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The Washington times., 1922-03-31
WIFE OF BANKER TRIES TO
DIE BY BULLET AND GAS

SCRANTON. Pa, March s1.-Bs'
lieved to have been mentally un.
balanced, Mrs. p. J. Jordan, fifty,
wife of a banker here and a sister
of DIR. James G. Walsh. member OF
the Fordham University faculty.
attempted to end her life in her
home in North Scranton today.
She shot herself andsthen turned
on the gas. Her condition is critical.
She had been i'll long time and
had. just returned from a sanitarium
at Buffalo, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1922-03-31

If your nostrils are clogged and
your head stuffed because Of ca
tarrh or . cold. get Ely's Cream
Balm at any drug store. Apply q
little of this pure. antiseptic, germ
destroying cream into your nos
trils and let 1t penetrate through
every air passage of your head
and membranes. Instant relief.
How good II feels. Your head
is clear. Your nostrils are open.
You breathe freely. No more
hawking or snuffling. Head colds
and catarrh yield like magic. Don't
stay stuffed DIP, choked up and
miserable. Relief 10 sure.
The Washington times., 1922-03-31
BY JOHN p. MEDBURY.

BY JOHN p. MEDBURY.
It's q well.known fact that fat
men are jolly and easy to get
along with. They've got to be; In
case of trouble they'd have .
hard Job getting away.
A fat man II no different from
a skinny one, he's only better
upholstered.
They're like a big living room
chair-overstuffed.
Food Is fuel and they're always
stoking the furnace.
4 fat man always gets his
clothes made to- order and Ring
ling Brothers are his tanors.
A stout man 10 not necessarily
swell headed Just because he puts
on . big front.
Some Of them like to eat so
well that they only have noon
time and o'clock printed on the
dial Of their watch.
One guy bet q fellow he could
eat q hundred and fifty pan.
cakes ut one meal and on the
morning Of the contest he got
up early and ate a hundred and
fifty Of them before tho time
came just to see II he could do It.
He wanted the contest held at
The Washington times., 1922-03-31
MASONIC MASTERS GIVE
FLAG TO FAY HEMPSTEAD

After a visit to the White House
yesterday where he met President
Harding. Fay Hampstead, general
grand master Of the Masonic
masters of the United States. was
presented a silk flag by Horace p.
Mcintosh, grand master Of the Dis
trict. The flag was the gift Of
Henry Lansburgh and the presenta-
ton was made at the Central High
School auditorium.
Hampstead yesterday also visited
the Bureau Of Engraving and Print.
ing where he met Director James
l.. Wilmeth, a lifelong friend. Ar
lington Cemetery was another place
visited by the noted Mason on his
sight seeing trip Of the Capital. He
was accompanied by several mem
bers Of The Arkansas Congressional
delegation, Mr.. Hampstead being q
native OF that State.
The Washington times., 1922-03-31

whisksy and ten gallons Of wine.
and arrested Mrs. Ida Stanley.
proprietress. and Leo Schultz who
is said to be connected with the
management of the hostelry.
A large crowd gathered when the
police swooped down on the hotel
and took the whiskey. wine. man
and woman to the First precinct
station. Mrs. Stanley and Schultz
were charged with illegal posses.
sion and selling whiskey.
The Washington times., 1922-03-31
I. c. c. TO HOLD HEARINGS
INTO WESTERN COAL RATE

30 much dissatisfaction having bean
manifested against the freight rates
on bituminous coal in the Western
part of the United States. the Inter
state Commerce Commission an.
nouncd today that II would institute
an investigation into al such rates
from producing points In that part
Of the country. Hearings will Be held
during May at representative points.
including Denver, Salt Lake City,
Butte. Seattle. San Francisco. Phoenix
and FL paso.
The general purpose Of the invssti.
CATION will be to develop facts which
will aid the commission In determin.
ing what would be the proper adjust.
ment on rates on coal In the Western
part Of the country.
The Washington times., 1922-03-31
RABBI SIMON TO PREACH
ON JEWISH RELIGION

A special sermon on the question
Does the Jewish Religion Fear the
Teaching of Evolution will be
the subject Of an address tonight
by DIR. Abram Simon, before the
Washington Hebrew Congregation at
s o'clock, Eighth Street Temple.
Children's Service will be con-
Quoted tomorrow morning at 1890 ut
the temple by Harry Kronheim.
when a part Of the time will be de-
voted in reading the "Torah."
The Washington times., 1922-03-31
/ |[[)[}IV1Y'a!
Says a Fat Man Doesn't Necessarily Have
Swelled Head Just Because He
Puts On Big Front.

