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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-16

q Ne3kUesa anu az
times was obliged
TO stayof myfeet.
] doctored with
our family physi-
clan and ne finally
said he could not
un d err stand my
case, 20 / decided
TO try Lydia t.
|Pinkham's Veg
|ctable Compound
After / had taken
1.-The first bottle /
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-16
Efficient Housekeeping
BY Laura A. kirkman

bread-cubes with hot melted butter,
sprcnd them on n PIE pan, ana SIP the
pan into n hot oven; they VIII noon
brown richly.
Bread-C roquettc Dessert: Put into
saucepan 2 cups OF stale bread crumbs,
y cup blanchcd and chopped almonds,
- cup Of sugar, ! teaspoon grated
lemon rind, Tablespoon lemon juice,
| tablespoon melted butter and ! cup
sweet milk. Heat this mixture after
stirring 10 we'll together. and let IL boil
no for a few seconds, then remove the
pan from the heat, stir in the yolks u
z beaten eggs. and set aside 70 cool.
When il il cold, form II into 9 GRO
quotes Brush thcse over with the IN
Beaten egg whites, roll them IN tinf
bread crumbs, and fry IA smoking hot
deep fat until a delicate brown. Serve
with sauce made by boiling together
till thick, cup hot water, y cup sugar
u teaspoon vinegar, and I Tablespoon
c0rnHarch mixed 10 n paste with
coldwnter; remoyc from fire and add
tablespoon butter and ! teaspoon
vanilla.
Tomorrow You Should BE Happy 81
/ Your Housekeeping
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-16
HER AILMENTS
ALL GONE NOW
Mrs. Sherman Helped by
Lydia E. Pinkhalm's Veg
etable Compound

Lake, Michigan. --"Aboutone year
ago / suffered with irregularities and
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-16

Al inquiries addressed to Miss Kirk
man IN care Of the Efficient House
i:eeping" department will be answer
ed In these columns In their turn
This requires considerable time. how
ever. owing 70 tho great number re-
ceived. SO II a personal or quicker re.
ply is desired. a stamped and self-ad.
dressed envelope must be enclosed
with the auestion.--The Editor.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-16

Some good times not 20 wlssel Is In
skool. In churtch, and wen your father
Is giving YOU heck.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-16
Bumstead's WOrmSYruD

ITO children an angel OF mercy" Where
directions are followed. II NEVER FAILS.
Despite scarcity and enormous cost o.
sANToNIN, IL contains full dose. Stood
~rty yenr.' test. Sold everywhere or BY
mai. SOC . bottle.
Est. @ A. Voorhees,. N. D.. PhIladelphis
For sale by n. b. Danforth, Druggist.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
CON MAN IS
SOUCHT In
PALM BEACH
Debts of Leslie Harring.
ton, Chicago, Equal
Those of Bischoff.

chicago, Feb. 16.-The police
rere awaiting word from Palm
neach. Fla, today in their search
I'M Leslie Harrington, missing
hssd of one Of three concerns here
ala to have been swindling for
sirn-born citizens of millions of
dollars. A woman said by the po-
ice to be Harrington's wife was
located in Palm Beach and is being
kept under surveillance there, and
the federal authorities think that
Harrington is on the way there to
Join her.
Harrington, who fed from Chi
eago Saturday morning following
the expose Of Raymond ]. Bis
choif's operations in which he is
said by the police to have been in
debted to the sum of 100000, has
debts amounting to at least that
figure, according to federal investi-
gators. He is expected to reach
Palm Beach today. they said.
Wife Is Watched.
Mrs. Harrington was not told that
she was being watched, it was re-
ported here, in the hope that ssome
telegram or letter sent by her to
Harrington might give clue to his
whereabouts, in the event that he
did not decide to join his wife
Police in the larger eastern cities
have been given a description OF
Harrington,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
IOWA BANKER
FOUND GUILTY
Wealthy Bloomfield Man Convicted
of Cheating by False Pre-
lenses; Altered Mortgage.

