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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-03
CHICAGO AVERTs GRAVE
FINANCIAL DISASTER
Two Big Banks of Tilden In.
iercsts Are Taken
Over.
DErosITons ARE MADE SAFE
Windy CITY FinnncIers Tnkr Action
to Hut Most Scrious tntn.trophr
since Collapse Of John *. WINS n,
Institution.
IEy Nnsoclaicd rrnssl

CHICAGO. Jan. 1.-Two Chicago
banks. with resources Of more than
Ss1.OOo,000 were sold tonigh, after
the Chicago clearing house commit
tee had conducted an examination
and found their asscts had been
impaired by bad loans and invest
mcnts.
After two days negotiations the
Fort Dearborn National Bank and
heSFort Dearborn Trust and Savings
i'aQk were purchased by the CONT
mental and Commercial National
BankN and Continental and CONNER
ciai Trust and Savings Bank. Mem
bcrs of the clearing house committee
pooled guarantees totaiinE $4,000. 600
to protect dcppsitors against any
loss.
Other Hanks Solvent.
The clearing house announced that
after Il special examination Of the
DroverS National Bank ana the
Drovers Trust and Savings Bank
owned by the same interests as the
Fort Dearborn banks, both institu-
tons had been found to lie solvent
All directors representing the old
Fort Dehrborn interests in the
''i'''iE tbdHkS resigned ana
replaced by now men.
William a. Tilden. president of the
Fort Dearborn banks. called ih Tn
clearing house committee last Thurs
day and asked assistance in straight
ening out the tangled affairs OF the
Two institutions. By toniEhts mer-
ger. bankers said. the most serious
financial crisis which has threatened
La Sale street since the collapse Of
John X. Walsh's Chicago Nation |
Bank more shan a decade ago was
iverted
Had Nearly 70a0 Dcnoxitnrs.
The Fort Dearborn National Bank
had nearly 1000 depositors and de-
posits of S5l.i2i.7i?Ss when II made
its last public statement under the
national bank call of September &.
1921. Tho Fort Dearborn Trust and
Savings Bank had $1,000 dcpositors.
with deposits Of S9,0OI, o3G.7G. at that
time.
The national bank was founded in
1857. with capital stock of $4,000
900. In 1917 this was raised to s3.-
100000. ana in 1919 tho total was
brought MP 10 100000. The saw
inrs and trust institution was
founded in 1911. with capital stock
% 100000
The difficulties OF the Fort Dear
horn banks are credited by the
clearing house committee To bad in
ves,m"nts made by Edward Tilden
e Co.. the Tilden estate.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-03
AZ the Isis.

Good and EVIL" showing at the
Isis Monday. Tuesday and Wednes.
day. In which Lucy Dorainc PLAYS thu
stellar role. is an attempt to sermon
IZc cntcrtaininrly. to present n
sugar coated moral, or. rather code
"t morals IA Il definite manner. uu-
Ike other screen dramas which ic.vc
tn" audience 10 draw it's own NOR.
or less obvious conclusions In rho
present instance. il is perhaps we'll
done: IN" character work OF several
OF the artists is excellent. especially
flcrrc Danton, victim. so nc ,hnupnt
OF circumstances and adoptcc Of
Nerra. Duchess Of Ormondc. seeker
hiter new sensations. The entire Mo,
is taken ~ with running the gamu,
OF personiiied emotions in an obvjous
manner. which induces Danton. who
mas been patron OF tn. CosmopoIi-
tan Club Of Paris. TO seek truc Jovo
and hard work. The conclusion
drawn by the author of tho mir,
morality play is that hard wor,, E.
INC source OF the only happiness
which youth may obtain. Ouito
naturally. true love is thrown I'm ~,
extra. While the tale is bromide and
u 'rl1Ic too aged TO he cxccssivnI,.
popular. the splcndor Of It's v,r;n,,,
Seuinrs. the his,rionIc abilities ~ =
"tII-choscr cast ana n moro ,h,n
ao"iuat. display Of the eiir.ctor.s
~ hn ample excuse for Tho ,,,A.,i.
story. "''''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-03