+. 10 o'clock 30 he'd be through In
time for lunch.
When . fat man buys an auto
mobile he has to buy two Of
them-a touring car and . truck.
One bird was 10 fat they fired
him out of the circus. He was
always tripping over the eie-
plants.
He told them to keep tho eie-
phants out from underneath his
feet.
He bought a hippopotamus for
. lap dog.
A lot of fat men are senti.
make good poets, they like to eat
too well.
While they're very musical,
their fsvorite melody II tho IL
o'clock whistle.
One fat man only ate two
grapefruit. six eggs. four slices
Of ham, eight pieces Of toast and
twelve cups of coffee for breakfast.
He said he was on q diet.
Two months later he got his
appetite back and tho boarding
house had to close.
Copyright. 1921. .byPremier Syndicate. Inc.
The Washington times., 1922-03-31
WOMAN JUROR, LOCKED UP,
SLEEPS IN JUDGES ROOM

PITTSBURGH. March 31.-Mrs.
Louise NJ. Ripple. of McKeesport,
was the first woman in this section
of the State to be locked up all
night as juror. Together with
eleven men, she heard evidence In q
damage case yesterday.
At midnight when no verdict had
been decided upon, a Jury clerk
called Judge A. b. Reid by telephone
and explained that the jury would
have to be locked up. The Judge
solved the problem by permitting
Mrs. Ripple to spend the night in
his chamber, while the men jurors
slept in the jury room.
The Washington times., 1922-03-31
JAPAN TO TRY KOREANS
FOR KILLING OF TOURIST

SHANGHAI. March 31.-The two
Koreans whose futile attempt TO
ssfnate Baron Tanaka, Of
Japan, cost the life of Mrs. w. J.
Snyder, an American tourist. will
stand trial in Japan. They have
been taken to Kobe, whore their
trial will likely be held.
, 1922-08-11
TIMES NAME OF
NEW HIPPODROME SHOW,
SUPER -SPECT SEEN

Mr.. Dilingham's selection OF titles
IN tho past have been equally fel-
fictitious. Hip Hip Hooray" "a a
sort OF national cheer that the big
playhouse had returned 20 tho form
of amusement for which 1t was
created and by which Il had e-
deared itself to the American public.
Cheer Up was selected at a time
when the nation wps deep IN the
war and those at home needed
everything possible TO keep them to
hat fine morale that was being
daily tried by the sorrowlng for
tunes of war. Then came the arm
istice. peace and fittingly Happy
DAYS" throughout the land as well
as Mt tho Hippodrome. Good Times
the next year. was the constant re
minder ut tho new era of peace and
fulnllmsnt which followed the re-
adjustment OF tho war. And as II
in answer TO President Harding's
plea of Get Together" last year.
now comes the slogan of Better
Times"
The naming OF the big Hippo
drome show has an Importance
which is not shared by any other
branch dt theatrical endeavor. Polls
OF the audiences that crowd the
huge spring show Thai the two mil
lion playhouse from Labor Day to
persons who enjoy tho annual spec
tacle come from all over the United
States and the insular possessions.
Tho effect of the name OF the Hip
podrome production upon the
try at large can easily be seen With
prosperity just around the corner"
the Hippodrome will be ready TO
lead the cheering with its banner.
Better Times"
Rehearsais for Better Times"
started today at tho armories. as
tho stage of the Hippodrome Is used
for the building of the massive pro-
ductiom. Tho international element
which was always a feature Of the
Hippodrome until the war inter
, 1922-08-11
WIRELESS To BE
USED BY SCOUTS
At CAMP SITE
Frank Taylor, Jr., to Erect
and Operate Equipment
to Keep in Touch
With Casper.

