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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-12-12
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS

All State and County taxes are due
and PAYABLE September LIST, interest
starting on October 1st. with an adj
ditional penalty of 3e6 ii paid after
January, 1928. This is to give
notice that all taxes not paid by Jan
uary 1st, 1928, will be considered
delinquent tax and the property will
be advertised according to law be-
tween the 18th and 3Oth day of Jan
uary.
ARTHUR 8. HOPKINS,
Treasurer and Collector
i12--eod-12-13-t Ills.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-12-12
CHURCH LOCALS

The regular business meeting OF
the Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of Zion Church will be held
(this) Tuesday evening at the par
sonage at seven-thirty o'clock. All
members are invited to be present.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-12-12
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

There will be ali election held by
the stockholders of the Farmers &
Merchants National Bank of Cam
bridge, Md, at the banking house
on Tuesday January 9th 1923 at II
O'Clock for the purpose of selecting
fifteen directors to serve for the EN-
suing year, and for the transaction
of such other business as may legally
come before it.
l.. THURMAN PHILLIPS.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-12-12
PLUM PUDDING

Place your order now for Plum
Pudding for Christmas Phone 321
12-12-3:
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FOR RENT

House 115 Vue de L'Eau ST. Apply
. Miss Ella Moler. phone 357-R.
1212-6t
Store on Race street formerly oc-
cupied by Nc Allister's Drug Co. Has
three room apartment and bath atbve.
Apply II Miss Mary Barton. IL Race
Strce1 12lI22t
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AGENTS WANTED

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failing Rawleigh Good Health Food
Products; Spices. Flavors. Medicines,
Toilet preparations, etc. $50 everyday
necessities used by millions. Largest
Company; established 81 years. Favor
obly known all over America. No ex-
perience practically no capital needed.
We teach you to manage your own per-
manent big paying business. $4,000
$4,000 yearly. Write for application.
Give age, occupation, references. w.
T. Raw leigh Co. Dept 231 Freeport
Ill 12ll2-l4
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

his wife declared incompetent to handle
her property, he swore to one very re
markable statement, as follows:
while at DR.. Cowles's sanitarium the
physical condition Of the alleged incompe.
tent (Mrs. Melville) improved but her
mental condition became worse. Prior to
March, 1921 she had given the appearance
of being nervous and high strung, and in.
clined at times to take and maintain posi-.
t;ons which seemed unreasonable. Your
petitioner (Mr. Melvile) had never noticed
any evidence Of marked delusions"
So, from the very frank statement of
Mrs. Melvilles husband, the worst he had
noticed was that his wife was nervous,
high strung and maintained positions
which seemed unreasonable" Probably a
good many husbands would say as much
about their own wives
But Mr.. Melville had never up to the
time his wife went into DR.. Cowles's sani-
tarium, noticed any evidence of marked
delusions. What, then, happened in that
sanitarium, which, according to her hus.
bands own statement, gave evidence of an
improved physical condition but revealed
for the first time his wife rs a crazy
woman?
What were those delusions which sud-
denly grew upon Mrs Melville in Dr.
NO"leS y SdnlIdTlum, WHO ner general
physical condition improved?
In his suit to have his wife adjudged
lunatic Mr.. Melville files an affidavit from
DR.. Clarence J. Slocum, in New York. DR..
Slocum's affidavit is extremely interesting
He, like his fellow practitioner, Dr.
Cowles, is specialist in mental and ner-
vous diseases" And Dr. Socum also runs
private sanitarium.
1t seems that after Mrs. Melville began
to grow stronger physically and began to
get crazer mentally at Dr. Cowles's Park
Avenue Sanitarium, she left and was taken
over by DR.. Slocum, and put into his pri-
vate sanitarium, which he called Craig
House." at Beacon, New York.
In his affidavit It would appear that by
the time DR.. Slocum fell heir to Mrs. Mel
vile she was in possession of fine collec-
tion of first-class delusions-a condition of
mind which her husband says he had never
noticed before she took up her treatment,
whatever It was, in Dr. Cowles's sani-
tarium.
The following is from the affidavit from
Or. Slocum:
Il am acquainted with Jean R. Melville
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
yVYY HAT has been going on behind the
NJ walls of DR.. Edward S. Cowles's
w private lunatic asylum, at No. 591

