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Among tho manifold discoveries" carital
is now making IN various parts Of North
Carolina is the vast opportunities for develop
ncnt OF the fisheries business on the Cane Fear
below Wilmington. The Neptune Fisheries
plant has started IN AN ocean gateway fac
tory which will add SIS 600 month TO VIII
mnGion's ray roll. This is the property 81
Virginia corporation which is capitalized
u, $3.50, oO0.--Charlotte Observer
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

few cents. He grinds the point
and edges OF the file and thus
makes as fnesa stiletto as his heart
could desire. I is not much al
tered in appearance. but it is a
terribly effective weapon and your
Southern European knows how to
use it. He may. weight it with a
little melted lead and make
throwing as well as stabbiDg
weapon out Of It. Some of these
aliens can throw a properly bal
anced stiletto more than Is feet
with marvellous accuracy.
All of the foregoing, however.
are crude and strictly utilitarian
means Of dealing death. There
are others o. more artistic nat
are. as It were.
Take. for instance. the typhus
germs which the Paris police dis
covered. Could anything be bet
ter or more f1endishly calculated
70 accomplish the purposee Yet
we have had parallel cases in this
country where typhoid and pneu-
monia germs and even tuberculos-
IS haci1i have been administered
70 viclius IN their daily food.
he 6 Ia e been poison caae5
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

OF suspicion to ne turned on the
operator
There have been occasions when
men have been struck on the head
with 4 folded newspaper and fatal
results have followed owing to the
fact that a length of lead pipe was
concealed in the folds Of the
paper.
Razors have figured in hund-
reds OF homicides. This weapon
is commonly associated with the
negro. but its use is by no means
confined to that race. There was
a time when many Of the genus
hobo used the razor not only for
its legitimate purpose. but as a
means Of offense and defense.
Held in the crotch of the hand.
between the thumb and index fin
ger. with the blade folded back
a gainst the handle, and with a
coat held over ehe left forearm to
guard against the opponents
strokes. the razor is a formidable
weapon.
A carpenters chisei is erpioved
infrequentiy. This IS moro o. q
spur-oe-the-mon1ent napor-o-e
that IS caught up in * moment OF
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

passion and used with frightful re-
suits as any ambulance surgeon
who has treated victims Of chisel-
wounds will testify. This IS not
only a stabting tool. but, If 1t is
heavy enough. can infict terrible
and fatal head wounds.
In the same category or spur-or-
the-moment weapons are the but
cher's cleaver. the carving knife
the household hatchet. axe, saw.
chair. stool. milk-bottIe and even
the kitchen fork. all of which
have been used frequently enough
to be listed as murder tools
There was even n recent case in
Europe where bride hit her new
husbaAd on the head with a brass
bound bible and killed him.
The hat pin has been employed
with fatal results on several oc-
casions. The first case OF this
character to attract public atten-
ton puzzled the police for quito a
while, and Il was not until the
autopsy revealed a puncture or the
heart and a email black spot on
tho flesh over tre organ that the
authorities were nble to determine
the cause o. ,'aath.
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

or course. such things as the
blackjack. the slungshot and brass
knucl1les are common a short
length OF rubber hose. filed with
buckshot and stopped at the ends.
and even a stocking filled with
moist sand are used on occasion
These Instruments are ordinarily
employed to put the victim out
that is to render him unconscious
for the time being. but the results
Of blows with these weapons are
frequently fatal
Knives. dirks. daggers and still
ettos are used principally by al
lens from Southern Europe and
the Far East An cmigrant from
one OF the Mediterranean coun-
tries will come over here. He has
carried a weapon. probably. aa
his life. but he knows he cannot
bring 1t into this country with him
So he lands unarmed and one OF
his first acts II 10 remedy what to
him IL a fatal defect
IT he cannot buy or otherwise +
acquire knife such as he used 10
carry at home. he buys a simple
three-cornered file and q wooden 4
handle at hardware store fce d /
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

