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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-05
WIFE Is NABBED
AS MURDERESS
OF SONG WRITER
Agnes Christi Barratti Main
tains Sphinx-like Silence
After Arrest.

san FRANCISCO. Dec 4-CBy l.
y. Bohemian circles Of san
Francisco were be.ns turned upside
down by detectives today in an e.
fort 90 secure information which
would clear th, mystery surround
ing the death OF Harry Baratti. sons
writer and professional pianist
His pretty VIE. Agnes Christy
Barat,i. former model and typist.
charged with his murder by the po-
lice. maintained the same sphynx-
ike silence regarding herself and
The case today that she did when po-
lice rushed 90 their apartment fol-
lowing the firing o. three shots sun
DAY night.
Except to maintain % was a case
OF suicide. Mrs. Baratti has refused
10 make any other statement. In
vesugating her. police learned she
had been a prominent fsure in Bo-
hemlan life. and formerly was a
noted model lu art circles.
George Sterling, WeIl-known Bo-
hernian poet. whose photograph was
among a number found in the Bar
att apartment. said he had known
he. several years ard lad heard
last from her severfl months ago
when she called him Up 20 tell him
OF her marriage. She had done his
typIag work from time 10 time, he
aid. He said he understood she
had lived IN SHANGHAI. China, for
some time and bao been married
several times.
Blrat;t vas shot three times
TingermGrl xs on the revolver found
by his ,ids may solve the mystery
OF his de1th, police sai7 today. Mrs
Baratti - 10 be Rrraigned in police
court Soy on the murder charge.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-05
FUEE!, IL RITES
HELD FOR MANN
Widow and Delegations From
Both Houses Accompany
Body to Chicago.

CHICAGO. Dec. 4.-Funeral ser
vices Of Rep. James r. Mann OF ILL
nois. who died in Washington Thurs
day. were held at the HYDE Park
T'resbyterian church here at . o'clock
ib's afternoon.
TIE body was accompanied from
Was ngton by MIS-. Mann and dele
cations from both houses Of con-
gress.
Tho congressional delegation re-
turned 20 washington Immediately
after tho services.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-05

GrottO Dance. Place Hall, Tues
day, 300 p. m, for Masons and
ladies.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-05
FATE OF GREEK
KING UNKNOWN

BUCHAREST. Roumania. Dec. {.
Obs J. y. S)-Despite the fac,
that the Greek revolutionary court
martial spared the life OF Prince An
drew fears for safety OF King
George pervaded Roumanian court
circles Preparations are under way
20 S.ve asylum here 10 the Cree,
queen. daughter Of King Fe-Gi-
r1ud. r her husband is condemned
10 lolth.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-05
Grain EIerGtOr Manager
Faces Fraud Charges

MANDAN. Dec. John IT. Dahl.
former manager Of the Farmers
Elevator az Hun. y. D. will answer
two-year old charges today az his
preliminary hearing He - accused
Of embezzling $500 from the eic.
vator.
The elevator burned two years
ago while Dahl was manager and II
is charged he cashed in certain
storage checks and committed ir-
regularit!es in connection with tho
insurance and in regard 20 the grain
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-05

Police believed the woman was
killed IN Chicago and her body later
taken 10 the swamp.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-05

Dyeing. 3. 3. Cleaners
-Adv.-S3S-S44
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-05
p A 7 E n 7 S

And Trade Marks Obtained in aICou.
tries. Advice Free. GEO. =. CLT>Ei-
Registered Patent Atty. 5Ii-7is stud
baker Bldg, south Bend. Ind.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-05
Senate Confirms
Seymour Nomination

WASHINGTON. Dec. 4-(By l.
y. S.)-The nomination Of Augustus
r. Seymour. Of Ohio. 10 be assistant
United States attorney-general, TO
succeed Vice Guy d. Goff. resigned,
was confirmed by the senate today
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-05
SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES

stored in the elevator az the time o.
the fire
Dahl was recently located IN Mon.
tara. Authorities declared he dis
appeared after the fire
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-05
WOMEN! DYE
ANYTHING NEW
FOR FEW CENTS

