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and that when she lost. which was often,
she sent him check, and when she won,
which was seldom, he sent her check.
She said that last April her losses
were such that she owed the bookmaker
$4,000. and had plunged to recover. She
lost again. trying to win by playing long
shots, and was In debt $4,000 when her
husband ordered her to quit betting and
stopped payment on checks that she had
sent to Donahue. She said also that
Donahue had frequently told her she
could go the limit. which she did by
trying to win huge sums ON fifteen and
twenty to one shots. They always lost,
she said.
A letter from Mrs. D.ckerson to Dona-
hue was introduced In which Mrs. Dick
erson wrote that II was good for her
but bad for him when her husband made
her stop gambling. She said. however,
that they might have an opportunity to
do business later IL he had enough con-
fidence In her, and that she thought she
had the ability to make good.
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THRONC IS EXPECTED
AT MIDNIGHT MASS
Cathedral Doors to Be Open
at III p. M.

Anticipating crowd that will tax the
capa city OF st. Patrick's Cathedral at
the midnight mass on Christmas, II has
been decided 20 open the doors OF ths
church at II r. NJ. The sermon at this
service will be preached by the Rev.
William u. Martin.
The pontificial mass will take place at
II A. NJ, but the 10 o'clock mass VIII be
omitted az ls usual on Christmas. At
the pontificial service the Rev. Z. j.
Downey. Redemptorist Father. Will
preach on The Crib: The FRS. Pulpit
the First Altar. the First Cross" There
viii be special musical program.
Archbishop Hayes will pontifciate al
the vespers az p. NJ. the service con-
Guiding with henediction OF the Blessed
So scrafuept.
The New York herald., 1922-12-19

PRICES realized
OF carcass beef
ending Saturday,
sold out. ranged
cents per pound
per pound .--Adv,
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SaUe Your Dough lUith
Knickerbocker Ice

Leftover pieces Of dough may
be kept in the ice-chest, if
closely covered, for several
days. 1t is sometimes very con-
venient to have the dough on
hand when one wishes to make
pie in hurry. Mixing the
paste for a pic can. therefore,
be one of the day before duties
when one expects company"
american Cookery.
And every woman knows that ice
saves its cost hundreds of times
over in keeping leftover roasts and
vegetables fresh and sweet to reap
pear on the table in omeIets and
salads, creaned and AZ gratin dishes.
The New York herald., 1922-12-19
TEACHERS DECISION HELD.

Justice Mullan IN the Supreme Court
yesterday reserved decision on the ap.
plca ton OF the trustees OF the College oi
the CITY OF New York and Hunter Col.
lege for wrlts Of randamus against the
Board OF Estimate to include IN tn.
budget OF 1923 funds for teachers sal.
aries which we're requested In budget es.
Inmates. The board had cut s250,144
from the appropriation sought by trustee,
OF City College andkf0i.o .o5s from the re.
quest OK Hunter College
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wouIdn,t Bother writing.

Another witness. Mrs. Rose Seedn1an
OF 552 Fox street. gave another version
OF Beckcr's explanation 81 his missing
,yife. Mrs. seedman formerly lived In
The came house with Mrs. Becker and
had known her for Ave years. She said
Becker met her week after his VIE
disappeared and told her he thought she
had gone TO London. Mrs. Sec oman SAID
she asked him why he didn't write, and
ReclSer replied, "As long as enc wen,
away don't care
DR.. Karl S. Kennard, assistant medi-
cal examiner FOR Bronx county. who per-
formed the autopsy on Mrs. Bccker's
body, said death was due TO fractured
skull but that death was not instan-
famous. He said the condition or he,
body showed she had been buried about
six months. DR.. Alexander o. Gettsr
OF the Chief Medical Examiners Office
testified that an examination showed no
trace OF poison. Other witnesses in
ciuded four policemen from the Forty
sixth precinct, who were present when
Mrs. Becker's body was found. ana Leo
J. Ehrhardt. engineer. OF the District
Attorneys Office, VINO made MAPS OF
the spot
Mrs. Rosensweis also testified THAI
Becker promised Apna Elias last jan.
uar-, he would get a divorce In about a
month and marry her. She said she
told Becker she did not think this pos
sibie. AT this point court was adjourned
until 1890 this morning. Previous TO
the examination OF witnesses yesterday
morning Reuben Norkin, seif-confessed
accompiice OF Becker's. was arraigned
before Judge Gibbs. Norkir's trial on
charge of murder IN the FIRST degree was
originally set for yesterday. but II war
adjourned until January ..
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How Tie Became an Orphan.