without number. Famous among
these was that of the New York
dentist who poisoned his wifes
mother and father. one after the
| other. by administering arsenic in
! increasing doses in their food, and
| who. at the funeral of his father
in-law, announced that he feared
his wife, who inherited a consid-
erable estate through the death of
! her parents, would never bear up
under the shock" Fortunately.
! his crime was discovered before
| his wife succumbed to the malady.
Powered glass in food has also
been used with fatal results. Elec-
tricity has played its part And
| gas. There was the case OF the
denizen of New Yorks Chinatown |
who was found dead in his bed, /
with a tube leading from the gas /
jet in the hall to the keyholc OF +
his locked bedroom door
So. in spite OF the Bar Associa-
tons findings. it is not always
firearms that are responsible for
homicides and the way to stop
murder is not by prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of weapons
"a thing winch cannot possibly
be effectively done-but by putting
a strong curb on the murder i'm
pulse.
It would be perfectly commend
able to pass a law regulating the
sale OF pistols and revolvers In
such manner that they could be
obtained by reputable citizens. but /
would be difficult for crooks to
obtain and personally dangerous
for them to carry. The Capper
Bill now before the United States I
Senate. contains many admirable =;
provisions along these lines. but
to be effective. it will have to be :
made uniform in all or the States. /
In any legislation, however, care !
should be taken to avoid the mis- I
takes OF New York States motor !
ous Sullivan law This measure. t
.cco;1.a1 TO AAseu e-y.Rsn f.oei- I
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

For, despite the assertion OF the
merican Bar Association that 80
per cent of the homicides in this
country are committed with a pis-
~ or revolver. other means of
dealing death are employed fre-
quently enough to cause remark
and a consideration of possible
means of curbing the murder i'm
pulse.
AS a matter or fact, while the
revolver is the most convenient
weapon to carry and. when hand
led by the expert. is the surest in
its results, the average crook
would prefer almost any other
kind of wea pom The revolver. it
must be remembered. is noisy and
it is the crooks ambition to con
duct whatever business he has in
hand. in a manner calculated to
attract as little attention as pos
sible. He always carries a gun
and he will use it If he has to,
but he just naturally hates to
create a disturbance.
To that end, he will. whenever
possible. use any or the so-called
blunt Instruments. which range
all the way from a blackjack to
an ordinary household hammer
Or. If he is engaged in a little job
Of burglary, a whiff or two of
chloroform properly applied, will
answer his purpose admirably. 1t
should be understood that the
burglar. the bank robber or the
s'ick-up man does not start out
with the intention Of committing
murder He will kill If he has to.
preferring that to certain arrest.
but he avoids it If possible on ac- I
count OF the unpleasant results
that generally follow II he IS I
eventually caught.
II, on the other hand. the mat I
ter is a personal one, involving
those in his own circle OF S cietv.
wlose removal may seem desirable
or xDedient, the crook will use a
gun when there is no time TO seek
other and qufeter means. In cas-
IS WHARF the aggrieved party has
opportunity for planning. a brick
droE ped with a reasonable degree
~ accuracy from a roof, or
aesvy bctsle. applied with force to
ne o'~ca OF the victims skull, have
eminently satisfactor -
'ults without causing the spotlight
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

I A. Cuvillier of the New York Leg
islature, has caused more MUIR
/ ders in New York City by reason
| of the fact that a highwayman or
1 burglar well knows when he goes
into a dwelling or a store, or en-
cages in a hold-up or stick-up,
that his victim is unarmed.'
Much can be done by the courts
and the criminal authorities.
There is too much delay in hand
ling criminal cases. There is too
much leniency shown by some o
the courts. There is too much
coddliug OF criminals when, and II.
they finally do reach prison.
In nine cases out OF ten. under
the misguided system now in vo-
que in many or the States, tho
criminal lives far better in prison
than he does outside and this is
especially true OF murderers.
whether they finally go to the
chair or not
All of this should be stopped.
When murderer is arrested. he
should be brought to trial with
the least delay consistent with alb
soiute justice. Under the English
system, once n murderer is brought
TO trial. and that is as promptly
as possible. no technicalities arc
permitted to interfere with the
rapid procedure of the trial and
the execution of the sentence.
Prompt and drastic administra-
ton Of justice will reduce murders
TO minimum. Nothing will alb
prevent them and certain
y additional laws prohibiting this
Or that weapon viii have no ef
-ect whatever. 4 murderer is one
% whom law means nothing De-
prive him of one means and he
will use another. Make his nun
shment swift and hard and the
1ext in line viii think twice be-
ore he yields to the homicidal i'm
1ulse In nine cases ont of zen.
has seco-d .:.oue-s .,sit o--
Ia i.S:E pecal:sE = M, --rer,
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any variety are Taboo In this city
-hief of Police William II Mos,ler
acting in response to requests b.
The paTent-teacher club and ~
F@alen's League club issued an or
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

