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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-03

Sunday if the furnace can be put in
working condition by that time.
Miss Belle Locke has returned from
Cornell. where she visited a day last
week, going there to see q relative
who is ILL.,
Mrs. Langley and son, who reside
east Of the ridge, We're shoppers in
StreatOr.
Jay Naughton and wife, also Henry
Mullen and wife, were in attendance
OF the funeral OF the late Mrs. Dooley.
in Ransom. last week Mrs. Dooley
was the mother Of Mrs VIM. Wheat
land Jr
Toney Weber and wife were Strea.
tor callers Saturday
Mrs. Catherine Wollenhaupte is
much better after several days i'll
ness.
1t is with regret the many friends
here learned OF the death of Mrs.
James Darling of Ottawa and extend
the deepest sympathy to her husband
and all those LETT to mourn the de-
parture Of a loved one, from their
host Of friends in and around this
neighbOrhoOd.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-03
FARM RIDGE

Miss Mildred Locke has returned
home after q visit with friends in
Grand Ridge.
Friends here will be glad to learn
Mrs. Fred Barber of Streator is much
better after a severe illness, and Is
able to be up and around again, at
tending to household duties.
William Bacon and wife spent day
recently at the Cox home
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Kiner OF
North Bloomington street, Streator
spent Tuesday with the latter's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Antram.
Mr.. Smidlet OF near Sandy Ford
was a business caller in Streator Fri,
day
Mrs Arthur Thomas was a recent
Ottawa visitor.
Mr. and Mrs. Leiboldt were Ottawa
callers last week.
Miss Doris Mills is better after a
brief illness.
Mr.. Freeze transacted business in
Grand Ridge last week
Mr.. Glazier Of Grand Ridge went
to Chicago with stock last week.
Miss Marie Mullen was nome a few
days the past week from school in OF
tawa an account of the death Of a rel
alive.
Miss Virginia Peck and brother
Bobbie and Miss Kennedy motored 10
Streator on Sunday morning, where
they attended services at Christ Epis-
copal church
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-03

big Jobs, small Jobs. middle-sized jobs
with an efficiency that amazed them.
Now they are not content to fold their
hands.
The younger generation has &C,
ouired a marked dlstaste for staying
Of home. where they may lead a nor
NAL life. They find they must he NJ
and doing and In their minds New
York is the only place for their actiy-
tiles. The question is, Where are the
Jobs for them"
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
WITNESS ABSENT
IN EASTERDAY CASE

Because OF nervous break.
down, Mrs. Elizabeth Holland,
mother OF eighteen-year-ol Gwen,
dolyn Holland. of the Chastleton
apartments, was unable to appear
in Police Court yesterday as the
complaining witness against Wilen
w. Easterday on a charge OF
threats.
Easterday. who is out on bond
pending appeals from prison sen.
tences amounting to eight years. is
alleged to have made threats
against Mrs. Holland when she
objected to his attentions to her
daughter.
At the request Of Assistant Dis.
trict Attorney Ralph Given. Judge
Hardison continued the case to
January 3. Eaterday is at liberty
under $500 bond. He was sen.
fenced to serve two years for his
alleged participation along with
Jules (Nicky) Arnstein and others
in the conspiracy to bring stolen
bonds into the District. He was
also sentenced to serve two years
each on three charges Of forgery
making total OF eight years.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31

and he is-a clean. honorable gen
tleman. You have seen him on the
screen the tall, straight form
and the frank. boyish. open face
of him. The camera does not lie
Wally. in his best role as a lover
did not exaggerate the traits he
displayed in his home with his
family.
So I was slow to realize the ter
rible change that came over him
as the weeks merged into months
and a year crept perilously near
1t was an insidious change, without
definite beginning.
At first il was nervousness. He
could not sit still. He fidgeted
He could not read without rocking
so violently that I momentarily ex
pected his chair to tip over. He
lost his healthy, normal appetite
The happy ring went out OF his
voice and a pitifully querulous wall
replaced It. He was for all the
world like a spoiled child. Nothing
suited him. I could not under
stand It.
Insomnia came next-and then
the family doctor. remember
the doctor give Wally his first
shot" to quiet his nerves and its
astonishing effect. The old doctor
had been summoned from his bed
and for half an hour had tried
to reason Wally into sleepiness
The argument failed.
lay in bed and watched with
a fascinated. horror as the doctor
opened his little black bag and took
out a smaller case. The reading
light at the head of Wally's bed
glinted from the steel and glass
tubes which lay in the little case
in orderly rows. Shortly, with a
slight frown. the doctor prepared
the shot"
The next installment Of Mrs.
Reid's story will appear In The
Washington Herald tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31

