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The Washington times., 1922-11-29
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Dy International News DervSce.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j.. Nov.
's.-The hunt for the murderers OF
he Rev. DR.. Edward w. Hall and
% wonder heart" choir singer,
lrs. Eleanor Mills. which has held
he eyes Of the nat on since Septem.
,er IL and aroused even the United
states Senate's attention, today
vas abandoned.
Whether or not II ever 10 to b
esumed, now that the Somerset
ounty grand Jury has refused to
ndict any .one,. viii depend upon q
Conference that Wilbur A. Mott
leputy attorney general In charge
III the inquiry, wn have at sonss
.uturs date with his chief, Attorney
3ener1 McCrane.
Conference Date Uncertain.
Mott said that no date had beer
yet for the conference. He added
hat II will be an unofficial" meet
ng. at which the decision will be
made whether or not he IL to press
he investigation further.
AN0ithOh 0AiB. xA8AA UOf 8uyOno GLE
prominent In the caSe other than
James Mills. the choir singers hus.
and, had any comment to make
n the jury's act on. Mills bitterly
aid that "it looked pretty rotten"
The principal worry In Somerset
,ounty now 10 how the cost OF the
inquiry. which win approx mate
10000, 10 to be paid. The rector
and Mrs. Mills lived In Middlesex
ounty, but thsr trysting place be.
meath the crab apple tree was 100
'eet acrose the boundary, and IN
'omerset county, where the murders
occurred.
Mrs. GIhson Dissppolnted.
While no official opinion was ex.
dressed the general view IN sorner.
set n that It 10 unfair for that
,ounty to foot the bill. alone.
Mrs. Jane Gibson, who enjoyed
Ner exalted position an star witness
'or the proseout on. and who con.
ended she had seen Mrs. Hall near
he murder spot. sank back today
nto the oblivion she occupied be.
fore the inquiry. She seemed quite
broken up because the Jurors paid
scant attention to her story.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
WITH
TIERNEN, SHE
WRITES
one-Day Bride Angered at Pro-
fessor's Failure to Re-
turn to Her.
ny international News Service.


MARSHALLTowN. Iowa, Nov.
2s.-'T am through with you for
good and wish to have nothing
further to do with you or your
kind"
That was the message. Mrs.
Blanche Brimmer (drs. Tiernan No.
q sent today to Prof. John p. Tier.
nan at South Bend. Ind. Mrs. Brim-
mer plainly showed her anger over
the professors failure to return to
her following their one day honey.
moon in Chicago.
IL Am Yours" He Writes.
One Of Tiernan's fervid love let
ters to his bride Of day was
brought to light today.
II want to say to you, Blanche.
dear. right here and now. that ! am
yours" the letter read. You can
have me. pledged myself that
would belong body and soul to
the first woman that won my love.
and that is you, my sweet little
girl from Iowa. .
I'VE have both been through tras.
edy, loveless marriages and we have
both been betrayed. and naturally
we both feel q sense Of remorse
and sorrow because our love was
misplaced and abused and desecrated
by an unfaithful partner. But.
Blanche. there Ii something In life
after all. Blanche, love women.
But not In q sexual way merely.
My love 10 affection and loyalty and
consistency. It II not mere pas
sion."
Biahche Kept Letter.
The letter closed with q descrip.
tion Of himself, and asked Blanche
to watch the papers for his divorce.
One letter written by Blanche
to Tiernan, but for some reason
never sent was also disclosed.
"I am completely and solely
yours" the letter read. until you
decide to cast me aside. then I think
the river win hold ma"
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
vERMiNoUs CANDY IN
CARLOAD LOT DUMPED

DETROIT, MiQh.. Nov. 3e.--The
two carloads of children's candy
which investigators said contained
verrnin and dirt and was sold to
children In grab" bags, Six retail
stores have been rsidsd and candy
removed.
The men, II ID alleged. bought the
candy at two cents . pound and sold
q at Q large profit
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BRITISH. CABINET MEETS
ON GREEK RELATIONS

LONDON. Nov. 2s.-The British
cabinet met this afternoon TO con.
der the break In Anglo Greek rela.
tions over the executions of sormer
Greek ministers At Athens In the
fAce Of British opposition.
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SIsma Alpha Epsilon Dance,

A dance will be given tonight by
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
IA the chapter house, $500 Six-
teenth street northwest. Five new
members were initiated into the 90
cisty last night
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Egyptian Cabinet Quits.