w private lunatic asylum, at No. sol
Park avenue, in New York?
Is it possible that the horrors of the
notorious private madhouses which were
exposed in England hundred years ago
by Charles Reade's vivid novel, Hard
Cash." can exist in New York today?
Can a perfectly sane woman be per-
suaded to enter one of these "sanitar
iums" for a trivial ailment like indges-
tion, and be fed brain-paralyzing drugs
until Authorizations are produced and
then the unsuspecting victim be locked
up in an insane asylum the rest of her
life?
An extraordinary lawsuit which has re.
Gently occupied the Supreme Court of New
York has developed testimony and start
ling charges which will answer these
questions before the litigation is finished
From the warm luxury OF her hand
some suite at the Hotel Plaza on Fifth
avenue, overlooking Central Park, in New
York. Mrs. Jean r. Melville went to Dr.
Cowless sanitarium on fashionable Park
avenue for treatment for indigestion, and
before she realized what was going on
Mrs. Melville asserts she was being given
drugs which unsettled her mind produced
queer effects and delusions, and to her
horror she discovered that two insanity spe-
cialists had been called to note these alleged
drug.made delusions AND HAD CERT.
FLED THAT SHE WAS A LUNATIC!
Mrs. Melville is a very wealthy woman
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

a considerable fortune. Mrs. Melville,
through her attorneys, demanded that a
jury should pass upon her mental con.
dition, and after her appearance on the
witness stand, through a fve.hour eX.
animation that jury instantly declared
her perfectly sane.
When application is made to the courts
to declare a person insane and not able to
manage her own property, ii is customary
for the courts to appoint a guardian ad
litem, which means a guardian to protect
the interests of the suspected lunatic dur
ing the court proceedings.
So the judge appointed Mr.. John ]. OCon.
nell, a wellknown lawyer, as special guard
ian. 1t is lucky for Mrs Melville that her
fate and her fortune were safeguarded by
such able lawyers as Foster &c Cutler, OF
233 Broadway, her personal attorneys, and
Mr.. O'Connell, her guardian.
After the jury had heard the testimony
OF the insanity specialists and had seen for
themselves the abundant evidences of the
unclouded mind of Mrs. Melville, the spec.
ial guardian reported back to the Judges
of the Supreme Court that such unusual
evidence had been produced at the trial he
felt the attention of the Supreme Court
Judges should be called to the matter.
What Lawyer OConnel said in that re.
port DR.. Cowles asserts is unjustifed.
Justice Guy forwarded the report to the
Attorney-General of the State and he has
forwarded 1t TO the State Hospital Board.
which has authority to investigate private
hospitals.
When Mr.. Melville filed his suit to have
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

and treated her as patient between June
26, 1921, and July 10, 1921, during which
period she was under my care at Craig
House. | examined her thoroughly and
saw her a number of times each day dur.
ing said period. | found her suffering
from fixed delusions OF persecution which
controlled her daily conduct and gave rise
to suspicious OF those with whom she
comes in contact. Prior to coming to
Craig House she had been treated at a
private saDitarium in New York City
operated by one Edward s. Cowles, NJ. D.
At various times during the period named
she made the following statements to me
with reference to the said sanitarium of
Edward S. Cowles, insisting that she was
telling me only things which she had seen
and was stating only facts:
The said sanitarum of Edward S.
Cowles was really not a sanitarium but
an improper house resorted to by men for
immoral purposes; that women who would
lend themselves to the purposes of the
house were permitted TO remain there
alive, and the women who would not lend
themselves to such purposes were killed
The method Of killing them she described
to me in great detail.
THE fireplace in the room was large
fireplace, long enough to hold a body
Arms or racks were let down into the fire.
place, the victims body placed thereon
and conveyed up through the chimney and
through hollow walls to the roof of the
house, where they were thrown into a
tank. At night, by looking out of the
window she could see piles Of burning
bodies
THE walls of her room were hollow and
fitted with secret doors through which
people passed. When the physician in
charge wished drugs or medicines he
pressed a button and apartures in the walls
opened from which he would take the
drugs. Floors would open and the physi-
clan in charge would emerge from the
aperture. The physician in charge had a
private room on the roof whittier he would
resort for days at time compounding
special and secret drugs which would be
transmitted to the various rooms through
the hollow walls.
"Dr. Cowles came to her room at 800
a. m. with intent to commit assault. The
decision was finally reached to kill her.
She saved herself only by escaping from
her room and rushing upstairs to the room
occupied by friends.
Crcat nr,, ain R,y,,. pr,cr,rd
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

