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The Washington times., 1922-09-03
afterward. Florence Is merely
recalling:
TRUCK DRIVING AGAIN.

TRUCK DRIVING AGAIN.
Next job was driving a truck
for a wholesale produce firm that
paid $2S a week. Drive? Oh.
sure; driving's easy. But I'd
started in Bliss at s125 a week,
but when I left I was getting 5000
a week. For the produce job I'd
wrastle big barrels of stuff off
and on the trucks. No tough
gang for me then. I hadn't the
strength left. Just shot pool
and played cards.
= II went swimming at the Y. M.
C. A. and got away with It in
one.pjece suit. I'd learned to
swim in the Ohio when Grandpa
and floated down in a boat from
Louisville, Ky.
1--WE had close calls, but I
never got caught. Seems funny,
too. Once I was run down by q
hose cart Of the Fire Department.
and they took me to a hospital. I
was pretty badly hurt, but I made
out that just my leg was broken
and that I was all right inside.
Gee, was scared for a
minute. started to tell them I
was a girl, but I thought I'd bet
ter stick 1t out, and I swore that
just my leg was hurt and got
home. and then grandfather got
a private doctor for me and we
got through that all right. That
was my only accident, except
once when was going fast on a
motor truck and the axle broke
and the emergency brake wouldn't
work, and I ran into q pole-but
I don't count that.
FEMININE INTERFERENCE.
But when my, girl in Brooklyn
found out I was hurt she was
wild and insisted that I marry
her. told her the high cost Of
living wouldn't allow II. That
was as good as anything else.
She was honestly heart broken,
but when grandfather got tired
Of Brooklyn and went back to
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Q girl, guess it's safer oil
around and won't have to be
afraid. 1t isn't easy. you know.
I'll say had some husky voice,
too, before / had my tonsils and
adenoids taken out"
You couldn't have suppressed
smile at the ingenuousness Of that
remark, for Florence Gray's voice
is like a rasp running over a bass
viol string, and she seemed to
sense 1t, for she said with a grin:
IT bray some even now, Yes?
You know when I got back from
teh South I came in my cid
clothes. l couldn't face the gang
a. Q girl. But I'm a girl now,
honest"
Florence Gray rose. and turning
to the mirror, twisted her short
thick hair. lock by lock, as though
to stretch 1t, and unused aloud:
"I'n have to be a girl and get o
girls Job, but long silk dresses
gosh! And French heels"
She shuddered. then her eyes
swung to the mirror and her
fingers toyed with the abbreviated
hair and she asked in the first
truly feminine query of the eve,
ming:
Say. Is this long enough for
a permanent UdVe"
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succeeded In stating more than an
inkiing of her story. For she said:
capt. Rupert Higgins Of the
British passport bureau. whom I
met In the American hospital at
Neuilly, asked for my expulsion
from France. first met him
when threw him out Of Mr.. Peter
Cooper .Hewitt's room. Captain
Higgins was drunk at the time.
Later received letter from him.
Later I brought proceedings
against Mrs. Cooper Hewitt and
her two male companions.
ION March 9, 1922. Mrs. Cooper
Hewitt telephoned and asked IL I
would withdraw the proceedings I
had brought In France against her
and her two male companions. I
said that I would not.
THE ALLEGED THREAT.
Then she said: ..r
"If you don't I will crush you
through your poverty and the
things you have In pawn. I have
possession OF the proof on which I
can have you arrested"
Miss Kelly said that Capt. Hig-
gins had preferred a charge Of
theft against her In Paris and that
he and Erlanger, now the husband
Of the millionaire's widow, went to
the prefect Of police and accused
the nurse Of pilfering $4,000 In
jewels. Miss Kelly went on:
After an examination was
completely exonerated. I faced Mrs.
Cooper Hewitt in court. She made
q statement denying that she had
ever made any such charge against
me.
II did not institute proceedings
against Mrs. Cooper Hewitt until
she went to the American ambas-
sador with her two male com.
panions and accused me Of steal
ing Mr.. Hewitt's papers and selling
them to the japanese government.
AMBASSADOR ACTS.
"The ambassador sent for me.
After that he threw out the
charges and I started suit for
defamation of character and It Is
still pending"
When asked about the Baron d
Erlanger. the nurse said:
"Mr. Erlanger is now the hus.
band and previously had been the
companion Of Mrs. Cooper Hewitt
for a number Of years. Mr..
Cooper Hewitt on his death-bed
denounced him."
Right there an objection was
thrust into this line of testimony
and the court, sustaining tho OBJ
lection, stopped further revela-
tons. But after the sentence had
been administered, Miss Kelly said:
This verdict is a terrible shock.
I cannot see how anyone could
have thought me guilty. by any
process of reasoning. The ring
that was shown in court was
really substituted for the ring I
pawned and the fact on which I
intend to prove my own innocence
and the truth Of my charge that
I am a victim of conspiracy.
PROMISES SENSATION.
MY case in Paris Is a sensa.
tional one. I must be there to
have II tried. will then be able
to show the world why I am in
this predicament.
ITO testify for me over there,
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SHE SPURNED THE SHAH
The Baroness D'Erlanger, widow
Of Peter Cooper Hewitt, who re-
jected the marriage proposal Of
the Shah Of Persia to wed q
British nObleman, n facing q
suit for $3.50, 900 brought by Miss
Kelly, the convicted trained nurse.
I have many prominent people,
including a famous French doctor,
several nurses and prominent OF.
ficials. Now you can see why II
is necessary for me to be there
and why 1t IL necessary. SO neces.
sary. to other people that I be
kept here"
Peter Cooper Hewitt died in
Paris on August 25 last. After his
death. Miss Kelly, discussing her
suit, asserted:
"Mr. Hewitt's own sisters were
with him when he died and they
will testify when my suit is tried"
But when the Misses Sarah and
Eleanor Hewitt, sisters Of the mil.
lionaire, were questioned on this
phase Of the matter. they said:
THE HEWITT ROMANCE.
We are interested, but we have
nothing whatever to say"
Peter Cooper Hewitt married the
present baroness when she was
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American Airplanes
Are Illegal i'm Europe

