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The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

According to the Cape Girardeau
Southeast Missourian, it has on dis
play a grindstone used by the Aztecs
probably ten centuries ago in Central
America. 1t is the property OF II. o..
Freeze. who has just returned from
Central America. The stone weighs
about fifty pounds and the roller made
to operate across the concave base,
fits so perfectly that when rolled
across the great stone, every portion
is toucheds The base stonehis about
the size of a drawing board, more than
an inch thick and is supported by three
legs which arc a part Of the original
base stone. both having been carved
out Of a much larger stone. An orna-
mcntal handle prOtrudes from one
side.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

A case which has been in the federal
court more than eleven years was dis
missed Tuesday by Judge Arba s. Van
Nalkenburgh. And now bondsmen
for Fremont Weeks. charged with US
ing the mail and express in further
ance OF a scheme TO defraud may
claim a $4,000 bond they deposited
FOR him when he appealed his case to
the supreme court OF the United States
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

After year had elapsed st. Louis
man recently shot another who had
stabbed him thirty-five times. The
Fulton Gazette thinks this a remark
able case Of self. control. Perhaps the
chap was just waiting to be sure be-
fore he went ahead.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

1t is to be hoped there are no pretty
girls around the Ellsberry home, near
Clarence, tust now, for both Charles
Ellsberry and his son Chester are
without the use of their arms. Some
weeks ago a cantankerous mule start
ed things by breaking the senior Els
berry's left arm. A cantankerous
Ford, not TO be outdone, did the same
to son Chester. The father was served
in like fashion by the Ford, thus losing
the use of both arms, which made 1t
unanimous as sons other arm was
unusable because Of a vaccination
which took" with a vengeance.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

From out Of Maryville comes the
story Of a light that didn't fail. The
Tribune reports that when a local ne
gro was taken before a Judge charged
with the crime Of carrying a half
brick concealed about his person, he
got off scot free when he explained
that he merely wore it to light his
matches on when he wanted to smoke.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

The total deposits in the seventeen
banks Of Holt county at close OF busi-
ness December 81, 1921, was $2,765,-
O47. This is a gain in deposits of only
S1,11S over that shown by the last
statement published, which was June
80, 1921, the total deposits at that
time being $2,7G3,929.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

Mrs. Amanda Warren Of Higgins
Vile was recently "at home to the
whole of Lafayette county. the occas-
ion being her ono hundredth birthday
Her party was held in the Christian
church, which was made necessary
because the whole county, seemingly,
accepted
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

Elliott Foster negro messenger for
the Easton- Taylor Trust Company, was
held up and robbed Of satchel con-
tanning $4,000 in cash and $500 in non
negotiable paper, on a street car at
st. Louis Friday afternoon.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

limb was procGIed, slipped into the
opening of the log and the animal
driven into it and the opening stopped,
after which It was put into a large
fruit jar.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28
NEWS FROM ALL over
IMPERIAL MISSOURI
b1ta4eadns happenings Which Have Taken Place
Ir the Greatest SEate in the Union
The Product of the Scissors, the Pen snJ a Vssy
Little Actual Labor

in 1911. Weeks was convicted Of vio-
lation OF the postal laws. lie appeal
ed to the supreme court. A new trial
was ordered in 1914.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

Gustave BrinEleson, Lebanon, who
was 1O1 years old Jan. /, 1922, died at
the home OF his son, Bringle Bringle-
son.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

THE German officer who sank the
Lusitania has received his just deserts
once more" rcjolces the Monroe City
News. This time he was killed in
Paraguay"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

An exchange has told the Brook
field Argus that while the silk stock
ing was invented in the sixteenth CEN
tury all Of It was not discovered until
recently.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

The Cover Enterprise has been sold
20 Miss Grace knousc, sister of the
former owner.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

The Canton Press is of the opinion
that cold feet often keep a hot head
out Of trouble
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

The Poplar Bluff American thinks
that after all maybe it would be wiser
20 say it with dollars.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

MANY on the water wagon fee
better Off" observes the Canton Press
wiCkedly.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

Away last August" relates the Lib
eral News, August c. Scovine shipped
a carload OF baled hay to Birchtrce
where he had moved. When he came
back to Liberal he sold the balance Of
the hay he had on hand to a neighbor.
This week he saw an account in a
Birchtree paper OF the man who had
bought the hay finding terrapin in a
bale. 1t was wodged between two
blocks Of the hay and had been thrown
in with a forkful OF 1t and securely
pressed into the bale. When released
it walked away apparently little the
worse for its four months imprison-
ment and fast"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

car with the view OF stocking his cellar
prior TO his marriage and have some
old-fashioned cheer at his wedding
feast.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

well, now that We know why a
chicken crosses the road, will some
one please tell us why they cross their
knees?' asks the Cabool Enterprise
Press.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

