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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-17
Today the penalty Is
leesened and procedure
is 6impliEio

reduction Dt sentence Even tho
Home Secretary cannot act. as the
dead weight OF his bureaus tradition
Is against him.
England has for years stressed
tho sacredness OF the sentence. until
even the high government officials
would hesitate to seek any mltiEa-
ton. Tho general feeling is that all
The beneficial effects Of the reformed
criminal code would be lost II this
were allowed.
"As result, OF this system. I,
might be noted that in England and
Wales. with 100000 population.
there arc only seven executions
year.
America mitIsated the severe
penalties OF the old English code-
but kept all OF the old loopholes
allowing delays. America adopted
the indetermlnate sentence. hu,
England. after studying IL, decided
that IL would he harmful TO give 10
laymen the power OF setting aside
the Judgment of the Judge and Jury
who heard all of the details of the
case"
Cum Crime Factor
DO YOU think promiscuous own
Ing OF firearms is n factor in crime?"
Sir Basil was asked.
pccid"dly So. was the rrplv
The pistols act In England. which
drastically enforced. requires n
license from police before n gun can
he purchased. The license applica
ton must show some real reason for
the issuance-not just the fact tina,
the applicant is reputable citizen.
There are no displays OF firearms
In pawnshop windows. Gunsmiths
show weapons-but they do not sell
them without license being pro-
duced They would be heavily fined
II they did.
Remember. too. that the police do
not carry pistols In England The
baton Is their sole weapon AS re-
slstance OF arrest brings double or
triple the punishment for the origi-
MAJ crime. there is but little trouble
In arrestinS prisoners. This would
not be the case II hrearms wer.
freely owned"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-17

CLEVELAND. o. Dec. ls.--Amer-
"a Is SIN living on tho remnants
I the old British system of Jur!s-
rudence hroush, over before tho
merican Revolution. That Is one
tan States have more executions an
usliy than all OF England and
Males combined"
Sir Basil Thomson. X. c. B.. for
Dor head az the criminal investiga-
Hon bureau Of Scotland Yard.
3ir!tain's world famous detective SER
I ice. makes this declaration. Thorn
on Is n lawyer OF nots. too. so
e Is qualified TO discuss tho legal
Rhases. His ability as detective
7;as Rttested by h!s appointment as
British director of Intelligence dur
lng the war.
Tho old british penal code was
terribly severe" continued Sir Basil
| IA man could be hanged for the
lheft OF SO Long prison terms
ould be imposed on persons who
PSere In debt.
AS the injustice OF such penalties
lecame apparent. judges were wont
possible legal quihble or technacality
he colonies brought over this court
lystcm. the procedure was filled with
many OF these legal steps for delay
Ing sentence.
Then came the reform of the
british penal system early In the
nineteenth century. The penalties
we're made more in Keeping with the
primes.
Less L0opholes
with reduction of tho penaltic,
Fame also reduction OF the number
pr loopholcs which had been allow ed
10 creep into tho old system. The
result Is that person convicted OF
+ crime cannot use appeals. demur-
fers and other procedure TO DELAY
Execution OF sentence until public
interest In the case Is gone and
Freedom can be won on some quibble.
After conviction. tho penalty Is
|nhde 10 ut the case. Political pres
bure cannot be brought To bear for n
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tBy Universal service.l

BERLIN. Dec. 16.-Omcial statistics
Pn Bankruptcy and unemployment
pave hitherto been regarded as a re-
3fabie barometer OF nations eco
homie condition. and. prior to the
Far. this deductive method of reas-
5oninE seems to have fully Justified
Itself.
In periods of economic prosperity
here was an invariable retrogression
Pm the number OF bankruptcies as
Swell as In the unemployment figures,
4whereas every crisis that arose In
no business world was accompa MED
kpy sharp rise in 10th directions.
strangely enough, this rule has
pot held good since the war. especi-
PFy In Germany. where despite un-
SOUND economic conditions bordering
HPn complete economic collapse, un-
employment has never reached a
power level. and. what Is still strang-
oer' bankruptcies have been reduced
ito an unprecedented minimum.
These conditions are clearly CON
Rirmcd In recently published table,
Of statistics given out by the German
government. going back as far as
S95. In which year 6.431 bankruptcv
proceedings wero filed.
With slight fuctuation, those 49,
ures remained. about the Same until
90l. the year OF the big bank failure
pr the Leipzig Bank and other lead
FnR financial Institutions, as a con-
5eenTencs OF which tho list OF bank.
fy1tctes reached the unprecedented
Figure OF as19. lh.:t that the curve
hgain dropped back to 7.7ss In tho
year 1908. about vhich time far...o.
Eng statesmen and nnanciers began
fe sac c,sNn aha. horizon the tnen
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-17
OLD RULE FOR BANKRUPTCY
NO LONGER GOOD IN GERMANY
Recently Published Tables Given Out by Government
Show Failures Since War Have Been
Remarkably Few
small cloud betokenIng a world war.
| War Cloud Visible