INDIAN POLIs-Fouatain CooDee
Sed recluse. residing near here.
rs roooed ot $500 BY automobile
andits. The bandits stopped at
oo2e-'s home. asking for water for
Le radiator OF their machine. III.
as overpcwered and robbed
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15
By WILLIAM J. BURNS
Director, Bureau OF Investigation, u Dept of Justice

TT HE discovery by the police
tubes Of typhus germs being retail to those
E who desired effective of removing an enemy
without attracting nconvenent suspicion adds
long list of turns the minds of
police officials and criminoogss recollection many
and varied used by crooks their
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

WARsAM-A demand that re
iisass- scppiantiug the green ones
7e placed on the crossing gates o.
tae 5siS s'oar railroad here has 6oen
mace 'oy the city council. The de-
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Indiana Items
IIHrERNArIOBAL nrws srRv,cr

INTERNATIONAL aCWS SERVicE1
'LYMOUrIf--A badger weighine
ircre tfla., thirty pounds has beer
5ropped near here by stuart Barnes
Three animals hare been trappec
Within the last ten days. Several
wolves hare also been killed
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

WARSAW Costs Of paving viii
lower next year according TO W
Dillingham;. contractor Dill
ngham's prediction was made in a
risicism OF city authorities who
Gently let contracts for paving
ork at cost OF ~s3 80 a square
rG
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

inG o--ase a. esu- se8.s 5.aInf
the raILsoad that rsrk saa auto
is demoii7n v-ossing gates too 1re-
Iuently.
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stance in his tonsiis

LAPORTE-Charge of having
struck Miss Mary Rohiander at a
lance. are lodged against Harold
stombaugh. Of this city stom-
saugh was arrested at South Bend
Ie VIII be given hearing here.
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

nolls in history of the state organ
lzation We're made. according to
mon leaders.
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

wINoNA LAHE-Norman Wood
was slightly injured and his auto
mobile demolished when the ma
chine crashed into telephone pole
here. Wood. fainting from lack Of
air in his tightly enclosed car. lost
control of the machine
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

WINoNA L4AKE-Cocosnut shells
are the novel Christmas cards" be
Ing received by friends here from
W. C. Haymaker. spending his win
ter in Florida The cocoanut shells
about the size Of football, bear tho
inscriptions "A Merry Christmas.
The Lake County times., 1922-12-15

Fort WAYNE Slot machines ~
, 1922-11-15
Investigation
OF Philippine
Bank Is Asked

MANILA. Nov. 15.-By The Asso-
ciated Observation-Disclosures of the
Philippine National bank by a com.
mittee OF six members Of the leglsla-
trrs ts proposed In IL resolution in.
troduccd Sointiy in the senate n
house.
The resolution instructs such a
committee particularly to ascertain
the truth of the reports of fabulous.
~exorbitant salaries paid bank officials
and employees"
L. W. Wilson. general of
the bank. in a letter to the leg Stature
invite its members to loo,t qui..lv
into the banks affairs.
He writes that reports of expert
accountants made within the last two
years are the most astounding eocu-
monts presented concerning any bank
in any part of the worls during the
last generation. Tho less publicly
they get the better fo4 tie bank, the
Philippine government and the Philip
pine islands. At all events. 1t Is un.
necessary to hunt quail with n brass
band Insofar as informationA is on.
cerned."
, 1922-11-15

that a truce might be- ccected cs-
peclaiiy In View Of the governments
new r~eparations proposals which
were drafted by tho cabinet which
included fur socialists.
Chancellor wirth had hoped hi.
new reDarations note would constl-
tute the raliyinG point for an e
iargement In the government coaii-
pon, especially as Il had the APP
proyal OF the clericats. democrats
and :he peoples parties. Even tho
Efforts OF President Ebert 70 persuade
his party friends to- continue n the
government have been unavaiiing.
The procedure Of the radicals last
night In bringing I o a votc their
stand on the coalition ministry which
'uid include representatives off the
German peoples party was viewed
wholly as a tactical neu cal.
ruiated to impress the radical voters
who have been told by their leaders
and their press for months past that
official alliance with the Industrial
LIST party was unthinkabie.
Throughout Monday and Tuesday
parties comprising the rcdical wing
Continued on Page Five;
, 1922-11-15