PARIS, Sept. a. American
airplanes which fly in Europe
will do SO illegally henceforth, &C.
cording to a decision Of the in
ternational European aircraft
board.
The board in a recent confer.
ence decided that every nation
should have a distinguishing mark
for It's aircraft. 1t invited all ma.
tions to choose such marks
America so far has not replied.
The mark for France is r. that
for Greece s, for China X, for
Guatemala l.. for Brazil p, Tor
Portugal c. for Spain SIP, for
England GB.
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BARONESS DERLANGER is NAMED i'm CONSPIRACY;
CHARGES BROUGHT BY NURSE IMPRISONED I'm NEW YOR]

widows affections. He followed
her over half Of Southern Europe
In huge limousine and attended
every party she gave In her Paris
home. Finally he proposed and
was Internationally rejected.
After that incident. the widow
stated:
Regal honors do NOT tempt mo
In fact, I've decided never to
marry again. Az for the Shah.
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he's just a nice. boyish young fel-
low, much too nice. really. to be
king"
But within q month after Mrs.
Cooper Hewitt had announced her
determination never to wed again
she was the bride OF Baron DEF
LANCER! And immediately after the
ceremony the shah's huge car be-
gan to be seen on the trail Of the
bridal party. - .tA>. p.
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NOShtAhuCN AAoth = o6o w
her above the comedy level and ex-
plotted them to the limit.
why Change Your wife7"
Don't Change Your Husband"
ana male and Female" were
among her more nearly noteworthy
pictures. Her second husband was
Herbert Somborn, Of Equity Pic
lures, whom she married soon
after her divorce. They have q
child. or rather Miss Swanson has
1t, while her husband Is attending
to his own business far from the
films in which his wife appears.
Both admit that they are living
apart, that their interests are dis
similar; but which one will lead
the way to the divorce courts or
reconciliation is still undetermined.
RODOLPHO ENCHAINED.
II the story OF Rodolph Valen-
tino Gugnelmi's romantic rise
were pictured on sensitized cellu-
loid, the plot would be laughed at
as ludicrous. Miss Swanson's ele-
vation from the humble level Of an
extra to stardom was common
place in comparison to the comet
like career Of the young Italian.
He came to America, and impover-
ished farm laborer, in the steer
age a few years ago. He washed
dishes. swept floors and func'
toned as a busboy In restaurants
for months and months, and more
months. He trimmed hair and
trimmed hedges with equal skill
between Jobs. ~,
Just one thindhe he could do
we'll though no one suspected 1t.
The lad could dance. Boyish, slim,
strong and handsome, he could
writhe, twist. and glide with
ophidian grace. Maybe. the jug
Cling Of china across waxed floors
developed this ability, perhaps one
may learn artistry and celebrity in
shipping hair at high speed, but
whatever 1t was Rodolph could
dance like a demon.
Then abruptly came the golden
opportunity. Joan Sawyer's part
ner walked out on her one night,
leaving the society danseuse flat
as a discarded cold cream case.
But he also left his dress suit.
Joan, aghast and nonpiussed,
sought a substitute at the agen-
cies, but In vain. Suddenly she
thought of the handsome busboy,
whose highest ambition at the time
was to be a handsome waiter. and
she sought him out, for she had a
notion that he could dance. He
must dance! There was no out
for him!
Would he dance? He showed he-
and Joan marvelled. Then arose
IHo BTCdlCE QuCStiOh. "Oohe ShO
discarded dress suit fit him? Like
the skin of a snake! Allons, then
and the Ritz roared its applause.
Into vaudeville then, and west
ward the course of empire took its
way for the debonnair immigrant.
He stopped at the Pacific coast,
slipped into Los Angeles, got a
dancing part. and as his exotic ap-
pearance developed and, be dis
played strong screening emotional
powers, he was soon writing his
own contract and appearing as Ro-
doiph Valentino.
MARRIES EARLY AND
Bonnie Glass, now the stately
Mrs. Ben Ali Haggin, will recall
him as her dancing partner for .
while, and 50 win Edna Fenton,
with pride. Nazimova ana -
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ELIZABETH KELLY
i'm TOMBS HINTS
.. AT SENSATION