Johnny's tale Of the cruel step
mother may have been dreamed out OF
the movies. but It's his story and not
iisproved His father. he said. used
70 dig potatoes In Poland. but came TO
America and went into the ice business
when the son and heir was ? or 8 years
old. Here the mother. Veronika, died.
The father married another woman not
nearly as good looking. and her name
was Mary. Three months ago chunk
OF ice sliding into a Brooklyn cellar
ended the fathers life. He left his
family one weeks pay-;25
And then" says Johnny. my step
mother told me Here is rve dollars;
that is your grare and you go away
out of here 1 am going back 20 Poland
and don't want to mind you Then
she sold the furniture and went away
Wo lived by Little Hungary in Houston
street. The lady on the nrst floor took
the flvc dollars to spend for me. Shs
got shirt. a stockings and belt and
told me, Here Is your five dollars
worth I got the shirt on now"
Corroborating go much OF Johnny's
narrative, dweliers in Essex and De-
lancey streets say that about three weeks
ago they began TO see a boy OF the same
description hanging IN the evening by
street fires. where the pushcart men
burn scraps OF wood and paper to keep
themselves warm. Johnny says he kept
right on going to school-grade 3 A In
Public School l3. Avenue A between
Houston and Essex streets
The first nights OF his exile he spent
in Railways, piliowcd on his schoolbooks
Then he wandered into Rivington street
and got acquainted with several true
blue pals, including Natty and Fishy--
mostly Jewish boys. though ne. Johnny,
was baptized a Christian.
They found for him the empty water
tank on the roof. He isn't sure which
roof It was, but thinks It was ii1 Essex
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SAYS SHE STOPPED
BECKER IN BIGAMY
Anna Elias's Sister Testifies
to Marriage Attempt Two
Years Ago.

Abraham Becker lost come OF. his
stoiid conposure yesterday when cloth
Ing identified as that worn by his wife
the night she was killed, was produced
by the prosecution in the Bronx pit
murder trial in Bronx County Court be-
also presented locks OF hair which, wit
nesses testified. came from the muir
dered woman's head.
The part played in the case by Miss
away-to Cleveland three years ago, was
foreshadowed In the testimony. Mrs.
Carrie Rosensweig OF 1890 Brook ovenue
sister OF Miss Elias. testified that
Anna on a Friday afternoon early last
April and said his wife had gone to
London and he wanted to see her sister.
Mrs. Rosensweig said she thought 1t was
the day after Mrs. Becker had disap-
pcared.
wedding Interrupted.
The fac: that Becker had plans all
made TO marry Anna Elias IN January,
1920. was revealed IN Mrs. Rosensweigs
testimony. She told how her interfer-
cnce had stopped the ceremony. At that
time she did not know Becker was
married, Mrs. Rosensweig said The
couple were waiting at the rabbits home
when she came. Mrs. Rosensweig said
Anna had invited her TO the wedding
and, after hearing that Becker had
stolen something. she prevented the
ceremony from being performed by tell
Ing her sister mot to marry a man who
would steal" Soon afterward Becker
and Anna Elias ran away TO Cleveland
Mrs Celia Sifger OF sls East l5otf
street, who lived In tho same house anc
on the same floor with the Beckers foI
four years, testified that Mrs Becker
lett her marriage license In her keeping
for two months after her husband tame
back from Cleveland as she feared he
would destroy 1t.
Mrs. Sifger said Becker told her foui
dsys after his wife was murdered tha
she had disappeared. Becker said his
wife went 10 the movies Thursday
night and didn't come back" and added
that IL she didn't return In month OF tive
he would tell the children she was dead
Mrs. sifger then told ot a telegram anc
a letter Becker showed to her husband
and herself. The telegram said Mrs
Becker was Q. K and letter wouic
follow. The letter reported that she had
gone away with another man and she
hoped Becker would be "a better father
TO the children than have been 9
mother" This was slgnco 1ei'''i'
Becker"
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ORPHAN AND HIS Dog
3 WEEKS ON ROOFS
Johnny Miller Rescued
From Cold Home i'm Water
Tank on East Side.
MUST WALK ON KNEES
Tells How Father Was
Killed and Stepmother
Abandoned Him.
NO MALICE TOWARD HER
Lad Wants Only to Find Her
Abroad and Let Her Know
How He Has Suffered.
NO MALICE TOWARD HER