Buy Diamond Dyes no other
kind-aud follow the simple direc-
tions i'm every package. Don't Won
der whether you can dye or tint
successfully. because perfect home
dyeing is guaranteed with Diamond
Dyes even if YOU have never dyed
before. Just tell your druggist
whether the material YOU wish to
dye is wool or silk, or whether 10 is
linen. cotton, or mixed goods. Dia-
mond Dyes never streak, spot, fade,
or run. Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-05

TTORLD famous Till
- nois" W atch O. IS
make ideal gifts They
have 17-jeweI adjusted
movements and new
thin model 20-year
guaranteed cases.
81 Down. Pay IN 1923
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-05
Silks

40-irch al silk Crepe
de Chine IN evening
shades ...-.-.. S1.59
40-inch all silk Char
meuse. black and colors.
$3.50, So, $3.50 and So
36-inch all silk Mesa
line in black and colors.
at .. SI.49
36-inch all silk Tafeta
black and colors. $3.50,
s., $3.50, $2.25, S1.95,
$1.79. S1.59 and $1.39
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-11
Automobiles


AUTOMOBILES toh SNii 10
USED CARS tuusnt ana sui ou CONNIE
SION. tssd car MARKET Ihifd ans DO
tr0if
1915 MODEL Ford roadster in ffat.CIaHs
me, ,HauiraI condition but Win new rub
Der nu frHI wUUe.a flf sole Hf IUII
W ffst t, rr',o 500 usaHe l'st.it
l94i Dodge roadster. in Al CONDITION.
Euul rubber. wul HHrrlfiDe. 900. IaN.
ruuurt 1910 o. efEh Ft
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-11
Employment
mrIr wNNrED-rr.
BY B. Link

nELr wANrED-rrMALE 80
WANTED Iuuns women 10 enter tran.
tins school Tor nurses only those 81
GOOD character ana habits need apply
Apply Superintendent Of Nurses. Tulsa
Hospital
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-11

WASrED-ES Experienced Marinelio op
rator. do u,t phone. Vogue Marlnello
shop. 6Gi \ Main.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-11
nuI,DlNo Avn cosTNA,1IN0 ..

A WAY TO oconomize. have your homo re-.
paired or remuicicd. day OF contract
Quinn Cedar 2qGO
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-11
Employment

SITUATIONS wANTED-fEhAiE %
A WIDOW with two children wnuli
Ike position ~ hou-rkeeper IN mother
lees home. Cal Cedar z026. az secu-
rte nHTu
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-11

We have civ good r1ri roupe- that
are priced tcfy IIw. Essy terms
rOUp CAR ESgHArsG
3i1 D.. Second uslEa bonI
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-11
Business Service

nusiNrss sERVfCr DIFFERED ~
YOuH isahy roof repaired or replaced
promptly, spscisl attention 60 tus
guaranteed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13
| HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State Journal
By ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am very
much worried and don't know what
to do. I have been writing to boy
for two years. He asked me to marry
him and L refused altho 1 loved him
dearly all the time. I have been max =
ing preparationssto be married, but i'll
the last letter wrote some very cruel
things which did not mean. After
sent the letter could see my mis-
take. I waited four weeks and then
wrote and told hinTf if he was going
to write to write at once for / was
preparing to leaVe town, which in
tended to do for a short while. When
that brought no answer saw my mis-
take L hate to give in and admit my
self in the wrong. am sure OF his
love for me. We are both old enough
to give up our silly ways.
What would you advise me to. do2
I would like to have him know L am
sorry but 1 am afraid to write inc
third letter for fear he would think
1 was running after him.
You have loved in a selfish way and
taken cruel enjoyment in your power
to hurt the one who loved you. Since
you are in the wrong 1 would advise
YOU to write third letter admitting
that you made mistake and that you
really love him. 1t may be that you
have killed his love for you by your
cruelty. but if not he will reply to
your letter. Let this be a lesson and
in the future try to protect one you
love from injury instead of deliberate
Nv trying to infiict 1T 4 +rf~ = -.t--t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13
otnR EVER GROWING TAXES

