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The Washington times., 1922-09-17

Many hours I spent there PROSTATE before the
altar on which stood the tall white and gold statue
of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.
The nuns used then, remember so we'll hold me
up as an example to my little comrades My first holy
communion was the occasion Of much mystic JOY to
me and even now forty years after an old and tired
woman cannot efface the pure and restful memories
of that holy day.
And so the years rolled by in calm and peace, my
life divided between restfu labors of study and the
peaceful chapel prayers.
One afternoon, l was then just fifteen years old,
the sister who had charge Of the convent gate came
and knocked at the door Of the classroom where was
seated and whispered in the ear Of the nun who was
taking the class-I remember the as II 1t were
yesterday-and was commenting to us some passages
from Saint Augustine.
Out Of doors the storm raging. / can still
hear the rain beating against our classroom windows
while the wind was whistling was sad, and It was
with distracted attention that following the
course of the lesson when there came this Interrupt
ton.
At once had the presentiment that It was for me
that the sister had come. Something told me so In
imperative tones which could not ignore. Why this
was so cannot imagine, but in human existence there
are such things which realize but cannot under
stand. But in my heart felt sudden deep and
terrible sadness realized that had come to part
ing of the ways that my happy childhood days were
gone and that just because the sister had come to our
classroom. <kuseemed to me that my life was about
to be wrec some unseen reef. My eyes became
The Washington times., 1922-09-17

That is the present case and one can but bow
before the decisions Of Justice
And yet in the terrible and engmatc affair in
which l have been concerned, and when after two
years of moral torture the Paris jury refuse to
believe in the existence Of the mystery and realized
they convinced that they had solved the problem
the secret of which still remains hidden for me
when saw myself condemned to twenty years In
prison-then framed for myself this awful question:
How many innocent men and women may year
after year. like myself be the victims of appearances
and suffer pains and penalties which they do not
deserve?
At least am not bowed down with despair; know
that the day will when will be able to arrive
at the truth and throw startling light on the mys-
terious drama and at the time solve the riddle
Of the fatal trunk In which my husbands body was
found at Nancy railway station.
The hurried sketch Of my life which now begin
can but prepare the way for the fuller light which
must know, come day and will, perhaps, reveal
In some degree the secret of who has been called
1.-THE ily-pure criminal"
Let me begin ut the beginning.
1t was at Lyons-oh how often the fact
peated at the assiZe court-that born in the
1858 on October 25.
OF my childhood have nothing but sweet and
tender memories. The daughter of prosperous bus-
people of Lyons, was brought up In sentiments
of piety and devotion Many of my relatives be-
longed to different religious orders monks nuns.
At the age of seven was sent by my parents to
the Jesus-Marie Convent on the top of that hill of
and the valleys Of the Rhone and the Saone with a
view stretching to the distant Alps, to be educated
girl OF reserved and studious nature, filled with
q very lively faith and animated by a love for my
religion, used TO delight in long virginia. meditations
in the convent chapel
The Washington times., 1922-09-17

yelled with tears OF self pity II was without aston
ment that as the sister finished speaking to the M
who teaching US heard the latter say to me in
voice deep down in which could discern a world
pity:
Mile. Grones (that was my maiden name), will "
90 to the parlor, where your parents await you?"
Filled with an intense emotion l hurried thel
found my father and mother who, after having kiss
me fondy, explained the object of their visit in t
following terms:
Dear child, we know that you love your Studio
but, alas in life there circumstances which CT
overthrow and destroy ones dearest wishes. In sho
at the pcrsent moment are all but ruined and
can longer afford to pay to keep you at the eonve
stand the painful necessity In which we find ourselye
You are coming away with us. You and your your
brother will take the place of those employees we ha
been obliged to dismiss, as we cannot any longer pi
their salaries eft
Filled with the deepest compassion for my po
parents tried to smile and to encourage them.
Next day l had doffed my school girls attire and
my fathers Office was busily engaged adding up lol
and horrid lines of figures. That lasted for years
was painful and sad existence and look back
that time with nothing but bitterness. The death
my father deepened my sadness. At last we had
give up the struggle to keep the business going.
was left alone with my mother and my brother al
we had no money. 100.
There was but one possibility for us to live. n
that was that should profit by the education that n
parents had given me. Friends found opportunih
for me to give lessons in private families. and little
little managed to obtain quite a number Of pupils
this way and we could keep our modest home
gether. That lasted till 1895. was then just twent
seven years old. '.'
II was then that something occurred to change I;
whole current Of my existence. My mother had
Mexico some distant relatives who had gone there
long time back to make their fortune and from whc
we heard at distant intervals.
About the beginning OF 1895 We received q ieu
The Washington times., 1922-09-17