Trained Nurse, Who is Now i'm the TOmbs, Is
Seeking s250,0OO Damages and Makes
Yelled Charges Involving the Widow of Peter
Cooper Hewitt and Her CompaniOns-Ciyil
Suit is Pending for Quarter of a Million i'm
Paris Courts.
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SHE CHARGES HUGE PLOT!
Miss Elizabeth Kelly, who.
nursed Peter Cooper Hewitt In
his last illness, and who has
been found guilty Of theft. as
serts that she Is the victim OF .
great plot TO suppress an inter
national scandal.
the marriage possessed great
beauty.
She was married to Baron
D'Erlanger last month in France
and It was then stated that the
baron was a member of the Slidell
D'Erlanger family Of England.
In Mr.. Hewitt's will be stipu-
lated that il his widow married
again she would lose oae-third the
income OF his estate. Under his
testament, she was unconditional
Iy given two.thirds Of the income.
The other third was bequeathed
to Amy Cooper Hewitt. q child by
his former marriage to" Lucy
Work, sister Of Mrs. Burke Roche
and daughter Of Frank Work. the
merchant. To Mrs. Cooper
Hewitt's son by q former mar
rage, $500 was given.
Within six months Of Peter
Cooper Hewitt's death, the Shah
Of Persia laid siege to the wealthy
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Asheyille. We didn't stay long.
I'VE just went to see my
father. We hadn't seen him in
eight years, and you can believe
he didn't know his daughter. He
was, right mad at the boys
clothes and short hair and all
that, and there was the deuce to
pay and got a good licking for
II.
They put me into girls clothes
and my father gave my grand
father a terrible lecture, and my
stepmother tried to make me do
housekeeping, but II didn't take,
not SO you could notice 1t. Too
much scolding for me there. any.
way. 80 grandfather and went
back North. He wanted me. I
wanted him. We were good pals.
Just that. He'd done everything
for me and the only trouble we
had was because I wouldn't get
cultured for him.
A REAL JOB AT LAST.
80 back to Brooklyn for us and
got another truck job with the
New York Produce Company. Too
slow, that job. I wanted action.
Then I got a job driving an am
bulance for one Of the big Brook
lyn hospitals"
The blue-gray eyes glistened in
retrospection and the tanned
freckled face lighted crimson as
the speaker went on:
"oh boy, that was my pie! The
big bell and the limit off on speed
and the excitement and the action
all the time. I Just loved that po-
alton.
"But gosh, then a nurse fell for
me and honest, she fell awful
hard. loved the excitement Of 60
ing out all hours Of the night but
that nurse did worry me. One night
there was a hurry.up call. A house
had caved in on a lot Of firemen.
drove four or five Of them In,
and there were lots Of calls like
that to make life interesting for
q fellow. Once some OF the pa
tents died on the way. helped
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ROMANCE OF HART
FLICKERS FADE-OUT