Although the Casper scouts VII
maintain thsir annual summer camp
Sc miles from Casper and rs miles
from the nearest railroad station. they
do no. intend to be entirely isolated
from the rest Of the world a com
ple.e wireless set ready for immediate
erection VIII be an important part o;
tho equipment taken to camp. Frank
raylor. Jr., a member Of Troop I. is
the owner of the set. and viii DO the
operator IN charge ut Camp Robert T,
kemp. Wire for tho aerial and bat
tsr.es for the operation Of the station
are donated 10 the scout organization
By the Exids Battery company.
with registrations closing at 5 o.
clock this afternoon. a totsl OF ITO
scouts have signified their i~ntsntion OF
attending h camp zach Of the two
weeks.
DR.. A. q. Tonkin. state health Of
ffcer, has replied favorable TO the re-
quest of the local organization to con
duct a sanitary inspection of cApr
Robert T. Kemp some time during Its
duration. The report Of DR.. Tonkin
VIII be incorporated in tho history Of
the camp and n copy Of the report viii
bs forwarded to regional and national
headquarters.
A final camp bulletin mailed this
morning to all scout registered for at
tendance at the camp notifies all for
whom other arrangements have not
been made TO report N o head
quarters NJ s o'clock Sunday morning
20 be assigned TO transportation 9th
er 20 Arminto or TO camp.
= The weekly schedule Of activities
during the camp calls for two letter
writing days on which all scouts in
camp will write TO their parents con
osrninE tho activities in which they
are engaged.
: Scouts WIN be given advantage of
man facilities during their stay In the
Big Horns. Any scout in camp can
be reached by addressing him 1T Rob
ert 7. Kemp, are of Wolton CONNER
ciai company at Arminto. Wyo. Let
ters and packages mailed TO scouts
will be taken out to campN by the
scout truck which will make a regu-
lar schedule OF runs between camp
and ArIninto.
Beside the 25 members of Troop ~
at Salt Creek. the following members
of the local troops ARE registered for
lamp:
Byron HUE. Dorton Green. Ernest
Fitzpatrick. Dean Frisby, Harold Mar
shall, James Marshall. Glen Richey.
George Hicks. Don H~olloran. Harry
Rafferty,. Ford Dimmick, George Ros
seIlon. Glen Virgin. Fay Crater. Rol
and Moore. Eugene Swallow. Bodine
Disniuke. Lyle Parker. Gerald Storer.
David Hargie. Carl Summers. Frank
, 1922-08-11
WHY WOMEN GET
~OND

Are not women naturally as light.
hearted. bravo and hopeful as men?
Yes certainly; but a woman's organ
ism is essentially different from a
man's-more delicate. more sensitive
and more exanting. Women in deli.
ate health are more dependent. more
nervous, more irritable and more de.
spondert- When a woman develops
nervousness, sleeplessness. backache,
headaches. dragging-down pains and
melancholia h should lose no time
In giving Lydia E. Pinkham's vege.
table Compound a fair trial. as IT viii
quickly dispel such troubles. This
root n herb medicine contains no
drugs and has been the standby Of
American womanhood for nearly SO
years.-Adv.
, 1922-08-11
CAVE GIVES UP
BIG STILL AND
MASH SUPPLIES
Sheriff's Forces Arrest August
Mellin for Alleged Opera
ton of Illicit
Plant.