may only hope and trust and pray.
There is skeleton in every
family closet. Ours began to take
form in the spring OF 1919, when
freight train caboose jumped the
track and hurtled down a fifteen
foot embapkment in the north OF
California. Let's go back for q
moment and peep into that car.
There they are. in the middle OF
the smelly old caboose. sitting side
by side on the long leather.padded
seat to the right. wally is in the
center. strumming his guitar and
singing Justify. On one side ID
Speed Hanson with his inseparable
banjo. On the other is Grace Oar.
mond, in a fluffy dress.
HIS HEAD INJURED.
They are going into the country
OF the big trees for location for
THE Valley Of the Giants" and
the old caboose groans and jerks
and sways along over the narrow.
gauge mountain railway. The sig.
nal flags rattle in their tin con.
tainer. The overalled leg of a
switchman bangles from the look.
out tower just inside the open,
banging door. That is the atmos.
phere for this real life set.
All OF a sudden the caboose
swayed perilously. The switchman
leaned from the tower. The car
bumped over the ties of a. little
trestle and then, with a sickenins
lurch, careened and toppled into
space. 1t was only a short fall, az
have said. but the piercing
screams Of Miss Darmond reached
to the tops Of the solemn old pine
trees along the right -of-way.
Wally crawled out OF the door
dragging Miss Darmond. whose
fluffy dress was drenched with
blood. When he reached the open
he collapsed, but his wonderful
stamina came to his aid. With the
back Of his skull scraped from the
blow OF falling railroad frog ind
his left arm sliced to the bone by
glass, he still was strong enough
to lurch among the other members
OF the party, attending to their
wounds.
Twelve hours later they reached
a town and a doctor and then, for
the first time, Wally's wounds were
dressed. Against the advice Of the
physician he went to work next
day and the picture was made on
schedule.
NO STAR MORE BELOVED.
But from that hour Wallace Reid
was never the same. do not
know why 1t Is an intangible thins
will try to explain as we &C
along.
When he came back to Holly
wood, In six or seven weeks, he
apparently had fully recovered. His
eyes were bright and his healtA
above normal. He had gained
weight.
II was months before I realized
that the change In his disposition
dated from that wreck in the lonely
mountain wilderness. How, in the
light Of later events and develop
ments, now can see, plainly; car
understand how II began and appre
ciate how he fell prey to the sooth
ing, deadly sweet promises Of
drugs.
There was Mt that time no screen
star more widely loved and admired
than Wally.. There was no screen
home more happy than ours. There
was in all Hollywood no more per
feet husband than Wally. He wa
The Washington times., 1922-12-31

the grand jury hearing. I thought
1t strange, but / know the reason
now. AS far as they were concern
ed. the disappearance Of Tom Rich
ards and Watt Daniels was q mys
terry that never would be solved.
HOME Is WRECKED.
I can't find the words to express
the praise due Governor Parker
Had II not been for his assistance
l would have worked alone.
When men I believe are members
of the Ku Klux Klan picked Mr.
Richards up just a week before hi
finally disappeared, Leota was with
him. They carried him away while
she stood in the road and screamet
her pleas for them not to take him
l found her standing there crying
All night she was so frightened ant
nervous she could not sleep. Ovel
and over she told me: Mama, thos,
old Ku klux got my daddy" but h.
came home that time.
My home is wrecked, my life Il
wrecked and my heart ID broken.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
WOMAN SLAYER AND
ACC0MPL|CE To DIE

LONDON, Dec. 30.-Mrs. Edith
Thompson, a beautiful matron of
Ilford, and her youthful lover
Frederick Bywaters. who on De.
cember IL were found guilty of
the murder Of the woman's hus'
band. must answer for their crime
upon the gallows. according to the
Daily Mail today.
Despite the mighty wave OF pro.
test against execution of a woman,
which has swept all Britain the
past fortnight, Home Secretary w
c. Bridgeman has decided to advise
King George against granting a
reprieve, the Daily Mail states.
Mrs. Thompson was one of three
women who were sentenced &c
death within twenty-four hours by
the same Judge.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
Reds Vivid Story of Her Husbands Fight to "Coe Back
Futurists Are
Up in Arms; to
Educate Public

