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The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
Young Hindu Offers Self as Indian
Princes Spurn Chimpanzee Glands

ARE bringing to France with us a
young. robust Hindu. who has
Loyalty consented to offer his serv-
ices to the crown"
One of the princes is aged eighty
four.
DIR. voronoff has cabled refusing
to perform the operation except
with chimpanzee glands.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
COue Reaches London
On Way to America

LONDON, Dec. 22.-Emile Coue,
famous French exponent of the art
of curing ills by auto-suggestion,
has arrived in London, preparatory
to leaving Wednesday for New York
aboard the Majestic.
M. Coue will deliver a series
of lectures on his mental healing
process in the United States.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
Universal Service.

PARIS, Dec. 22.-No common.
ordinary chimpanzee glands for two
Indian princes who, according to
DR.. Serge voronoff. have just writ
ten to him requesting rejuvenation.
I'VE do not, Of course, expect to
be treated with monkey glands. I"
the princes state, And therefore
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
Irregulars Kill Soldier
In Dublin Street Fight
BY Universal Service.

DUBLIN. Dec. ga sergeant
was killed and one soldier wounded
in an attack by irregulars on a patrol
in a crowded street in Dublin to-
night.
Two women and one man among
a crowd Of Christmas shoppers were
wounded in heavy firing which &C.
Cured in other districts of the city.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
"TinO" to Visit
U. IncOgnitO
Early in 1923
BY Universal Service.

ny Universal service.
PARIS, Dec. -.
DESPITE denials, Universal
II Service is informed on high
authority that ex.King Con-
stantfne Of Greece intends Wis
iting the United States early
In the new year.
II Is said the former mon.
-arch's visit Is to be incognito
and In no way permanent.
While In New York he will be
the guest Of Princess Christie
pher Of Greece. the former
Mrs. William b. Leeds.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
French Women
Declare War
On GuiuOtine
BY Universal Service.


PARIS, Dec. -.
ERANCE may abolish the
l. gualottne.
The League Of French Women
has started . strong agitation
against the Red Widow" claim
ing it IL . relic Of barbarity and
unworthy Of French culture.
The women are Against any
form Of capital punishment. but
say that II the death penalty
must be retained electrocution
should be used IN preference to
the guiilotine or hanging.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23

THIS is ONE of the three
L shortest days in the year.
Thursday was officially "the"
shortest day. To the young that
doesn't mean anything. But
twenty years from now, thirty,
fifty years from now, they will
notice that ALL the days are
short. Childhood's hours are
Ike years. In old age years
pass, scarcely noticed. Then
the map is rolled up, and that's
over.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
NOPROP0SALS
MADE TOORB
U.S.,0FF|C|ALS
HERE ASSERT
Spokesman for Government
Denies Reports of Hoover
Board and Other Rumors
AMERICA WILL NOT ACT
ChanceIIeries of Old World Are
Amazed at Propaganda, as
Negotiations Do Not Exist
BY Universal Service.

1t can be said with full au-
thority that this Government
has made no proposals, direct
ly or indirectly, in-the Euro
pean situation.
The same authority permits
the statement that no foreign
government or foreign govern
ment officials have made pro-
posals to this Government.
The question of a big Ameri-
can loan for Germany is the talk
of international bankers. 1t has
not been considered by those who
direct the affairs of government.
The suggestion of a United
States commission to determine
how much Germany can pay is
the talk of business interests and
not under official consideration.
DENIES EACH POINT.
This official outline OF the posi-
tion of the United States was fur
nished yesterday to show THAI pub
lished reports from London that
Herbert Hoover was to head the
reparations commission. together
with a series of news stories calcu-
lated to embroil the United States
in European affairs, are without
foundation.
Taking up the published reports
in their order the Government
spokesman categorically denied
each, and pointed out that this
Government is still long way
from the eve of an important in
ternational move
AMAZED AT PROPAGANDA.
1t was stated that the chancel-
lories Of the old world are amazed
at n propaganda which they can
not understand in the face of ne
gotiations or proposals that do not
exist.
1t was acknowledged that from
time to time some private indi-
vidual suggests a solution" Of
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
Parents Objections Halt
Miss Littauer's Wedding

