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The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
BODY OF INFANT
FOUND In PAPER
Head Marked by Teeth of
Rats-WOunded in
Skull.

Wrapped in a current issue of a
newspaper, the murdered body of a
week-old girl. was found concealed
among underground on the st. Eliz-
abeth's Hospital grounds yesterday
noon.
The child's head and face were
covered with tooth marks, believed
to have been caused by rats. while on
the upper part of the skull was a
wound inflicted by a blunt instru-
ment. which the authorities believe
caused death.
Although death had occurred four
days ago, according to Coroner J.
Ramsay hewitt, the body was
wrapped in a newspaper bearing
the date of Wednesday. May 81,
when found by one of the hospital
attendants. Walter A. Carney.
Efforts to solve the mystery sur
rounding the child's death, made by
the police yesterday. were futile
despite the fact that all nearby
towns have been notified to inves-
tsgate births which occurred during
the past two weeks.
Coroner hewitt will conduct an in
quest over the body at the District
morgue when the mother of the
child is located, according to an
nouncement made at police head
quarters last night
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
WIFE CONFESSES
HANGING HUSBAND
Man Roomer in House Said to
Have Admitted Being
Party to Deed.

CHICAGO, June Mrs. Victoria
Turek. mother of three children,
Iconfessed this evening that she and
LEOPOLD Mikrut. a former roomer,
had hanged her husband
Turek was found hanging under
Ia stairway in his home and his wife
said he had committed suicide. Some
scratches on his face aroused sus-
picion, and Mrs. Turek was arrested
and questioned.
Her confession goes back several
wears to a town in Poland, where
ITurek and his family. with Mikrut,
his wife and two children. occu-
pied the same house. When Mikrut's
wife died. Turek took him and his
two children to live with him. All
came to America together.
Several weeks ago Mikrut ana
Mrs. Turek tried to kill the husband,
but failed. according to the confess
eion. and ten days ago Mikrut
awaited Turek in the basement, hit
him over the head and then he and
khe wife strung him up. Mikrut
was captured this evening and Is
said to have confessed.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
By MARK SULLIVAN.

No doubt nearly everybody goes
along comfortably with the idea
that next year his taxes will be
lower than they are this year.
A good many persons, including
some careful business men. are
guiding their affairs on this basis.
They are refraining from selling
property this year in the hope that
through postponing the sale year
or two they will not have to pay
the government so large a portion
of the profit as they would II they
sold this year.
Having Just had a rather de-
pressing conversation with one oil
the two or three men who kno"
more about this than anybody else
1t is necessary 10 say that the men
who are in positions to have au-
thoritative Information do not see
how the national taxes can be re-
duced for a good many years To
come.
Appropriations Cut.
The appropriations for the year
1923 are down to the bare bones
The outgo from the national Treas
ury in 1928 will be s3.500,OOO,O0O'
There is no one who sees how I,
can be reduced, below that point
for almost a generation.
As a matter of act, the running
expense of the government has
been brought down to point that
is astonishingly low. This can be
shown by, the briefest analysis oil
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
SEEK TOSLUR IDOL
OF MCCORMICK GIRL
AS GOLD DIGGER
Her Mothers Lawyers
Hint Oser's Record Is
Not Creditable.
CONFERENCE HELD
Mathilde to Be Denied Per.
mission to Leave u. s. In
til of Age, Is Belief.