by reason of the delusion incident to her
disease she is incompetent to look after
herself or her property. Her condition is
such that she is unfit and unable to live at
large and uncontrolled in the outside world.
To allow her complete freedom of action
is potentially dangerous to herself and to
others, for the reason that in such cases
of paranoia overt acts OF violence are apt
to ensue. For example. the delusion may
take the form that by an overt act she will
somehow avenge herself on her persecu
tors, and such prosecutors are apt to be
the person or persons with whom she is
thrown in most intimate contact
In my opinion her mental condition
will be helped and her suffering alleviated
If she be denied freedom OF action and
placed under some competent control. In
such cases freedom OF action simply means
a wider field and scope for deusions, with
consequent increased mental and nervous
disturbances, with perhaps fatal results to
her or to some subject of one of her de.
usions."
So DR.. SloCum felt sure that Mrs Mel
vile, who had suddenly taken on these
delusions, had progressed so fast and had
grown so crazy that IL was dangerous to
have her at large. He recommended that
the poor woman be shut up, probably for
life, and placed under some competent
control" Some nice sanitarium would be
just the place to put away this rich wo-
man, where there would be plenty of doc.
tors and attendants and drugs and delu.
SiOns.
But one specialist on insanity never Inn
presses a jury very much II is Gus.
tomary 10 have two doctors swear to de.
lusiOns and such things. And so DR.. S
Philip Goodhart was called in to take n
good, hard look at this lunatic draw out
of her some frstclass specimens of delu
sions, and swear to an affidavit of what il
all meant and what ought to be done
about IT,
DR.. Goodhart is a New York physician
and he also, like Cowles and Slocum spe.
cializes on mental and nervous diseases.
But DR.. Goodhart doesn't happen to be in.
terested in running a sanitarium where
patients can be kept under some com.
petent control" for the rest OF their lives.
In his affidavit DR.. Goodhart has this
TO say:
81 am acquainted with Jean r. Melville.
the alleged incompetent person, and treat.
ed her as a patient on the twenty.fourth,
twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth days Of June.
and the twenty.ninth day of August, 1921.
! examined her thoroughly, and on the
twenty.sixth day of June rode in an auto.
mobile with her from New York. City to
Beacon, N. Y. | found her suffering from
fixed delusions which control her conduct
and give rise to suspicious of those with
whom she comes in contact.
The alleged incompetent also told me
that her husband was unfaithful to her and
maintained many other women at various
places in this country. | am informed by
her husband, the petitioner herein, that
there is no reasonable basis or any founda.
tion in fact for her delusions in this re-
spect
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

and the wife Of
William Randolph
Melville, a manu-
facturer. On the
strength of the in
sanity experts ex-
animation and affi-
davits, Mr.. Mel
vile began an ac-
ton in the Su-
preme Court to de.
clare his wife in
sane and therefore
legally incompe-
tent to control her
Drpnarty uyhiph ic
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

During the period Of
her stay at Craig House
her husband, William Ran
dolph Melville, visited her
from time to time. On the
fourth of July, 1921. the
said William Randolph
Melville and ! went to the
village to purchase a bath
ing suit, and, due to the
holiday. had some diff
Guilty in obtaining 1t. Also
at times we practiced put
ting on a private golf
green. On each of such
occasions the said Jean R.
Melville expressed utterly
unfounded suspicious of
her husbands conduct and
the reasons for his alb
sence from her, and such
suspicious could not be
dispelled by an reasonable
explanation.
"My diagnosis was and
is that the said John r.
Melville was and is suffer
Ing from a typical case OF
paranoia which, at the
time she was under my
observation, took the form
OF fixed delusions OF perse-
cution as aforesaid. This
disease Is a fixed condi-
tion, and whatever slight
chance there may be of
improvement will be i'm
paired and probably lost II
she be not placed under
some competent control.
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

: rContiaued on Merit Paoc)
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

o. A. LaCourse, Salem man, who
had both legs amputated recently
following an accident in which he
was run over by freight train at
Albany, is feeling less pain but
physicians now fear that pneu-
monia may set in, according to
word received here. LaCourse,
who is an ex-service man, formerly
was employed as clerk in the
World War veterans state aid
commission here. He was on his
way to Marshfield when the ac-
cident occurred.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01
Court House News
Circuit Court