which makes the good aim drama or
snort story. Events rush upon each
other In utter confusion on the
part OF an excited audience ana tho
attraction must necessarily lie in
this intensity Of action and s,yittress
or character work. Eva Novak IA.
Sail% Fortune. plays a part oouuiIy
as wen as the star, and the two are
wei supported. The theme Of love
and revenge are equally important
In the tel"scoped series of cpisnd.p
which constitutes tn. plot structural
and some hair raising exhibitions OF
play ana 'istic battles are given
by the man who acted like a ten
derfoot av1 talked like "A tender.
foot, but wasn't one"
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, wl1iie
driving through the country one day with
his junk cart and his little daughter,
Rebecca, saw a, small puppy of a St. Ber-
nard, fluffy and soft and tender, eyed.
Jacob saw and admired, .. ,.... r. o.. .,,.
But when Jacobs little girl, Rebecca,
saw the puppy she admired, loved and
longed to possess. In fact, she begged
for the dog, to take home with her and
be her pet till time and death and COM
mon vicissitudes of all nature, human
and canine, should part them. f.
Like a sensible little girl, she was em-
phatic with her father, Jacob And Jacob
paid out five dollars Of his hard-earned
money. And the pup was taken home,
to be one of the Silverman family; to
eat at their table-almost; to be loved
and to love in return; to watch them and
to grow up, teaching the two Silverman
children, Rebecca and Ferna, all those
things, gentle and good, that faithful
dog can teach his little master and mis-
tress. Thus the dog Dick came to be
owned illegally, though in ignorance, by
one alien, Jacob Silverman.
Thus the law was broken.
Then, when Dick had grown to be quite
a big dog, one day jeremiah Reinert,
Montgomery County Game Commissioner,
heard that alien Jacob Silverman of Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, owned a dog.
Reinert got into his car and drove to the
Silverman farm to find out Now, it hap
pens that the game wardens, such as,
Reinert, receive half of the twenty-five
dollar fine the law 'leVies from alien
owners Of dogs In Pennsylvania,
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

Pennsylvania in 1915 had enacted the law
which doomed the pet of the Silvermans.
For in the hunting season many. un-,
tutored and lawless aliens had stolen,
kidnapped or annexed any way they could
any dog fit for hunting. And the season
over, these same aliens had promptly un-
annexed the dogs. Who then roamed as
canine, Ishmaels, their special prey and
quarry the farmers sheep.
This was the way the law happened to
be made which doomed unoffending Dick
Silverman. And in few days by the
summons served on Dicks master the
court hearing before Justice Boorse
would settle Dicks fate for all time.
Thus matters stood, looking black for a
shaggy SC. Bernard. So, but for one or
two things, Dick might have perished in
oblivion, with nobody but two little chill
dren and helpless alien, his master, to
pity and shed tear.
But then one of the great institutions
of this America took up Dicks cause
H., u-a..,, p,vA.s, R.-~~r,A
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

as everybody knows, sometimes corpora.
ton counsel sit down to study how 70 get
around the law legally-and still do what
you want to do.
"Study--how an alien who cannot leg
ally own a dog in Pennsylvania may yet
legally keep dog in the same State" said
Mr.. Dunham to his corporation counsel.
Thus many machines, humanitarian,
legal. judicial, were set in motion for
Dick when, two days before his trial,
Governor Sproul read the letter from the
President, which ran like this:
"My dear Governor Sproul--l think
you will have to count this letter a per-
sonal one rather than an official com
munication. write at the suggestion OF
Mrs. Harding, though am happy to do so,
because the appeal which has greatly
stirred her touches me no less forcibly. d.
81 enclose you the anonymous letter
and the newspaper clipping which came
to Mrs. Harding. If the story is correct,
a Russian immigrant has faithful dog
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