small cloud betokenIng world war.
Wnr Cloud Visible.
BY 1912 this cloud was visible even
20 the man on the street. and tho
bankruptcy list swelled to 9.on9. In
the logical course of things the year
1914, In the second half of which the
storm broke, should have dispIayed
powerful increase in the number OF
business failures.
And this would Undoubtedly have
neen the case had not prompt meas
ures heen taken by the government
10 prevent the otherwise inevitable
consequences of suddenly disor-
ganized economic system.
In the early days Of August, 1914.
the Imperial Council met and issued
an edict called: "Order dealing with
the formation of a business council
for the prevention OF bankruptcies"
Although intended primarily as a
war measure. this edict Is still In
force today. The number OF bank
ruptcy proceedings filed in 1914 was
7S49. figures which have not been
made public until the recent appear
ance of the statistical report just
mentioned. Since then there has
been n steady decrease, reaching the
low figure OF 1920 In the year 1920
Economists in attempting to find a
reason for these anomalous condi-
tions point out n number of deter
minattve' factors. among them the
fact that during these six years, the
demand greatly exceeded the supply,
thereby strengthening Germany's
commercial position.
This also explains the fact that de-
spite the greatly reduced production
and import the number OF persons
making living. by the manufacture
and sale of merchandise OF various
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-17

Kinds has not only been maintain ed
at pre-war level. but has Rone be-
yond this. ,
To this must DO added tho influence
OF tho measures taken by the gov
eminent in the matter OF establish
Ing and nxing prices. the resulN OF
which was TO eliminate competition
between merchants and manufacture
erb. In fact. the establishment OF
maximum prices. In the last analysis
had the effect OF guaranteeing TO all
parties concerned a certain, IL small
profit. thereby relieving tho small
dealer of the fear of being pushed 10
tho wall by the larger firms
Another factor not TO DO over
looked is that money has ceased 10
be standard of value in Germany
and consequently the purchasing
power OF the German public is no
longer taken into consideration.
Whereas. prior 10 the war. every
article had certain fixed value. and
this was known TO the consumrrs no
that the merchant could only juggle
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-17
Wonen's Tuxedo
Sweaters, S.

Heavy quality, Light
Weight Zephyr Wool Tux
edo Sweaters, with pock-
cts and cord belt. In Buff,
Jade, Maroon and Brown.
$3.50 value.
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PRICE, SEVEN CENTS.

suits that her tenant became stranso-
~ morbid.
Would that ! had several hundred
dollars so that I could commune
with Mars" lverson is quoted as
saying.
And as gay dance music was
hroadcastcd clearly ana without
static into VERSIONS room. he wep.
He was probably thinking of tho
time when his name would take tho
place In the Hall OF Fame beside
that OF Marconi.
lie was confident that with tho
knowledge he had at his fingers tIps
he would be able to revoiutionizs
talk without wires and change his
life of commonplace to one OF cons
fort and wealth.
His inventions were undoubtedly
successful. he was positive.
But he needed money. OF which he
had none.
SO Alfred Iverson sought solace In
death as the shrine OF his d!scour-
agsment.
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with tho prices to q negligible ex-
tent. IL he hoped to IND customers
Tor his wares. the merchant IL now In
position to raise his prices, arbi-
trarily. from day TO day.
This method not only greatly ia
cilitates tho conduct of business.
but also greatly diminishcs the risks
connected with the fluctuation of the
exchange.
1t is another question as TO wheth-
or these conditions. gratifying sthey
may seem at a superficial glance, are
wholly advantageous when the ma
TONS entire economic system IL
taken into consideration
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-17
White Hair Declared
Mark of Distinction
IBy Associated Press.l