here. according to the belief OF Cap
tain William Clayton.
The victim OF last nights attack
was wayiaid In rear OF the Maverick
pool hall and commanded to stick
up his maids. Hesitation and at
tempted resistance on the part OF Kali
resulted in his being beaten over the
head by Hlndley until he was uncon.
scious.
1t was several hours before Kali
came to. When he regalned con-
seriousness he made his way out of the
alley and was taken by friends to Dr.
M c. Keith, who discovered IL nasty
gashes made by the butt of the As
caiiher revolver of Hindiey's.
Kali gave the members of the po-
Ice department a description Of tho
aandit. with this description. Patrol
men Carter. McGrew, and Warren,
were able to pick up their man on
the streets q .he Sand Bar half an
hour later. Iindley was rrned but
did o offer resistance. When taken
to the police Headquarters he was
found to be covered with blood. as was
also the gun which he carried and
which had been used in the attack
on Kali.
C. II. Lidderdaie was held up near
the N~i-laysen Lumber yards on
South Durbiry street about 3 p. IN.
Monday, ssld SIC was taken from him.
When Mr. Lidderdsle was given the
opportunity of viewing the man who
had been arrested last night he stated
that. the buiid was about the same as
the man who had stopped him. but
that the darkness of the street had
prevented his seeing the mans face.
Other robheries. especially of the
residential district, have been com
mittcd during the rast few days. and
authorities believe that al least a few
OF these could be explained by Hind
ley were he disposed to talk.
, 1922-11-15
TICKETS FOR THE POLICE
BALL ARE IN GOOD DEMAND

E
The ticket sales for the Poiicemen's
first annual ball which will be held at
the Arkeon on November %. We're
started yesterday with very good re-
suits coming from The efforts OF the
membeas to secure public interest IN
the dance. Many tickets yet remain
to be sold. however. and the cam
paign viii be continued for several
days yet.
The policemen intend to put on an
affair that VIII in every way uphold
the standard set by the pest dances
given at the Arkeon in the past. and
viii do everything possible to make
the few hours of tae night Of Novem.
Der 20 to be exceptionally enjoyable.
The dance Is being given for the
purpose of raising money to buy over
coats for members Of the force.
, 1922-11-15
JAPS INTERESTED
IN TURK TREATY.

LAUSANNE. Nov. 15.-(By the AS
ISOLATED Press.HJapan. like the
United States, has a vital interest in
the question of Turkish c~apitulntions,
sure 10 be considered AZ the Near
Eastern peace conference here next
week. Sweeping deuunciation Of the
capitulations. which are extra terri
torial rights granted to foreigners in
Turkey, ana which the new nation
alist government IN hat country
wants abolished, would affect Japan
csc plans for the extension of econ
omic relations with Turkey. .
Recent installation of a Japanese
legation at Athens and the launching
in the Greek capital of a bi-linguai
magazine. 'the Near East" devoted to
fostering commercial relations, sndi-
cate the aspirations of the Japanese
to expand their trade in Near Eastern
zones.
The Japanese have no treaty with
Turkey. Therefore they benefit from
b c~apitulations only as one of the
s.gnatories IF the treaty of Savres,
There seerns 20 be a general idea thai
tho whole subject of capisulations is
too vast and of such p%ortentious i'm
pcrssnce that It cannot be settled at
Lausanne. Some of the advance dele
gates to the conference mention the
FEASIBILITY of appointing a permanent
international Commission to study
ways and mean for gradually Rbol-
ishing the ca~pitulations in something
like the anne ann as the Washing
ton conference handled the matter of
Chinese capituiations and The accom-
panying question OF sustoms ami
tariffs. During the transitional
, 1922-11-15