Col. Rozier Wickard Of st. Louis is
no longer a member Of Governor
Hyde's personal staff with the rank OF
colonel The governor accepted his
resignation Tuesday, and in doing so
penned the following note to the secre-
tary Of state: please cancel on your
records the commission as colonel on
my personal staff the name of Rozier
Wickard, account resigned" Last
week Colonel Wickard was arrested by
prohibition enforcement officers in st
Louis when he was about 20 uEfoad
twenty cases Of Scotch WHISKY and
carry It into his residence. It seem,
that he bought the liquor IN Tennessee,
and brought II to st. Luis in a motol
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

Fifty pounds Of brass passed a gold
test applied by John Miller, assayer
and pawnbrokor, and was bought by
him for $1,000, according to his re-
port to st. Louis police Tuesday. Miller
said the chemicals he used evidently
had been tampered with. Two men
asked $4,000 for the metal, Miller
id. Miller told police the sale was
completed December !, and that he
had since sought the two saIesmcn,
finally deciding TO ask police aid.
Miller said the fifty pounds OF gold"
was purchased for cash in order that
he might at once deposit the metal in
a private vault. He said newly
made friend told him where he might
complete a successful sale.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

Ross White, Baxter Springs negro,
has the valuation OF his wife figured
out to a fine point. Testifying in a
divorce suit in which he was defen-
dant, charged with non Support Ross
surmised: "Dey amt worth no fifteen
dollars a week, specially when dey
has to have polk chops TO- breakfast
every mornin'." He explained that his
wife had been "workin' TO rich white
folks and had to have her pok chops"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

berry who is under indictment in this
case; It is the Republican party. 1t
is not only Senator Newberry who is
charged with violating the Corrupt
Practices act Of the State Of Michigan,
but 1t is the Republican party"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28
THE CASE NOW GOES TO
THE PEOPLE ON APPEAL

CONTINUED from Page one)
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-01-28

former owner.
The Poplar Bluff American thinks
that after all maybe 1T would be wiser
20 say it with dollars.
Gustave Bringleson, Lebanon, who
was 1O1 years old Jan. /, 1922, died at
the home OF his son, Bringle Bringle-
son.
An exchange has told the Brook
field Argus that while the silk stock
ing was invented in the sixteenth CEN
tury all Of It was not discovered until
recently.
well, now that we know why a
chicken crosses the road, will some
one please tell us why they cross their
knees?" asks the Cabool Enterprise
Press.
THE German officer who sank the
r,,,i+a,,l, b,, ,,,,i,.,.,7 1T. duo, ,1,..,,..s.
oroo 49,, -, ra,,,oo, ,bo ,Iaunoo C,,,,.
>-o,,.,. o-r,,iu .,-,o ho No. ,.,,,., :,
Paraguay"
r,uio+t 17os,,r ,o,-ro ,,,os,,,,,,or Gov.
+bo r7oetor- -,ro,,,,,, ,rr,,e. Cor,ro,,,, ,,.as
boId ~, o,d rohhod ~ % so.,to, oo,,-
taini,g Ss ooo in cash and s5oo in non
nocoti,bro r,r,r an etroot oar A.
81 T,ouis rri5o,, oc,orroor
ryars,s Cftv ,von,,, roror,s that
while she w,s ovov from, hon,e at-
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
BREWSTER
RIVAL Is,
J|lTED
w. Middleton, From Georgia,
Shocked by coriiss-Wants
to Meet Millionaire.
BY WILLIAM RANDORF,
Couuo uolitsn ,Naws Soryics.


NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-Corliss
Palmer today has cast the die.
The choice which every girl hopes
some day to be asked to make
she has made, and she has decided
between the love of the young man
she was engaged to back home
In the south, and the millions Of
Eugene v. Brewster, fifty-two,
who for love of her Is seeking to
unite his second marriage 80 he
will be able to marry her.
He Was Locked Out.
For in the midst of the romantic
adventure Corliss had in the home
Of the wealthy publisher. William
Middleton suddenly appeared much
as young Lochinvar, From Out of
the West" and sought to claim the
girl he says had pledged herself to
be his bride.
But unlike Lochinvar, the poetic
lover, Middleton was not invited
in to see the girl he loved. In
fact servants and locked doors
stopped him from gaining a sight
Of the girl he believed his fiancee
who was in the home Of the man
for whom she Tilted him.
Over the telephone he could
speak to Corliss. Then he learned
she had Tilted him, although, he
says, only recently she had written
him she was true to him.
"She told me she talked over
our engagement with Bruce as
she calls him." said Middleton.
"She asked me to forget her.
Forget her! couldn't forget
Corliss II j lived to be as old as
Methuselah.
"Then this Brewster himself came
to the phone. He told me he had
seen all my letters to Corliss, and
was sorry for me, but a great mu.
tual love had come over him and
Corliss.
"Then he told me he was going to
marry Corliss. no matter what hap
pened."
Middleton changed his tone.
Marry her! guess he'd better
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 81
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
MRS. WILSON GUEST OF
DEMOCRAT. CLUB WOMEN

BALTIMORE. Dec. 7.--More than
500 persons are expected to attend
the reception at the Hotel Rennert
this afternoon at which Mrt. Wood
row Wilson will be the guest Of the
Democratic Women's Club. A letter
received yesterday by Mrs. 8. John
son Poe. president Of the club, con-
firmed Mrs. Wilson's acceptance Of
the invitation to Join In celebrating
the Democratic victory. With Mrs.
Wilson will come her sister and Mrs.
Edna Helm, wife OF Rear Admiral
James Meredith Helm. IS,
Senator-elect William Cabell Bruce
viii address the gathering. following
the mNsical program At the close
Of the reception Mfs. Wilson will
meet several OF the Democratic men
before returning to Washington.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
NINE CHILDREN
DIE AS HOMES
!, BURN
Three Families Nearly Wiped
Out in Flames From Lamp
and Kitchen Stove.
By international News Service,

BY international News Servtco-
CHICAGO, Dec. 7.AFour little
kiddies, the oldest ten years old.
the youngest ten months, were
burned to death in fire which
destroyed their home early today.
Four others were severely
burned and may die.
The dead: Mamie Budak, nine;
Sophie, ten; John, three, and, Eva,
ten months.
Four More In Hospital.
Joseph Dudak, the father; his
wife, Veronica; Anna, twelve, and
Mike, sixteen, were taken to Peo-
ple's Hospital in critical condition.
A high wind, sweeping through
an open window, blew over q
kerosene lamp and caused the frame
house to burst into flames.
The children were trapped by the
fire and died In their beds.
Told of Fairies.
A tired father had put them to
bed the night before. He had told
them, q fairy story--a story OF the
fairy that might come during the
night.
All they had to do was to be quiet
and leave the lamps burning.
Came a high wind, rain, sleet. ~
The kiddies thought Il was the
fairy. Then the wind howled extra
loud and the lamp toppled with :
crash.
The father, in another room
awakened from his sleep had leaped
from a window. ,,..ss ,ss
Then he remembered. t
my God" he cried. my babies
Where are they3" ".
s dashed back INTO the burning
scentinusa ON Psss Z. oelsnA ~.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
TURKS LIKELY TO ACCEPT
ALLIED STRAITS PLANS

: LAUSANNE. Dec. lord Curzon,
head Of the British delegation in the
Near East peace conference, con.
ferred this afternoon with Ismet
Pasha, head Of the Turkish delesa.
ton. and afterward It was reported
that the Turks probably would -ac.
cept the allied plan for demilitarisa.
ton Of the Turkish straits. WIN Z
few minor notifications,
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
DEAD TWO HOURS. WOMAN
IS RESTORED TO LIFE

NEW YORK, Dec. IA woman
Who tried to, end her life with gas
and whose heart had stopped best
ing for one hour and fifty.five min.
utes, was restored to consciousness
today by an ambulance surgeon and
employees Of gas company.
Mrs. Helen Elliot was discovered
n her home with q gas tube in her
mouth and another jet turned on.
Fhe surgeon could not detect the
alirhest heartbeat with his stethe-
scope. but he put the men to work
with the pulmotor.
There was no sign Of life until
after nearly two hours when the
woman's heart stirred family. For
4 moment she regained conscious
ness. but soon after lapsed into
coma. She 10 expected to recover.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
10 .NEI0HBoRS OF SLAIN
MAN GRILLED AND FREED