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 80.
THE futuristic, cubist and
l. impressionable artists are
up In arms and threaten . del
uge Of flying paint brushes.
All because thoy claim tho pub
lie does not properly appreci-
ate their art rs yet and must
be educated.
Desmond v. Rushton, head Of
. group OF independent futurfs-
tic artists, who claim they will
dab their way to fame regard
less Of obstacles, has announc-
ed that the next exhibition will
be held February 1.
The intervening time will en-
able the public to gain addition
nj information about the Inn
pressionistic art, Rushton says.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
PROHIBITION AGENTS
|PLAN DRY NEW YEAR
Special Watch Ordered to Pre-
vent Alcoholic Christening
of Infant 1923.
LIQUOR SOURCES GUARDED
Efforts for Year to Be Directed
Against Big Offenders,
Officials Say.
LIQUOR SOURCES GUARDED

"The metropolitan cen lers Of
the United States will b. drier
this New Year eve than ever be
forew
This is the New Year g. Ieetjrg
to the nation last night from Ene
Federal prohibition enfor en- ZEN
bureau.
AGENTS MOBILIZED.
All plans have been comp - N
make this New Year the M A. a.'G
In history. Every prohibitiop sgror
toes" rather than at home, wa-m-
been instructed to call bac& such
agents on leave as are nee :ss.r.
while the mobile enforcement
force" has been distributed among
the larger cities.
The tip that "Izzy and Moe are In
town-look out!' created consterna-
ton in Washington bootleg circles
last night and sounded death-knell
to the liquor business, but up to
early today Izzy and Moe had not
figured in any important raids or
arrests.
There can be no question Of
doubt but that this New Year will
be the driest of any since prohibi-
tion." James e. Jones. acting pro-
hibition director, informed the In
ternational News Service yesterday.
"Our plans are well laid and a close
watch is to be kept on all places
where a hilarious celebration might
be expected"
AFTER BIG GAME.
The prohibition unit is now pre-.
policy Of enforcement whereby all
alleged discrimination between the
higher up," or rich man, and the
poorer class will be removed. 1t is
the intent Of the bureau. In the fu.
ture to confine it's men to running
down Of the big cases, and leave
local authorities to deal with the
hip pocket case" Jones an
nounced.
Tho proper enforcement of the
Volstead act" Jones said, ito my
mind. would be to have the Federal
agents concentrate on the big men
on such cases as fraud, conspir-
acy and illegal withdrawal-and
leave minor violations to the police.
In the past year, we have secured
such an additional measure Of CO.
operation from the local authorities
rs to permit OF the pursuance of
this policy"
Reforms IN 1877 NOTED.
Many reforms have been noted
by the prohibition authorities In
the past year. First. the home
brewing craze" appears to have
abated. Second, the holidays have
passed without the warehouse and
distillery robberies which marked
the Christmas.New Year season
last year.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
Baby Is Center
| Of Family Fight

And a little child shall lead them
Into battle-in the case OF Mr..
and Mrs. Cecil Letton.
Letton was arrested on a charge
Of dtsorderly conduct, later being
released on $40 collateral. while
Mrs. Letton is suffering from a
deep cash over her right cheek.
The two have been separated for
the last two weeks. Last night,
according to the police, Letton Wis.
lted the home of his wife, oil New
York avenue northwest, and at.
tempted to gain possession Of their
fourteen-months-old baby. The
struggle ensued.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
By MRS. THOMAS r. RICHARDS.
copyright, 1892, by International
News Service.)

(CopyriEht, 1872, by international
News service.)
MER ROUGE, La, Dec. 30.-1
have been through the tortures OF
four months search for my husband.
but now there is a brightness ahead
that / feel sure 10 the light which
will lead to vindication Of the efforts
of Governor Parker and the ven.
geance Of God and man on the kid.
napers and murderers of my husband
and his dear friend. Watt Daniels.
Tonight there Is not calm in my
heart, but there is a certain feeling
that a semblance Of justice has en-
tered a case that for long time ap.
peared hopelessly buried under the
apathy of public officers.
BEGINS LONG SEARCH.
I started my long search for the
murderers OF my husband on Au-
gust rs, the day after he had been
carried away. Friends to whom /
went for assistance advised me to go
to Bastrop, the headquarters OF the
parish government, but before I act
ed on this advice ! asked a business
man in Mer Rouge to help me. He
called Sheriff Carpenter on the tele-
phone and was told there was not a
single clue on which a search could
be conducted.
On Saturday, August 26, I went to
Bastrop for q personal interview with
Sheriff Carpenter and Judge Odum.
Sheriff Carpenter was not interested
in the conversation except to say a
few words now and then. Judge
Odvm, on the other hand. was kind
and willing. He told me II ] could
furnish a single piece Of evidence
on which a search could be started
he would give every effort toward
solution Of the mystery.
APPEALS TO GOVERNOR.
Tortured by grief and with the
cries of Leota. my little three-year-
old daughter. In my ears, / wrcte
Governor Parker on Sunday and
begged him to do something to help
me. l walked the yard OF our little
home, I walked the streets, l prayed
to God that something would happen
to start an investigation.
People said: Don't worry; he will
come back" but they knew they lied.
They knew what had happened to
my husband.
The grand Jury met on September
9. My hopes rose only to be dashed.
when the jury did absolutely moth.
ing. They didn't want me to go to
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
'Pola Has Not Sought
Permit to Wed Charlie