CHICAGO, June Predict ions
are now freely made that Max Oser,
Swiss horseman. will not marry
Mathilde Mccormick. Conferences
were held today between the attor-
neys for Mathilde's father. Harold
F. Mccormick. president of the In
ternational Harvester Corporation,
and her mother. Mrs. Edith Rookie
Teller Mccormick. recently divorced.
| While the nature of these confer
ences is carefully guarded, there
are strong indications that a COM
promise has been reached. whereby
Mrs. Mccormick will withdraw her
opposition to Harold +. Mccormick
as the guardian of Mathilde, but
with the single proviso that she is
not to be married to Max Oser or
to leave the United States until she
is of legal age. which will be on
April s. 1928.
| Dispatches from Switzerland quote
Oser as saying he will marry
Mathilde in spite of her mothers
opposition.
There were broad hints at the
hearings today that Oser's record
would not bear close inspection and
| that he has heretofore been a sutton
names of some of these women, at.
torneys FOR Mrs. Mccormick de-
clined to give them. but said there
were grave reasons why the IL
year-old girl should not become the
bride of the aged European"
1t is said Mrs. McCorinick's attor-
neysiare prepared to show that Oser
has been conspicuous by his atten.
tioiSs to unattached American women
and girls, more especially thoss
with fortunes. at his riding school
and around the hotels at Zurich.
Mrs. Mccormick. aside from un.
alterable opposition to her youn.
daughter marrying a man three
times her age. says. through her
attorneys, that Osers fortune con.
sists solely of $4,000 cash and ar
income of 800 a month. which 1.
hardly sufficient to pay the bills
of John d. Rockefeller's grand.
daughter
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
Scant Hope for Reduction
In Taxes, Declares Sullivan
Government Expenses, Already But 20 Per
Cent Greater Than Before War, Cannot
Be Cut Further, Says Writer.

this $4,000. zoe, 900 which must be paid
out next year. OF this sum 81, 900, =
100000 goes out for three purposes
namely. the interest on the ma
tional debt. the sinking fund. ana
the veterans who must be cared for.
No one of these items is likely
to be less than IT now Is in an,
year during the near future.
Normal Running Expenses.
Granting then, that no reduction
can be made in this $4,000. DOC. 600.
let us turn to the rest of II. The
other $500. 100000 is the normal
running expense of the govern
ment. This sum cannot be reduced
any more readily than the others
The fact is that even before the
war the normal running expenses
OF the government were anywhere
from $1.00S000,000 to $3.50. 900. 900
In 1916, the year before America
entered the war, the normal rum
ming expenses of the government
were 1880 100000.
Now, IL you compare the billion
and quarter dollars which It cost
to run the government in 1916 with
the bii.ton and a half dollars which
1t Is going to cost to run the gov
eminent in 1929. you will realize
that the Increase in cost is.not. as
things go, very much. In dollars
the increase is a quarter of a billion.
In percentage the increase is only
20 per cent.
Reduced by budget System.
In other words. the co4 of run
ming the government in 1923 has
been pared down through the
budget system to a point where it
is only 20 per cent greater than
the prewar cost.
1t Is doubtful II any private BUSH
ness or any private family is doing
any better than this. 1t would be
difficult to find any business con
Germ or any household whose ex-
penses for 1928 are only 20 per cent
more than they were in 1915. In
point of fact, the showing is really
better than this. because of the
$3.50, 100000 which is added to the
cost of government for 1923 over
what the cost was in 1916. fully
s15e.0O0,000 is caused by the in
creased volume of business in the
postal service.
Sees No Reduction.
1t is not possible to foresee how
any further considerable reduction
can be made for many years to come.
The contrary Is more likely to be
the case. Congress Is more likely
to yield to the temptation to do
| costly things than to pare down
the appropriations beyond where
they now are. This being so. It isn't
possible to see how the government
is going to be able to get along
with any less taxation than We now
endure.
To anyone who replies that Amer
lea will get a lot of money out of
her European debtors there are two
answers: The first is that America
Is not likely to get as much
out of them as the politicians
have led the more trusting of us
to expect. The second answer is.
that whatever America does get out
of European debtors should be APP
piled to the reduction of the ma
tional debt and not to the running
expenses OF the government.
Copyright, ls22.)
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
WOMEN DISCUSS
MEANS OF AIDING
GEOGRAPHICALLY
Make Plans to Remedy
Political Situation at
DOLLAR Dinner"
Ito ARE AT MEETING
Fail to Knock Republicans,
But Devote Time to Own
Organization.
ITO ARE AT MEETING