made love together in Camille"
and then he married Jean Acker. a
sweet and simple little stariet OF
the screen. When they were d.
vorccd. he said: ..t
"She said she was my soulmate,
but really she was my checkmate."
Or perhaps this chivalrous bon
mot, as It were. was thought UP
by his press agent, but Rodolph
stood for 1t, anyway. Soon after
he swept to the summit of film
fame in '-rhe Four Horsemen" and
then he decided to wed again.
A BRIDE OF MYSTERY.
winifred Hudnut, daughter of
Richard Hudnut. the perfume
magnate, was his choice. She was
a girl of mystery, for it was not
known generally that the Hudnuts
had a daughter. The girl had ap-
peared in the films as Natacha
Rambova, a protege of Nazimova,
in whose company Valentino had
been featured.
They were wed in Mexicali,
Mexico. at a gay party, with the
municipal band and a reception
by the local government. Then
came a crash that quite drowned
the sonorous music. for 1t was
learned that Rodolph's divorce
would not be permanent until
next January and he was prompt
ly arrested for bigamy and jailed
when he returned to Los An.
geles. Friends supplied bail and
he was finally extricated-butl le.
galiy declared unwed.
He was freed only on condition
that he restrain himself and live
apart from his quasi-wife until
the decree became permanent and
this he promised. Meanwhile,
Miss Hudnut's history was inves.
tigated and It came out that she
was merely an adopted daughter
Of the Hudnuts; that she was
really winifred De Wolfe, rela.
tive Of Elsie De Wolfe. and that
she had mysteriously disappeared
eight years ago, to be discovered
in the company Of Theodore Kos
loft, the Russian dancer, under
the name Of Vera Fredow.
MANY LEAGUES APART.
The bridegroom remained in
Los Angeles, the bride FASTENED
to New York. and Jean Acker,
the near.wife, laughed generously,
and said:
MY marriage was a romantic
tragedy Of the silver screen. Our
happiness has been shattered, hut
I still admire Rodolpho. l can't
say that I love him still, but he
is a wonderful actor. He and
Miss Hudnut have my sympathy.
I bear them no malice. As for
me-I'm trying to forget"
But Valentino asserted proudly
last week that Winifred Hudnut
would be his forever despite the
law. and he added:
I'm going to Paris in March.
when I have my final decree Of
divorce. My wife-if she is my
wife-will leave New York with
her parents for Nice soon. When
we meet again, 1t will be in Paris,
and we will be married.
Then we will get married in
every State Of the Union. II neces-
sary. After that, we will settle
down in Hollywood in the home
that 1 have provided for my bride
the home that she has never
occupied.
''Of course, my wife will con-
tinue with her art work. She
has designed many Of the cos.
tunes In my recent pictures. A
wsman has the right to a carer
outside Of marriage but she can
not devote herself to q career and
to marriage. successfully and at
the same time"
And in the meastime, Hollywood
Is awaiting the sound of the next
marital cataclysm in its midst-for
there always seems to be one ready
for the spark that precedes the ex.
plosion.
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vironment, especially II her haif
would grow quicker.
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MARRIES EARLY AND

Bonnie Glass, now the stately
Mrs. Ben Ali Haggin, will recall
him as her dancing partner for .
while, and 50 win Edna Fenton,
with pride. Nazimova and e'
The Little River news., 1922-03-01
c. G. HENRY HEADS
 BIG COTTON BODY
Newport Banker Elected President of Arkansas Cooperative
 Association.

Little Rock, Feb. 27.-Charles G. Henry of Newport, one of the states best known bankers, was elected pres ident of the Arkansas Cooperative Cotton Growers Association at a meeting of the Board Of Directors at the Pulaski county courthouse yester- day afternoon
 $. Straub, Helena, first vice presi- dent; Harry E. Trulock, Pine Bluff. second vice president; John D. Ed ridge, Little Rock. secretary and trea- surer.
 The Executive Committee will con sist of dr. Henry, MT. Straub, Mir. Trulock and s. w. Sanford of Searcy. and J. w. Fryer of Morilton.
 MT Henry is president of the Ar kansas Bank and Trust Company of Newport and director of the Bank CTS Trust Company of Little Rock. He has been identified with many movements for the improvement of agricultural conditions of the state although not engaged in farming him. self. He is one of the three public directors and was appointed by Dr Bradford Knapp, dean of the Univer- sity of Arkansas. College of Agricul- ture.
 MT. Straub is a director in one of Helena's largest banks and with his brother has large plantation and mer. cantile interests in Phillips county.
 Mir. Trulock has a large plantation in Jefferson county.
 MT. Eldridge, who also is president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Feder. ation owns a large plantation neal Gregory Woodruff county, and operat ed it until recently, when he turned the management over to his son ant removed to Little Rock to devote al his time to the work of the Earn Bureau Federation.
 MT. Sanford is member of th' Robins-Sanford Mercantile Compan. of Searcy and also manages larg farm in White county. MT. Fryer i a large Conway county planter.
The Little River news., 1922-03-01
COMMISSIONER IS BUSY
Many Alleged Federal Law ViOlatOrs
 Brought Before Him.

