores seed when po
is nOt the wa to do it.
If your test is below SO or "a per cent, You had better change seed.
Good Marquis seed wheat is available n almost any quantity.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-19
The Third District

Includes Bottineau, McHenry, Wells,
Sheridan Mclean. Ward and RenvilIe
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-19
The Fourth District

q comprised Of Northeastern Nom
tana, and all Of North Dakota not
tncluded IA Districts ONE. TWO and
THREE.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-19
THE K
The First District

Includes Pembina, walsh, Cavalier,
Grand Forks, Trail and Caas Counties.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-02-11

fish government and three wound
scars won in the two wars he has
founght since he left, the World War
and the Polish Bolshevist campaigns.
John ran away and shipped to France
in 1917 on a transport taking the
Polsh-American troops across. Two
companions were with him; they were
eight and eleven years old. John is
the only one of them to come through
alive. The soldiers made them mas
cots at first but when they got to
France they became real fighters.
The only thing that worries him now
is what they are going to do to him
for having played hockey for so long
The Woman Pays Club, reinforced
by Margaret Wilson, passed resolu-
ton the other day advocating that
all married women retain the use of
their maiden names and pledging all
members of the club to live up to that
advocacy. The resolution sets forth
the fact that there is no legal bar to
the step they urge. But they did not
explain whether their club name in
dictates a sort of Dutch treat" prin-
ciple on the part of its members in
the matter of luncheons, ETC., or
whether it is a reminder of the world
of the universal line of melodrama-
ooh, yes; it's always the woman who
pays and pays and PAYS!"
Here is a boy who is willing to live
in half a room, cook breakfast and
run errands, in return for a father
and a chance to live in America.
Alexander Kwatov, IA, has upset the
strict legal attitude of Ellis Island,
and the whole immigration depart
ment are hoping he will find the IA
Their and the chance. He came in as
stowaway and must be deported
unless some one comes forward and
agrees to look after him. Both par
ents were killed by the Bolsheviki.
French aviators adopted him tempo
rarily and took him with them to
Constantinople. Then they turned
him over to the American authori-
ties; and from them the boy learned
to love this country. So he came
here. "There must be some one in
America who is willing to take a
chance on me-" he pleads. "If some
man would take me and hire a room
Just big enough for US towo, I'd take
care of it and cook breakfast and run
errands and do everything could to
help him."
He was a very small Pomeranian
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-02-11
New 0rk !
Letter
bY
Lucp Jeanne Price = asaA
Lucp JeaNne Pbss

600 passes him twice day-that is
men owning these billions. Lafay-
cite street is a part of the motor
route from uptown to Wall street and
the Wall street district. Fifth ave-
nue. is too jammed by day and by
night for those multi-millionaires,
and their cars are whisked into the
side streets upon which they can
gather speed, but they all head into
Lafayette street to get to and from
their offices.
John Wisniewski, thirteen years
old, is back in school, after four
years of truancy. In spite of the
fact that he has to go back into the
second grade from which he ran away
at the age of nine, the four years
have been busy ones. He is bringing
back the gold-starred medal of bra
very conferred upon him by the Po-
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-02-11

and he was walking down Fifth ave-
nue. all by himself, picking his way
along to keep out of snowy spots on
the walk The Waterman of bank
picked him up and looked him care
fully. "Say you. amt allowed out
alone, surely, are your" he asked.
"Where's your nurse?" Then along
hurried a woman in a wrappy fur
coat and slippers never meant for
walking. ooh, thanks for saving
him." she explained. "He never got
out of the motor before" She pre-
pared to bestow a coin. The watch
man spoke firmly and from the
heart, mo, ma am" he said. dts
enough for me to see one of them
toy dogs show some spirit
New York has hadl a godd many
deeply gloomy days this season and
it has grown pretty well hardened to
the picturing of life as one depress-
ion after another. But, "Eyvind of
the Hills" an Icelandic tragedy,
plunges a foot or Two deeper into