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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-07

zen. That's what hope, you
know"
Just what do you mean?" Muir
ray asked. What IS a half-citi-
zenT
Mister Judge. I want the foist
paper?'
"Oh. see," Murray said. You
want the first half OF your citizen
ship hrst and later on you Will
take out your second papers. That's
1t, isn't I'll A very good idea and
one fully In accord with the fed
eral regulations" asserted Murray.
a he proceeded to comply with the
wishes OF his visitor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-07
ATLANTIC CARD
'SHARPS REAP
RICH TOLL
BY HERBERT NJ. DAVIDSON.

III.
lsrAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. sERyicEi
Paris. Nov.-This has been a
gaia harvest year for the transact
lantic gambler.
" all crooks he is the safest from
capture. His polish exceis that OF
q flitn avenue millionaire or a
Flfth avenue hotel clerk. He ia
accepted in society. He knows how
70 charm women. to interest men.
This accomplished bandit rnakes
mis- victims pay dearly. but what he
takes he takes pleasantly. He gives
amusement and excitement In re-
turn He IS never rude nor vio-
lent. like his cousin. the BURGER.
He would not soil his pink finger
nails operating a jimmy. nor stain
his clothes with chloroform- The
thought OF frightening any one
would be entirely repeilent to him.
DOZEN TO A SHIP.
II Is estimated by Francis Clarke.
vRting in the Paris Midi that
every large liner that crossed the
Atlantic during the last six months
that is. during a period when
the trip to Europe and returned to
America-carried with Il from six
to ten professional gamblers.
The profit made by these para
Sits. luxury-loving card sharks IL
estimated by the same writer at
$4,000 a day!
The total winnings OF a success
full gambler. then. who made ten
trips during the entire season and
played four days on each trip. to-
;aled one million dollarsl
But It is not the custom OF most
gamblers TO limit their game to a
few days on each voyage. They
get TO a card table early in the
trip and stay there until tte steam
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-07

The birth rate in the United Statea
is declining and the death rate is in
creasing. census reports show.
There is a gigantic tortoise stiu
living on ST Helena which was there
when Napoleon died more than 100
out approximately s750.000.00O as
years ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-07

who he is charged with enter
tanning at n downtown cabaret,
and half a dozen other women,
some prominent socially, one a
servant girl, wero named by Mrs.
Meta Murphy I'm a bill for d.
vorce filed against James H
Rolls Royce Murphy yester-
day.
Murphy, in 1901, VIVA q street
car conductor earning $3.50 a
day and today In the millionaire
head of the Murphy Feed Conn
pany and Victory Livery Conn
pany. with an income of more
thnn $50. 900 a year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-07
Real Beer, Destined
to Be Near Beer,
Is DESTROYED

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVicE1
CINCINNATI. Ohio. Nov.-Six
hundred barrels OF real beer
were destroyed here recently by
employees of the Windish- Null
hauser brewery because the COM
pany has decided to quit manu-
featuring the near" product In
TO whclh the beverage was to
have been converted.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-07

His losses averaged $1,000 a day
for the six days OF the trip. But
the night the ship anchored In
Cherbourg Harbor the American
hadn't had enough He stuck to
the bridge table all night and bare
y made the last boat ashore
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-07

the price. Some charge it UP to ex-
Clarke tells the story OF a very
rich American who made the ac-
Qusintance OF professional gam
bier first day OF Il profess etao
bier first day out Of New York.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-07

Vehicles and vehicle parts hold
fifth place among the wood using
industries a-om a standpoint Of
wood consumed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-07

Chamois leather Is not taken from
the chamois but from the flesh sire
OF sheepal<in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-07
SOME HAVE FA,rILIEs.