PARIS. Dec. ls.-White hair
Will be the mode for women who
possess II this winter and there
after. IL the efforts Of Madame
Jeanne Paquin to influence the
styles I'm this direction are sue
cessful.
Il want 10 show women that
natural white hair may Eivo a
youthful appearance and that II
Isn't an enemy OF our sex" OK
planned Nine. Pauuin. She added
that II was time women knew that
one of the arts OF dressing was TO
dress according 10 their age. and
that dyeing their hair only made
them ugly.
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.CORONER'S JURY ATTRIBUTES
INVENTORS DEATH TO RADIO
Alfred Iverson Becomes Discouraged Because Financial
Standing Does Not Permit Him to Perfect Appli-
ances-Hangs Self on Indoor Aerial.

ear phones. yards OF tangled wire.
scores OF coils. binding posts and
cats whlskers." formed his tenn
books. several OF which he had
written. covered his body.
lvcrson had been listening In to
WIZ. at Newark and the appliances
he had invented. according TO his
landlady. produced such excellent re-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-17
Use for Old Sets.

Don't throw away your old sets.
| or any part of them. Hospitals. or
phan asylums and other such irstitu-
tons would he glad TO receive them
COR tho entertainment OF their in
mates. This is already being done
in some OF the cities.
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tRv Universal Service. ]

NEW YORK. Doc. 9.-The death Of
Alfred lverson. i5-year-old inventor.
tonight went Into the coroner's rec
ords az suicide by radio"
Discouraged because he was un-
able to finance his wireless inven-
tons. lverson hanged himself on an
indoor aerial he built in his small
furnished room.
y crystal detcctor. several sets OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-17

A variety of fine fabrics, in
Guiding Oxford Gray Cloth,
for girls 6 to IA years, at
$4.75.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-04
SCHOOL ADVANTAGES
SHOULD Be equal

St. Louis, "a. P)-Mrs. Millicene T
Smith, state epreSentative-elec OF St
Louis county plans to work for the
offering of the same educational ad-
vantages to children in the rural dis
trtcts of the state as are afforded by
the large cities when the Missouri
legislature meets in January, 1923, she
has announced.
She declared that all children liv-
ing in the country should be given
the opportunity of attending at least
eight grades of school, and that large
percentage should be given the ad-
vantage of high school. In counties
OF the state where the schools are
located far distances from the child
ren's home the county should pay the
transportation to and from the school,
she asserted.
Mrs Smith, who will be one of the
6rst women to sit in the Missouri
legislature, is a democrat, and was
elected from district overwhelmingly
republican in former elections She
was endorsed by the Clean Election
League" of ST. Louis county, which
was organized after the primary last
August to combat alleged election
fraud.
Mrs. Smith displays much interest
In her forthcoming work as legisla-
tor, although she said she did not as
pire to office. She has been president
OF the League of Women Voters Of
St Louis county and twice delegate
to democratic state conventions. She
fostered a plank in the democratic
state platform making women eligible
to -appointive office and giving them
full rights in caucuses and cOnven-
Hons
She is a housekeeper, but found time
to study law for two years in her
husbands office and deliver five or
six addresses a day during her cleo
ton campaign.
Citizenship comes before politics."
she added. "The duty of the women
is to help arouse the clean element to
do it's civic duties"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-04
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL
IS "JEKYLL AND HYDE
Drug Addict Is Society Belle and
Becomes Woman of the
Streets.

A feminine "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
HYDE" is under observation in hospi-
tai in Boston, Mass, where she was
taken suffering from the effects OF
drugs. Physicians and experts are
trying to determine which of the dual
personalities-the society belle or the
street woman-revealed IN her ire
quent bursts of raving is her real one.
"Bernice Weldron" was the name
she gave when admitted to the hospi-
tai. 1t developed then that the girl
bad been dismissed from another nos
pital twenty-four hours earlier. The
fair-haired girl gave her age as nine
teen years, but refused to tell more.
At one time she appears to be z
naive, lisping school girl, gushing
about social entertainments and
events, her voice registering finely
modulated pitch and charm. Elegance,
culture. wealth, and position are dis
closed during the domination OF this
personality, which is more than half
the time.
Suddenly the pleasant smile turns
to a hard sheer, and the pleasing voice
veers to the raucous, high-pitched
shHek of the street slattern. This per
sonality raves of the theater and
vaudeville, In which she tells OF hav-
ing played three years in SISTER
act" Her speech becomes vulgar and
shameless. Through 1t all she pleads
for a Harry" to come and kiss her.
With the mention of his name Der
nice" pleads for drugs, offering to pay
any amount for them. Police believe
the mysterious young woman is
missing society girl, but fave failed
thus far to establish her identity.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-04