S1AOu1G OOuTI
Motion to Strike out certain
portions Of plaintiffs amended
complaint filed in the suit Of w
+. Cree VS. Roscalia Anders.
Order to show cause why trans
Ter OF certain real property should
not be made to Henry L. Bents of
the estate Of Agnes S. Bents, in
sane, filed.
Partition suit filed by Robert
Savage ct al VS. Lutte Savage.
Divorce suit filed by Sarah
Davis against Doris Davis charg-
ing cruel and inhuman treatment,
Probate Court
Order appointing L. R. Linn as
guardian Of James Leslie Linn and
Donald Hermon Linn filed.
Order probating will of August
Kusel, giving value of estate as
$4,000 filed. Order also filed ap-
pointing William Smith, w. E.
Bartges and D. I. Green apprais-
ers OF the estate.
Marriage Licenses
Reuben Dallas Kloppenstein,
27, Silverton and Bertha Kauf-
man, 90, Silverton.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Beavers are causing much in
convenience in Hood River coun-
ty. A few mig is ago the upper
valley was in darkness caused by
the beavers telling a tree IS inch
es in diameter across the power
line of the Pacific Power 6 Light
company.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01
Muratore Better.

New York, Feb. 1.-Lucien
Muratore, leading tenor Of the
Chicago opera company, who un-
derfent an operation for appendi-
citfs Yesterday, spent a comfort
able night and was resting easily
today, his physicians announced,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Percy A Cupper. state engineer,
VIII leave tonight for Medford
and Talent irrigation districts
Doth OF which have made apnl,co'
lion for the certification of addi-
tional bonds.
MISS Blanche Lavalley. of Inter
national Falls, Minnesota, has ar
ll'ea IN Salem and expects to en-
sor willamette university after
finishing her high school worL
MISS LeValIey is visiting at the
nolhe OF her uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. G. H. Young.
veterans of Foreign Wars will
nolu thelr first February meetiny
III the armory tonight at eight
ciock' 1t is expected that due
" tne membership campaign re-
Centiy 1naugurated that a num-
D0i Vi new members will be taxi
Gil lnto the organization tonight
Peter Clark Macfarland. noted
correspondent, who lectured here
sometime ago, arrived in Salem
late Monday night, registering at
the Marion hotel, and leav,ro
early yesterday morning. Mr. MAJ
iarland was travelling by automo-
ley. '"4
A mass meeting will be held at
G'O IN the First Presbyterian
church tonight, W. ]. johnson
member of the board of temper
ance and Moral Welfare of the
presbyterian church and interna-
tional president of the Magma
Charta association of the seven
English speaking countries of the
world, will be the principal speak
er The public is invited to at
tend.
seventeen degrees above zero
was the minimum Temperature
recorded in Salem during last
night and the maximum temper
ature during the entire 24-hourI
period ending at 7 O'Clock this
morning was only 35 degrees
three degrees above freezing. The
minimum temperature came with
In two degrees of equalling the
lowest point reached during the
last two years. During the cold
spell of a few days ago the mer-
curry fell to the Is degree mark. |
yesterday there was no rainfall.
The Willamette river was at 3.St
feet.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Summer holidays at different
times for the London elementary
schools are again suggested as a
means Of relieving the traffic con-
gestion.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Rev. w. P. Elmore has retired
as president Of 'Te Bank OF
Rrowpsville after having held the
noeftioD for more than a quarter
of a century. Harry Thompson
was elected to succeed him.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Demonstrations in various
phases of poultry raising under
the direction of the Linn county
farm bureau will be held February
10 and II at three poultry dem
onstration farms in that county.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Books. however damaged, can
be repaired and missing pages re-
placed by special treatment, which
is, however, very costly.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Forty-two babies in forty-four
years, the record of woman who
died near Rugby, England, in
1875, is said to be still unbeaten.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