That human justice would not admit my innocence
bf the murder of my second husband NJ Israel Weiss
mann, alias Georges Bessarabo murder surrounded
with mystery which myself have not yet been able
completely to dspe and which task ought not to have
been NINE i can very well understand.
Justice is intended to search for the light OF truth
Justice cannot merely be content to accept mystery
But justice is also human is also subject to
And though the mystery still exists human justice
can very well believe that all is cleared up and that
the task OF throwing light into shady places and the
task OF proving the truth has been fully accomplished
The Washington times., 1922-09-17
A PARAGRAPH FROM MADAME
BESSARABO'S STORY.

Out Of ons hundred and thirty Witnesses
proposed by me- hundred and twenty have
been missing Many Of those who have asked
be heard will be- and they will bring unpublished and formal
proof my nnoeene. which proclaimed only BY
eonsnes but by life, which has bssn devoted to
creating and mol + o Destroying HERA MIRTEL"
The Washington times., 1922-09-17
BIZ Nine. Louise Bessarabo (Hera Mirfei)
CHAPTER /.

CHAPTER /.
90 1872 weekly
PARIS, SEPT. z.
As stand behind the bars of my cold, dark cell in
IA the prison Of St Lazare, in the heart of merry
- - Paris, to which have been condemned by the
malignity Of man and cruel circumstances, my
thoughts turn back over my eventful and dramatic
life.
BY decree Of the court am guilty Of destroying
my husband, M. Bessarabo and yet assert that the
discovery of his twisted body in my trunk quite
much surprise and mystery to me as to the police
l count the many years have spent in helping my
fellow men and women in works Of charity, in aiding
the Of religion and in cultivating the noblest
aspirations of the human soul. Then say to myself
that men have forgotten all my good works in
ment when the mere appearances Of terrible crime
were brought against and condemned me to
felons CELL AS reflected this incredible contrast
] expressed my thoughts in these verses which have
sent to friend from my prison.
The Washington times., 1922-09-17

And so my thoughts I send TO you
A. from my living tomb ! write,
Where chains and bars are all my view;
No outlook, air, no books, no light
For fifty years all that was right
! did to all, and every year
Marked a good work, my chief delight
Then suddenly I saw appear
A plot in which . was accused
OF = dark crime: though innocent
NY name In swiftest Night was sent
The world around. I was refused
Applause for my good works--yst hesdl
A rumor, bitter as the rue,
Cried to the winds a false misdeed,
And this cruel blow, improved, untrue,
viii give me more celebrity
Than fifty years Of charity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-28

A Close Out bought at a
great sacrifice. Imagine! Jer-
sey and Radium silk garn ents
in a host of wanted colors and
combination Of colors - Just
when they are most needed, at
a price so low that YOU and
every other woman wants one
Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-28
Brassiercs

Fine knit summer weight
crochet tor, loose knee.
lace trimmed. Special for
Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-28

assembled in ono group for sweeping clear
ancs Saturday. Sizes for women and misses,
IA to A.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-28

Every one styled in a highly approved sum-
mer mode with a wide choice Of popular col
ors and attractive trimmings. Sizes for
women and misses, II TO Al.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-05-10
Byrns and the Dawes Report.