HICK SILVERMAN isn't going to die,
| although the precise law in the mat
- ter states that death is his only
legitimate condition.
Dick Silverman is going to live to full
ness of days and ripe old age, all his
friends feel sure. For Dick Silverman
has been snatched by two no lesser per-
sonages than President Harding and Gov
ernor Sproul of the State of Pennsyl-
vania out of the jaws of death, beyond
the executioner's pistol shot and away
from the strong killing arm of the law
to be set down In pleasant places while
a wise corporation lawyer and a few
powerful millionaires of Philadelphia put
their money and their brains together
to find some way for Dick Silverman to
live among the children he loves and
who love him. .. -.
And. Dick Silverman is only a dog
Just a big, shaggy, soft-eyed, loyal
hearted, three-quarter bred st. Bernard
dog. He has no legal right to live. Just
because Dicks master happened to be
poor alien, Dick, under law of the
sovereign State of Pennsylvania, was
doomed to die ;and his master, industrious
but unnaturalized junk peddler, Jacob
Silverman, was due to pay fine of $25
for daring to own Dick.
An unknown friend in Ohio heard
about it and wrote to Mrs. Harding, first
lady of the land. Mrs. Harding imme-
diately went to her husband and told him
to hold up international politics till he got
a reprieve for Dick, the junk peddler's
dog.
President Harding telegraphed to Gov
ernor William c. Sproul of Pennsylvania,
who telegraphed ordering a stay of ex-
ecution to Dicks judge, Magistrate p.
Howard Boorse. ..E., -
So Dick, the st. Bernard, was reprieved
In the meantime, many curious inquiries
have been directed to the UNUSUAL law.
The law which doomed Dick was pass
ed in 1915. Some time after that Jacob
Silverman, junk dealer and small farmer
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

which he loves and because his possession
of the dog in some way conflicts with the
State law the devoted animal has been
sentenced to be shot.
81 am not familiar with the law in
volved. According to the newspapers, an
alien is not permitted to own q dog.
Surely there must be some way to comply
with the spirit of the law and allow this
poor foreigner to retain his treasured
animal friend. .....
Z "If it came within my executive au-
thority, l would gladly grant a pardon
to the convicted animal suppose there
is good and ample reason for statute
which makes this dog an unlawful pos
session, but / have an abiding faith that
that he will grieve for him has in him the
qualities which will make him a loyal
citizen. - 4 ~.
"Mrs. Harding and I are both pleased
to appeal for some form of clemency In
this case, and hope this note is not too
late to enable us to add our appeal in
behalf of both Silverman and his dog"
Which was one of the messages from
the high places that went out to save Dick
Silverman, the junk peddler's dog. Cover
nor Sprouts followed fast, and one was
an answer to the President. He said:
please tell Mrs. Harding that have
asked the magistrate at Lansdale to delay
action regarding Dick Silverman until we
can look into all the questions involved.
guess We can save that dog"
Now, can any reasonable person doubt
the result? Can't anybody, with an eye
TO see, realize that a. poor dog with such
friends was bound to be saved, some way
or other? .... rs.
Magistrate Boorse decided that since
both the President of the United States
and the Governor of Pennsylvania desired
it Dick was to live, even, perhaps, illegal
ly, till something turned up. ..
And when Millionaire Dunham, of
Philadelphia, had given his lawyer a little
time, that learned legal gentleman sug-
Sested way out for Dick which did
justice to his past performances in legal
"The way for Dicks master. silverman.
to possess Dick. legally though an alien.
said that worthy attorney, clearing his
throat and adjusting his glasses, "is FIR
you, Mr.. Durham, and anyone you choose
to form q holding company. There is
nothing on the statute books of this great
and mighty State of Pennsylvania which
forbids you to possess Dick through
holding company and then to lease Dick
out to Jacob Silverman, the junk dealer.
In fact, i is probable that Jacob would
lease Dick gladly II the offer were made
to him. And that the little Silvermans,
Rebecca and Ferna, would be very glad to
receive Dick so leased, and that nobody
concerned, Dick nor Jacob nor Ferna nor
Rebecca, would care one straw whether It
was lease which gave them possession
of Dick or mortgage, so long as they
had possession" 49,
The company has been formed and the
charter is being applied for. Governor
Sproul will sign II of course. The Penn
sylvannia Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals has launched a cru
sade against this silly law II win prob
ably be repealed at the next sitting Of
the Legislature.
Also Jacob Silverman has taken a deci-
sion. That is, to become citizen Of the
United States so soon as he legally may.
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