The Story Telling section of the
Salem Arts league will meet at
the public library this evening at
eight o'clock. Mrs. Minnie Bates,
Miss Adona Cochrane and Otto
,Paulus have the program in
charge.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Sawdust sprinkled on the front
walk when it is slippery is not
nearly as detrimental to the parlor
rug as the customary ashes or salt.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Domestic servants in Germany
will in future only be allowed to
work thirteen hours a day, less
two hours for meals.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01
LOCAL BRIEFS AND PERSONALS
TT y Z n y II
COMING EVENTS

y v X y X X II X X X X * X u
X y
y COMING EVENTS y
X
r y 4 X x X X < Il * X X 4 y;
* Feb. 2-shrine club old !, !
x fashioned basket social :.
!; Shrine mosque. i,
x Feb. 2 - Marion County = {,
X Realtors luncheon, Y. w j,
X G. A. "
X Feb. S-Vachel Lindsay. y
y Waller hall, s O'Clock. y
Il Feb. 12-Organ recital, ),
X Lucien Becker, Christian =
X church $50. :.
X Feb 16 to 19-Christian i.
X Endeavor state convention X
X armory. =.
X * Il :. * X u Il. Il. Il. ii. =,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01
Marriage License,
Ladies free, Elite hall.

Mrs. Mary X. Logan, state or
ganizer Of P. e. 0. Slsterhood,
will be in Salem Thursday and
will attend a meeting of the local
chapter at the home Of Mrs. 0. f.
Price. Mrs. F. w. Selee will read
a paper on Cloisne pottery. Any
unaffiliated members who are in
the city have been specially in
vited.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

A child of two and a half years
should have sufficient teeth to
masticate solid food. say many
doctors.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01
Born

DrrvTAP-To Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
DUNLAP, 158 South Vermont
svenue. Glendora, Cal, Janu-
arv 90. 1922, a daughter.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Few Turks have more than one
wife, although the law allows
them to have four.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

London's oldest tube railway
only dates back thirty-one years.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Walter Birtchet today assumed
his duties as desk sergeant at the
Salem police station. Birtchet
succeeds Clyde Ellis, who resigned
recently to accept a position with
the world war veterans state aid
commission.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

If you need help with your in
come tax report see A. M, Dali
rymple, Just out of the internal
revenue office and now located
room 1928, Oregon bldg. Phone
1909. IT
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01
Love, the jeweler, Salem

The Oregon public service com
mission is made defendant in
suit filed by the Multnomah 60
onerative Water association at
tackfng as unlawful the order Oh
the commission of December 81
last. fixing rates, rules and regu-
Iations for the sale of water TO
residents Of Multnomah and VI
c,nitv, The order Of the commits
sion it is alleged. does not permit
~ the operation of the water sys-
tenn except at great loss.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01
Dance tonight, Elite hall. ~

Dance tonight, Elite hall ~
Ellis Hurst, Salem youth, "no
told police yesterday he preferred
to serve 20 days in jail rather
than pay a fine Of $40 on d
charge of reckless driving was
last night released from jail aLteI sL
his fine had been paid. Hurst was
incarcerated for only few houFS'
Rev. Sydney W. Hall pastor oI
the silverton Methodist Episcopai
church, announces that on sun
dav morning next at II a, m,
Risbop w. o. Shepard will pTeaSn
IN the siIverton church, and tns NJ,
service will doubtless be one u
the hest ever held there. Rev,
Mr. Hooking and the MaFqua-n
Congregation - will not hold ser!-
ice in their church but will nlllo. UNI
with the silvertOn folks. DasNg, e.
lunch will be served at noon III
the basement of the church
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Gas tar workers are said to
benefit from the "tarry' atmos-
phere in which they work.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

All Artisans who want to go to
Woodburn Thursday night will
meet at the Odd Fellows hall
down stairs at seven o'clock,
sharp. Transportation will be furn
ished. No lodge meeting Thursday
night. a.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

After spending a day visiting
bis mother, Mrs. Ellen LaRue, in
Portland, Robert LaRue, Salem
business man, returned here last
night.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Members Of the Willamette Val
ley Flax and Hemp Growers asso-
citation will hold a meeting in the
Salem Commercial club on Febru-
ary to talk over matters Of or
ganiZation.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

The hearing of Cody Evans
charged with having liquor in his
possession, will be held late TINS
afternoon before Judge Earl Race
in the police court. Evans was ar
rested Saturday night and was re-
leased on bail Of S1OO.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Prof. J. B. Horner of the Ore
gon Agricultural college, was in
the city from Corvallis, Tuesday
Afternoon, calling on j. A. Church
Ill, state superintendent of schools
and other state officials.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

Brazier Small, adjutant of the
local post of the American Legion,
has moved his offices to 4O3 Sa-
lem Bank Of Commerce building,
in the suite occupied by Smith
and Shields.