Ottumwa, Iowa, Feb. 16.-J. W.
Steckel, Bloomfield. Iowa, banker,
who has been on trial at Fairfield
for more than two weeks on a
charge of cheating by false pre-
lenses. was found guilty last night
when the jury, consisting of IL men,
brought in a verdict after five
hours of deliberation. The case
has attracted a great deal of at
tention over this section of the
state, because of the fact that
Steckel is very wealthy. He testi-
ned in court that he owns 1000
acres in Davis county, aside from
numerous holdings in Dakota and
other sections of southern Iowa.
Judge Seneca Cornell set Feb. IS
as the date for hearing OF motion
for a new trial.
The case centered about mort
gage given to Steckel by L. w
Barnhart and his two sons, for a
series of loans totaling some S24,-
600. which the Barnharts claimed
had been altered after they had
signed it. until practically all their
chattel property was included IN
the mortgage.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
DAUCHERTY
FLAYED BY
MERCHANT
Says Attorney General
Lacks Both Justice and
Common Sense.

Chicago, Feb. 16.-H. E. Hart of
Long Prairie, Mimi, speaking be-
fore the Interstate Merchants
council here today, said that there
seemed to be only one class of
merchandise distributors that have
had "a good standing with either
the Democratic or Republican ad-
ministrations, and those are the
mail order houses"
IF the accusations of the at
tOrney general against the retail
merchants were not inspired by the
mail order interest" he asked, "by
whom were they inspired? Who
would benefit from this propaganda
but the mail order inteTests2 Would
they profit by having the retail
merchants discredited in the minds
of the public? l believe they would
What would it be worth to the mail
order interests to have the public
educated by the attorney generals
and the radical newspapers to be-
lieve that every time they made a
purchase at retail store they
were being held up and robbed? Il
would mean millions of extra trade
for the mail order concerns.
"YicioUs Propaganda"
"If you are going to be success
full in 1922 you must meet this vic
ious propaganda; you must answer
the question in your advertising tC
your own community. You stand
convicted without a trial by one oi
our national officials.
who is this man Daugherty
Where did he come from? He mus
have been reading a back number
of the paper published in his OLE
home town during the war. H
thinks the same prices are in effect
II believe President Harding
much as I like him, made a mistak
in choosing this man as attorney
general. but as a lawyer he is sup
posed to understand the law, au'
, the law is founded on common
sense and justice, both of which
seem to be lacking in Mr.. Daugh
erty. Mr.. DaugheTty, l believe, j
doing one of three things: eithe
playing into the hands of the mai
order interests, playing cheap poll
tics, or is ignorant of true condi
| tons.
Daugherty Ignorant.
Il am going to be charitable ant
say that the latter is the case. Ant
you can find the truth by looking
over the income tax returns tilet
by merchants from all parts of th'
| United States.
I'VE can meet this propagand;
in our store publications and Sc
out patrons right whenever it il
circulated by enemies of the regu
| lar retail trade"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
PART OF TAYLOR
ESTATE is GONE
Oil Stock and Money of Slain Di-
rector Is Missing -WOolWine
Continues Death Probe.

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 16.-Oil
stock and money, believed to have
constituted part of the estate of
William Desmond Taylor, slain
film director, are missing, accord
ing TO Charles A Jones, investi-
gator for the district attorney.
Jones made this statement after
checking up Taylor's personal pa
pers and belongings, and then con-
ierring with Mrs. R. NJ. Berger, an
income tax expert with whom Tay-
lor is said to have discussed his
1921 income tax report short time
before he was slain.
From this it was learned, accord
ing TO Jones. that Taylor was pre-
pared to pay a tax on securities and
money which have not been To-
Gated
Further investigation into the
case was planned for today. Thorn
as Lee Woolwine, district attorney,
stated that in future witnesses
would not, however, be summoned
% his office, but would be ques-
Toned at their homes by his agents.
II was believed the publicity at
I lending their visits to his office
|, rightened persons into keeping to
hemselyes what might prove val
liable clues
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
LET TIL WOMEN
DO TIL WORK rs
NEW BULGAR Law

Sofia, Feb. 16.-Compulsory
work for women is to be i'm
posed by the Bulgarian peasant
government. The peasant wom-
en who do manual labor, parti-
sans of the law say, will take
pleasure iIi seeing those ladies
silk stockings" rustic about
a bit
Premier Stamboulisky, justi-
Lying the new law in a recent
Speech said:
A peasant woman works in
le country. ploughing the
sround, often doing more than
1e husband She spins t he
sooi and weaves the cloth for
4e family's clothes. What
yes the town lady do? She
walks and chats and does not
siSe birth to children. We
gust, at least, compel her to
eoor for the state"
The law is to be applied first
NE capital, Sofia. then in the
laller cities and eventually in
-e villages and country, where,
Lo@eyer, custom and necessity
ave few idle.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16