PARIS. Dec. 22.-It is reported
here that the marriage of Miss
Louise Littauer, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Littauer. of Washington.
to William Doellar, of California,
has been postponed indefinitely ow-
ing to parental disapproval.
The Littauers were followed
closely upon their arrival in Paris
by Doellar, who has been seen with
Louise frequently. Mrs. Littauer
Is i'll at their hotel.
The Littauers maintain a Wash.
ington residence at 2346 Massachu.
setts avenue northwest. They also
have a home in New York. The
house here is closed during the alb
sence of the family in France.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
THE CHURCH OF NOTRE
l. DAME de la Recouvrance

THE CHURCH OF NOTRE
i DAME de la Recouvrance
at Quebec was burned Thurs
day, with many art treasures,
including a magnificent paint
ing by Van Dyke. The fire,
said to have been incendiary,
is one of many similar outrages
upon Catholic Church property
in Canada.
Such barbarism is worthy of
the Middle Ages, when books and
works of art that represented
Greek and Roman civilization
were piled in heaps and de-
stroyed, viciously, and magnifi-
cent libraries burned, on the
ground that too much knowledge
is not good for sinful man.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
THINGS are

UNPLEASANT THINGS are
~ sometimes useful. Whole
sale and retail dealers in. silver
ware say that one bright
spot in their business, a new
peak" has been the demand for
silver hip flasks. Hundreds of
thousands have been bought for
Christmas presents.
An earnest psychoanalyst and
philosopher, Mr.. Bugs" Baer,
has calculated that Ku Klux,
with their cotton nightshirts and
hoods, have increased by 55, ,0O0-
900 yards the demand for heavy
cotton goods.
WI Ting-Fang said, according
lContinued ON Page 2 Column Al
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23

THE OLD YEAR is getting
ready to die. The new year
will soon be born. Select your
good resolutions now, as you
select your "exit" at the thea
ter. No matter how many reso-
lutions you have made and
broken, make some more.
1t is not exactly moral to say,
The man is weak indeed that
hasn't strength to break a good
resolution"
But it is a fact that making
good resolutions is good moral
exercise when you do it earnest
ly, even though you don't stick
to the resolution as long as you
hope to stick.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23

IT'S OLD, the swinging of the
4 pendulum. When Rabelais
came out of his monastery at
forty, about 400 years ago,
and wrote of Gargantua, PAN
tagruel and Panurge, he en-
tered a world in which any,
body might say almost any
thing. Thirty years later it
was all your life was worth 70
say anything. You were burned
alive on a slight provocation.
Then there was a swing the
other way in the eighteenth
century, when the French revo-
tuition came. This little re-
vival of intolerance in the
twentieth century is nothing to
worry about. There are so
many reformers that soon they
will be reforming each other,
and very likely quite violently
which will not break the
hearts of their victims.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23

Christmas Here.
Then the New Year.
Your Short Days?
The Pendulum Swings
By ARTHUR BRISBANE

-by AkTHUk bklSbANB-
tcopyrisht. is33S
CREAT IS THE POWER of
" an idea. or, as Doctor
Coue would say, "auto-sugges-
ton" We are approaching
Christmas, and literally the en-
tire nation is concentrated on
that fsct, on giving or receiv-
ing, especially giving.
How much could be accom-
plished if equally great atten-
tion could be directed to other
matters, for instance, intelli-
gent voting!
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
MISS KATHARINE Full
4v1 LERTON GEROuLD. in

A'A LERTON GEROULD, in
telligent young woman, writes
Q lament on vanished liberty
IN America. eve are not as
free as we used to be-" she
says. Everybody is organiz-
ing a 'vigilante' society to con-
troll somebody else"
True. No matter what you
want to do, somebody says,
Don't do that" Some object
to your religion, others object
to your race, still others to
your ideas, and want you to
stop thinking YOUR way, and
think their way.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23

Continued on Page 2, Column ~
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
AMAZED AT PROPAGANDA.

CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 5.)
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23

Widow Writes Own Story
Of Misery That Ended IN
Mates Suicids-Page 8.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08

IDENTIFY opened on the parlor floor.
then down another fight that led
to the former basement.
Luscious doors of cooking smote
the nostrils. They emerged back of
the reception hall through which
they bluffed the butler at the door.
Here was the kitchen, beautiful. a
gem Of a place. II did Georges
credit.
Ruth turned, opened another door
and disclosed a stairway down into
the cellar, in which a light was
burning. She started down and the
door closed behind them.
Whats all this?" inquired Dick.
amazed, as he reached the foot of
the stairs and saw weights and ex-
ercises on the walls on one side, a
couple of punching bags, heavy
mats, gloves, an ample handful
court, in fact a quite complete little
gymnasium in the cellar, with a
very good ventilating device.
Down the passageway, on either
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08
WITHOUT LICENSE.

R. r Hughes was fined SIS in
police court last night for opera
ting a commercial motor vehicle
without a chauffeur's license.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08
DRUNKEN BRAWL
ENDS IN ARREST
intoxicated Women Pay Their Last
Fines;r Another Hooch
Case Dismissed.

H. T. Fisher started a fight on
Third avenue near Seventeenth
street last evening at $50 O'Clock,
heing full of the courage that
comes in hooch. The elderly man
he attacked fought back and was
reinforced by Harry Smith, who
happened to be nearby. Police ar
rested Fisher and Smith for fight
ing, and in police court this morn
ing Smith was released. Judge
Cleland told Fisher the blows he
had received were enough punish
ment, and warned him to get out
of town.
Nellie Henry and E he Williams,
IN whom the women. partment
of the city Jail is /: ar place,
were fined SO each b. oIice Mag
istrate d. ]. Cleland this morning.
He warned them that it was the
last fine they would be permitted to
nav. their next appearance in court
occasioning terms in the county
jail. Both were intoxicated and
disorderly last night and were
charged with disorderly conduct.
John MCGEE was released this
morning after spending the night
in Jail for being drunk.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08

side are showers and we're having
two steam rooms put in"
Ruth was, however, moving to-
ward the front of the building. I
suppose you've been wondering,
she said, where are the things you
usually find in a cellar" She paused
; and opened a door in the front,
then with a twinkle added, The
heating apparatus"
There was a big, white-asbes-
tossed iow-pressure boiler and row
of ash cans.
Dicks face fell and Ruth laugh
ed outright That was mean one,
Dick. Disappointed? l get you.
Well, as l was saying, the most in
teresting part of a house nowadays
is the CELLAR"
She winked and stood before a
little iron door. This must be
what you expected. The vault i.
only this is built out under the
sidewalk. Now gloat!"
She swung the door open. 1t was
dark and dank inside and cob
webby. The light from the cellar
did not shed any ray into the vault.
Ruth held the door, smiling, gently
took Dicks arm and guided him in
! then Garrick.
| Strike a natch-if you want tc
see some good stuff"
| Dick struck a light.
But as he did so a rush of all
extinguished it and back of then
changed the iron door. There was {
grinding of a bolt.
"Confound it," growled Carries
at letting himself be trapped.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08

Wait here a minute. Does any
body know you are here2"
NO one but Georges"
| She did not wait for more expla-
nation but was out in the hall again,
/ closing the door softly.
Garrick, running true to form,
opened a cedar chest between two
closet doors. He beckoned Dick.
"A radio frequency amplifier." he
muttered to Dick. All wired up"
| He closed the chest upon the COM
plete paraphernalia, thought a mo-
ment, then stood up on it. running
his finger along the picture molding
that circuited the room. He blew
the dust from his fingers and wipe
them on his handkerchief
About forty feet OF wire placed
behind the picture molding about
the room where it's out of sight.
- The receiving outfit in a cedar
/ chest where no one can see it.
Humphl"
Dick went over it, making a
hasty examination of his own.
"A loop outfit of this kind gives
pretty fair results over reasonable
distances, although it doesn't cover
the same distance that the same
equipment would if it were used
with a good antenna. Still, during
the summer when there are many
lightning storms and static is at its
worst, the loop is an interesting
means of receiving. To begin with
the loop is safe from lightning
since it can be used indoors. More
than that, it doesn't pick up static
like the usual antenna. 1t doesn't
make use of a ground connection
1t only intercepts a small portion
of the usual energy intercepted by
a good antenna So the radio
frequency amplif1er."
That's all very interesting, but
just shut up that chest before we
have fifteen men dancing on two
dead mems chests." Garrick was
looking keenly at the color scheme
of the lounge. "Pink-Pinkey .
Il was just up there l gather
that the threat or warning
came over this wireless. FroE
the 'Bacchante'? It's running
through my mind: 1922 $50 case:
S. S. Arroyo, CKGG. Do you begir
to get it ?"
} Dick nodded, half comprehendins
) LAS they said about little Willie
What next? What next?'"
ii Ruth opened the door quietly
mysteriously. She seemed to b.
laboring under high nervous ten
, sion.
You saw the dance floor and din
ing room downstairs, And you me
Georges. l guess you can CUES:
that anything Georges has anything
to do with will be at least aristo
cratic?''
Everything is classy and il
taste" admitted Dick 1T has at
mosphere, and all that" He longeC
to go on with more personal ques
, tions. But Garrick's presence re
strained him.
Ruth beckoned them out in tn
, hall 1t was noticeable that she wa
discreetly quiet "Of course, I can
show you around up here. You see
| these are the lodgings of about hal
dozen members and, believe me
!. they pay. That was a lounge, real
ly for ladies'" She was leading then
back down the photographed hal
She came to a door. There's on
thing you might be interested in.
She opened the door and it appeare
, ! to be a back flight of steps for tn
; servants in the old days when
, had been a residence.
Ruth started down the stairs an
they followed, past a door that eVi
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08

