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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-30
COUNCIL BODY IS AWARE
OF FINANCIAL STATUS
Finance Committee to Take
Full and Serious Cogniz-
ancc of Situation.
MAY INCREASE THE TAN RATE
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lie Maintained Mt Minimun,-- >dinit
situation Is Serious

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-30

session before the meeting OF tho
Cabinet and reported their findings
TO the Prime Minister.
II France refuses to scale down
her demands at tho meeting Of tho
Premicrs next week IL is the general
opinion here that Turkey. facing a
disrupted entente. will insist on the
return OF Nosu,. and fight IL ncccs-
sary.
II lis believed here that Mosul Is
llahlc to he an important factor In
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-30

shaping the outcome OF tho coming
conference of Premiers. This is evil
dcnced by the fact that Lord Curzon
liz expected In Paris TO report on tho
grave situation In the Near East
which in tho ond may force Britain
to agree to act again with France.
Italy and Belgium In dealing with
Germany.
Tho outlook at It's hest LIS consider
cd black Ey close observers In Lon
don.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-30
Zig scnrlnnc sinks nj Charleston.

AItLESTON, s. c. Dec. "a
large seaplauc. privately owned, and
with i-pasScngcr carrying CapaC-
ity. sank near II dock here toda v
after delivering seven passengers en-
route from Georgetown 10 this port
The flying boat Is on her way from
New York To Miami and Is name.
by Captain Thomas and crew of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-30
Prominent shin Chandler Den,

fAl.TI MORE. MD. Dec. 29-.In-
S"ph y. l." Rrou. one of the Dos,
known men in maritime shipping
circles ana world famous as :. shiT
chandler. died today after rrn.
l"nE"d illness At his bone here. He
was ca years old.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-30

the momcntous session to reveal tho
result OF thoir deliberations.
VIII Demand Reduction.
There Is no doubt in tho mind,
mo leading diplomatic correspond
enta OF London that Premier Bonar
INV VIII be empowered to Insist on
cutting down the reparations to 70
made by Germany. and that he viii
go TO Paris armed with facts and
nSurea supplied by n group Of iinan-
cial and Industrial cxpcrts WIN ho,a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-30
AMERICA MAKES
NEW PLEA IN AID
OF ARMENIANS

Continued From First page)
specify also the counterviews of the
Turks on tho disputed questions.
Tho report that tho British Mcdi.
,crrancan fleet had been ordered to
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

it from consideration. I have
already told the story of that
peculiar cou lie, so the reader may
perhaps agree with me when l.
say that it cannot be regarded as
the average.
But Mrs. Steels story appeals to
my sympathy. They seemed to be
happy when her husband joined
the show. He was considered to be
the quietest, mildest and best be-
haved person in the company. He
was enjoying phenomenal success.
His income from the show and
from the talking machine COM
panies for which he sang was con-
sidered to be in excess of 100000
a year. He was excessively mod
est, and all his interest seemed to
be centered in his wife.
Then something happened. The
man whose behavior had been a
model for the entire theatrical pro-
fession seemed to change. He was
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

seen less and less with his wife
and more and more at the wild
parties which l gave and others
gave after each performance of the
show.
In her complaint Mrs. Steel
named two fascinating Show Girls
as the two young women whose
society her husband preferred to
her own. She says that on making
this discovery she tried to talk
things over with young Steel, and
that he told her that, in his opin-
ion, the Show Girls were infinitely
more charming than his wife, and
that he would continue to think so.
OF course, Steel denied the
charges vigorously, and he bitterly
upbraided his wife for the
gratuitous publicity'which she gave
the two Show Girls.
81 have known Miss Vaughn
and Miss Orange as / have known
many other actresses" he declared.
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