SpOOk Hat41ts NOUa Scotia
Farm; Slealth and Reporter
Spend Bad Night in Search

Macdonald on a cot on the oppo-
site side, when suddenly ghostly
rappings were heard.
Then the scribe felt slap on his
arm and asked the detective What
he was doing. The detective de-
clared he had not moved.
Presently Carroll felt a slap and
told the scribe to keep still. Whid-
den declared he had not moved.
Ghost Fires House.
The mysterious slaps were re-
peated and detective and scribe
arose and stirred up Macdonald
who declared he had been asleep
The spook hunters spent the rest
of the night huddled in front of a
roaring fire.
Macdonald left his home in mid
winter because he said that un-
seen hands played havoc with his
cattle, and started fires in his
home. Friends who spent a night
with him corroborated his story.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
BONUS MUST
COME FROM
SALES TAX
Harding Tells Congress
That Is Only Way to
Raise Funds.

Washington, Feb. 16.-President
Harding informed congress today
he considered a general sales tax
the only feasible method of raising
funds for the soldiers bonus.
The executive in letter address
ed to Chairman Fordney Of the
house ways and means committee,
suggested that unless congress saw
fit to enact a sales tax, passage OF
bonus legislation should be tempor-
arily postponed.
Washington, Feb. 16.-Enact-
ment of a sales tax as the only
practicable means OF raising money
for a soldiers bonus was stated to
be the view of President Harding
by Representative LonRorth OF
Ohio, a Republican memser of the
house ways and means committee,
after a call today at the White
house. The Ohio representative said
he understood such a view would
be set forth by the president in his
letter to members of the financial
committees of congress.
Such an executive view also was
reflected by Senator Frelinghuysen,
Republican, New Jersey, who called
at the White house while the presi-
dents letter was in course of pre-
paration.
q believe" the president wrote,
''the American people will accept
the levy of a general sales tax to
meet the proposed bonus payments
and we should contribute thereby
no added difficulties to the prob
lens of readjustment If congress
will not adopt such a plan, it would
be wise to let the legislation &c
over until there is a situation
which will justify the large out
| lay"
Declaring that the government
/ had under consideration the dispO-
sition of surplus war properties and
other transactions which should
| bring great relief to the treasury
/ the president said it would be wise
to let the legislation go over, il
! congress did not deem it advisable
| to adopt the sales tax.
Situation Tangled.
! The presidents letter was re-
| garded generally at the capitol as
| leaving the bonus situation ever
more complicated than before. Sen
ate and house subcommittee were
| to meet late in the day to receive
and consider the White house com
municatiOn.
| When the sales tax was discussed
( in the subcommittee last week, il
was understood that senators were
| informed that less than one hun
/ dred Republican votes in the house
/ could be mustered for sales ta1
as a method of financing the ad-
| justed compensation. Such a ta1
had been considered by house lead
ers as a possibility, but virtually
| had been discarded.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
BUMPS Her EYE,
RECAINS SIGH!
Joliet Girl, Blind in One Eye ~
Twelve Years. Has II Restored
by Gymnasium Accident

Joliet, Ill, Feb. ia blow over
the left eye. blind since babyhood,
brought sight back TO Miss Naude
Ann Naismith here last night
when she and her brother were
performing gymnastic stunts at
their home.
Miss Naismith is a daughter Of
Professor John Naismith physical
director OF the University of Kan
sas. and inventor of the game Of
basketball.
She came here from Kansas re-
Gently to liEe with her brother
Jack. physical director in one Of
the city schools She is II. and
pretty and for more than Il years
has been unable to see with her
left eve. The defect was not no
ticeable and her eyes are most
attractive.
While going through some eXer-
cises with sher brother in their
apartment last night, Miss Nal
smith bumped her eye on a bar.
Instantly her sight was restored.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
UNCOVER AUTO
THIEVES RING
INST. LOUI S
Gang Operations Ex-
tend to Illinois and
Other States.