and that letter were
both addressed 10
Governor William c.
Sproul, and the wire
begged the Governor
to stay Dicks SEN
tence till his eexcel-
lency had received a
letter from the White
House, which was
coming special deliv-
cry. Governor Sproul
did hold up the execu-
ton.
Magistrate Boorse
fined Silverman, then
put the fine on file.
Dick he gave over to
the temporary keep
ing of Farmer Ebert,
who lives on his wide
acres about ten miles
from the Silverman
place. In the mean
time, J. Edward Dun
ham, millio n a ire
m a n u I a c Z urer, Of
Phildadelphia, touch
ed as the President
had been before him,
had called In his corp
o.o+;on co,tnsal Now
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

where his master, powerl .ss, had laid it
down. The newspapers spread, far and
wide, over these rich and dog-loving
United States the fact that one worthy
st. Bernard dog in darkest Pennsylvania
was doomed to death because his master
had not yet taken out naturalization
papers. @
And an anonymous somebody in Ohio
wrote letter to no less parsonage than
the first lady of the land, Mrs. Warren
G.. Harding. And Mrs. Harding took that
letter at once to her husband, the Presi-
dent Probably she said something about
the coal strike and the rail strike having
to wait for a little; she probably asked
him what was the use Of being President
at all if he couldn't save Dick, the junk
peddler's st. Bernard.
And the President, looking at his own
dog, Laddie Boy, and knowing in his
heart the way of dog with a man-and
with a woman and a child as well-took
his Presidential pen in hand and sat right
down and wrote a letter straight from the
bottom of his heart. -'T' -.....
But he didn't let it rest there. He also
hurried off a telegram. That telegram
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

care you a citizen?" asked
Game Commissioner Reinert of
Silverman. N
!. mo-" said Jake.
"Well then here's summons ,,.ll&
TO appear before Justice of ct
Peace Howard Boorse at Lans- NT
dale. Foreigners have no right fsss
to dogs in Pennsylvania; the W~
70 snn the forsiorar twenty "Dick
five dollars" Ira
And, having spoken, Game 81.
Warden Reinert cranked his
flivver and said good-by to Jacob Silver
man. Silverman went in to supper,
anguish and wonder at his heart.
And Rebecca and Ferna lifted up their
childish voices and wept. Which stirred
father Silverman to action. He, like SO
many other fathers, has quite human
habit of pitying when his children weep.
Like as father pitieth his children"
we all have read about. l... q
Jacob rode to a neighbours house, an
American, whom he trusted, and told the
whole sad, hard to-be- understood story.
tits an outraged said the neighbor,
and he started some rapid inquiries on
the telephone, all in the name Of grieving
childhood and plying father and a
great, lovable dog, who brushed his
shaggy tail along the farmhouse kitchen
floor and while he rubbed his great sides
up against his little mistress, Rebecca.
At last over the neighbor's telephone
wire came the explanation. To correct a
nuisance the wise legislative fathers Of
(, co. Isa2, bv American weekly. |
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
NEGRO PRAYS
FOR ANGRY MOB
WHEN RELEASED
Negro ''Sho Is Proud"
to Be Back in Jail
After Excitement.