HOLLYWOOD. CAL, Dec. 3O.-Of.
ficial approval from the Famous
Players-Lasky Corporation has not
been given Pola Negri. screen lumi-
nary. to marry Charlie Chaplin. to
whom. according to Dame Rumor.
she is engaged. It was learned at
the Lacky studio today. 1t was
also learned that Miss Negi 20 far
has made no such application.
In her contract with the Lacky
corporation is a clause stating she
cannot be married without Official
sanction of her employers.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
Chinese Catholics Send
Embroidery to Hardings

President and Mrs. Harding yes
terday were presented with a New
Year gift Of Chinese embroidery
work by Father William J. Cohill.
The embroidery was made by the
women and children Of the Catholic
mission at Kai Feng, China.
Father Cohill, who has just re-
turned from China. was the first
American to be ordained In the
secular priesthood Of that country.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
Extracts Own Teeth;
Dies of Poisoning

LANCASTER, Pa. Dec. 30.-Ex-
tracing his own teeth when they
proved troublesome caused the
death of Frank Laudenberger.
He suffered an infection of the
lower jaw and was advised to con-
suit a dentist. Instead he extracted
the teeth with pliers. His death re.
suited from blood poisoning.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
Firemen Rescue Horse
TRAPPED in Excavation

Firemen from No. truck com.
pany yesterday were called out to
rescue a horse which had fallen In.
to an excavation near Thirty-second
and X streets northwest.
With the aid Of a block and
tackle, firemen had little difficulty
in freeing the animal. which be.
longed to the American Ice Com.
pany.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
WRECKMARKED
.. TURN|NCP0|NT
!. IN STAR 'SL|FE
Injuries Suffered When Caboose
Crashed Down Embankment
Led to Drugs, She Writes
:. HOLLYWOOD NOT TO BLAME
wife Tells PoignantIy How
She Watched Physician
Give Actor His "First Shot"

The Times-Herald today prints
the first instalment of Mrs.
Davenport Reids gripping, init
mate story of her screen star
husbands tragic struggle to con-
quer the drug habit. Succeed
ing installments of her remark
able narrative UiH appear from
day to day erclusively in The
Washington Herald.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
CITIZENS TO HEAR BALLOU.

DR.. Frank w. Ballou. superin.
tendent Of schools, will address the
Columbia Heights Citizens Asso-
citation Tuesday night at s o'clock.
at st. Stephens Hall, 3017 Four.
teenth street northwest.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31

An intimate photograph of Reid and his little
family. The inset shoUs his Uife, knOlCn the
screen as Dorothy Davenport, and beloW is the
stricken screen idol. The group picture sholUs
Mrs. Reid, in the role of mother, with the tlUo
children, Billy and Betty
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
RICHARDS WIDOW
Tells Of TRAGEDY
Begged in Vain for Parish to
Act After Robed Band
Stole Husband.
felt HE HAD BEEN SLAIN
Child Screams for Daddy as
Abductors SWoop Down
on Him.

Herewith is presented tho story
Of Mrs. Thomas F. Richards,
,Oidow of one of the pictims of
the masked and robed band Who
tortured to death Richards and
Watt Daniels last August and
cast their bodies into Lake La
Fourche, in Morehouse Parish,
La. Mrs. Richards details the
hedrtbreaking fight she made for
official action in the disappear
ance of her husband and his
friend, Daniels.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
BIG DUTY ON DOLLS,

MELBOURNE. Dec. 30-Though
the duty on German dolls 10 $50
per cent great quantities arc being
imported.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31

The next installment Of Mrs.
Reid's story will appear In The
Washington Herald tomorrow.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-19
WAS 50 NERVOUS
COULDN'T SLEEP
Etchty Years OLD, Says This comedy
hdado Him well