LONDON, Nov. ss.-The Esyp.
tian cabinet has resigned, said a
Central News dispatch from Cairo
this afternoon. Premier Sarwat
headed the old. ministry. Tewfik
Nessim probably win head the new
governnient
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l).S.P[EA[)S
VA|NLY IN
GREECE
Officials Protest at Killing OF
Ministers Set Aside by
RevoIutionists.
BY International News Service.

ATHENS, Nov. 2S.-Diplomatic
relations between Great Britain
and Greece were broken off to-
day when the British munster, r.
D. Lindley, obtained his passports
at the Greek foreign Office and
departed for home Deca use Of the
execution of five former Greek
ministers against the wishes OF
England.
and other former ministers in the
government under Constantine q
regime will be placed on trial before
he military tribunal created by the
creek revolutionary committee.
The first secretary Of the British
legalion and G. II. Bentinck. Brit.
.sh member of the financial con.
troll commission are remaining here.
The bodies OF the six former Off
Gals shot 10 death yesterday by a
firing squad OF gendarmes have been
turned over TO their families. They
were: Former Premier Gunar.s;
iormer Premier Pro.opapadakis: $:
former Minister of Interior Stratos;
former Foreign .Miuis.er BaitazzIs;
former War Minis s.er Theotkis ana
General Hadjanestis. commander-in.
chief Of the Greek army In Asia
Minor.
All took their fate bravely. Had.
janestis wept when the verdict was
read degrading him. but he quickly
recovered has composure.
When1 Baltazzis learned trat his
sentence was death by shooting he
removed his monocle, drew a silk
handkerchief from his pocket and
nervously polished the glass M.
Gounaris. one Of the best known
and most influential of modern
Greek statesmen next to Eleutherios
Venixelos, sat Shuddled up in his
seat wearing his overcoat collar
turned up. He remained impassive
throughout the proceedings.
All the prisoners were pale and
haggard for the sessions of tho
court had been long and arluous.
They got practically no sleep on
Monday night.
q. 9. Man Tries to Help.
z. C. Caffery. first secretary of
the American legation. attempted
to intercede for the lives of the
men. mT. SaIlcTy was lIIOrI1eu
that the proceedings had been un.
dertaksn by the Greek revolution.
ary committee which had created
and invested the military court
with power. The cabinet members
said they we're virtually powerless.
On account Of the high feeling
created by the sensational execu-
lions the president Of the court.
martial court issued a statement
defending the death sentence.
"These terrorist traitors" said
the statement. knowingly at.
tempted to strengthen the throne
under Constantine in order to enjoy
public office; they used terrorist
methods to stifle opposition and
then betrayed the people"
In view Of the fact that Great
Britain and America have filed pro-
tests against the executions, II ID
expected that other nations will do
likewise.
The New York herald., 1922-02-19

"And now, with their tightly clinging
draperies. they look like some statue Of
winged Victory more beautiful and more
voluptuous .nan IL they had been nude"
This is a most inspiring sight and the
Prince was much impressed
The whole ceremony is a sort Of re-
ligious dazedness. II is such as to steep
the vision In beauty: vet there is nothing
sensual abont It, II Is religious. When
the ritual Is ended the women retire ia
their homes. and the men enter a period
OF prayer With hair st'l dripping and
causing the dry outer muslins to become.
so to speak. parts of their sinuous bodies.
the women walk along in the shadow of
spires and pagodas. carrying on each
shoulder n shiaing water vessel.
Prince Edward has seen old, mysterious
palaces in the imperial quarter of Benares,
in which the women wore the double veil
OF the Romans and garments of magnifi
cence. He has seen the quarter of the
bayarders at night--the rooms opening
above the narrow street.
An example of the privileges enjoyed by
the Prince of Wales on this visit to India
is given In a consideration Of his recep
tion in the State of Nepal. where he went
tiger shooting. This State has insisted
upon it's independence. and has been no
more or less than distantly courteous to
the British authorities. But the Prince.
known by the people Of Nepal as "the
sporting Prince" was welcomed and al
lowed the freedom of the great expanse.
The life Of the Nepalese and the Ghur
kss-who are very closely related-is little
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With meP Prince Of Wales andt theH Harem Beauties