st. Louis, Mo, Feb. 16.-Agents
of the department Of justice today
began an investigation of what
they believe to be an organized
trade in stolen automobiles extend
ing from Missouri into Illinois and
probably other states. This inves-
tigation followed the issuance yes
terday of warrants against three
men from East st. Louis. ILL.,, who
were arrested here charged with
violating the Dyer anti-automobile
theft act.
According to the secret service
men here, the proprietor of sum-
mer resort near Springfield, Ill.
also has been taken into custody
together with a man from Granite
City, who, it is said, were acting
as agents for the trade and in
whose possession four automobiles
had been found, it was learned to-
day, that were stolen machines.
A permit issued by the city park
department for the use of munich
pal tennis courts led to the arrest
OF the three East st. Louis men
The permit, found under the seat
of an automobile, in which the trio
were arrested, had been issued tC
a woman whose automobile was
stolen last fall
Springfield, ILL.,. Feb. 16.-Franl
Hackenthal, proprietor of the Long
Lake resort in Madison county, ar
rested yesterday by United State!
Deputy Marshal Murray, is believed
to be the ringleader of the organic
ed trade in stolen automobiles. De
velopments indicated there was NJ
Springfield man involved, tht
marshalS office announced.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
HUNGRY GHOST
ROBS WIDOWS
HOME NIGHTLY
Shotgun Squad Can't
Catch Wrath Who
Steals Food.

Waukegan, Ill. Feb. 16. - A
hungry ghost with taking ways and
Mondays off, at dawn today had
failed shotgun squad at the home
of Mrs. Catherine Milakowicz,
where an all-night vigil had been
kept.
At all hours of the night, the Wis
itor had been heard, Mrs. Milako-
wicz informed Father Joseph
Lauerman, to whom she went for
protection.
He'll eat me out of house and
home" she told the father. 81
don't know who he is, but he can't
be my husbands ghost. My hus-
band never had an appetite like
that"
Moves Boys Bed.
During a recent night Mrs. Mia
kewicz heard him ia the cellar
summoned the shotgun squad and
found that two sacks of flour anC
fifty pounds of sugar had vanished
and the coal supply had been di-
minished. Daniel, her eldest boy
awoke one morning to find that his
bed had been moved across the
room.
Michael Dezoma, a cigar manu-
! facturer who lives in the house
told of his experiences with the
spook.
( Punches ROOmer'S Nose.
! Last Friday morning" he said
there was a peculiar noise at the
door. I struck a match. The door
/ flew open. the match was blown out
and a hand grabbed me by the neck
choked me and then hit me on the
nose"
The only nights on which the dis
| turber has not visited the house
! have been on Monday nights, ac'
| cording to Mrs. Milakowicz. So now
! the shotgun squad has been organ
| lied to guard the house six nights
a week and await the return OF the
alleged Spook.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
u. S. TO QUIT
RUSS RELIEF
American Administration VIII
Withdraw by Next September;
Russians To Feed Selves.

Washington, Feb. 16.-The Amer
ican relief administration expects to
withdraw from its undertaking in
famine stricken Russia by next Sep
tember, Edgar Rickard of that or
ganization said today after he had
conferred with Secretary Hoover.
BY that date, Mr.. Rickard said
the Russians should be able 20 feed
themselves with the proceeds OF
their harvests. The American re-
lief administration is sending to
Russia 122, 900 tons of seed wheat
for planting this spring, he said
which is expected to insure ample
crops.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
HAPPY HEBREW
ISDEAD At los
Grandpa Lewis HOrrOwitz. New
York, Attributed Long Life to
Optimism and Cheerfulness-

New York. Feb. 16.-There was
sadness today among all the in
mates of the Harlem Home of the
Daughters of Israel, for Grandpa
Lewis Horrowitz, aged 105 years, is
dead, and with him has gone good
deal of laughter. Each of the 50
old men and women left in the
home. joined in eulOgizing their de
parted friend, who had survived
two wives and left six children. 49
grandchildren, IS great grandchil-
dren. and a few great-great grand
children.
He danced the Russian dances as
late as last year. He attributed hls
MANY wears to never-ending optim-
ism and cheerfulness.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
(Copyright. 1922. by The Argus.l