some gamblers. II is reported.
have wives and children in their
home port" and return from mys-
a place as respected members of
their communities.
Almost all transatlantic gamblers
are men OF education, often far
more SO than the wealthy men they
make their prey. They must be
always on The alert, ready to &C
count for themselves leEitimately to
the authorities. to tho ship com
panies. to persons IN every walk OF
life. and OF every grade OF fntelli-
gence and amassed information.
Above all. they must be prepared
to outwtt their sworn enemy, the
secret service man.
Many OF the profession have the
science OF intriguing themselves IN
to the confidence OF their victims
worked out to such q fine point. &C
cording to Clarke. that they sue
coed in making the acquaintance Of
their dupes several days before the
steamer sails. Getting the intro
duction" is the hardest part of the
Job. 1t involves the need for q large
acqusintRnce. e great amount of
nerve and an ability to lie dex-
teriously and with Imagination.
START GAME EASILY
After the introduction the invi-
tation to play Is a minor difficulty.
Wheat IS there to dor asks Clarke.
when one is rich and bored and
there is onty the sky and sea TO
look at. except to deliver oneself
body and soul to the fascination OF
= game OF cardsT'
The victim always believes that
his losses are due partly to mex
perience. partly to luck. II his
faith wanes. he IS allowed to win
thousand dollars or so. Then the
ocean seems bluer for while
but IL soon becomes gray again.
More than one dupe. however. Of
the millionaire variety will swear
up and down. even after he counts
his losses that the fun was worth
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-07
ENTIRE CHORUS
NAMED IN BILL

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERvIcEI
CHICAGO, Nov. 4-The entire
chorus Of the @FolIies OF 1927
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-07

ship docks Then. In Paris. in Lon
don. or in New York they rest
from their laborS Some may PLAY
a hand now and then In the bar
rooms OF drst-claas hotels. But
most OF them conhne their activi-
ties to shipboard. where their vic
Tins have little distraction from
The temptation to play.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03

I'm the District Court of the United
States for the District of Idaho,
Southern Division
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03
GOVERNOR OF UTAH
WOULD Save LIVES
Mabey Says "Charity Begins
at Home" But Urges Cause
of Near East Relief.

Governor Mabey of Utah has given
hearty endorsement of the efforts of
he Near East Relief to care for the
more than one hundred thousand
children and the vast army of refugees
outside the relief society's orphanages
in the Levant, who are entirely depend
ent upon the humanity and generosity
Of his state and the rest of America
for their existence. Similar endorse
ments have previously been given by
The majority of state executives and
by President Harding.
In a letter to Charles V. Vickrey,
ISL Fifth avenue, New York, general
national secretary of the Near East
Relief, Governor Mabey writes:
at is with full knowledge OF the
rather difficult times with which we
are at present confronted that | sub
scribe myself TO the support of the
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03

Near East Relief. Fully aware of the
Significance of the epigram, charity
begins at home, / cannot refrain from
calling attention 10 the distress, hunger
and disease which stalk the people of
Armenia and other parts of Asia
Minor"
rs state director of the Near East
Relief, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Cohen, one
of the best known and most loved wo-
men in Utah, is asking her state to
care for 1850 orphans of Armenia for
another year, and from her headquar-
ters at room 1, 120 East First South,
Salt Lake City, she is conducting de-
termined statewide campaign with
that objective in view.
Utahs wheat growers are asked for
a combined gift of 5000 bushels of
tt cir wheat. while other producers and
the urban pc oulations have been APP
p aled 10 for cooperation in the dona-
tion and pure, ase &C the balance to-
ward $4,000 worth of Utah products
needed to tide these children through
The L. D. S. church is again giving
strong support to the Near East Re-
lief movement.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03
H0N0RS DEAD WIFE
WITH MERCY WORK
w. S. C. Man. Left Whoever.
EnIists for PeriIous Re-
lief Service.