understood by Europeans. for exploration
has been impossible: and It is likely that
"the sporting Prince" has had greater
insight into the life and customs of these
people than others have had.
The Nepalese and Ghurkas are of the
Mongol race. The women are not beautf
full. however. although they are inclined to
develop symmetrically and much more
slowly than the women OF more southern
India. The men are fine physical speci-
mems and marvelously good soldiers.
All India is in the thrall Of romance
from the tip of the great peninsula to the
Baluchistau borderands. The nature OF u
varies in many parts of the old empire
for II is a vast expanse of land. and there
are hundreds Of millions of people. The
luxurious zenanas are not to be found
everywhere. It is privilege Of the wealthy.
high caste man to have HIS bevy OF wives
shut off in tiresome luxury. dressed in gor'
geous robes and reclining on soft couches
in veritable Indian harems"
But India is India and It's women are
primitive In their ideals to highly do
veloped degree. We cannot conceive OF
such spirit of romance as India welters
in. We are of the age Of iron and, steel
and commercial achievement. We are OF
the business age. We live for what we
call success--personal attainment India
lives for romance.
Smiling Prince Edward is seeing strange
sights in India--but nothing certainly 30
strange and unusual as the lovely, glamour
GUS hourilike ladies of the sacredly guarded
zenanas.
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veils-beautiful Of face and form and car.
riage-march down the road to the musi-
cal clanking of their metal anklets. They
carry wreaths of flowers to throw on the
sacred waters. and when the garlands are
thrown in one by one and in great quantt
ties the sluggish Ganges becomes stately
procession of changing. contrasting colors.
They go down to the RATS, and steps that
flank the river edge. and after the flowers
are all placed on the breast OF the majestic
river they hurriedly remove their clothing
the men taking their cashmere garments
of and stripping to the flesh. the women re-
moving their outer muslins and all but
thin veil covering shoulders and waists
The colorful picturesqueness OF the mas
sive scene gives way to study In shades
of brown. of brown flesh In many degrees
of lightness and darkness. Some are shin.
ing bronze. some are rich brown. The
clothing is dropped to the earth or hung
en- poles and the Brahmin worshipers 60
down to the river. The slim, athletic
bodied men step into the sacred river to
their waists.
The women, veiled over shoulders and
around waists, kneel on the bank and dip
their arms and then their ankles into the
river. Then they bend as far over the
water as they can reach AMI still maintain
their balance. They lower their heads and
their long. heavy, black hair falls into the
water. They withdraw tho unknotted coils
dripping wet and more brilliantly gleam'
ing. while water pours from the whole
thick mass to wet the whole body. The
scant muslins cling tightly to the curves Of
their bodies.
The New York herald., 1922-02-19
Paris Men No Longer Natty