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Washington, Feb. 16.-America
would be immensely obliged If
Italy, France, England or some
body would postpone the Genoa
economic conference indefinitely
or at least until the senate of the
United States acts upon the sew
eral treaties negotiated at the
arms conference.
The United States government
of asking for a postponement
and would prefer to have the mi
tiative taken from the other side Of
the Atlantic but there are half
dozen reasons why the United
States hopes it will be done.
The mystery of thesmissing note
announced in the cable news dis
patches from Paris as having been
given to the press by Premier
Poincare is intertwined in the
American reluctance to ask a
postponement Although the Paris
correspondents cabled the sub
stance of the note nearly week
ago, the department of state Off
cially hasn't received a copy. Nor
are the department officials max
| ing any vigorous efforts to locate
the note The general impression
prevails here that Ambassador
Herrick received unofficial word
from the government as to its at
| titude just about the time that the
French premier was calling in the
correspondents and telling them
Continued on Page Four.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
RUMOR REVOLT
NEAR JUAREz

Ell Paso, Texas, Feb. 16.-Ffye
thousand troops at Fort Bliss were
being held today ready for any
emergency which might arise along
the border. They were modified
last night when rumors were scat
tered in Juarez and Ell Paso that
5000 men were assembling in the
hills south of Juarez, and tnat the
Juarez garrison was expected 10
turn over"
Jureaz military and civilian Of
ficials denied each report, but ad-
mitted that they are aware tnat
reyolutionists are trying to recruit
men in Chihuahua
FL Paso. Texas, Feb. 16.-Feel-
ing is tense in Juarez today and at
Fort Bliss, where emergency steps
have been taken in readiness for a
threatened rebel attack on J.-urez-
Five thousand American troops
have been modified at Fort Bliss
ito protect the border"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16

Halifax, \. s., Feb. 16.-The first
person who can prove that super
natural causes are not responsible
for uncanny happenings at Alex
MacDonald's farm in Caledonia
Mills will receive $10O, if an offer
made by Detective Carroll of the
provincial police and Harold Whid-
den, a Halifax reporter, holds good.
After spending two days and
three nights in the house with
Whidder, Detective Carroll report
ed to his superiors his belief that
neither fires nor other strange
happenings there were the work oS
human hands. While hunting for
the s-ok alleged by Macdonald to
be haunting his farm, Whidden and
Carroll were slapped mysterious
Iy, they said.
Slaps Both Men.
Whidden reported that he and
the detective were lying on a bed
on one side of the living room and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
MAY POSTPONE
MEET AT GENOA
Possible Delay Of Three weeks Is
Announced in British Of
fetal Circles.

London, Feb. 16.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press )-The probability Of
a delay of three weeks in the open
ing of the Genoa economic confer
ence, was announced in British Of
fetal circles today. This was the
first intimation in such circles that
the French were likely to win their
contention that it was impossible
TO start the conference on the date
originally chosen, March S.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
FORT DODGE HAS
100000 FIRE
Entire Business Block. Occupied by
Eleven Firms. is Destroyed by
Early Morning Blaze

Fort Dodge, Iowa, Feb. 16.-The
Smell shops building, a business
block, occupied by II firms, includ-
ing the Postal Telegraph company,
was destroyed by fire here today,
The loss is estimated at over $780,
coo.
The fire was of unknown origin
and broke out in the basement The
building is practically new. having
been erected four years ago, and
the fire that destroyed it was the
sixth to occur in it since its con-
structiOn.
The Wahkonsa hotel building, ad-
Joins the Smell Shops and the 500
guests were driven from their beds
at a. N. by smoke from the fire.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-16
DEAD MAN COMES
BACK AND SITS IN
AT OWN INQUEST

Montreal. Feb. 16.-Jeremie
Belliveau enjoys the distinction
of having been the central fig
ure at his own inquest The
Jury decided he was alive.
Six months ago a body fOusd
IL the Laehine canal was iden-
tilted as that Of Belliveau. VINO
had been missing from his
home. A coroner's jury found
a verdict of accidental death.
and in time Madame Belliveau
made plans to remarTy. Then
Belliyeau made d rearrange-
ment of plans necessary by
coming back
The coroner was called on
once more. this time to state
what was to be done about the
living. BelIiyeau explained
that he had been UuavoidabIy
detained in Jail for six months.