Consecrating to the memory of his
deceased bride of less than a year. a
perilous service to humanity In
the cholera-infected famine zone of
Armenia, Alfred ID. Merritt, young
Washington State College man. former.
ly of Montana, but lately of Tacoma,
has entered the overseas service of the
Near East Relief.
Nearly all 1920 students of the W.
S. C. in Pullman remember the pretty
campus romance of Merritt and Miss
Miriam Edey, also of Tacoma, which
eliminated in their marriage at Mos
COW, Idaho. in November, 1920
Merritt is the son of G. NJ Merritt,
a veteran railroad man of the West.
who 20 years back was with the lutte,
Anaconda & Pacific. who a few years
ago was chief clerk to Former Super.
intendent Rapelie of the Northern
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isen and that guide is conscience
Always be guided by your consci
enee Take the moral side OF ev-
cry public question. for it is bound
to win out in the end and you have
the consciousness of always being
right.
A disloyal citizen shows by break
ing the laws that he is not social
being, that he should have lived in
the days of the cave man or early
barbarians, when each man was a
law unto himself.
In our relations with our fellow
citizens there is only one rule worth
while: "As you would that men
should do to you, do you even SO TO
them"
A loyal citizen does not believe
all the scandal and gossip about a
public officer. We should all re-
member that we have our little
faults and that these faults are
magnified when a person gets in
the lime light People who live in
glass houses must not throw stones.
Let's clean up our own yards before
we go to the neighbors.
To conclude, let me read what
Dr. Frank Crane says: "A loyal cit
izen would stop scandal, strange
suspicion, silence busy-bodies and
in general make the country town a
bit more like heaven and bit less
like HE'LL
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03

Wood thrush's lyric standard II re-
allied then that | had found in po-
etry the counterpart OF the Wood
thrush's song. Ten years after
this, and thousands of miles from
that little village, | heard McClel-
land pay in the Salt Lake taberna-
Gle. At last | heard music worthy
to be compared with that of the
Wood thrush.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03
SPECIAL 15-DAY OFFER ON
HURLEY WASHING SOAP POWDER

Hurley's Granulated Soap is especially prepared
for washing machine use and requires no boiling or
preparation. Just place the soiled clothes in the
sher fill the machine to the water line with hot wa
ter and addTHREE TABLESPOONFULS of Hur-
ley's Soap--IT WILL GET THE DIRT" quickly
and easily.
To introduce this wonderfully good soap to our
thousands of customers in Southern Idaho and Eas-
tern Oregon, offering it for fifteen days at
the special price of $1.35 for the large 5-pound
package
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03

Many an ode has been written to
the little brown hen." but according
to Miss 2. Fay Fowler. of Boise, Idaho.
director of Near East Relief, it re-
mains for the kiddies of Armenia to
sing new praise to South Idaho's
"Biddy,S so patriotic in war and pro-
ductive in peace, for South 1daho's
Biddy" is playing an up-to-the-minute
role as Lady Bountiful" to Armenia's
orphans in their crisis of peril and
need.
In the Nampa section and other dis
tricts, contribution boxes in the form
Of empty egg cases have been placed
n some schools To "Biddy" has
been assigned the job of filling thesa
with her eggs. These offerings ar
brought to the schools by the pup
and when case has been filled 1t IS
'--led over 10 Near East pA'7ar
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Pacific at Glendive, and who today is
chief clerk with the same railroad at
Tacoma.
Miss Edey was graduate of the
Lincoln High School of Tacoma, and
the groom a graduate of Stadium
"High," not far away, but they met
for the first time at the w. s. c.
The young bride died in September
at Spokane, where Merritt was con-
nected with the Spokesman-Revfew
Merritt took the body back to Tacoma
for burial, then, Immediately arranged
through Dr. Sherman l.. Divine of Spo.
kane, Northwest chairman of the Near
East Relief, for enlistment in the
overseas service of that society. He
sailed from New York for CONSTANT
1ople December 10.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03
LOYAL CITIZENSHIP

Continued from page y
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03

The same applies to the state that
applied to the nation. A loyal cit
izen will see to it that he does not
break any of the laws which have
been enacted by his state.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03

Richards e Haga
Solicitors for Plaintiff
Residence, Boise, Idaho
First publication Jan. 10, 1922
Final publication Feb. "a. 1922
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
292 CASES HANDLED
BY LOCAL RED CROSS