He went on crutches for two years
from neurts. and was go weak. nervous
and run down that he could not sleep
and yet after taking NerT-Worth he re-
gained his health and strength and had
no return of his rheumatic trouble or
nervousness. That was the. story told
one of our representatives By Capt.
Mitchell, ono of the prominent citizens
of Corey. Pa.
If YOU suffer from stomach trouble.
bowel trouble or rheumatism. neurItls
ncrvousncSs. sleeplesSness brought on by
INDIGESTION or chronic stomach anA
bowel trouble you should Immediately
try the famous Nerv-Worth that has
brought health and comfort TO go man.
a;png people after other remedies had
failed and they had about given up hope.
II is sold by most druggists At one dol
lar and each druggist il authorized To
give the money back II the results from
the first bottle are not encouraging. II
is always on sale at the {. n. Grie>t
& co. drug store in this city. It .iS 4
splendid remedy for constipation. !ndi-
rcstion- or nervousness for delicate
women or growing children and its
pleaSant taste attracts them TO it.-AdH.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-19

mcnt once loaned his services to the
Canadian government in the Second
Liberty Loan drive OF that country.
Mr.. II. G. Ogden will make a brief
address to the Disabled Veterans or
2aniza;ion just prior 10 the thrilling
exhibition. Representatives Of the
Service Star Legion of Ohio. OF which
Mrs W. W Davis, OF Martins Ferry,
= president. the Service Star Legion
# West Virginia. Of which Mrs. John
Stamn. of Wheeling, Is president; the
Ladies' Auxiliary. American Iegi'>
and Veterans Of Foreign Wars will be
crescent at the exhibition.
The Human Fly" will not climb
over any windows. he states, but will
20 M the corner OF the structure. At
his position there are no lodges
where he can get foot or hand hold.
The terrific strain 10 which Gardiner
will be uSbjected in doing this stunt
ran be imagined when he states that
he will lose more than four pounds in
Ike venture.
The exhibition will start promptly
# is O'Clock. One Of the largest
crowds that ever witnessed a similar
performance is expected TO be present.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-19

gigantic wireless tower has been
erected al Nc!uwe. HOLLAND
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-19

The discovery Of trichina occurred
in 1885.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-19

LOUIS II. TIBBENS.
Louis 81. Tibbcrs. ION of Mr. ana Mrs.
Harry Tibbcns of 200 North Wabash
street. entered Wheeling High school Il
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-19
wnFRED H. SDHRAL.

Wilfrrd Ii. Sim"ral the son Of Mrs.
Rose SimcTai Of La Elm street, entered
" hccling High school in the class Of
1919 Il graduate from the Madison grade
school, Since his entrance in Wheeling
Uiph school h" has been studying The
general course with electives. lie is It
member of tho high school orchestra and
his class literary organization. II" took
i bart in the class play and has been
a member Of the Hi-i club. He plans
to attend cuIicE" after has Gradua ,Ion
bn, a. yet is uncertain as TO what
school he will enter.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-19
SIMON SIGESMoND.

Simon Sigcsmond, the son Of Mrs.
Dora SiEcsmnnd. Of g. Twenty third
street. entered Wheeling High school ia
the class Of 1919 Il graduate from the
centre grade school. Since his entrance
in Wheeling High schoI he has been
studying IN" classical course from
which he graduates IN June. He ha*
taken part in all srho"l activities. being
a member Of IN" I!i-Y clWb and "thcr
school literary "rganiZatin"s. II" plans
10 attend college after his graduation
in June. but is not certain as 10 what
school he will enter.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-19
Who's Who In Wheeling High
School Graduating Class Of 1922

graduate from the Madison grade school
in the class of 1919. Since his entrance
IN Wheeling High school he has been
studying the general course with elect
ives He has taken part in all school
activities being a member Of the lily
club and his class literary organization.
lie has also been member Of tho
basket ball and track squads during his
four years of school. He will enter
Penn state next fall TO complete his
cducatiOn
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LILLIAN TROUTMAN.

Lillian TrOutnlan. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs, Louis TrOutman. of 80 Mark";
street entered Wheeling High school in
tho class Of 1919 gradual" rom the
WASHINGTON grade Srh""l. Sine" her
entrance in Wheeling high school she
has been studying the classical """.s"
She is Il member ri the High Sch""'
club and her class literary "rGanza
lion. She is treasurer OF thu SENIOR
class. She plans to attend coilcE" after
her graduation hut al this time Is IN
decided as TO what school she VIII
rntr.