An underground sim. fitted with
every modern 'booze" making appa.
rstus conceivable, met the gaze of
undersheriff Seidel and Deputies Pow.
ert n Deviin late last night when
by the light Of three powerful search
lenses they found a sturdy trap door
on h promises of August MelIin
who resides near the river At the foo,
% West X street
After more than an hours search.
during which time they failed TO find
any trace OF liquor on the round
a sudden cry from one of the mer
brought the raidinE party to a small
mound Of Garth near the river bank.
A wooden trap door partly covered
with earth was discovered and lifted
| for inspection.
A newly built stair case was the
first bit OF evidence to draw the dep
titles on to further Investigation
Farther down the stairway, the cay.
ern widened out. and became a good
Nsized room. A lantern burned brightly
Nm n wall nearby. and the strong
scent of moon" psrvaded the air of
the cave.
Once on the floor of the undur.
sHound apartment. the task Of iocat
ing the still was an easy one. In ons
corner stood more than 500 gallons of
whiskey mnsh. put up in tight bar.
relH. In tho center Of the cave floor
was a large modern stiIl recently IN
use. and OF a large capacity.
However. although careful search
, 1922-08-11

Peters. Ryder Jourgenson. Wesley
IourEenson, Clarence Gehrett. Hugo
sproul, Albert Kimball. Robert still
way. Frank Ffcca, Louis Eaton. James
Edgington, John, Mason. Lawrence
Bundy. Harold Hawley. Frank Martin,
George Goble. Robert Williams. Bar
rio Mahoney. F1avio Valdez. Frank
Carey, Eugene Wise. Howard Smith,
Justin McCarty, Eugene Bundy. lie
roy Hogue. Frank Taylor. Robert
Cole, Warren DeShhy. james Hoff.
man, Lawrence J~ourgenson. Clarence
Miller. Robot Webb. Floyd Spies.
Edwin Nye. Joe Richards. Horace
Benham. Richard McKln, John Hef-
ferin. Elton Patrick. H. X. Miller,
William Belts. Edmund Canada, VIII
liam Hubbs. William johnson. Nor
man Hanson. George Forster Har-
vey McCash, jesse McCash. Fred Glib.
son. Walter Allsman. Lafayette Hog.
ms. Ted Eshelman. Melvin Rash. Fred
Hufsmith. Robert Hargis. Jack Ma
son, Herman Sennet, Merlin Elwood,
Fred Mohr. Wilbur Abbot, Jack Shuck,
John Dittman, Philip Pelton.
Registrations for the second week
OF the camp, beginning Sunday. Au.
gust 20. VIII DO received. accompanied
by registration fee. at the office Of the
chamber of m until Friday.
August 18th.
, 1922-08-11

ooiored hold-up man, who was accused
OF a -stiek-up" In North BurIinsp,
recently. tho city police department
released him and removed his nI.me
from the court docket.
Heddy WAS arrested on a charge
sworn TO by J. d. Greer. and was to
ave been turned over. . county au-
thorities Las evening. Investigation
conducted by Sheriff Joe Marquis dis
closed the act hat no proof OF
Heddy's part IN the hold-up could be
obtained. and therefore made the de
cis'on not to carry the case further.
The fact that Greer was a confessed
drunk at h time he IS said to have
been "stuck-up- upholds the officials
In their decision.
, 1922-08-11

OF every nook and Granny OF the cav.
era was made. no store house for
booze could be located Only five ga
Ions Of the liquor were found near
the stfi. II II believed by officials that
the operator disposed OF h liquor al.
most AZ fast a. hs was able 70 pro
duce IL. and that he seldom had a
stock on hand
Menin's preliminary hearing may
be held before Judge Tubbs today.
He Il held in jail without bond pend
ing the first hearing
, 1922-08-11

Charles Dillingham; has selected
for the title OF the new h~ippodroms
show Better Times a happy
phrase which might web be adopted
by thu country at large as n slo-
gan indicative of the era OF pros
perity the country is now enter
ing upon. Better Times which
will be staged by r. H Burnside.
follows logically Get Together"
last years production which had
its title from the speech Of Presi-
lent Harding calling upon the coun-
try FOR cooperation to regain the
prosperity traditional OF the United
States.
, 1922-08-11

fersd. Will be emphasized this year
and in every way it is promised that
the show VIII be OF the magnitude
and elegance of tho big theater at
its best.
, 1922-08-11

First class watch and jewdry re
pairing; artistic diamond rese;tinE. II.
B. Kline. Jeweier. on Exchange Bldg.
7-3i-tf
, 1922-08-11