Two hundred ninety two cases
were handled by the umatilla coun-
" Red Cross during March, accord
ing ITO report submitted by Miss
Esther Kelly, social service worker
who Is in charge.
or these cases, 212 were ex-service
men and so cases were civilian ones
There were SO new eX-service cases
and ~ new civilian cases, while of
the cases carried over, the ex7service
ones were 1903 and the civilian As.
One hundred thirty nine of the ex-
service men aided were able bodied,
while 73 were disabled. The resident
ex-service cases were 146, the tran
sient 80, and the branch cases so.
The aid given included meals and
rooms, dental and medical care, CO.
operation with relatives and other
agencies, clothing, follow-up of COM
pensation claims, state bonus and
other federal action
The financial report shows So
.17S.49 on hand March 81, the total
cash paid out in March having been
$2.5Sl.56. The total cash received
Including a balance Of $2,947.14 OF
March ]. was $5,74o.O5.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
CH|tE'S DELEGATES
WILL MEET PERU
BY LAWRENCE s. HAAS

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
SEARCHLlGHTS USED IN
CAPTURE OF PRISONERS

HONOLULU. T. H.. April IL
searchlights played an important part
In the pursuit Of two military prisoners
who escaped recently from the guard
house at Fort Ruger. on the outskirts
OF Honolulu, and were finally respon-
sible for their capture.
The two prisoners fled mp the slopes
OF Diamond Head, an extinct crater
headland, behind which Rort Ruger b
situated.
"A posse was quickly organized, and
as 1t started the entire northern and
western slopes Of the crater were
flooded with intense white light from
the powerful searchlights at the fort.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
|GALu CURCrS JEWELS
/ STOLEN WORTH s1OO,0OO

LOS ANGELES. Calf, April 7.--tr.
PD-The value OF the jewels stolen
from Madam Amelia Gall Curcia,
prima Donna. at San Juan Capistrano
late yesterday, may exceed 100000
instead of $4,000 as first reported.
The sheriffs office stated today. Diva
was near collapse as a result Of the
episode. A vigorous statewide search
is being prosecuted for the two well
dressed young women who seized the
casket OF jewels from Divas maid
while she and her husband accompan-
list. Homer samnels, lunched at the
San Juan Capistrano.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
Women Qualify as
Excellent Jurors
Judge Phelps Says

That women qualify as ex- .
cellent jurors when they con- I
; sent to serve is the experience of .
, Judge G. w. Phelps who only Z
, recently returned from Portland 4
} where he occupied the bench of 4
the circuit court in Multnomah 4
county. Z
, At first women were very slow
, to agree to serve as Jurors at 4
Portland, but since they have 4
become accustomed to the 4
q novelty of the task, there have 4
D been fewer refusals. according
, to the judge. The latest grand
: jury in Multnomah county con-
. sisted Of five women, and two
= men.
II found the feminine jurors .
= to be alert and discriminating, +" .
= said Judge Phelps. II antici- !
= pate less difficulty in securing !
= them 10 serve after they have !
> become accustomed to the idea" !
= go 4ss go 80 %s<
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
Lewis Attacks Operators
HIGHWAY BOARD ASKED
TO TAKE "TRIP SOUTH

Members Of the state highway COM
mission and forestry service officials
will be asked TO be the guests OF the
Pendletons Commercial Association
and the county court on q trip from
Pendleton south 10 the John Day
highway some time during the sum
mer, Action TO this effect was agreed
upon by the highways committee Of
the association Yesterday and has been
approved by the county court.
The desire is to have the officials
get first hand view OF the present
road, particularly the grade down te
the north fork of the John Day. Aft.
er the John Day highway Is reached
the party can be taken to Baker o.
over the highway to Arlington as pre-
ferred,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
BLAMED FOR
|NFRACT|ONS Of CIVIL
SERVICE REGULATIONS
Democratic Senators Renewed
Charges Against Nations
Executive and Spoilesmen.