"There is no excuse for my wife
dragging their names into this mat
ter" Mr.. Steel insisted. "Also I
do not consider that my wife has
proven her charges of cruelty.
AS for her statement that in some
cases-cases of nagging, for in
stance-silence is golden"
Mr.. Steel added that he con-
sidered his wife had deserted him,
and that he intended to bring a
counter suit for separation.
Since l was not asked to become
witness in the proceedings, will
confne myself to the observation
that there are many romances | =
hind the scenes - but seldom
Romance.
In my next chapter I will tell
how / persuaded Jessie to leave the
show and how our brief honey
moon quickly went to smash.
(To BE Continued Next Sunday
The Washington times., 1922-12-24
When | Married "Follies GirP' Beauty

woman had married a man in the
"Follies" cast with apparently the
same futile hopes that ] had expe-
rienced in marrying Jessie Reed.
That woman, was Mrs. Sidonie
Steel, whose marriage to John
Steel, the very popular tenor, was
just then beginning to go to pieces.
In her suit against young Mr..
Steel. asking for separation and
aiimony, which Mrs. Steel recently
filed in New York, she says that
their romance lasted less than six
months after her husband joined
the "Follies." In my opinion,
even this short space Of time con-
stitutes record, as l consider my
own love to have bitten the dust
after three months of it.
To Offset this unhappy inn
preston there is the romance of
Miss Fanny Brice and her ex-con-
vict husband, Nicky Arnstein, but
that is so unusual that ] dismiss
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

INSIDE the tent of the Red Emir
there were many indications
. that the chief of this wander
ing horde was not an Arab.
The tent itself was furnished
far more richly than that of any
desert-bred chief not in a
permanent camp. The sides and
roof of the abode were partially
hung with silks, and bright rugs
softened the sand on the floor.
There was a species of divan, a
camp bed, and articles of toilet
never to be seen in the tent of
an Arab, as well as many odds and
ends of field equipment that were
peculiarly British. There was
shaving tackle, a case of razors
with London makers trademark
on it, and box of Havana cigals
lay on a table by the divGn.
1t was ec,sely the tent which
one knowing both East ard West
might expect to find the property
of an Englshman, possibly an ex-
officer, who had turned to lam
and risen to power and wealth
among Mohammedans.
Inside the tent the Red Emir
threw off the white burnous which
had enveloped him almost entirely
and stood revealed for what he
was-a European of mit,,'c age,
dressed in thin khaki drill riding
clothes except for the tunic, which
lay folded on the camp bed ready
to hand. He was of medium
height, lean and wiry, with a thin
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

care you, too, the species of
animal that must bite at-tear at
-mutilate the body of a dead
enemy" he raved in a cold fury of
desperation. "They-don't feel,
you know-after they are dead"
The renegade ignored him. and
gave a curt order. Two Arabs
ran up, loosened the moose from
under the armpits of the uncon-
'scious man and dragged him into
the shade of Hoodless.
He groaned once as t.ley left
hir, moving painfully, the ad-
venturer stopped over him and,
With a dirty handkerchief, began
slowly to do what he could to
cleanse the cut on the boys fore
hoad made by the rifle butt. His
face cleared little as he realized
that it was from the wound rather
than from any serious hurt re-
ceived during his journey back to
their camp that the ominous blood
stains had come.
For a moment the Red Emir
watched him in silence, then turned
to his tent, followed, at his order,
by the negro Ell \ddar, guarded by
two lean, fierce-eyed Arabs with
their long curved knives bare in
their hands. But these they did
not need, for humbled and 'ade
harmless by fea cunning the
black went not less meekly than
those victims of LIS in the old evil
days of the Khalifa's capital, of
whom he had boasted such short
time before
The Washington times., 1922-12-24
CONTINUED from Double Page)

"What? You back?" she said
when she saw me, and all the show
girls and their admirers began to
twit me about tying myself to
Jessie's apron strings. So I went
out and sat in wretched solitude
in the hotel lobby until my wife
and her happy friends left to 60
to the show.
While waited for the party to
break up l took stock once more.
I found some consolation in the
fact that ! was not the only
person to be deluded into believing
that stage marriage was a happy
one. All around me in the show
I could see the wrecks of romances
and one or two matrimonial barl.s
pounding on the same. rocks at just
about that time.
In one case l Jaw the reverse of
my situation, a case In which a
The Washington times., 1922-12-24
Sais,
of Old Cairo.