Representative Byrns of Tennessee has sur
rrised nobody; be called for detailed report on
the work Of the budget director, and when it was
furnished him he disputes its accuracy. Such
tactics are characteristic, the common practice
OF partisans, and pretending to preserve the
crcdulous public from being deceived, Mr.. Byrns
seeks to practice just such deception When he
states that the republicans have not reduced
taxes, he ignores the fact that 100000 heads of
families got direct reduction through the 1921
law; that the democratic nuisance taxes were all
abolished, and that in many other ways the pub
lie has felt the relief afforded by that law. It is
rather impudent to tell the small taxpayer that
he did not get reduction when he knows he
did The increased exemption to heads of FAM
lilies means $40 to each. This is not great deal,
perhaps, in the eyes Of congressman who does
not think in any sum less than billion, but it
does cut some figure with the little fellow whose
annual income just about touches the point where
$500 means the difference between taxation and
exemption. The other great, stubborn fact is that
it will cost $l,6l5668650 less to run the govern
ment for the 1922 year, the first under Harding.
than it did for the 1921 year, the last under Will
son. To paraphrase Shylock's remark to Bas-
sanio, until Mr. Bryns can rail the total of the
:abulation, and change the record made, he but
offends his lungs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-05-10
Settling With the Soviets.

: Prospects at Genoa appear a little more en-
oouraging il latest reports TO be relied upon.
, The committees are working with representatives
Of the Soviet government, hoping to arrive at a
composition whereby the conditions OF the sew
en,h article OF the agreement as prepared my be
made acceptable to both Russia and Belgium.
Ii this can be achieved. and an understanding
reached with regard to property OF foreigners
! seized and "natonalized," the rest is matter
: OF detail -A
However, the soviet demand for loan of
3000,000,00O gold roubles is much nearer the
amount required than the 500,000000 gold francs
proposed. Sixty millions OF dollars is pitiablc
sum on which to undertake the industrial re-
Mobilization OF country as vast and. as thor
oushly disorganized as Russia; the billion and
half proposed by the Russians is only starter.
However, it is possible TO start the work with
the smaller amount and allow the Russians to
accumulate as they so along The restoration Of
ihescountry is not to be accomplished by magic.
Belgium's stake in Russia is far greater than
is generally known. NJ. Jaspar, discussing this,
said: So
Belgium invested 2,sOO, 100000 francs. gold, in
Russian industry and possessed 36l factories,
trio street railways, cloth mills. water works
and electric light plants. We used to produce
in. Russia before the war AZ per cent of the
foundry output of the entire country, 48 per
cent OF the steel rails, IS per cent Of the cheni-
cal products, so per cent Of the glass, table
ware and 80 per cent of the window glass.
No other country is so prepared as is Bel
GUM to restore Russia if the latter returns to
the former Belgian propretors their old pos
sessions. Money will again pour into Russia.
Belgian industrialists already have billion
frlrcs laid aside to restore their industries
tAlkc.
Russia is not and will not be "quick" asset
to.civilization for many years. Its resources are
vast and unquestioned, but, as Mr.. Hughes ex-
pressed it, the country is IAN economic vacuum"
Immense sums Of capital will be poured into
Russia over long period before definite results
are obtained These things are realized, even by
the Lenin- Trotzky group. and when the fact is
admitted and the work is begun, the world will
be- the better. The bolshevik experiment has
faded and it is only a question whether the in
evitable will be accepted at Genoa, or if it will
be adjourned to another conference
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-05-10
self Determination" in Missouri.

The late democratic president Of the United
States is engaged In his isyori,e pastlme ths, Of
debating 10 states, not whom they shall select
Tor places In congress, bu, whom they shall moi.
He did no, have much success In getting the
people 10 adopt his ideas, bu, he has succeeded
in several eases IN displaeine democrats who did
10, bow 10 his imperous will and aeeep, his
dogma without question One OF nj, notable
achievements in this direction was the uproot.
ing of Senator Hoke Smith. supplan,inr him
with m. delee,abl. "fom. Watson O,be, demo.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-05-10
Americas Foreign Trade.