No matter in what kind of dim
Guilty a woman finds herself. she in
stinctively reaches for a dustcloth
and broom. True to her housekeep-
ing traditions. she cares not a whit
how dirty her neighbours house Is as
long as there are no cobwebs in her
own corners.
These theses were amply proved
at a dollar dinner"-a gathering
of ITO of the rank and file of Dem
ocratic women, under the direction
of Mrs. Frank Hiram Snell-at the
women's City Club last night. The
partisan women were gathered to-
gether to discuss the political situa-
ton Their meeting differed from
any other political gathering in
several respects.
No Time Wasted.
The most noteworthy was the fact
that little time was wasted in show
ing the faults and mistakes OF the
party in power; practically the
whole of the discussion was con-
cerned with How to Make Our
Party the Best Party, the Right
Party. the Liberal Group, and How
to Put the Best Men in ONCE =.
In addition to the fact that only
Ia few rhetorical pebbles were
thrown at the Republicans. but two
women mentioned the tariff; graft
was not spoken of: the Flag never
waved once. and not single DEM
ocrat who had lost his job to make
place for a Republican favorite had
his case presented.
subjects of Discussion.
Here are some Of the things dis
cussed:
The actual organization of the
league of nations was outlined oy
Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams.
The Newberry case was taken up
exclusively in it's relation to gen.
eral reforms. Ringing on an express
sion by Mrs. Antoinette Funk;
sometimes great things come from
small personalities.
Necessity of trade with Russia to
Lhelp our owp industry was pointed
but by Mrs! W. J. Swanton.
Recognition of the special occu-
Rational viewpoint of the 95 per
tent of the women engaged in the
Profession of home making by the
Democratic party as a policy was
Explained by Mrs Emily Newell
Blair.
A resolution reading we, the
Democratic women of the District
BIZ Columbia. send greetings to
Woodrow Wilson and our warm and
oval affection" was passed in ST.
ence, the gathering rising in re-
ponse.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
What's Going
- On Today

Meeting. Writer'S League Of Washington.
Public Library. 8 p. m.
Commencement exercises. Bliss Electrical
School. Masopic Auditorium, Thirteenth
street and New York avenue northwest, .
p. m.
Concert, United States Soldiers Home.
bs ndstand. $50.
Meeting. Business women's Council.
Church Of the Covenant. 1880 p. m.
Meeting. Unity Society. Homer Building
Exposition. Sunday school lesson. Y. W.
). A.. 4:45 p. m.
Concert. Christian Church, Sixth and II
streets southwest. s:15 p. m.
Excursion. Business High School, Chess
peake Beach. all day.
Dance, Catholic women's Service Club,
Catholic Community House. 8o1 Z street
northwest. o .. IN.
Meeting, o. 8. U. Alumni, Wallis Restau-
rant. 4lS Twelfth street northwest. noon.
Meeting. Federal City Lodge, No. 20, I. o.
o. r., p. m.
Lecture. DIR. Simon. The Ten Command
ments." Washington Hebrew Congregat ton.
Eighth and II streets northwest, 8 p. m.
Meeting. South Carolina Society. Thomson
| School. p. m.
Dance. George Washington University
seniors. 200 Sixteenth street northwest.
p. m.
Dinner. Central High School Bulletin and
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
Bathing Suit Contest
Conducted by AID Club

Officials of the Washington Ad
Tlrh t. wcck arc .he ga .f
much vivid femininity. Naturally,
then. there is a great influx of mas
culinity. and a hard-hearted COM
mittee Shoes all the latter away.
Tryouts of beautiful models who
will wear the Capitals most fetch
ing bathing suits in the bathing
suit contest at the Tidal Basin June
II, are being held. Kanns. Parker
Bridget, Jeleff, Sport Mart. Meyers
Shop. Bertram Cohn. Peoples Drug
stores, Hecht's and Lansburgh and
Brother have already entered the
contest.
Cups will he awarded for the most
beautiful individual suit and to the
store having the most beautiful
group of suits.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02