With low cry Of fury March
urst snatched for the revolver at
his belt. He believed that at most
his men were to share his captivity
and it had been as much on their
account as on his own that he had
surrendered.
But he was too late. Even rs
he tore the weapon free, the white
dromedary loomed over him,
snarl.ng viciously, and the Rcd
Emir leaned forward driving a
heavy silver mounted rifle butt
swiftly down on Marchurst's up
turned forehead. His revolver
cracked as he fell, but the bullet
went wide, whining away across
the desert to raise a jet of dusty
sand far to the right.
The Red Emir gave a harsh
order in Arabic -spe lily
obeyed
An hour later they reached the
camp where Hoodless and his
guards sat staring out across the
desert.
It was some minutes before y @
adventurer recognized that the
bundle of torn and blood stained
rags which trailed by a rope ! ellind
the dromedary of the Red Emir
was Dick Marchurst.
A crimson flush rrn into the
pallid face of Hoodless, who,
whatever els. he may have BEEN,
was no coward.
Good God, man." he snarled up
at the renegade Emir, "what do
you thin you gain by that? -
He believed Marchurst was dead.
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

Eand, or snouted WORD, FL Adoat
would die swiftly under the rifles
and he intended that the Emir
should join him before the crash
of the reports died away.
But there came no order. The
seconds stole past and slowly
/, Marchurst allowed his breath to
escape, his muscles to relax.
They were parleying--the Red
Emir and the erstwhile executioner
of Omdurman.
Presently FL Addar, with a last
abasement, rose slowly and pointed
to the group round Marchurst.
The other nodded, arA the
Abyssinian turned, making his way
back to Marchurst. The Arabs
dropped their rifles and rode
forward.
Dick Marchurst went to meet
the negro.
"Well, what has happened, Ell
Addar" he asked.
Prisoners, sar," said the head
man. He was pr ting like one
who has been running hard race
and his heavy face was streami. Z
with perspiration. ut is the Red
Emir, lord Of this desert. He will
hold us for ransom, if we do not
anger him."
Marchurst flushed.
"And if'-.. he began, but the
negro pointed mutely. Marchurst
turned.
Riding down upon them from the
direction of the main camp came
yet another body of Arabs.
"They captured the camp three
days ago, sar. Do not anger he
Emir," said Ell Addar.
"And my friend-the Effendi
Hoodlessv demanded Dick. "What
has befallen him."
"He is a prisoner also, sar"
gasped the big black, starting aside
as the dromedary of the man he
called the Red Emir swung up.
Marchurst Strengthened himself
and looked at the thin, brown face
under the hood of the Emir.
With a shock he realized that
the eyes of the man were blue-a
greyish blue--bright as steel and
as hard. And he saw, too, that the
thin face was brown with the red
dish bronze-like brown which is
seen only on the faces of white
men who have lived long under an
Eastern sun.
"Why, you-are an European!
An Englis,.man-a renegadew he
said.
The thin, merciless lips twitched.
"I am the Red Emir-and you
are my -prisonerv' said the man
on the white dromedary, in perfect
English. "Turn and march to
your camp"
The tone was cold, arrogant,
contemptuous. Marchurst set his
jaw and did not move.
"Do you prefer to be bound and
dragged at the heels of 4 camel?"
said the Red Emir.
1t was quite hopeless. He was
encircled by at least fifty men--all
itching for the order to cut hin
down or to riddle him with bullets.
He saw that, shrugged, flung
himself reund. and strobe away
following the big negro, glaring
straight before him. Behind him
he heard the soft, almost imper-
ceptible padding of the spongy feet
of the camel, the creaking of
equipment, as the desert horde fol-
lowed him.
But before he had gone twenty
PAGES a sudden sharp scream of
agony and fear halted him.
He turned swiftly in the face of
the phantom, silent riders bearing
down upon him. For a moment he
could not trace the source of the
scream, then suddenly he saw.
It had come from a group just
clear of the left flank of the band.
Half a dozen of the Arabs had
dismounted and were killing his
servants-as coolly, callously, un-
concernedly, as men kill calves.
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