tors were drawn up along the curb.
"Recherchei" nodded Dick, hest
tating a bit.
Garrick turned in at the gate and
pressed button by the side of the
doors Aren't l select enough for
the Inner Circle" He stragihten ed
with true British swank.
The door swung open. Garrick
inquired nothing, explained nothing
He inclined slightly toward Dick
to precede him and they passed the
Americanized butler. 1t had been l
magnificent gesture on Garrick's
part The most difficult thing had
been accomplished on sheer nerve.
He might have owned the place as
he led the way up the short fight 70
stairs from the former basement
Monsieur Georges-as l live!'
Garrick grasped the hand of a
thick-set, erect, very dark French
man with a black, pointed mus
tache. He had been standing just at
the head of the stairs.
| "Ah-h! 1t is Monsieur the Ad-
miraE" The Frenchman grinned
pleasantly, displaying rows oi
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08

on the sidewalk. up to the street
level, then stopped.
Back of them was the iron grin
of the inner Circle. Dick looked e
the fence, then at Guy and laughed
foelishfy. They stepped on the lit
Slowly the platform began to sinA
and as it did the pair OF folding iron
doors closed down again over tha
L.
Just as they changed shut there
came a voice merrily from the
depths.
"You can't slide down my cellar
door"
CONTINUED In our next issue.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08
START HERE

In pursuit of crooks who held up
fashionable Radio dance, Guy
Garrick and Dick Defoe find that
beautiful Ruth Walden may be the
innocent instrument of robbers pos
ing as wealthy oilers They seek
TO check up on mysterious cruiser,
The Bacchante.' to see if its move
ments have anything to do with the
occupantsNo of the wireless equipped
houseboat Sea Vamp," where Ruth
and her questionable friends spend
much OF their time, and where they
found some of the robbers loot and
a roll OF undeyeloped films. BY a
ruse they get on 1.-THE Bacchante,' -
where they find Professor Vario,
radio expert, and learn of a W. 49th
ST. restaurant called THE Inner
Circle"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08