/ Phenomenal is the only word to describe the
foreign trade OF the United States after reading
tlx analysis by Secretary of Commerce Hoover.
Ifsspite of all that is heard of the poverty of
Europe, it is still buying more goods in America
than in the normal days before the war;
s.Great Brtans total OF imports and exports
issi07 per cent OF that of 1918, but America tops
this with percentage Of 164. Statistics OF trade
are based on prices. not tonnage, and the decline
in the. value Of exports that has beiallen since
1920 is deceptive. Thus, although exports to
Central Europe show decline in value in 1921,
their volume, as distinguished from value, was
probably considerably larger than in the previous
year:
The Harvard economic service now comes
out with statement that exports have probably
passed their lowest point and that imports are
now increasing. Figures are quoted to show that
in March the value of exports was higher than
for any month since October 1921, and that i'm
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-05-10
Ethics for Business

| CONTINUED from Preceding .Coiun,n.)
II not impossible that In time FIVE
hours work a day will be sufficient
to provide living for a man with
family. This does not mean that
a man will work only five hours,
lbut rather that he need work only
| five hours for mere living. many
men under such circumstances will
work eight or ten hours at their vo-
cation, spurred on by the desire to
put their children through college
or to satisfy other desires. II will
also leave the workers free to have
an avocation besides-five hours for
necessary work and five hours for
tht work to which they would give
their whole time II they could at
ford 1t. Personally. have always
thought that preachers and teach
ers Would do better work II they
followed their professions only part
time and some other vocation the
rest Of the time. This idea has been
accepted in some schools.
Il dare not follow this line of
thought out into its ramifications.
attractive las they appear, lest l be
thought a dreamer instead OF the
shopkeeper that I am. Along this
line, however, I believe lies the So
luton of many of the pressing eco
nomic questions OF today which
seem so hopelessly inscluble to
many thoughtful citizens. It lies
in making the products OF business
available at ever cheaper prices,
and so permitting the great mass of
the people to enjoy the full fruits
Of modern specialization and stand
ardization. Mr.. Ford has proved
that this is not merely a philan-
thropic idea The producer or the
merchant who grasps the truth Of
this thought will in the end win a
reward which is fairly his and
which goes far beyond the dreams
of the man who is in business for
the nrofit alone"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-05-10
Economy at the State University.

Chancellor Avery's announcement that the
University of Nebraska is under compulsion OF
reducing its activities because Of the cut
made in the appropriation for its support comes
as q routine statement. At the special session Of
the legislature reduction Of $346,372.l5 was
made in the university budget for the coming
year. This naturally requires. that the business
ofs.the school be carried on on narrower mar
sin. 1t means that certain expenses incurred
during the imitation period will have to be re-
duted or abandoned; il does not meah that the
general scope Of the work Of the great university
vii be materially lessened.
Chancellor Avery resents imputations that his
administration Of the school has been unduly ex-
trsvagant, and meets certain specific criticisms
With statements Of fact that show divergence
between allegation and truth. He declares his
intention to proceed to put the university on the
operating basis provided for by the appropria-
ton, cutting his garment according to the cloth.
Some saving will be effected by dismissal Of EN-
pi1Yes, by the partition Of work among those
who remain, and in other ways. to the end that
little change will be noted in the course Of the
several colleges. Only three OF the ten are 50
Nebraskans have great pride in the state uni
yersity, and are now as always willing to sup
rort 1t literally. While this is true, the people
arS entitled to substantial returns from the in
stitution. in the way Of solid education for its
Students Trimming away certain of the less
essential methods will not materially lessen the
general usefulness Of the university, and will tend
to solidfy confidence in the university and its
infringement
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-05-10
HERE'S YOUR BLOOD TONIC.