Macon, Ga, May 25.-Jim benson
negro, prayed unusually long in tn
Dibb county Jail Wednesday night be
fore he threw himself upon his bunl
for his first real sleep this week. HI
prayed for the members Of the mol
that broke into the Jail at 1rwinton
Tuesday, dragged him out and at
tempted to lynch him.: and he prayed
for his ultimate release.
benson is under sentence to hang or
June 16 for an alleged attack upon al
aged white oma some three years
ago. His case went to the supreme
court of the United States.
Believing that Denson's escape from
the mob was an act of providence
there are numbers of persons in this
and Wilkinson county, it is reported,
who will ask Governor Hardwick to
commute his sentence to life imprison-
ment.
benson was captured Wednesday
morning by a posse who did not believe
in lynching. They turned benson over
to Sheriff l.. p. Player of Irwinton,
who a few hours before had declared
his belief that benson was dead.
As soon as the negro could be fed
and clothed. he was rushed to the jail
here.
Jail Looks mighty Good"
'Lawdy. boss, looks mighty, good
Jail, sho do said benson, as the car
in which he was riding swerved into
the gateway of the local Jail.
Use sho is mighty proud to be in
here and he smiled until his big white
teeth glistened.
They tied a rope around my neck,
said benson. Then they dragged me
into the car. / asked them to let me
pray and they replied they had no time.
Il heard them say they would shoot
me just ont of town. The Knot on the
rope around my neck was choking me.
/ reached up one hand in the dark and
felt the slip knot. / united it. The
car was speeding 80 miles an hour.
/ says to myself. Jim. gump or kilt.
I jumped feet first, 'flam floy,' just like
that. | hit the ground on my feet and
then on my head and then / must have
Topped over four times and rolled into
the ditch.
CrawIs Under Fire
when / got out of the ditch shots
were fired at me. l crawled but they
kept on firing. ] got up and ran. I
was barefooted, my clothes were torn
off me. and the gravel cut my feet"
He said he heard the bIoodhounds on
his track.
Pretty soon a white hound came up
on me-" said the negro.
II kept jumping from one side of
the creek to the other. l couldn't shake
him. He got right up to my heels. so
I stopped. snapped my fingers at him
and Lawdy. he curled his tail and walk
ed right up to me. / took off my belt
and tied him to me-"
The negro had the hound tied to
him, was playing with a second hound
and was fighting off a third when the
posse reached him.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
WI IN CHARGE
Of CHINA now,
NOT At PEk|NG
Avoids Capital SO Not
to Associate With
President Regime.
Unification Plans Are
Understood Shaping
Out as Desired.

Picking, May 25.-(By The Associ
ated Press. )-General WI Pei-Fu has
assumed active direction of the ma
tons affairs from his headquarters al
Pao Ting Flu, capital of Chill pro-
vince. He has refused to locate in
Picking because, as he explained. be
does not desire to associate himself
with a government headed by Presi-
dent Hsu Shin Chang.
On the contrary, he wants to re-
main aloof from both the Canton and
Picking governments with a view to
ascertaining the sentiment of the
country as to whether the old parli-
ament should be summoned to elect a
new president acceptable to the north
and the south, automatically eliminat-
ing Hsu Shin Chang and Sun Yat-eSn.
China canno endure indefinitely
under a divided government" said Cen
eral WI Thursday. THE people de-
mand unity, the termination OF civil
strife and relief from the burden of
miltarism. The foreign nations are
watching us ~anixously."
Events at both Picking and Canton
are said to be shaping favorably toward
WI Pei-Fu's unification plans.
President Hsu is unable to induce
his choice of a premier to accept office
and form a cabinet. The ministerial an
pointees, including General Wang Shin
Chen. who was selected as premier,
have deferred assuming their portfolios
because Of the fear that they might
be ousted when the government is re-
organized.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
PACIFIC
MAKES ) MILLION
INCREASE IN 1921
Elliott Says Expenses Were
Heavily Scaled to Offset
Bad Business Year.