WASHINGTON, April Id. N. 81
Democratic senators made Harding
the target of bitter partisan attacks in
the senate when they renewed charges
that he was personally responsible for
alleged infractions of the civil service
regulations in sweeping democrats out
of office and replacing them with re-
publicans.
Caustic criticisms of the president
by Senators Harrison. Stanley and
Caraway took the form of personal
denunciation of him and republican
spoilsmen."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
RECEIPT FOR LONG LIFE
GIVEN BY CENTENARlAM

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo-. April t.
There are three rules for longevity,
according to William Huskey one
hundred years old. of smelterville.
These reasons are: First. moderate
habits: second, work hard: and third,
attend to your own business.
A few days ago Huskey celebrated
his Tooth birthday sitting in
/ his "old favorite'. rocking chair by his
fireplace, in the little farm home.
Huskey is married and his wife is
81. He is the father Of eighteen chill
dren. He can neither read nor write,
but is quite conyersant with the aues-
tions OF the day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
COCKTAILS REPORTS ON
IRRIGATION project

TACOMA, April 7.-(U. P.)--Gen-
eral Gothals' report on the Columbia
basin irrigation project, was received
by Director of Conservation Scott
this morning. 1t consisted of over a
hundred typewriter pages. Scott re-
fused to diyulge Goethals' recommen-
dations. Department engineers will
meet Saturday morning at Olympia
to consider the report.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
FATHER IS SUSPECTED
OF ATTACKING SONS

CONCORDIA. Kans., April 7.--(U-
P)--L. J. Tremblay farmer, commit
ted suicide today, taking poison. and
the policec believe to haee solved the
mystery Of the axe fiend' who at-
tackled the man and his five snos
Fingerprints on the axehandle anc
print of Tremblay's digits are beini
examined today on suspicion that
Tremblay committed the deed on his
sons. fired the home and then slight,
wounded himself to avoid suspicion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
BIG NAVY ADVOCATES
WIN VICTORY IN HOUSE

WASHINGTON, April 7.---tU. ~
big navy advocates IN congress
won strategic victory today when
the house naval affairs committee
voted 20 to s against Incorporating the
provision fiYxing the navy strength at
Sc. 600 men for the next fiscal year in
a bill authorizing the carrying out Of
provisions in the arms conference
naval treaty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07

CHICAGO. April IT, ~. r. )---
Deaths BY. accident In Chicago have
decreased from G.so per 100000 of
population in 1920 to e.ss per 100.Qqo
In 1871, according to an announces
nent Of the Chicago Safety Council.
Railroad accidents decreased IRON 90
In 1924 80 fs7 in 1921. Autcrchiie
deaths were cut from. 3. 10 a thousand
cars In 1920 to s.s5 in 1921.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
T,APPER ALL RIGHT

CHICAGO, April 7.-(U. P0-Flap-
pers in a few years will be dancing
the same minuet of our grand-moth-
ers, is the opinion of Mrs. Beatrice
Forbes Re obertson Hale, niece Of the
English Actor, Sir Johnstone Forbes
Robertson. "The flappers of the pres
ent day will come, out all right she
said. Mrs. Hale is making lecture
tour in America.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
! WOMAN SAVES BEAUTY
BY MASSAGE OF SALAD
GLENDALE, Cal, April

GLENDALE, Cal, April 7.-Salad
came into its own today
With q newly-prepared salad. in
which there was generous quantity
Of OIL Mrs. r. S. Garretson saved her
face from being disfigured by burns.
This novel use of salad came when
an oven of gas stove exploded when
Mrs. Garrettson sought to light 1t.
Plunging her face into the salad. the
woman rubbed it over her fact. Ac-
cording to her physician, the fact that
Mrs. Garrettson used the salad for this
unusual purpose was all that saved
her face from Disagreement.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-07
cI.A1l- caItGuT nIrf.K.

BEAUMONT, y. q. April a7.--tU.
P.)---RusscIl smith witnessed the cap.
ture Of an adult duck by a clam In the
Inland waterway. The duck, catch
ing the clam. large one, snapped
shut The duck could not escape. The
weight o. the clam prevented The
ducks firing away Smith made an
easy capture Of the fowl.