All this sentimental vagabond stuff
about sleeping under the starry sky
with heavens canopy for quilt fails
70 thrill Johnny Miller. He tried It for
three wintry weeks on East Side roofs
and all il got him was swollen feet, SO
now he can only walk on his knees.
Johnny. years old, Polish born.
fond Of dogs, Is the hero Of melo-
drama which might suit Jackie Coo
gan. AS Johnny's story goes. when
ice crashing down chute killed his
father, and his stepmother. crying
ITO the hell with you! I'm going back
to Europe!" drove him from her door
he found a home in an otherwise
empty water tank on the roof OF a
tenement house.
A fox terrier kept watch over him;
the ravens who fed him were boys
from the street. sneaking an occa-
sional frankfurter.
But the ce.d rain invaded even the
water tank and drove Johnny out. leav'
ing him as a bedroom only bare roofs
or the top steps OF tenements. under
the roof scuttle.
Likes New Children's Home.
There . magnificent lady who has q
whole nat of two rooms found him, and
yesterday he was taken to the fine new
home OF the Society for the Proven
ton OF Cruelty to Children. He had al
ways ioathed the very name Of thu
Gerry Society" but suddenly ne loved It
They put him In room where Mothei
Goose rhymes are done IN tile and mo
sale on the wall. where everything Il
| clean ard warm; they gave him actua
food ami they bathed his aching fee
so evidently that the swelling begai
TO go down.
Late In the afternoon Johnny was *
comfortable that he was In danger o
forgetting both of his well nursed am
] bitions. One of these IL to go TO wor'
and earn so much money hat he cal
take ship to Poland and. as he says
make her sorry by finding his step
mother and telling her what II niean
to a boy to be driven Int" the street
The other Is an ambition TO be a COW
puncher in the West.
Johnny says he visitei the West onc'
with his father on their way from
Brooklyn to Bronx Pa's and the llf'
suited him first rate. He was specially
pleased with the way the punchers twir
their guns.
The New York herald., 1922-12-19

on Ewift a Company sales
In Ncw York City for week
December 10. on shipments
from 1000 cents TO 1900
ana averaged i3.s2 cents
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-04-21
GRoWLs OF A CROUCH

l always tell the evangelists that
am not anxious to 60 to heaven-at
least, not just yet.
I have never made 1t a habit to
marry Lillian Russell. vote for Bryan
nor play bagpipe music.
think ginger-ale and grape-juice
highballs are an insult to perfectly
good. Woodworking, trusting stomach.
/ believe q man can become very
great athlete by eating lettuce and
parsnips If he eats some meat along
with them.
see newspaper pictures of many
beautiful women, but / rarely see the
picture of a beautiful woman who is
also good-looking.
I do not care who becomes minister
to Siam, just so 1t is not myself. l
would rather stay here and be just as
Siam without one plea.
I see scientist has announced
that parsnips will preserve life. That
is a good thing, for there Is nothing
else that know of to recommend
them.-Chicag0 American.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-04-21
One Blesslng-"Potatoes."

In the midst Of the general growing
1t is meet that someone should arise
and announce thanksgiving. The
justification as well as the opportunity
Is here. In the one article of food
which almost more than any other
fills the stOmachs of the world there
Is plenty. Potatoes! Now, the potato
is not an object Of beauty or adula-
ton; 1t has only a passable bloom.
and Its form is ,prosaic, but when 1t
comes to real substance 1t stands as
one of the great things Of the world.
1t Is the statement Of L. 81. Bailey, an
authority on agricultural matters, that
lone acre of potatoes frequently fur
nishes as much human food AS ten
acres of wheat" The potato produc-
ton Of the world rises to the extra
ordinary total of 5000. 10000 bushels.
Yields Of 1000 and even OF 1900 BUSH
els to the acre are on record. In our
country 1t leads all truck crops. In Eu-
rope the potato crop Is doing as much
as any other agency to save the peO-
pie. 1t is godsend to the stricken
lands. In America 1t Is furnishing
about the only cheap food In sight.
Great Is the potato! 1t Is not lovely.
but 1t fills the bill.-Baltimore Amer
lean.
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crucified. But Lives.