CHICAGO. Dec. TEN neighbors
and relatives Of the Italian grocer
who was found murdered early today
with a hatchet buried in his head
were grilled, then released. by police
working on the case today.
The man killed was Joseph Al
berto. On q table near his body po-
lice found the remains Of an inter-
rupted luncheon. Examination by
the coroner showed he had been
dealt three blows, any one of which
would have killed him. .t
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
GOVERNOR
ACCUSED
BY GIRL
Mlss eirkhead Tells Jury of
Alleged Betrayal by State
--'ffead. ----'''

q OXFORD, Miss, Dec. Pick
hR M. her narrative where she
left off late yesterday, Miss
Frances Birkhead, who is suing
Gov. Lee M. Russell for $100, GOO,
charging him with having ruined
her health by betraying her and
then declining to wed her, re-
sumed the stand IN Federal Dis
trict Court here today when court
convened.
Miss Birkhead, pressed for details
Of the intimacy she alleges with Gov
ernor Russell, told the jury the at
tentions of the governor constantly
grew more eager and more affection
ate. She said he expressed the desire
70 her that he might have a child.
She declared she yielded to his love
ma1Eine, and suddenly discovered her
co31ifion. Governor Russell, she
ch6RGed, urged her not to allow birth
81 .fhe schild. asked her to go to
Mo:phls for an operation, and even
1hvo her medicines and instructions
g prevent the event. She told the
Hry. in d voice scarcely audible, that
Ihe really had wanted the child for
Governor Russell's sake, but finally
aereed to make an effort to prevent
IL birth. She said she did not sue
ceed, and went to q doctor, who per-
formed an operation.
Miss Birkhead's composure on the
stand yesterday was perfect except
et one time, when James w. Cassidy.
leading counsel for Governor Russell,
confronted her with letter purport-
lng to have been written by her to
DR.. H. r. Garrison, q member Of the
board of trustees Of the State Tuber-
culosis Sanitorium, In which she
made the charge Of betrayal against
DIR. Boswell.
THAT IL not my signature; It is a
forgery" the girl cried. when she
viewed the letter. ey
"He kissed me every time I left the
office" Miss Birkhead testified of
the governor. as she held q handker-
chief to her eyes. SsI
Governor Russell sat directly In
front Of Miss Birkhead when she took
the stand. He glared straight into
her face, but she paid not the slight.
sst attention to him. e
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
Brewster's Daughter
Defends Love
Ventures
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, Dec. miss
Marie Brewster, daughter Of
the first wife Of Eugene Brew
ster, millionaire publisher, today
came to the defense of her
father for his love ventures.
"He has such a combination
of fascination, good looks and
extraordinary abilities that /
don't blame any one for falling
in love with him." she said.
Marie, twenty-one, Is but a
year younger than the southern
beauty Corliss Palmer, whom
Brewster wishes to marry after
divorcing his second wife.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
RESCUE SHIPS NEAR
DAMAGED FRElCHTER

NEW York; Dec. 7.-No addi.
tional information had been received
today as to- the safety Of the Ger
man freighter, Heinrich Kayser. re-
ported yesterday to be drifting 500
miles east of Cape May with n
broken rudder chain, the office of
the naval communications an
nounced.
The wireless message received
from the ship last night said she
was laborits In heavy seas with
other wireless reported that the
coast guard cutter Ossipee, had
gone to the steamers relief.
The Heinrich Kayser was steam
ing from Savannah to Bremen. .
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
SULTAN ESCAPED WHILE
UNDER DEATH SENTENCE

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 7.-An
unconfirmed but reliable report that
Sultan Mohammed vi was under
death sentence when he fled from,
Constanttnople upon q British war.
ship, was circulated here today.
The sentence was said to have
been imposed by extremists In the
national assembly at Angora- They
instructed Rafet Pasha, Turkish
nationalist. governor Of CONSTANT
nople to put the death decree into
effect.
Mohammed vi is now living At
Malta where he is said to be in
constant fear of assa ssin alton.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07

Later a telegram was received,
dated Sofia, saying that the govern
ment had succeeded in pacifying
the Agrarian rebels.
A Belgrade dispatch stated that
communication between that city
and Sofia was Interrupted, but
that refugees arriving at the Jugo-
slAv frontier reported that the Bull
garian cabinet was proclaiming .
state Of siege.
Macedonian (Agrarian) rebels oc-
cupied the Bulgarian city of .Kus-
tendil. but the Bulgarian war office
announced Wednesday that the
place had been retahen without re-
sistance. ttA Y
Conflicting reports have obscursd
the real situation IN Bulgaria 4
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
s.465 900
VERDICT
TO WIFE
Mrs. Dorrit Stevens Woodhouse
Wins Suit Against hus-
bands Parents.
BY Ins.rnasIon.i News ssrvscs.