OF SO little account Is woman con-
sidered in many parts of China that
father. n asked the number OF his
children. viii probably leave out the
iris in his reckoning.
, 1922-08-11
ALLEGED HOLDUP FREED
BY COUNTY AUTHORITIES,
EVIDENCE INSUFFICIENT

Upon receipt OF word from county
authorities that they would place no
charge against Curtis Heddy, alleged
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
BY HALE

Good morning, have you finished
your play?"
This may become the accepted
formula of social greeting If the ORA
matte urge continues to dominate the
nation.
.Never before in history have so
many people. old and young, Hterate
ard i%lliterate, felt such a response
bility to write the great American
play" says Rosalie Stewart, play
broker, vaudeville booker n now
Broadway producer.
ION every mail the manuscripts
come in, and not n out of fve hun
bred has any merit, and not one out
of a thousand betrays any knowl.
edge of the technique of the stage
She handed me an imposing iook-
Ing volume of one-act plays.
Here she said, lis an ambitious
person who has had his plays prl-
vately printed at great expense. He
has one play here of six pages-that
would last about two minutes. Can
you imagine any person producing d
two-minute play?
All Kinds of sBoners"
Here's another where nothing
happens for the first 15 minutes,
Now in a one-act play there must
be a situation in three minutes after
the curtain is up-otherwise it is
impossible.
I'VE are flooded with sex plays
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
On the Payroll


well, that doesn't sound very
hard. Easiest $50 a week in town.
1 should say" said Lucy as Vain
hurried off.
Sally clutched Miss Bennet's arm,
staring lips apart.
What was that about $50?" she
WI ispered.
That's your pay-50 a week, and
Wain's offered you a nice bit. 1t
ought to be a pretty scene--the big
flower basket running out owe the
heads of the audience on q trolley,
with you in it. throwing out bouton-
nieres. You'll get away with it in
great shape"
Sally kept repeating Fifty dol
lars-$50-me!" in a dazed sort of
way till Lucy grabbed her and
steered her to the street and into a
taxi.
DO you mean to say" she began
again, as the thing jolted off toward
the hotel, I'm to get all that money
for-such a thing as that?"
well" laughed Lucy, "of course
you've got to make good. You have
the face and figure and they'll give
the rest yourself make the hit.
Some girls get the crowd going in
ten seconds; some are a frost. They
dor't knowiyet-
How I'll turn out" finished Sally
quickly. Her mouth frightened with
determination and Lucy Bennett,
Judging her for character, was part
" treasured.
But Vain next morning, watching
from the balcony the great basket
embowered with blooms and Sally
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
Your Health
(By DR.. r. II. Bishop


Bruises@Contusions
A confusion is a blow to any part
of the body without the piercing of
the skin. Some Commissions are of
slight importance, others are seri-
Gus.
The little boy who falls down
stairs and bumps his head has a
c fusion. 1t turns black and blue
because the force of the blow broke
blood vessels beneath the skin. If.
however. it is a severe confusion of
the legs. parts protected by a great
deal of muscle. you will not get the
results just mentioned, so far as
outward appearance is concerned.
Bruises, however. develop and be-
come black and blue later on. A
person may accidentally be hit in
the leg and go on for several weeks
and consider the injury as nothing
very serious. But such a person
may die because the small blood
vessels, not the big ones. got broken
and formed a hematoid condition,
an infection of the blood.
You may have seen someone who
has injured his finger by a hard
blow. And later you may see the
same person without that particular
finger Dr. finger tip. The injury may
develop a felon, not so large at first,
but with later serious effects.
In the case of a confusion to the
head there may be a severe jar or
partially broken bone. Semi-con-
seriousness or Inconsistencies some
times follows. If you are aware of
having had a blow OF some kind,
though no serious results immedi-
ately followed, don't neglect it until
too late.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06