An organized body of Kansas tax
payers is planning to maintain a lobby
IN Topeka during the approaching
legislative session presumably in an
effort to hold down the appropria-
tions. The time seems to be ripe for
some acton along this line.
In the fiscal year 1884 the taxes
in this country were ga per cent of
all the people earned. In the fiscal
year 1s2o-21 they were 10 per cent of
the peoples e~rnings. In calendar
year 1921 taxes were one-stxth of our
entire national income, and are still
going strong. 1t is too early to de-
termine the figures for 1922.
H. H. windsor, editor of Popular
Mechanics. likens the nation to a
prodigal son, at the apex of his lux
urIant living, saying:
"Our legislators, city. county. state.
and national, are appropriating bill
lions OF dollars yearly, some of it with
apparent disregard as to the necessity
OF the appropriation, or at least its
absolute necessity at the present time.
sfft is easy for the army of reform
erE and advocates OF the almost count
less improvements-both moral and
physical-to offer endless and con-
vincing argument why this thing, and
tz1at, is fundamentally good. Few or
none Of them, in their competition to
set legislation favorable to their own
PCT idea. stop to consider where the
aaOney is coming from or how the al
ready Overwhelmed taxpayer Is to
nfovide- the funds. Many OF these
objects are admittedly good in them
selves. just as favorite daughter
may insist on fur coats and automo-
blies OF a quality and quantity ex-
seeding fathers ability TO afford. The
coats and cars are good in themselves
Beyond question. but how about IA
sAar?"
We are not yet thru scrapping war
material; we have pensions OF the
CIVIL war. Spanish-American war. and
the recent war. There is the pro-
posed bonus to soldiers; we have a
big war debt and a billion yearly in !
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13
Dorothy Dix Tails
BIZ DoRoTHT DIX
Worlds z1ghess RaAA W,asaa2 wFftes.
shan Mother PICK 1hen2-1.

4
A young girl writes me that she is
| in love with poor young man, an6
wants to marry him, but that hel
| mother bitterly opposes the match.
Mother hasn't a thing against Nthe
| young man except his poverty, but
/ she wants her daughter to marry a
man who can give her a fine house
and an automobile, and Paris clothes
and all the other appurtenances OF
wealth.
st want to save you from the life
that I have had to lead" says the
mother, Il don't want to see your
hands knotted and work hardened. I
don't want to see you grow old before
your time because you have not the
leisure or the money to preserve your
youth and good looks.
81 don't want you to know the sor-
didness of having to haggle over every
wearing anxiety of wondering des-
perate1y where the money is to come
from to pay the butcher, the baker,
and the candlestick maker. I don
want you to know the anguish that
tears at mothers heart, as she sees
her children growing up, and knows
that she cannot give them the advan-
tages that other people give their chill
dren.
Cs'I married a poor man for love
when I was your age, and what has
it brought me? Domestic slavery I
thought, just as you think, that money
did not matter. and that l would live
in a castle in Srain, but my house of
dreams turned out to be a shabby
flat with the landlord clamoring at
the door for overdue rent.
Believe me, my child. romance
doesn't last. Husbands soon cease to
be lovers and then the thing that
counts to a woman are the things
that money buys. Physical comforts
Ease. Amusements. Pretty frocks
Travel. These are the consolation
prizes that life gives Ito the woman
who is married to a. well-off man
when it Skaters her illusions about
matrimony. But If she marries a poor
man, she is left empty handed, as we'll
as empty hearted
and material doctrine to her daugh-
ter is not the sord-d wording she
seems She is a good woman, a low
ing and tender mother who doesn't
realize that she is trying to induce
her child to sell herself to the highest
bidder.
She is just a woman who is so worn
out with the struggles and Iardships
of narrow means that she has lost
her perspective. She has held coin
so near her eyes it has blotted out the
universe~to her
She has forgotten many things. She
has forgotten that there are some
things SO beautiful and wonderful that
they are worth any price that we have
to pay for them. One of these is
the glory and fulfiliFhent of young
love. Perhaps romantic love does not
Splendor and the rapture, and the cir
cling wings of it, even for a month.
even for Il week, even for a day or an
hour, is to have had ones great mo- |
ment and leaves one with a memory
that gilds the drabness of a lifetime. /
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BIZ LElE PAPE