BURLINGTON. Xt,,,-nac-- rJ.,-
The Jury in the 1000, 900 alien
alton, suit brought by Mrs. Dorrit
Stevens Woodhouse against her
husbands parents, Mr.. and MRS.
Lorenzo e. Woodhouse, today
returned a verdict Of $466, 900
in her favor. \
d. c. Beanty Got Into II.
The plaintiff claimed that her
parents4n-law sought to cool the
affections Of their son and his wife.
and 10 form an alliance betwesn
him and q beautiful dfvorcee. whose
name In prominent in Washington
society.
Young Mrs. woodhouse charged
that an engagement between her
husband and the Washington beauty
had been effected, and that the ring
of betrothal had been presented.
The distracted wife pursued her
recalcitrant spouse to Washington
in 1920, and nearly met him on the
street with the "otherN woman
nearly met him because, II Is safd.
he left his companion. and fled up
the street, pursued by the two WON.
en-. He escaped into Q fashionable
home, where he found refuge behind
a locked door.
When the pretty Reno widow
arrived at the house, breathless
from the chase. she was admitted
by a maid, who moment, II was
charged. forbade entry to Mrs,
Woodhouse.
Friends of the Washington WON.
an declared the suit had been
framed up" against her. to Dol.
ster the charge.
n :, Found Il - Mistake"
In September, 1921, the engage.
ment Of the "other woman" to a
milliooaire New York clubman was
announced In Washington. This re
port was followed soon after by an
explanation that the engagement
was "a mistake"
According to the papers filed in
the suit, the junior Woodhouse mar
ried the plaintiff in the case while
he was in the army, on September
20, 1918.
Young Mrs. woodhouse declared
that her husband was urged by his
parents to visit them--wfthout his
wife--in Burlington, New York
city. and at White Sulphur Springs.
Va.
Loreazo wcodhouse, the PLAINTIFF 9
father-in-law. Ia a millionaire banker
OF Burlington and New York. y
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
BELOW ZERO At sARANAc
FOLLOWING eLIzZARD

sARANAC LAKE. Dec. 7.---Sun-
sbine yesterday failed to break the
coId SMELL and wind storm which
swept over the north country, fol.
,owinR the blixzard Of Monday The
mercury dropped to xerd in the
Village yesterday, while several de:
~reea below zero was recorded at
1oints In the Jake country.
me roads are driften and motor
trifeIc u difficult.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
coUzENs SWORN MAS !
NEWBERRy's sUccEssoE

Former Mayor James. Cousens, of
: Unite United Sta States ssnasor| = this | ssssr. !.
He succeeded to the seat vacated
by the resignation Of former senator
Truman H. Nswberry @sp) q
lflch1Gnnx 81 ~ \ : a N
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
KING WILL OPEN IRISH
PARLIAMENT, REPORT SAYS

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE Liverpool
Courier today printed report that
King George may go to Dublin to
open the session Of the new Free
State parliament, after the senate
IL organized, but cabinet officials
here Sefused to confirm It.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07

Mrs. Phillips, at o'clock today
had been fugitive from justice for
forty-eight hours and no more was
known at that time as to her hiding
place than the minute the alarm OF
het escape was given.
Officially, the sheriffs office de.
olared they believed a clue that
would lead to her re-apprehension
would be found before the day was
over. On the other hand, deputies
detailed to locate the former chorus
girl openly and frankly admitted
they had run down clue after clue,
which at first seemed to have all
the ear marks Of good lead, !"
but in the end of proved a waste OF
Every dance hall. gambling and
done den In Tia Juana, Mexico.
was being searched today by Sheriff
William I. Traeger and Under
Sheriff Biscailuse on an apparently
authentic report that Mrs. Phillips
had succeeded in reaching an
asylum In that racing city. Sheriff
.Traeeer and Under Sheriff Bis
cafluse went into } Mexico at 2
o'clock this morning. sdvices here
stated.
Tries 10 Find "Gold Top"
sheriff william 4. Trager, OF
Los Angeles county. was In San
Diego today, working on what IL
said to be a new angle OF the case
where he went following mys-
terfous telephone call from the
southern city. His departure was
guarded with the greatest Of secrecy.
while sheriff TRACER was In San
gcpat,zusd On rAss ?. cplunh ~