Review STATS. Central High School. I p. N.
Address. DR.. X. B. Moomsw. Mount Yer
non Place N. Y. Church, Has q. m.
Girls athletic group and Girl Scouts. VIII
son Normal Community Center, afternoon.
Rhythmic dancing instruction. Chevy Chase
Community Center, evening.
First American Boys. Junior Red Cross,
Junior Savings Girls. Garnet-Phelps Commp-
nifty Center, afternoon.
Meeting. William u. Cushing Camp, Sons
Of Veterans, Phythian Temple, 81 D. m.
Meeting. LanEdon John Burroughs Parent
Teachers Association. John Burroughs
School. ass .. m.
Graduation. school Of nursing. Chiidren's
Hospital. s p. m.
Dinner. zonts Club. Grace Dodge Hotel
$50 p. m.
Play. st. Patriek's Player, Carroll Hall
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
SEE IMPROVEMENT
IN JOB SITUATION

Continuing. improvement in the
employment situation, both as re-
CARDS the number of men at work
and the pay they receive, is shown
in a survey by the Department of
Labor.
An increase of 10 per cent in the
pay roofs of automobile factories.
and Of 81 per cent in the iron and
steel industry during March is noted.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
DIRTHS ANDDEATHS
ID REPORTED IN DC.
BIRTHS.
white.

white.
Floyd A. and Helen Z. Truseott, boy.
Joseph J. and Minnie Curry, boy.
Rueben =. and Lillian r. Acton, boy.
Hubert u. and Violet L. Foley. boy.
| Louis Y. and Elsie NJ. Hoover, boy.
samuel and Ruth Klein, girl.
Earl p. and Helena warheld, boy.
AThomas X. and Flora Davis, girl.
oscar II. and Emily Reinholt. boy.
Ralph and Mildred Z. Aichinard, girl.
Maurice L. and Ada V. Cook. boy.
Nathan II. and Ruth NJ. Order. boy.
Charles and Janette L. Shaw, girl.
Parke W. and Margaret P. Trotter. boy.
Peter y. and Anna Fordules, boy.
James n. and J4anita d. Limerick. girl.
Raymond l. and Marguerite Gilbert, girI.
Albert B. and Naomi II. Wilson, boy.
Julian and Ida Johnson, boy.
celorsd.
Arthur and Helen T. Coleman, girl.
Richard B. and jamie Y. Jameson, boy.
WIN. c. and Estelle b. Bowen. girl.
stazer and Mollie Carraway. girl.
WIN. and Catherine DunninEton, girl.
James T. and Ida Better, boy.
Augustus and Emma Lewis, girl.
Joseph and Stella Warren, girl
ALFRED and Loretta Douglas, girl.
Thornton and Clara B. Hart, girl
Alexander and Emily Ballard, boy.
DEATHS.
whits.
Elisabeth Henry. IL years, SIC y st. ne.
lhipvorth p. Coale, 46. Walter Reed Hos.
irEinia Nally. "A, 426 5th ST. ne.
ames J. Hillery, 30. st. Elizabeth's Hos.
Mary E Yates, 81. 2s15 18th ST. ne.
,usie ". Phillips. Is, le71 Morse st. ne.
lice NJ Perry, 81. l1Ie It'll st. ne.
oseph H. Keane. ~. 1875 Fairmont 1t. nv
Raymond L. Toneyson, 16. GARFIELD Hospt.
atherin Clancy. 81. 1000 ST. NV.
verett v. Perry. 10. l1Ie It'll st. ne.
haries q. Kroner. IS, 1885 "a 81. NV.
Ohm Caine. IS. Wash. Asylum Hospital.
emo Pssse. .. Emergency Hospital.
Garxaret B. ayne. 4, 1901 Il 81. ne,
ellen NJ Pohlmann, 81. 1les 5th 81. ne.
fiehard A Wilson. mos, sibley Hos.
Colorsd.
lmuel Johnson. "a. wash. Asylum Hospt.
arr Crocker. IS. Casualty Hospital.
arraret Smith. 10. Casualty. Hospital.
'fant Of Lewis and Lucy Miller, q days,
Minnesota ave- NJ
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
DIR. NEWTON STRAIT
DIES AT HOSPITAL