Pop was smoaking his new meer-
sham pipe and looking at it every
puff to see if it was starting to- color
yet, and i sed, G, pop, watts you know
about this, heers fly Oil the window
sill laying ON its back and waving its
legs, watts it doing that for, pop?
Its proberly-the last fly of the yeer
diskusted with the high cost of living
and ending it all, pop sed.
Wat, dying? I sed.
Your description sounds very mulch
like it, pop sed-
1t, saying, Well pop, do you think 1t
was sick /, 8?
Eny statement of mine on that sub
jock would be a meer CESS, but if YOU
insist on an Impression of opinion T
think that for the last or munths
that particular fly has bin complain
ing of panes in its side, and now Id
like to give my undivided attention to
the Identification of this meersham
pipe, pop sed-
Meening enuff about the fly. And I
kepp on watching it and wondering if
other people would object if flies went
to heaven. and all of a suddin wat did
it do but get up off its back and fIv
away in perfeck helth, me yelling.
Hay pop hay pop.
Wat the dooce, pop. sed dropping
MS meersham pipe and catching it
jest in time, and 1 sed. Watts you think,
pop. that fly flew away agen.
Confowund it, I almost broak INV
new meershaIn pipe then, pop sed.
and 1 sed. Well G, pop. that fly all
most died
So did I. pop sed. Go on out and
take a~wawk. he sed. and sed, wen
G. pop. 1 jest came in. and hr~ sed,
Practice makes perfeck. 80 on out
''s Wien aid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13

| of the room, where the vault was To-
Gated. Peering, thru the door she saw
the flash of a light, then heard the
sound of clicking. The door OF the
safe was being opened.
Susie, taking all her determination
and courage in hand, crept from her
hiding place into the larger room and
down the darkened aisles toward the
little partitioned space where the huge
vault was located,
AS she c me nearer she saw that the
door of the vault was open. She crept
to one side and looked into the vault.
By a candle light held in the hand of
a man she saw that with his COM
panion, a woman, he was opening the
drawers at the back of the vault
where the firms money was kept
She heard the two talking distinctly
The woman spoke first.
1T sure was lucky for you tina
Hammond had TO leave SO suddenly
saidSthe woman.
Sure was said tie man. tIt was
great chance-chance of a lifetime.
Trust me to grab it. I've been afraid
his old mother out west would croak
before this and he'd come back be-
fore I could get enough money in this
vault to make it worth while TO take
it,
'weu.f' said the woman, with a
short laugh, 1.-THE stuff you've already
taken and charged up to Hammond
isn't So bad. you know
Not So bad" said the man. THAT
was a happy thought-forging that
postal and sending it to Hammond's
girl-that put the final touch of truth
to the thing
A wild rage surged in Susie She
leaped a the vault door. banged it
shut and hirIed the combination!
Some days later Susie was safe in
Johns arms.
THAT was an outrageously clever
forgery" John cried, looking at the
postal which had caused Susie SO
much pain. lotto intercepted the let
ter I sent to you telling about my
mothers sickness and traced words
from that letter onto the postal. Later
he linked them\in. 1t was just his
luck that there We're words in the let
ter which enabled him to make the
message the postal carried
Yes, and then he got all the other
letters you sent me and held them out.
found hem in his desxf the night
We arrested Kim and that girl he was
WITH
But what can't understand" said
John, as how you got started on find
ing out the truth
Easy enough Susie smiled. MY
woman's curiosity took me to Bramp-
ton to see whom you'd married.
looked at the marriage licenses and
called up the ministers. And I found
you hadn't been married at au.''
''And, oh, dearest she cried, hold
ing him tight in her arms, Il was SO
gladH'
1Copyright, 1922, by the Mcclure.
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13
Questions Answers

O. When were tn cans first used !? o.
L. T.
A In 1893 William Underwood began to
substitute tin for glass in the canning
business, but it was number of years
before the use OF the tin can may be said
to have been established The first ma
chtne-made( can was invented by Allen
Taylor in 1S47.
@ Please tell something about the
American Samoan islands, L O Z.
A. The people of American Samoa are
largely native; the total number approx
mates 1850. The area of the island is a
square miles. Nearly all the land Is owned
by natives The soil Is fertile: fruits,
chiefly oranges. grapefruit. lines and cit
ron are cultivated copra Is the staple
which the English language Is taught.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13