on that ride with you" Her eyes
. were sparkling like dew drops on
green leaf in the. morning sun.
Vira knew il. meant them to sparkle.
At a lower level she would have
reasoned, how could one get over
dramatic moments on the screen
unless one lived them? As 1t was
she merely felt.
took her hands and toyed with the
ring finger on the left hand
We'll, you bumbbells!" laughed
Rae, suddenly poking her pretty
| piquant face around the corner.
What are you doing, Vira? Re-
hearsing a scene on Glenn? You're
not falling for it, are you, old DEAR
! With shrug of her shoulders and
| her arms akimbo, she threw her
| head back and laughed silvery.
! Quickly leaning her beautiful BODY
! forward she waved a hooking finger
toward Glenn With three cock
tails, Vira, he would say the same
things to me. Don't believe q word
he says"
Somehow, Rae's jocular remarks
|
glowered at her for the Interrupt
ton. But they both fell for it. Love
claims all or none," is just as true
among the sophisticated as among
the simple.
Suddenly sitting down. Rae beck
oned a boy. Three soothing strips
in a hurry" Then, turning to heI
companions, she said, lower, i
have some important news for vol
I've been hunting all over for you.
/ Her voice dropped to "bZz-bzz-
bzz." Georges had been called
away from Garrick and Dick tc
some of his multitudinous business
in pleasing the ultra particular
They strained their ears.
Il was just up there" Then g
break And it came in oVel
Pinkey's wireless from :" Il
was lost. 1T said, watch out fol
Garrick and Dick They go
ashore To New York Gel
them out of the way for good"
Garrick and Dick exchange
glances. "Forwarned, forearmed,
whispered Dick.
Our forearms are about al
we We SOI, 100.
There was a swish of someone
passing their door and along the
hall Dick started. 1t was Ruth
herselfi Both he and Garrick were
on their feet in a moment, quietly
down the hall after her and arounC
a heavy carved newell post up th'
stairs to the second floor.
She turned as she heard thell
steps in the wide hall on the SECOND
floor.
And along came Ruth" ex
claimed Garrick, smiling.
What are you boys doing here
Shopping again? It's a bad idea
Shoppers never come to any gooC
end" She laughed, but neithel
could be so obtuse as not to se'
that there was a gick in it.
She has her hand on the knob o
a door at the end Of the hall. Sh'
turned it, looked in, shut the doc
again and faced them.
Show US around, Ruth. In
crazy about this shack"
We'll, Guy, you might think
was a megaphone man in a China
town for-a-dollar rubberneck bu
or the guide in many museums
Just what do you want to see thi
timer"
Her lightning mind seemed Il
tune itself to fine adjustment. Sli
did not wait for a reply. Instead
she opened the door and admitted
them into very pink room.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08

CONTINUED in our next issus.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08

A gong began ringing, stridently.
1t seemed as IL the very floor On
which they were was moving There
was a metallic noise overhead. Gar
rick looked up. 1t seemed as If the
earth was opening above them and
a glaring light pouring in
He ran his hand up alongside
and over his head. There was a
heavy iron bow, U-shaped but in
verted. They were rising. The top
of the L seemed to be parting iron
doors on either side.
Hang it" growled Garrick, The
ash lift"
Up the little elevator rose. the
bell still ringing TO warn passersby
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08
'SHUT-INS ARE TO
RECEIVE BOQUETS
ON FLOWER DAY

Tomorrow is flower mission day,
the annual day for remembering
the less fortunate sponsored by the
W. c. T. L. Bouquets of flowers
will be taken to shut-ins, patients
at the hospital and to the jails by
members of the circles.
Bouquets will be made by the
women tomorrow morning. The
flowers are solicited from garden
owners willing to contribute blooms
to those who see them so seldom
Circle members are asked to gath
er at the Y. W. c. A at $3.50 to
arrange flowers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08
CARS SMASHED, NO
ONE HURT IN TWO
MOTOR COLLISIONS

Automobiles were smashed in two
collisions late yesterday, but there
we're no personal injuries sustain
ed. H. S. Lathen, 1909 Eleventh
street, and H. w. Burrell. 1924
Thirty-second street, were drivers
of cars which collided at Eleventh
street and Fifth avenue yesterday
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
NJ w Kinna, 1902 Second ave-
nue., and Frank Knapp, 1929 Ninth
and-a-half street, were in automo-
biles which collided at Eleventh
street and Thirteenth avenue at 10
o'clock last night. Both cars were
damaged.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08
NOW 60 ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER ".
THE INNER CIRCLE.

THE INNER CIRCLE.
They caught the afternoon train
for the city.
1t was perfect summer evening
in June. They mounted the break
neck spiral to the top of a bus and
jolted and swayed across to Fifth
avenue, then uptown in blocks of
motors and taxis. Everywhere
were gay crowds, almost as if New
York were itself summer resort.
Sauntering slowly down Forty
ninth street, they found the address
of the Inner Circle, big old brown
stone house midway in the block
west of the avenue, back of a high
iron fence with plain brass knobs
setting off the sections. Heavy
grilled doors opened into an English
basement. Two or three smart mo