credible Jules Verne or Wells story,
but, nevertheless. it is III the domain
Of scientific and natural possibilities"
says Berget
FLORIDA channel is only 160 kilo-
meters wide and has an average depth
of 400 meters To fill or bar these
straits would not be technically more
difficult than building the Suez or
Panama canals.
Even if Americans should not have
the diabolical malice of applying the
Monroe doctrine to our great river Of
hot water the slow building of coral
could close the channel in 10000 to
1900 years.
Means Hard Winters.
1.-The day that the course of the Gulf
stream is deviated the British isles,
France. Portugal and all the countries
Of northern Europe will have rigorous
winters, with the thermometer at 80
or 40 degrees below zero. People will
travel In sleighs and on skis and all
temperate vegetation will disappear.
"The Gulf stream now reaches Eu-
rore at the rate of 100000 cubic
meters of hot water a second. This IL
equal to 39,5OO,OOO, OOO, 600, 100000 cal
cries per second. The important ef-
feet of this is on the air, for the hot
water heats the air and even brings
with 1t currents of warm moist air,
which do not stop at the coast, but
continue overland as far as northern
Russia. There the rotation of the
earth sends it sonthward, and 1t de-
scends the steppes Of central Asia,
having lost it's warmth and humidity,
as cold, dry wind, and later over
Turkestan and Arabia and the Sahara
1t is arid and burning. York
Tribune.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-04
INVENTION ENDS POVERTY
Section Hand Can Buy 4 New Home
II He Wants TO.

Section Hand Can Buy 4 New Home
II He Wants To.
Fortune, after apparently turning
her back on Emery Kelly Of Coffsy-
Vile, Kan, a railroad section fore
man for years, has smiled upon him
as the result of successful patent
he has completed on rail-sw1tch
device.
Kelly, the father Of nine children
and the step-father of eight others,
is said to have been making his home
in a box car near the right Of way
while experimenting with his device
for months.
For the completion of a small rail-
frog device, Kelly is said to have re-
ceived $4,000 bonus from ST. Louis
manufacturing concern, and will re-
ceive So on each device sold.
Kelly, 1t is reported, will purchase
a better home for his family, but in
tends to remain in his present en-
ployment.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-04
DUSTIN FARNUM,S NEW
PICTURE PUNCHY PLAY

A welcome screen visitor tonight
will be Dustin Farnum, a Fox star
and one of magnetic power. He is
to appear at the Liberty Theatre in
his latest picture, entitled While JUS
tice Waits based on story by
Charles A. and Don Short and dealing
with life in a small western town.
Pretty Irene Rich is his leading
woman.
Dustin Farnum, gifted with fine his
trionic talents, is an actor Of the stall
wart, straight-from-the-s sort,
whose presence appeals to an audi
ence the moment he appears. His re-
cord on the screen, and on the stage
prior to entering pictures, is an envi-
able one
In While Justice Waits the star
enacts the role of singularly attrac-
tive outlaw-in brief, an outlaw who
is not a criminal, but a man who joins
the band to seek man who stole his
wife. And through the tale runs a
romance as delightful as the plot is
thrilling. There is some delicious
comedy in the picture.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-04
IMPORTANT Meeting
LEAGUE WOMEN VOTERS

Vital legislation for women is to be
discussed at the League of Women
Voters meeting, Wednesday, Decem-
Der 9Th, at 800 pm, at the home of
Mrs. c. L. Butterfield. The Shepherd
C0wner maternity bill and the pro-
posed Twentieth Amendment to the
Constitution will be discussed by Prof.
S. F. Browne of the department of
sociology of the University of Idaho.
livery woman in Moscow is cordially
Avited to this meeting.
Although the Shepperd-Towner bill,
promising invaluable aid to mothers,
is already a federal law, it is being
contested in the us. supreme court.
Women, therefore, all over the coun-
try, are being asked to intelligently
study it in case it is annuled and
must be rewritten.
A bill which is arousing much dis
cussion is the proposed Twentieth
Amendment to the constitution. This
bill is intended to give women legal
rights which are exactly equal to
those of men. Many women are OPP
posing the bill as it will do away
with all special privileges which
women have, gained. The eight-houf
working day is one such privilege.
The womans' party is backing this
bill
Another feature of the meeting will
be a talk on Idaho government by
Mrs. H. c. Dale.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-04
BARTER DISPLACES MARKS
German Schools Fix Tuition Payment
in Rye Instead Of Money.