Crucified to rock was the expert
ence of quarryman as the result Of
an explosion. The victim was engaged
In blasting in limestone quarry. at
Wirksworth. Derbyshire, when a 10
foot ramrOd used for tamping the
charge was blown through his neck,
pinning him to the rock. Two doctors
were called, and. working In the
fierce heat of the sun, they cut through
the steel bar fore and aft with an en-
gineers' hacksaw, so that the man
could be removed to a hospital. The
quarryman was conscious all the time,
and kept appealing for the ''rammer'
to he taken out. After the steel had
been sawed through he was taken to the
hospital. where the remaining portion
of the rod was removed from his neck.
Fortunately It had missed the lar.nx
and spinal column. and there Is every
chance that the injured man viii re-
cover.-LondOn Tit-Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-04-21

Tight skirts lead their wearers into
tight places, but Mary has solved at
least one of the peculiarly feminine
difficulties attendant thereupon-
namely. boarding a trolley car.
II puzzled out that problem for
weeks" she said. "and was just about
to give up In despair and put on my
Mother Hubbards again when I got
an inspiration. 1t was the day after
came home from gymnasium. l was
just about to step on the running
board of car when ! was keenly
conscious of a little knot Of men be-
hind me waiting-well. breathlessly.
you might say-for me to get on. /
stopped and the trolley stopped. and
both the motorman and the conduc-
tor were getting impatient when l
took my courage in my hands and
grasped the handles Of the car. Be-
fore ! knew II was up. had
chinned myself just as was In the
habit of doing at the gymnasium, and
fancy left disappointed bunch Of
males heh,nd."-New York Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-04-21
THE HEALTH CENTER
Conducted by Viola Hahn, Public
Health Nurse
The Growing Child


A series of articles presented to
the readers Of this paper by the
United States Public Health Ser
vice, the Maryland State Board of
Health and the County Health
Officer. ~
Lateral Curvature of the Spine.
(Concluded.)
Among the many causes of lateral
curvature, besides malformation ana
asymmetries of bone, may be men
toned unequal vision and hearing,
habit or occupation, ricketts,, par
alysis, and empyema. If one or
more of these causes are present in
child with weak muscles and yield
ing bone, bad school conditions, sucn
as unsuitable chairs and desks, i'm
proper lighting, long periods of in
activity, and the like, will naturally
tend to aggravate the trouble,
though it probably began before the
child entered school.
Since it is true that lateral curva-
ture may be associated with either
round shoulders or fat back, the
mother cannot use these conditions
as evidence for or against the exist
ance of lateral curvature. But she
Cor the dressmaker) may notice
that the child's shoulders are not
the same heighth, or that one pro-
jects farther backward than the
other, or that one side of the back
is fuller or more prominent than the
other, or that the hips are uneven.
In all cases the child's spine should
be examined, and since it is Of great
Importance to know whether the
curve is functional or structural, the
examination should be made by one
trained to differentiate between
these two types. 1t is occasionally
difficult, even for an expert, to make
a sharp distinction between these
two forms Of curvature.
A functional, or postural curve,
though it may increase somewhat.
will probably not affect the health of
the individual, though the lack of
symmetry detracts in a measure
from the appearance, particularly in
the case of girl But the postural
curve may change to a structural
one, and since the latter may lead
to very serious deformity and i'm
paired health, competent medical
advice should be secured in all
cases where possible.
The treatment of postural, or
functional, lateral curvature is.
mainly by means of corrective gym
nastic exercises. Hence, since this
condition is very common in chill
dren, every parent is naturally
vitality concerned in the establish
ment of adequate physical education
for all the children of the country.
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Preventative Medicine.

The tendency Of medical science
is toward preventative measures. It
is easier and better to prevent than
to cure. Pneumonia, one Of the
most dangerous diseases that medi-
cal men have to contend with, often
follows a cold or attack of the grip.
The cold prepares the system for the
reception and development OF the
pneumonia germ. The longer the
cold hangs on, the greater the dan
ger. Take Chamberlain Cough
Remedy as soon as the first indica-
ton Of a cold appears so as to get
rid of it with the least possible de-
lay. It is folly to risk an attack of
pneumonia when this remedy may
be obtained for trifie.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-04-21
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The Board of Education met in
regular session on Tuesday, April
18th. Those present were: DR.. Del
mar Smithers, President; Fred
Lewis, Vice-President and Wilmer j.
Falls.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing of March 14th were read and
approved and sundry bills were ex-
amined and ordered paid.
Roy Dimmitt, Director of Voca-
tional Education of the State De-
partment of Education, Baltimore,
held long conference with the
Board in reference to Vocational
Agriculture. The Board decided to
establish one center for Vocational
Agriculture next year.
The Board received a petition from
the teachers and pupils of the Elk
ton High School in reference to the
closing schedule. The Board, after
carefully discussing the matter, de-
cided to make no change in the
schedule as adopted February 14tn.
Rural schools are to close from
1900 m. to 100 p, m. for the noon
hour; closing at 400 p. m. High
Schools are to close from 1900 m.
to 1880 p. m. for. the noon hour and
to hold the afternoon session from
1880 p. m. to 400 p. m.
The Board decided that in order
to receive the $500 aid towards the
expense of summer school courses,
the courses must be approved by the
Superintendent.
Tuesday, May 9th, was approved
by the Board for Rally Day for the
colored schools, and Friday, May
26th, for Rally Day for the white
schools.
Teachers examinations will be
held in the Elkton High School
Building on Friday and Saturday,
May 9Th and 9Th, commencing, daily,
at S:45 a. m.
The Board ordered the final ex-
Aminations for the graduating class
es in the high schools to be held May
18th, 18th and 10TH, and the finai
examinations for all other pupils in
the elementary and high schools
above the third grade, were ordered
held May 31st, June 1st and End.
In accordance with the proclama-
tion of the President of the United
States of America, the schools are
requested "to designate and set
apart the week of April 1922, 1922
as Forest Protection Week, and the
last day of that week, April 22nd,
as the Golden Anniversary Of Arbor
Day, and to plan such educational
and instructive exercises as shall
bring before the people the disas-
trNus effects Of the present waste by
forest fires, and the need of indl-
vidual and collective effort to con-
serve the forests and increase our
tree growth for ornament and use. -
The meeting was then adjourned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-04-21
The Rutier's Complaint.