no one would care to see, mystery
plays whose only mystery is why
anyone would take the trouble to
write them.
Embarrassing plays are the vogue
this year, but by next year they
may be a drug on the market
probably will be. By trying to cop!
the prevailing style in drama, in
stead of developing some new idea,
many a good writer goes wrong.
"My advice to all budding play
wrights is-know something of the
back of the stage before you begin
to write plays.
IF you can't get on the stage to
act get a job as maid or carpenter.
OF anything that will give you a
chance to see it from the inside and
enable you to learn the psychology
OF the crowd and enable you to see
how situations r built up and de-
veioped."
Enters Vaudeville at 10
Miss Stewards career has been a
most interesting one. At the age
| of 16 she had to leave high school
because of the illness of her father
and take charge of his chain OF
vaudeville houses in st. Louis.
She succeeded so well that her
work soon brought her to New York.
| where she buys and sells plays as
we'll as books vaudeville.
This season she tried to get a New
! York producer to produce. 1.-THE
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
CINDERELLA SALLY
. BY ZOE BECKLEY

ir her STACEY Bingham nestled within
it, o softly to himself n
snapped d%isdainful fingers.
"She looks like someone was
gonna wiring her neck and she was
bracing herself to stand it," he NUT
tered. Good Lord. why can't they
stick to regular show girls stead OF
ringin' in these h~ayseeds! Golden
makes me sick . :"
Out over the darkened theatre his
voice rang suddenly:
"Rotten-rotten! Are you going
to a funeral? Don't be afraid. the
trolley won't break. Try and spare
a smile, can't you? Remember you're
sailing out over an audience of live
human beings. not a graveyard
Sally's first impulse at the shock
and fright of the calldown was to
burst into wild weeping-and quit.
But again that gamin spirit of hers,
or some quality of a long-gone
swashbucklering ancestor. came TO
her rescue.
"Sayi" she called out in the direc-
ton of his voice, across the Dig dark
theatre, that's no way to talk 10
me! You can't get me to work for
you by yelling like I was IA
kitchen scullion."
Through sheer surprise Vain was
silent. But the next moment he
broke out again:
well, I guess they've mis-cast
you, duchess. Well have to try you
in the star role! Meanwhile. put a
little pep into what you're doing
and don't look like a dying cat, or
we'll have to let you-out."
ITO Be Continued)
Copyright, 1922, N. E. A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
.sY OLIVE RoBERTs BARIos

So he put two fingers in mis-
mouth and whistled like a fire whis-
tie, and pretty soon there WINS a
whizzing In the air.
Comet-Legs appeared, his crook
ed legs wrapped around the star he
always rode.
He tied his star to the top Of q
tree and climbed down.
whats wrong?" he asked when
he had shaken hands with Twelve
Toes, the Sorcerer. and Light Fin
gers, the bad little fairy. What can
I do for your"
Twelve Toes answered:
Light Fingers here stole the
Fairy Queens automobile for me.
and then the Twins. Nancy and
Nick, got 1t back. I sent Light Fin
gers back for 1t by way OF a magic
bean-stalk, but the apple-tree fairy
caught him and stopped him Now
We don't know what to do. Can
You help us?"
"Surei" nodded Comet-Legs, POSI-
lively. I've got an idea already"
(To be continued)
Copyright, 1922, NEA Service)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
KEYPORT

Mr.. and MIS-. Edwin II. Wharton
and Mr.. and Mrs. Phelps Cherry re-
turned Wednesday afternoon from
an extended automobile trip to
Niagara Falls, Watkins Glen and
other points of interest in New York
State.
Mrs. Harry Sentell was the hos
tess to the Ladies' Aid Society of
the First Presbyterian church at the
regular meeting held this week.
The first Of a series of informal
dances will be held at the Yacht
Club tonight. Music for the occa-
sion will be furnished by Gloss or
chestra.
The members of Caeserea Lodge,
F. & A. M. r planning a motor
trip to the Masonic home near
Burlington this Sunday. They are
planning to take the ladies on the
trip also.
M. Finkle is removing his fruit
and vegetable business tt half of
the store occupied by Elihu Pol
ing's harness business on Front
street. The various tenants of the
building owned by the Peoples Ma
tional Bank are vacating in order
that the bank may take charge of
the structure and make necessary
plans for its razing preparatory to
the building of the new bank.