Why is il that at this season ~ the
Year I'VE homes for sfeensNs There
must be a reason, There Is q reason.
To say that the taste or appetite
calls for them does not say anything
more than does II homes for greens. %
We mus, so further up the creek 10
find the sprins,
Well. some say We need the vita.
mines they contain, and especially
the yiiamine which cures seufyy. All
winter We have been getting Q little
rough skinned, little pale gummed,
a little painful IN the Joints. Q little
seursied, In consequences. In the
sprinstime We hone for greens"
though We know not why,
The scientists tell us that the milk
OF tho cows fed on dry food and
winter food generally il low In this
yltamine. That mothers milk does
not contain II unless the mother eats
vegetables and fruit.
on the other hand. the rich milk
and the yellow butter from cows on
fresh, green grass II rich in II.
but. important as this is, u In not
tho only reason for "honins for
green's"
Comes this spring weather and
finds us pale. We have been too
much indoors this last six months
and we need iron. Well. eating
spring vegetables will give Il 10 us.
We get Il from eating radishes. Eng
llsh peas. onions. and especially from
eating "a nice mess of greens-mus-
tard greens. spinach. turnip greens.
dandelion green's. lettuce, cabbage
and salads generally. p.
Kellogg tells US that rs ounces OF
mustard greens a day viii furnish US
all tho iron we need.
Hindhede. who explained the won
derful health record OF the Danes
during the trying times OF the world
war as due TO their diet, says that
a diet OF bread. potatoes and green's
gives one about all the foods he
needs.
Tho peasant Jap 10 supposed 20
have reduced economic and at the
same time efficiency producing eat
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-05-10


Some foods especially rich In Inns
are; Mustard, turnips. chaw. coll
isrds. cabbage and endiye.
Thoreau was fond OF eating
"pussiy" ~ proper name. purslsne.
chsrlsmange this weed was = favor.
ito food,
As 20 all OF these food elements. II
IN well TO remember how much OF
them the vegetables lose In the cook
ing process. The heat lessons some
of the yitamines and the cooking
water teaches out some.
And this last fact IL the reason
I'VE hone for pot iicker." and. says
Sims. who sdorns a downtown barber
shop. II certainly does hone for pot
Ticker"
Since We must cook many OF our
vegetables. why not serve them with
the liquor-or serve the liquor as
we'll as the vegetsbles7
One reason for cooking n 10 make
the cellulose OF vegetables more
disable. But beware Of the changes
made by cooking vegetables with
soda. We get a little constipated In
the winter. and one reason for the
craving Of vegetables In the spring
Ia because something somewhere
tells US We need the cellulose they
contain.
And. finally. maybe the baby has
stopped growing and needs little
fat soluble A vitamine.
Again turn to June milk and vege-
tables.
Come one. come all. and partake
of or Doc Yxk's Blood Purifier--the
best and only spring medicine-good
fresh vegetables and milk!
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-05-10
port, reached the highest poia, since December,

ports reached the hlshss, point since December,
1879.
Nations buying more goods ia America ia
March OF this year than in the corresponding
month OF year ago arc Japan. Germany, Den
mark, Spain. Sweden and Colombia, There has
been no failure Of export demand. but at lower
prices. Il is permissible to question the en-
ihusiastie view Of the Harvard research bureau
and to anticipate gradual lowering OF inter-
rational trade somewhat nearer pTewar levels
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-05-10
"A Public Forum in Omaha.

The need Of public forum has been called
to the attention OF Omaha by one OF its minis
tiers. There is not the free interplay Of opinion
here that is so necessary to the full consideration
of current problems If properly conducted an
open forum could be made great force for the
mental and physical readjustment that is re-
CURED by the postwar world.
In many other cities such meeting places for
discussion have been provided by the churches.
In Boston private benevolence established Ford
Hall, which is dedicated to this purpose.
II is true that the morbid nature Of much mod
ern thought is due in part to the lack Of airing.
A public forum does that-it opens the windows
Of the mind and lets in the fresh air and sun
shine.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-05-10

The mother OF two New York girls has ap-
piled to court for permission to increase the in
come Of each to $4,000 year. She lists their
needs as follows: Share Of rent for city and two
country homes $4,000; clothing, $4,000; travelling
expenses, $4,000; education, $2,4o0; stables and
horses, $1,000; sports and country club dues,
$500; food and miscellaneous maintenance,
$1,000; entertaining and social duties, $780,;
doctors and dentists, $500; automobile and up
keep, $1,000. Her explanation that this scale is
in keeping with their station in life entities the
young women to public congratulation that with
all their fine blood they were not born into a
poorer branch Of their family
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-05-10
Noted Educator Dies

Peoria. H.. May civilian
Hawley Smith. nationally known
educator and author. died here yes.
terdsy following an illness OF severaI
weeks. during which time he has
been confined to his bed. He was
70 years old.