Attention is being called In the
newspapers turnout the country TO the
many millions of dollars that are be-
ing paid out to the members of Christ
mas Savings clubs. IL would be inter
eSting to know how much OF that
rIoney paid a tax. In this state money
in the bank on March 1 is taxable.
Doubtless much of the Christmas saw
ing was on deposit on that date. Does
anybody think this money was ac-
knowIedged to the assessor? This is
but one of the many examples of the
futility OF attempts TO tax intangibIes.
The tax on mortgages is another. And
20 these might be added the tax on
building and loan shares.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13

formation the commercial laws divi-
sion obtains.
Those called in to head the branches
and divisions of this organization are
for the most part keen, energetic,
young business men, most of whom
have made regulations in their own
lines and who take their Government
jobs at a sacrifice. They are bringing
a new atmosphere into the depart
mental offices. The average Ameri-
can business man, when he has to
approach the Government, comes in a
suspicious and even hostile attitude.
But when he steps into the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce he
instantly feels at home. There they
speak the language of his tribe, and
he appreciates it. 1t is largely for this
reason that the bureau is getting re-
suits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13
anything-or seen q musical shows
wanted to remember.

anything-or seen a musical .show-we
wanted to remember
since Cullen Cain and the New Yorf.
sporting writers are greatly excited
about it, it seems fitting and proper
that we should indicate our attitude
tinancy in fixing the date OF the
American league meeting and the
place in which it is to be held. If
you care to leave it to us, it is nothing
for you to worry about.
We &c further: 1t, is nothing for
anybody to worry about.
DIR. Van Loon Strikes Back
-Sir-No, sir; never did. 1 knew
that cd Lowrey story. for L. G. told
it TO me thirteen years age land he
repeated it to me the other day at
the Harvard Club. and'zI am care
full to keep away from other peoples
private Jocu. ar preserves.
d hear one good story over there,
but got it from friend who spends
his afternoons in the hay atmosphere
OF the Amsterdam Exchange.
Here the story follows as per re-
quest: The teacher asks little Moritz,
'sHow much is twice sixty" and
Moritz answers, "a dollar twenty,
teacher" When Lowrey pulled the old
one of Pretty good, hell. it's perfect"
Is followed with my twice sixty" and
he Just smiled pleasantly and answer
ed Yes, that was correct. What is
the point - And I did not dare ex-
plain
HENDRIX wILUEM VAN LOON.
Life grows more complex. Other
wise.i it hasn't changed much since
the Uncle Tomfs Cabin Company
gave the finest street parade and the
poorest show. fSS
Further than to advise you to put
J, on Christmas
packa ges.s we have nothing more to
impart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13

Retail buying. says Bradstreet's, is
the best since last winter. heavy wear
ing apparel, footwear and holiday spe-
alties predominating. In this latter
direction. it is pointed out, active ad-
vertising. which is apparently under
full head of steam, is reported bringing
a good volume of business to depart
ment stores and large retailers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.
MERIT.

MERIT
Merit is a mighty force
Springing from a mighty source;
Envy cannot block its way,
Malice has no power to Stay,
Like the brook that finds the sea
Merit ends triumphantly-
Merit cannot be denied.
TrampIed down or turned aside;
Foes may hinder and delay,
Placing barriers in its way,
But like every running stream
Merit always is supreme.
1t will find the sea Of worth
From the farthest ends of earth,
Springing from the humbest breast,
North or south or east or west,
Merit will come tbundering down
To the ocean Of renown.
Fame no question makes of worth,
OF its humble start or birth
AS the brook comes to the sea, O.
JUST as surely so shall he
Who Will make his merit known
Come at last into his own.
Copyright, 1922, by Edgar A. Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13

For every scheme set up to help the
farmer by his political friends. sooner
or later the farmer dearly pays. Any
real help he may receive will come
thru his own efforts. There are many
Indications that he is beginning to
realize this.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13

A movement has been started which
il designed to make it possible for each
state to declare what is and what Is
not intoxicating liquor If it shall
prevail we may see z per cent declared
mountaineering in one state while 2
per cent is voted intoxicating in an ad-
joining state. In such a case a man
might be driven to crossing the state
line when he wanted to get drunk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13
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