New York, May 25.-A net corporate
income of so. O65, 800. an increase of
$2.971,215 owe the previous year. was
shown in the pamphlet report of the
Northern Pacific Railway company, is
sued Wednesday.
In his remarks to the stockholders,
Chairman Howard Elliott said that ex-
penses had been heavily scaled and that
the saving thus effected overbalanced a
very poor year for the railroads, par
ticularly in the country between Lake
Superior and Puget sound"
A saving of more than S23. OOO. 900
was achieved by scaling down ex-
penses from $1OO.9S3.S 74 in 1920 to
$73.630.S67 for 1921. Total gross
business was $94, 53S. O59, compared
with $113.OS4,4O in 1920.
Incorporating income was $685.
6S2 for 1921, compared with $7,265.o13
for 1920. the large increase being ac-
counted for by the jump Of more than
81, 900, 900 in dividend income received
largely from the Northern Pacific's
holdings in the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
FOUR ARE KILLED,
Il WOUNDED, OVER
NIGHT IN BELFAST
Curfew Law Probably Will Be
Applied to Country as
Wells as in City.

Belfast. May 25.-(By The Asso.
ciate I'd Press.)-The total casualties
in the series of disorders which swept
Belfast during the night were placed
at four dead and q wounded Thursday.
The wounded included only those cases
treated in hospitals.
1t is unofficially declared that the
curfew law will probably be extended
to include the country districts.
The Carnegie library. in the heart
of the Falls Road district was set
afire last evening. A mob attacked the
fire brigade and also the police who
tried to protect the firemen.
Two men were shot this morning in
the Back Falls district. The condi-
ton of both is critical.
The Carnegie library was set on
fire three times and was badly damag-
ed.
Tuddell Funeral Held
The funeral of w. J. Tuddell, men,
Der of the Ulster parliament who was
assassinated Monday, was held Thurs
day.
The services attended by thousands
of persons, were impressive. Sir
James Craig, the premier, headed the
delegation.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
Girls! Buttermilk Creates
Beauty Overnight

The first applica-
ton Of Towards
Buttermilk Cream
will YOU
It creates beauty
almost ike magic,
but the most won
derful thing about
1t Is the fact that
while It turns the
dullest, most life
less complexion to
radiant beauty and
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26

hands or arms snowy white. yet there
is not the slightest sign Of its use. II
actually vanishes from sight and the
most heated atmosphere will moi pro-
duce the least shininess or greasiness
OF the skin.
1t is absolutely harmless and will
neither produce nor stimulate the
growth of hair. Furthermore, you will
find it the most perfect base for pow
der. Within t~wenty-four hours this
wonderful combination called Towards
Buttermilk Cream will work a marvel
Gus Transformation. II you cannot OBJ
tain locally send 10 cents (silver or
stamps) for generous trial package Of
both Cream and Soap. Howard Bros.
Co. Buffalo. N. Y. All druggists.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
Mac Is Arrested
in New York Town
in Taylor Mystery

Poushkeepsie, N. ". May u.s.
(By The Associated Press.)-A
nan known only as MAC" who,
according to the authorities, said
he was being sought for tho shoot
ing of William Desmond Taylor,
moving picture director was ar.
rested Thursday at FishkilI village
after a thrilling hunt in which a
sheriff's posse armed with guns
and revoIvers surrounded the woods
where he had been seen to enter.
WOOlWlNE Is SILENT
Los Angeles, May 25.-Dlstrict
Attorney Thomas Lee Wo0IWine,
when advised by the Associated
Press Of the arrest of a man known
as MAC" at FishkIlI village, New
York, in connection with the Will
liam Desmond Taylor murder, here
declined to discuss the matter un-
til he had an official notification
from Poughkeepsie.. He also do
cIined to say whether he had re-
quested the arrest of anyone known
as "Mac."