1t is argued by the critics who disap-
prove of the modern dress of Paris men
that it Injuries the good name OF Paris for
elegance; that 1t interferes with the es-
thetic charm of Paris festivity: that, since
men are not particularly ornamental even
when dressed meticulously, the careless
garb of nowadays offers contrast with the
fawlessly dressed women which is often.
sive to the good taste of all Paris.
Oh. yes, women still dress gorgeously in
Parisi
But there are those Partisan men-in
quite large numbers too-who call the old
fashions slavery and vow they will never
go back to them. Perhaps they are right
It was tacit understanding during the
war that ceremony, evening clothes and
high hats were not to be worn anywhere.
And since then so punctilious worldling
as the diplomat Lord Derby-till recently
British Ambassador to Paris-wore a bowl
er 1--WE call 1t q derby hat) with his CUT
away coat.
It is point OF discussion among those
who love TO delve into the reasons for
things-this breakaway from convention.
Some hold that It is due TO the changed
economic order, to the fact that Paris men
once men OF leisure. have to work now and
consequently have neither time nor energy
to attend to the infinite details of dress
with which they formerly occupied them
selves most OF the time.
Another reason for the break from for
mality Is said to be the new tendencies OF
the younger generation toward sports.
And the soft. loose garments which are
worn now go well with sport, while the
old, stiff vesture would be utterly incon-
gruous.
Some see a gradual return to the high
hat, and point out that II is now conspicu-
ously worn by statesmen of France and all
countries. President Millerand wears
high hat In drab color ID match his waist
coat Clemenceau's topper" tips rakishly
aside, because they wore them like that
when he was young man In Paris, more
than sixty years ago.
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n ARIs is just now awakening to the
r fact that it's men folk are becom-
ing careless, slovenly dressers. and
Paris is fearful lest the postwar lack Of
conventionality may never be destroyed.
Once Paris was proud of the fact that its
the universe. Now it is bewailing the fact
that its men have become chronically at
tached to soft hats. shirts with collars at
tached and sack suits with trousers baggy
at the knees.
The fashionable theatrical publication
Comgdid took great deal of space in a
recent issue to denounce sharply the care
less and unconventional style of dress af-
fected by the men of Paris since the war.
ComBdia blames II on the war and an
nounces its campaign to impress upon
Paris the necessity for II to get back to
IT'S pre-war perfection in masculine ap-
parel
The campaign has heen taken up by
other fashionable magazines and papers.
and one cannot read anything in Paris now
without reading something Of reminiscent
flavor barking to the good old days be-
fore war broke the back OF fashion"
Before the war, Paris men of fashion
could get along very nicely with two or
three suits OF clothes. Now they must each
have at least four. The informal styles
are apparently much more expensive than
the old and stricter dress requirements.
This fact guarantees adherents to the cause
for which ComGdid fights. Men who want
to be economical are sure to back the cam.
paign to get Paris back to conventionality
OF male garb. This point of economy does
not go for women Of course.
Before the war Paris men all were
obliged to wear In the afternoon high silk
hats. fine cravats and tail coats. The tail
coat must have been at least cutaway but
preferably the long skirted frock. But now
even for evening wear they are abandoning
the high hat and are wearing the dinner
jacket, or smoking" as the French call 1t,
instead VI the more formal dress coat.
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mine flowers. Last, four men. bearing on
their shoulders the gilded marriage bed.
Benares! Sacred Benares on the holy
Ganges River! It is a place to enchant
and place to dread. No women Of the
Orient are more lovely than the velvety
eyed Brahmins of hallowed Benares. 1t is
as Lott has said OF them
The iabyrinths of little Indian streets
and the sculptured or painted houses re-
sernble those Of other cities. and every
where women. lovely as those Of Tanagra.
pass lightly veiIed along the shady. mar
row streets. Sometimes sunbeam falls
on their metal rings and bracelets or on
their many hued robes. patterned In silver
on a green or golden ground. making
them shine luminously. Then the women
resemble the houris OF dream, and
should you meet their glance 1t Is as II
that look contained all that may be Of
earthly bliss.
The Prince OF Wales saw the wonders OF
Benares recently. He saw this wonderful
town OF almost half q million souls this
city which sums up and centralizes to the
eye the whole life Of the Indian people.
The dawn 'is the magnificent hour In Be-
mares. II 10 at dawn that the Brahmin
people OF all parts OF Benares go down to
the sacred river TO partake Of prayer and
religious ecstasy. Men, colorfully garbed,
go down to the river first and the women
follow them. II is sight even for the
Prince OF Princes"
The women, lightly draped with muslin
The New York herald., 1922-02-19
Curious Problem Presented to An1eric
High Commissioner in POlyandr0us
Practice of Civil Population Being
Studied BY august State Department
Utter Lack of Feminine Jealousy
Makes Tiny Island Most Unusual
RAVE statesmen in Washington are
discussing the Island Of Yap from
- ,yar,, ,n1lo Nou, tbot tho dip1o-