"There would be fewer divorces"
said Gen. Baxter Sweeney at q Knox
vile luncheon, "if discipline were OBJ
served In marri&ge-if the rules Of po-
likeness held there as elsewhere.
"a Knoxville butler the other day
resigned his job.
"Why are you quitting, Hallibur-
tonY brother butler asked him.
because they treat one so badly
was the answer. why, they treat me
as one Of the family. The mistress
calls me an old fool as often as she
does her husband"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-04-21
GARBAGE FEEDING REsPON.
SIBLE FOR HOG CHOLERA.
Federal Authorities Find Large Per-
centage of Diseases Due This

Practice.
Interesting statistics have been
compiled by DR.. l. X. Anterior, Fed
eral Inspector in Charge Of hog
cholera control work in Maryland,
relative to the manner in which hog
cholera infection is introduced in
primary outbreaks of this disease.
OF the 458 cases in the state last
year, 365 were found to be primary
or original infections and the rec
ords of these outbreaks show that
800 we're attributable to feeding
garbage or table scraps to the affect
ed hogs.
This is factor in the spread of
the disease which is often overlooked
by the farmer and swine raiser as
attested by the almost universal prac-
tice of feeding unsterilized garbage
to swine. OF course the contain
mating elements in garbage are
scraps of pork, trimmings and bones
which were part of the carcass of
an animafkilled while suffering with
the disease.
Interesting experiments conducted
in the laboratories of the U. s. Blu
reau Of Animal Industry have prov
ed conclusively that the disease can
be transmitted by this means. The
investigators found that not only
was fresh pork capable of carrying
the germs of cholera but that parts
of carcasses put through the ordl-
nary curing and smoking processes
of the packing house were capable OF
transmitting the disease to healthy
hogs after an interval as late as six
months.
The fact that apparently 500 OF
all hog cholera in the state of Mary
land is due to this practice, is of
sufficient Importance to warrant ex-
IRENE care on the part of swine
raisers in the feeding of garbage.
Either the garbage should be steril-
lied by cooking or else care taken to
exclude therefrom all pork scraps,
trimmings and bones.
The U. S. Bureau of Animal In
dustry is conducting in cooperation
with the State Board of Agriculture
and the Extension Service of the
University of Maryland, a campaign
to control hog cholera in Maryland.
This campaign in order to be sue
cess must have the cooperation of
farmers and swine raisers in general
and one of the most effective ways
in which assistance can be rendered
the authorities is in the reporting of
all cases of sickness among hogs.
These cases are promptly investiga-
ted by Federal veterinarians and
where early information is had of
outbreaks not the slightest difficulty
has been experienced in preventing
the spread of infection. In order
that assistance may therefore be
given them, farmers and others are
urged to make prompt report Of ali
cases Of sick hogs either to their
county agricultural agent or DIR. w.
H. Wright, Elkton, Md, Federal
veterinarian in this district.
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Indigestion and Combination.

Prior to using Chamberlain
Tablets, suffered dreadfully from
indigestion. Nothing I ate agreed
with me and lost flesh and ran
down in health. Chamberlain's Tab
let's strengthened my digestion and
cured me Of constipation" writes
Mrs. George stroup. Solvay. N. Y.