Barter is replacing the use of money
in various parts of Germany as re-
suit Of the serious depreciation OF the
mark.
The Weimar board governing the ag-
ricultural schools at Triptis and Mark
suhl has fixed the tuition for the win
ter term in rye instead Of in money.
half centners (hundredweights) for
the semester and nOn-residents Of
Thuringia two centners.
The Saxon Thuringian Power COM
pany at Auma has announced that It
will gladly receive, instead of cash, ten
eggs, three pounds Of wheat -four or 4
quarter OF a centner Of potatoes fer
each kilowatt hour OF electricity con-
sumed.
Naumburg and Braunschweig ply
sfcians state that henceforth all rural
patients will be expected to pay for
medical attention In produce at It's pre-
war cost The prewar price Of bread
was recently fixed by Magdeburg doc
tors as basis of payment.
In 1914 physicians call cost about
five marks. At that time this would
buy ten loaves Of bread or three
pounds Of butter. The same quality
Of bread is now selling for 100 marks
a loaf and butter is retailing at $50
marks pound. Thus the prewar fee
In bread today would be the equivalent
Of 1000 marks and in butter, 1900
marks.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-04

The girl students of Northwest
ern university, Evanston, ILL.,, have a
rifle team, which they believe unbeat-
able, and are willing to risk their rep
utation as champions in competition
with other girl rifle teams of colleges
throughout the country. They take
daily practice on a rifle range on the
shore of Lake Michigan, under MILL
tary instruction. Challenges to other
colleges for meets are made by tele-
graph, and each college telegraphs the
score after the meet, saving travelling.
Photo shows: A pyramid Of crack
shots, left to right: Miss Naomi Sloan
Louise Mcdonald and Miss Undine
Dunn, captain Of the team.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-04
FIRST RECORD OF MOVIES
Found Back in Confucius' Time by
English Film Man.

English Film Man.
The earliest idea of moving picture
was recorded in the time of COnfu-
cious, the Chinese philosopher who
lived so years before Christ.
At least this is the deduction drawn
from his studies into the question by
VIII Day, a well-known figure in the
English film world, who has exhibited
in London a collection of relics and
machines tracing the growth Of the
moving picture from the first primitive
idea to its present form.
The shadow shows of the time OF
Confucius are the first of all known
endeavors to present animated pic
lures. From this early time, however,
there was long period Of inactivity
in development, for the next record OF
progressive achievement is found in
1916, when Athanasius Kircher pub
lished a book in Latin entitled "Ars
Magnalycus ct Umbrae," in which
description and illustration is given OF
a moving picture which the writer had
evolved with mirrors and tallow can
die for illuminant.
Included in the collection is the
original disk which Eadweard Muy-
bridge used to settle the controversy
between two American millionaires on
the Alo Patio race course as to wheth-
err the four feet of a trotting horse
were on the ground at the same time
The experiments which Muybridge
carried out are said to have cost the
~ n
but the fact was proved that horse
did actually lift all four feet stimuli
taneously.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-04
ROMANCE OF LONG AGO
Sweethearts of Civil War Days Get
Marriage License.

A romance Of Civil war days cul-
minated at Pittsburgh the other day
when marriage license was issued
to John banks, aged seventy-eight
years, a retired farmer, and Mrs.
Amanda M. Thomas, aged seventy-six
years They were. sweethearts when
that war began, they told newspaper
mem but banks Joined the colors and
they drifted apart.
Since then both married, banks go
ing to Oregon. where he farmed until
last year. when his wife died
Returning to Pittsburgh, he learned
that his old sweetheart. a widow, was
living in the Hazelwood district. He
called on her and for several weeks
they met daily and discussed days
gone by Finally the path of destiny
led them to the marriage license Of
nee
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-04
Call for Special improvement
ReOuiSitiOnS

Moscow, Idaho, November 20, 1922.
Notice is hereby given that on De-
cember 9Th, 1922, at my office in the
City of Moscow, Idaho, shall be
prepared to pay all outstanding
acquisitions which may have been
legally issued against Local Improve
ment Districts numbered 13 and IA of
said City of MOSCOW.
Interest will cease on said requi-
sitions December 5, 1922.
L. T. HAMMOND,
55-H City Treasurer.