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Bisbee daily review., 1922-12-15
EVERLASTING QUALITY OF RED
 METAL MAKES GIFTS MADE OF
 COPPER EXCELLENT FOR XMAS

district in which they live.
 One of the best things about copper gifts is that they are practically everlasting. Tie following bulletin recently issued by the Copper and Brass Research association gives some idea of the everlasting qualities of copper:
 "A little piece of copper, not quite as large as a cent, all green with the patina of age, came to the offices of the Copper and Brass Research asso- citation day or two ago from MT. William Coffin, American consul gen. eral at Berlin.
 'This little silver of copper has provided a thrill for everybody who has seen it. For it is 5400 years old. With feeling almost of awe one takes the bit of metal in his hand and beneath the green protective coating of the same familiar shade that one sees on the copper roofs round about, is plainly discernible the familiar reddish glint of the metal.
 And you can bend it, for it still has much of the original quality which made it possible for some an- cient Egyptian metal worker to shape it into the copper tubing which is now on display in the National Mu- scum of Berlin, from which the little ship was taken.
 "This copper pipe, which Egyptol- ogists believe to be over 5400 years old, was unearthed several years ago at Ghizeh, near the tomb of the Egyp- tian King Sahoure. It most likely served to conduct water to the ancient Egyptian rulers, possessors of one of the oldest civilizations known to man Perhaps the architect of the 1arg est pyramid in the world, at Ghizeh which measured originally 4S0 feet high, with an area perhaps thrice that of St. Peters cathedral in Rome the largest Christian monument bathed in the cool, limpid water carried through this copper artery
 'The pipe is still in excellent condi tion. It is about 3 feet inches long and about three and one-half inches in diameter
 | ,"This is the ancestry of the copper and brass tubing of today. In the | face Of such historical antecedents copper and brass cannot fail to live up to their well-earned title of the everlasting metals.'
Bisbee daily review., 1922-12-15
AviatOr-Reporter
 and Sob Sisters
 Missing From Book

CHICAGO, Dec. 14.-The daring aviator-reporter, the beautiful "sob- sister" and the "boss" of the Simon Legree type, are missing from the new book about newspaper life by a Chicago editor, Henry Justin Smith, news editor of The Chicago Daily News It is a volume entitled Dead lines," dealing with the delights and sufferings of newspaper men at work and an endeavor to picture the fasci- hating background of hurrying human figures and gigantic machinery in those moments just before press time
 MT. Smith has divided the material into separate sketches, each of which form a study of a scene, an incident or personality, according to his pub fishers. "The result, for purposes of classification, may be called fiction, but the basis of fact is evident; the author has sought to give the layman a truthful picture of the world in printers ink" say the publishers.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-12-15
Airplane Unable to
 Fight Tropical Heat

SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 14.-The exploration expedition by seaplane. recently attempted in western Papau. has failed, owing to the effects of the tropical heat on the machine. The members of the expedition are pro- ceeding to the Fly River on foot.
 MT. Lang. the pilot, declared that the tropical rain and heat were such that no machine except one built entirely of metal and with an engine of extra high horsepower could with stand the conditions.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-12-15

tassels at the ends Of your yarn or cord
 Here again, an entirely different material is being used to delight the eye and afford amusing opportunity for the imaginative one to use his skill. Let me prophecy that the per son receiving this package will-well he ought to laugh aloud when he sees it. If very sober he will smile at least. How can he help smiling when there on top sits a wierd ami mai composed of gum drops? Long thin gum drops on toothpicks make legs, fat round ones make bodies and
Bisbee daily review., 1922-12-15
Wrapping, Tying Xmas Packages IS
 Interesting Work
By MARJORIE DIXON