Texarkana, Feb 25.-Martin Will banks and Oscar Taylor were held for the Federal Grand Jury on carge of violating the prohibition laws fol- owing a hearing before United States Commissioner Graham of the Texas side yesterday afternoon. They fur nished bonds of $500 The men are said to have been caught operating a still in Titus county.
 This morning the commissioner had before him John Domino, charged with having still and mash in his possession and Grady Harris, charged with selling liquor from the hip." Both live at Mt. Pleasant, where they were arrested. The commissioner held them in bonds of $500 each for the grand jury.
 John Avens and W. R. Sanders, also of Mt. Pleasant, were held for the Grand Jury in bonds of $750 each on charges of violating the narcotic laws. Both are alleged to have had morphine. Sanders made bond, while Avens went to jail in default of sure ties.
The Little River news., 1922-03-01
Young Ashdown Banker
 Wins a Championship

Whether it be in the lists of love with fair lady as the prize, or in the field of sports where athletes com pete for honor, or match their skill with all corners, Ashdown young men have a knack of getting ill the very identical spot where the limelight balzes more Strongly. The very lat est honor to be won by an Ashdown young man was taken last Friday by Jake Cobb, that affable young man at the First National, who rakes in the coin at the window and passes out the long green with a smile. When the heavy work of the convention was dispensed with, several hundred bankers went out to the Country Club to see the annual trap shooting con test. Jake was one of the entries of the contest. Jake always goes in to win and on this occasion he won hands down. He was awarded a beau- tiful gold pencil on which was en- graved the following, 1922, Punkest Shooter at the Convention" He made twenty-five shots at the soar nig clay pigeons and succeeding in missing twenty-fcur. He had intend ed to make clean record, but his foot slipped, or something, and he accidentally broke one. When it is understood that H. l.. Remmell of Lit tie Rock, the Republican chairman of this state, won this prize last year you will understand at glance the size and importance of the victory Jake, who is also some kind o1 woodsman, says if he ever gets that bunch of bankers here at Ashdown he is going to take them to Little River bottoms and lose the whole bunch.
The Little River news., 1922-03-01
BROUGH IN MISSISSIPPI
Former Governor Urges Repeal of
 States Antitrust Laws.

Vickesburg, Miss, Feb. 22.-Former 1 Gov. e. H. Brough of Arkansas spoke
 to large audience at local theater tonight
 He called attention to the fact that Mississippi, with Nevada and Ver-
 mont, had lost population in the last decade; that hundreds of manufactur- ing plants had left the state and for I the past three months there had been sale of Mississippi industrial se- curities in the Eastern and Western states, becaue the banks did not care to handle these investments under the present confiscatory regime; that the heavy suits now pending against rail- roads in Mississippi had discouraged the construction or new mileage and betterments.
 The ex-governor paid tribute to the legislature of Mississippi for passing several conservative laws designed to remedy the situation, but he said the evil would never be fully corrected until the drastic antitrust laws are repealed. He counseled thrift on the part of the citizens, diversifcation of farm products, the building of good roads, the proper support of all edu- cational institutions and a decrease in the burden of local taxes, which he said now averages 6S mills on the dollar. ''e
The Little River news., 1922-03-01
HOPE PLANS TO PAVE
Improvement District Is Created by
 the City Council.

Hope, Feb. 25.-An ordinance cre- ating Street Improvement District No. 1 to pave the streets of Hope and de- tining the limits of the district which includes the business section of the city, has been passed by the City Council
 Property owners along North Her wy street from West Division to West Avenue F, distance of five blocks, have presented a petition to the conn., missioners of the Hope Road lm- prOvement District, asking that they be allowed to pave the street in front of their property and to charge the additional cost to the paving, as com pared with the cost of road improve ment, against their property. This will apply only to the property front ing North Harvey street.
 It is reported that the Southwest ern Bell Telephone Company which owns and operates the local exchange is preparing to expend not less than S25,O0O on it's Hope plant, practically doubling it's equipment here, and plac- ing it's lines within the improvement district underground, as soon as pav- ing is commenced.
The Little River news., 1922-03-01
NUMBER 2f.
Receiving Machinery
 at White Cliffs

Claude Henry, who is now working at White Cliffs, was in the city Satur- day and stated that new machinery to the amount of $37,O00 worth had now been received and that still other machinery was on the road. The ma chinery now being received is for the whiting and fertilizer plants. They expect to begin operations early this spring, it is understood. Something like 1000 cords of wood for fuel has been cut A few more men are put on the payroll from time to time.