Dr. Newton Allen Strait 75 years
old. and for ffty-four years an
empioye and librarian OF the United
States Pension Bureau. died yester-
day afternoon at Georgetown uni
versity Hospital.
Before coming 10 Washington. DR..
Strait was a resident of Williams
port. Pa. where the body will be
sent tomorrow morning for Ma
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
Why Castoria?
WEARS ago Castor Oil, Paregoric Drops and Soothing

WEARS Castor OIL Pa Soothing
in for Infants and Children; Castor Oil nauseang
almost impossible and the others all containing Opium
but disguised as make them pleasant
child and give the of relief from
required that
would take the OF these disag
from habit had become almost universal
Fletches
WORTH received the of Physicians
word among mothers.
remedy ESPECIALLY prepared mother
would think of giving to her baby remedy
without consulting physician
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
Three Weddings in Rockville

ROCKVILLE, Md. June l.
among the couples married here
yesterday were Miss Margaret F.
Dove and Louis r. Boehmann, Miss
Margaret C Walton and Roland ".
tragg and Miss Icie T. Carson and
George W. Beers. all Of Washington.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-02
DEATHS.
WHIT.
Colorsd.

enuel johnson. "a. wash. Asylum Hospt
ary crocker. IS. Casualty Hospital.
arxaret Smith. 10. Casualty Hospital.
Plant OF Lewis and Lucy Miller. q days
Minnesota ave. NJ
The Monett times., 1922-09-15
ROBBERS CUT SCREEN AT
ROOMING HOUSE

Haskell Walker, of Selign1an, who
is attending che Monett High school,
reported to Constable Joe Jackson
this morning that robbers entered his
room last night at the w. C. Ham
mers rooming and boarding houseAon
Third street, and took his pocket
book containing bills and silver
amounting to Sis or SIG.
1t is presumed that the robbers
entered by the front door, as the door
facing opposite the lock on the screen
was shaved off and the screen could
easily have been unlocked with the
aid of wire. Mr.. Walkers room was
on the first floor off the living room.
They took his trousers into the re-
ception room and after taking the
pocket-book and money, left = the
trousers on the library table. A
watch in one of the pockets was not
taken.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15
SELLS ABSTRACT AND
INSURANCE BUSINESS

Robert Johnston who for the past
30 years has operated an Insurance
and abstract office at Monet has sold
his entire business to John f. Groh
of Freistatt. Mr.. Groh needs no
introduction to the people of Monet.
He was for a number of years secre-
tary of the Lawrence County Mutual
Insurance Company and also repre-
sented other insurance companies of
Lawrence County and is we'll versed
on all lines of insurance.
He also was member of the firm
of Woods & Groh, abstracters, of Mt.
Vernon, Missouri, for several years
and is well qualified in this line of
work.
Mr.. Groh will conduct real estate
loan business in connection with his
insurance and abstracts.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15

II. BIERMANN DIRECTOR IN
MONETT STATE BANK

At regular meeting of the board
of directors of the Monett State Bank
held Thursday, September 7th, Fl.
Hermann of Freistatt was elected a
member of the board of directors. Mr..
Biemann is well and favorably
known to the people of Southwest
Missouri and is known as a safe and
conservative business man. His cleo
ton as member of the board of di-
rectors speaks well for the manage
ment of the bank.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15

Charlie Cox, the delivery boy fol-
the Third Street Market, was slightly
injured, Friday morning, when the
shaft of the wagon broke which
frightened the horse causing him tc
run away. Young Cox was thrown
from the wagon a distance of about
twenty feet. His face, arms and
shoulders were skinned but fortunate
ly no bones were broken. DR.. A. S,
Hawkins dressed the wounds.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15
BOOTLEGGER CONVICTED
AT WASHBuRN
Woman Evangelist Gets Evidences
Which Convicts Cassyille Law
Breaker.