o Obvious OF The feeling that he
had outiived his usefulness md now
has become n victim Of a policy of
'ndecision and inactivity which
found Its elimination II the gov.
ernmcnt's failure 20 mako a pracfic.
al arrangement With the anifd rep
arauons commission during the
course OF It's rece-. .fsit I o Berlin.
Ever since ~ assassination OF
Forr4gn Minister Rathenau. the chan
ce.lor has been described as a man
who apparently possessed no insptr-
gave added weight 20 the, assertion
that the late foreign minister was
wirth's Inspiration. and the force
which urged him on
With the passing OF DR.. Rathenau
the chancellor visibiy lost influence
with his cabinet colleagues. As a
result the support given his policy
Of fulfiilfnent" diminished day by
day. He admitted the collapse OF
this policy last summer wheh he an
nounced tina. the governments So
gan had become Bread first. then
rcparations.'
4 Ohtib &iAeAt4oAh ~ tho HNN6cH
weakness OF the cabinet. cmanating
from London as well as Berlin dur
ing the last few days, contributed TO
undermining the ~chancelior's posi-
ton. even in the ranks OF tho coali-
ton party. His tela-ed espousals OF
the peoples party rs n necessary
adjunct TO the government definite
ly alienated the support he n been
receiving from the socialists.
Ever since -he assassination OF
Or. Rathenau. the chancellor has
been ohsessed with fear for his per
sonal safety. During the last few
months a heavy guard of plain
clothes men has constantly surround
ed him.
Chancellor wirth's efforts to ex-
tend the government coalition 20 In
v.as- the German peoples party
really foundered on the unrelent ns
antagonism of the united socialists to
any participation in a cabinet in
which :he Stinnes-Stresemann group
also would be represented.
The vote which finally precipitated
the crisis came last night. tho social
lists in the reichstag deciding by a
.arge majority against n extension
of the coalition to include The party
of the indu~strialists.
Throughout tho day there was hope
, 1922-11-15
BRITISH FLOCK TOPOLLS BY
MILLIONS TO ELECT members
OF HOUSE, RESULT DOUBTFUL

LONDON. Nov. 15.-By The As
ISOLATED Press.EThe electorate of
Great Britain swarmed to the polls
by the millions today in England.
Scotland. Wales and Ulster to elect
the fourth parliament Of the reign
of King George v. The polls
opened at 8 o'clock-an hour earlier
than that In some big Industrial
centers-and by 9 o'clock tonight
the new house OF commons win
have been selected.
No eleventh hour development has
Iessened the uncertainty OF the re-
suit. The few prophets who ven
ture forecasts tie strings to their
predictions. II Is, therefore. some-
thing of n surprise to the public
that Prime Minister Bonar Law In
his final speech mt Glasgow yester-
, 1922-11-15


day discarded his native caution and
declared that he had Every consid.
cradle confidence" that the electors
would give him n working majority
today on which he can depend. He
made 1t clear that he would be dis
satisfied with anything less than an
independent unionist majority. Ex-
perienced observers nowhere ex-
press strong confidence in such a
result. however.
Gamblers betting on the election
results in the London Insurance
market yesterday had TO pay n cate
which indicated that a majority Of
conservatives and independent un.
ionists over all other parties wa re-
garded MS almost certain. but the
odds ere Z TO 3 against the ex-
rectation that conservatives would
get n minority of SO or more.
, 1922-11-15
GIRLS ACQUIT
MAN ACCUSED
OF 'LEGGfNG

AKRON. Ohio. Nov. 1b.-sIxteen
girl members OF a local high school
class In civics sat as a jury in
police court and acquitted Rufo iph
kalian. charged with violation of the
state prohibition act. The girls were
spectators in court when the kailan
case was called. Judge A. r. OfNeil
asked II they would Ike TO act as
jurors. All were eager 10 serve
There wasn't enough evidence to
convict the man. one girl explained
after the jury had returned its YER
dict
Judge o'Nel dismissed Konan.
, 1922-11-15
FILIPINOs TO
HANG UNLESS
GIVEN PARDON

MANILA. Nov. 15.-By The Asso-
ciated Press.5Eleven non-commis.
stoned officers in the Philippine con-
stabulary will be hanged unless Coy.
Arnor General Wood pardons them.
Since the supreme court of the Unit
&c states yesterday declined 20 re.
lew their case.
slxty.six privates viii serve life
sentences.
The Philippine supreme court will
await the official mandate of the
United States court before fixing the
cate for carrying out the sentences
The men were sentenced following a
riot in which h constabulary mem
bers attacked the city police Of Man.
ia.