@R RAVE statesmen in Washington are
discussing the Island of Yap from
every angle. Now that the diplo-
matte status Of this speck on the Pacific
has been settled, what will be the duties
of the United States Commissioner sent
there? How will they relate to the Japa-
nese Commissioners duties? All these
questions are important. no doubt but the
humanity interesting angle is the question:
How far will the joint commission inter.
fere with the civil population and its
doings?
Whether under the agreement the Amer
ican representative to Yap would take any
official interest in the civil life of the little
community, and whether any steps would.
or could, possibly be taken by either Japa-
nese or Americans to point out the wrong
ness Of the civil condition which coun-
tenances womans having plurality of
husbands are questions over which much
breath is being wasted in the facetious
circles of Washington statecraft.
Most interesting bits of information con.
corning ap have drifted out of the
precincts of the State Department since
the little island became the object Of
great diplomatic controversy.
It is not thought with any tremendous
seriousness that the official American rep.
resentative at Yap would be likely to inter
fere with state of polyandry which is as
old as Yap itself; but the opinion is most
seriously entertained that the glaring pub
licity being thrown upon 1t and its inhabi
tants may stir yearnings in the heart Of
American reformers who. having reformed
America to their hearts desires, are weup-
ing for new lands to reform.
Odd Custom of Wifehood
That Prevails in zap
The Yapian polyandrous system is. per-
haps. fertile field for American reform
houses" in each of which a woman lives
under a polyandrous system, wherein no
man becomes jealous. of his contemporary
husbands. and wherein all are treated with
equal favor-or disfavor-by the common
wife. II she shows preference for one
husband then that particular one Is told
to seek other fields, and the happy family
goes on as before.
But II one of the men manages to so win
the love Of the wife of them all as to
persuade her to go away with him into the
outlands of ap and set up sweet little
home of lust US two together" then he is
permitted to do so. and the deserted hus-
bands seek out another wife. But the
tattooed hands and legs of the feminine
side of the polyandrous polyhedron of fam
lily life in Yap-the queen of the marriage
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by our millionaires and bootleggers.
The dress problem for the women Is
much more simple. American women
might we'll envy them because of the fact
that they have at least one new frock every
month So also might the American man
envy the Yap male because these dresses
are picked from trees and are inexpensive.
The natives of Yap are of light coffee
colored skins and have wavy black hair,
dark eyes and prominent check bones.
They are neither as tall nor as strong as
the natives of Samoa. They are strict pro-
hibitionists and cannot be prevailed upon
to drink alcoholic beverages of any kind.
ct Is suggested that 1t would be an ideal
place for broken-down prohibition enforce
ment agents to recuperate)
The natives of Yap have keen sense of
direction. Many of them have been driven
in small boats hundreds of miles away
from home to islands where they could not
speak a word of the languages used. Yet
without chart or compass they invariably
return.
A veil, similar to the harem veil, is con-
ventional in zap; 1t Is thin cord of fiber,
must be worn by all women, old and young,
about the neck at all times.
Since food drink and clothing all grow
in abundance on trees, the money Of the
island represents labor rather than any
material thing. But one can better under
stand the meaning of the burden Of wealth
when he hears that single coin of their
stone money sometimes weighs hundreds
of pounds. The large" money of the
island consists of millstone-likr disks Of
limestone from Babelthuap 400 miles to
the south, and one Of these disks four feet
in diameter is usually the price that is
paid by the bachelor clubs for their host
esses when they can be bought. Such
piece of currency may be worth 10000
cocoanuts.
The small change of the island is made
of shells, which the natives carry strung
on fiber as does the Chinaman with his
cash For external trade the cocoanut Is
the common standard of exchange.
1t is not necessary for the zap Croesus
to shelter his entire pile" in his house.
He simply lets 1t be known that that par
ticular half-ton piece of money belongs to
him and no one steals It, On one occasion
a very fine piece of money was shipwrecked
and it's owner is credited with the wealth
represented in that fine bank pile which
is now reposing in a safety deposit vault
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composed OF 400 feet Of ocean water. He
may even use it for making purchases and
his heirs will eventually inherit 1t when
he dies.
There are many signs Of vanished civil
ization in Yap. Scattered here and there
on the island are massive ruins the origin
of which is as mysterious as that of the
great stone figure on Eastern Island. Hun
dreds of acres in some localities are COW
cred by the remains of walls canals an
earthworks of the most stupendous charac-
ter, built upon general plan such as
could only have been conceived by men of
power and intelligence, acquainted with
mechanical appliances for raising enor-
nous weights and transporting huge blocks
of stone considerable distances, both by
land and water.
In common with most of the South Sea
Islands, Yap is occasionally visited by ter
rife hurricanes, many Of which cause large
loss of life and keen distress The climate
is moist and equable and the tempera'
ture generally agreeable. The trade winds
blow for the greater part of the year and
there is a good rainfall.
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plans are made and carried into execu-
tion to secure a woman by cunning or
force from some distant tribe-perhaps
lot Of cases. been responsible for wars Of
no mean proportion.
One American representative. Mr.. Albert
Scott. who has been In zap for many years.
has had the good sense to make no effort
to interfere with the polyandrous ten
denotes of the people of Yap. Incidentally.
The New York herald., 1922-02-19

Mrs. Scott is the only white woman on the
island.
Many of the women Of Yap have only
one husband each, of course. and in such
cases a perfectly ideal state Of monogamy
prevails-except that the husband may be.
in addition to being one woman man. a
member of nearby marriage club.
In one particular respect the male of
Yap Is fortunate his wife never objects
to his evening at the club. While unable