In the case of the State of MissouM
VS.. Ben Johnson, charged wiAh
violating the prohibition law, wa2
tried Thursday before J. A. Roller, #
Washburn, Missouri, the case having
gone there on a change of veAues
from the Flat Creek townehip.
Emory E. Smith, Prosecuting All
torney, and Emory c. Medlin, repre-
sented the State, while j. S. Davis az
Cassville represented the defense, The.
TIE case attracted considerable at
tention, about one hundred citizens.
most of them women, from Cassville,
attended the trial.
The evidence developed that. Mrs.
Virginia Berg. an evangelist who had
been holding a tent meeting In CaSs-
vile saw the defendant in the act af
manufacturing liquor. Sheriff Rob
erts and deputies Wolfenbarger and
Tucker together with the Prosecuting
Attorney made a search of the prems.
ises- after Mrs. Berg reported, and
testified that they found a copper
still, four barrels of mash and num-
ber of empty bottles. The case was
tried before jury of Washburn eitir
zens and the defendant was found
guilty and punishment fixed at six
months in the county Jail and a fine
of $4,000.
Mr.. Medlin opened the argument
for the State by calling the attention
of the jury to the law, saying that
the law writers had in mind such
characters as the defendant wheA
they placed the maximum at S1000OA
fine and one year in Jail. A heated
argument took place between the at
toneys for the State and defense,
when the State offered to show that.
Johnson's reputation as a violator o.
the prohibition law was bad The
court sustained the position of the
State.
A rHtV.Nr, A CyaNI "a
The Monett times., 1922-09-15
A PRONOUNCED SUCCESS

The uniform success that has at
tended the use of Chamberlain's Collie
and Dfarrhoea Remedy in the relief
and cure of bowel complaints, both
for children and adults, has brought
it into almost universal use, so that
it is practically without a rival and as
everyone who has used it knows, it is
without an equal.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15
S DI G.

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The Monett times., 1922-09-15

The men of eighty-five and ninety
years of age aer not the rotund, we'll
fed, but thin, spare men, who live on
slender diet. Be as careful as he
will, however, man past middle age
will occasionally eat too much or OF
some article of food not suited to his
constitution, causing indigestion OF
constipation and will need a dose of
Chamberlain's Tablets to move his
bowels and invigorate his stomach
When this is done, there is no reason
why the average man should not live
to a ripe old age.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15
FIRST C0ME-FTRST SERVED

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The Monett times., 1922-09-15
THE IDEAL PURGATIyE

As a purgative, Chamberlain's Tab
let's are the exact thing required.
Strong enough for the most robust,
mild enough for children. They cause
an agreeable movement of the bowels
without ony of that terrible gripping
They are easy and pleasant to take
and agreeable in effect.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15

Mrs. r. Monroe Galloway, of Okla
homa City, visited in Monet between
trains Saturday morning enroute
home. Mrs. Galloway will be remem-
bered by many people of Monett. Mr..
was a former car foreman
in the Frisco yards. He is now car
foreman in Oklahoma City.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15
KODAK FINISHING

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The Monett times., 1922-09-15

The Neosho Miner and Mechanic
has just finished its forty-ninth year.
1t was established at CRANKY on Oc-
tober 4, 1878, by H. j. Curtice, father
of c. E. Curtice, present editor, and
in September 1879, it was moved to
Neosho, where it has been published
ever since.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15

H. w. Fly returned home Sunday
from Kansas City where he attended
the Western Retail Implement, We
hicle and Hardware Dealers Associ-
ation. Mr.. Fly is director of the as
sociation.