Thank goodness we are now using little imagination in tying up our Christmas packages, and are no long, CT bound by the hackneyed white tissue paper and red ribbon with lonely greeting card beneath the bow knot. Although it is certainly true that white tissue paper has a lovely crisp fresh look and makes a pleasant background for colored ribbons or strings.
 Do let us get away from what an art teacher used to call Merry Christ mas colors," the everlasting red and green. There are many fancy papers on the market nowadays with holly sprigs and Christmas designs of vari- ous sorts. Then there are the in- teresting wood fiber effects in the Japanese papers. It would seem good idea to tie up these patterned papers with plain string or ribbon. and use seals sparingly. Christmas seals are very attractive nowadays, and are made in all sorts of odd sizes, some of gold embossed like metal, and some of white with silhouettes in black, as well as many others in colors
 Making Attractive Packages
 For the dainty gifts to a woman friend what could be prettier than a white tissue paper package tied in pale blue ribbon, with cluster of organdie flowers in pastel tints for a decoration? The flowers would make for she could use this tiny bouquet | later.
 i Gold cord makes a very dis tinguished looking appearance on a white package and it's regal note could be further emphasized by seals of black, or of black sealing wax.
 That brings us to sealing way. My what fun the children can have with a box of varie-colored sticks One can we'll imagine a grown-Gp, too might enjoy the fascinating occupa tion of dropping hot wax on a pack age all neatly tied and ready to send
 Let us suppose a box is wrapped in a plain color, say bright blue, aLt tied with a blue string. Why not droI the sealing wax daubs in groups ot three? Try three at each end ant three on the top, each group of three different colors-a good selection be ing, lavender, apple green and pink
 My, my, one would just hate tC open such an attractive package ant break the pretty sealsi
 Tassels Add Distinctiveness
 Then there are tassels. A perfectly joyous group of tassels are easily made for the ends of the Christmas cord. Use colored twine, or coloret heavy crochet cotton, or better still bright yarns. Makei flat seals of the wax, adding another daub of hot wa, on top
 Besides these wax seals, wax bead: can be made, inserting the strins while the beads are being formed, ol stringing them later, after they ar, cold
 And as for beads, a string of large kindergarten beads of glass, or tn, square, round and cylindrical woode1 ones will give you material for man!
Bisbee daily review., 1922-12-15
WOMAN CLAIMS ASyLUMS HOLD
 HUNDREDS SANE
True Stories Rivaling Most Weird Fiction Are Told
 by Elizabeth Grannis

NEW YORK, Dec 1.-The ghastly horror of being buried alive, theme of Edgar Allen Poe's most hair-rais- ing tales, today is thing of the past, due to modern medical knowledge and stricter legal supervision over the disposition of the dead.
 But a still greater horror-the in- carceration of a sane person in mad house where, surrounded only by grinning imbeciles and chattering lunatics, he loses his own reason still is only too common.
 This statement is made by Mrs. Elizabeth Grannis. S2, who for 35 years has devoted her life to com batting this evil and who has secured the release from insane asylums of scores of sane persons. many of whom later rose to high positions in life.
 Today Mrs. Grannis is campaign ing for legislation that will make i'm possible commitment to asylums without conclusive proof of the sub ject's lack of reason.
 Struggle in IimeIieht
 And her struggle has been thrown into the limelight by widespread in- terest in the case of Dorothy Gordon. 22-year-old heiress. confined in a Waverly (Mass.) asylum, over whose sanity a spectacular legal fight now is being waged.
 'Thirty-five years ago started working on my first case" Mrs. Grannis said today. During the years that followed I was too busy to keep records. But in the last six years I know have helped 57 to leave rsylums. Only two have had to re- turn and these because of alcohol ism"
 The starkly tragic tales Mrs. Gran his can tell rival the weirdest fiction.
 She tells of a foreign-born couple who quarreled frequently. The wife informed her husband she no longer