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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-28
LATE NEWS FLASHES.

By Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Louisville. Ky. Dec. 2S-One fire.
man was dead and IS others were
listed as injured today. following a
folr-hour battle last night with the
Are which gutted four-story build
ing IN the heart OF the business dis
trict. Losses are placed at 100000.
Rome. Dec. 2S.-Nine men were
killed when a fort near Trent blew
up during last night. The disaster
was caused by the accidental explo-
siou OF a shell which set of the other
ammunition. The debris from the de-
molished fort was scattered for miles
around.
Z New York. Dec. 2S.-Robbers early
today blew open the safe Of the Har-
lem Office OF the New York Edison
Company and escaped with $4,000 after
gagging and assaulting Philip OCon-
nor. the night Waterman. His skull
was fractured and he was removed to
a hospital IN a serious condition.
Philadelphia, Dec. 2S.-The Com
mercial express which left New York
at 1905 a. m. for the west. was de-
rallied az Princeton Junction. y. J..
Al ll09 o'clock. according 20 re
port received by the Pennsylvania
Railroad here. No one was reported
injured. but both westbound tracks
were blocked.
Garden City. y. Y, Dec. eS-Mme.
Ernestine Schumann-H Heink, has re-
covered from her recent attack OF
pneumonia and will sing in Mead
vile. Pa, January 5, it was announced
today.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-28
PhIla. Divorces Decreased In I9o2.


Philadelphia. Dec. 2s.-There was
decrease OF 267 divorces In Phnadel-
phio this year compared with 1921
and "a decrease OF 80 in the number OF
suits filed. The last batch OF divorce
DEGREES for the year were filed yes
terday.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-28
M0ONSHINE FLOODED NEW YORK
Alleged Investigator Says There Were
St,oo0.00o In Liquor There Xmas.

By Associated Press 90 Every Evening
New York. Dec Alexander wA-
liams. who said he was an investi gator
for the Department OF Justice, said
today that more than $4,000 900 worth
or liquor had been smuggied into New
York through New Jersey coast
waters for the holiday trade. This con-
tradicts statements attributed 10 Pro
hibNion officers that the pr, ,hibltion
navy held most OF the rum runners at
bay outside the tbree-mile limit.
Williams. who said he was on his
way TO Washington 90 report 20 Pro-
hibltion Commissioner Haynes, de-
clared that a vast amount OF liquor
was landed also on the Virginia coast
10 supply Washington, ID. G.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-28
Liberty Bond Quotations.

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening.
New York. Dec. 2s.-Liberty bond
quotations. at p. m: 3z's. 10000; ;
hrst shls. $3.50; second 4h's. $500;
third 4.'s. $3.50; fourth 4hs. 1856:
Victory 4%'s. uncalled, io0.42; L. S.
Treasury. AZ q, 80 SO
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-28
COLUMBUS, GA, WATCHED.
Discovery Of Bombs Uncovers a
Plot for Wholesale Oestruc-
ton Of Property.
by Associated Press to Every Evening.

By Associated Press 10 Every Evening.
Columbus, Ga. Dec. 2s.-The Mus
cogee county grand jury was sum-
moncd today Tor an extraordinary
session to investigate the alleged
bomb plot unearthed here yesterday
which caused the police 20 place
guards around the homes Of the five
city commissioners. an apartment
house and a large factory The police
said the plot. had been formulated 10
bring about wholesale destruction in
this city.
The police said twelve men were in
volved In the plot. and included mem
bers OF the Columbus Police Depart
ment.
Mundy Bros. sell furniture. Phone
-0QO ADV
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-28

by Associated fress 70 Every Evening.
New York, Dec. 2s.--Steel prices (
o. b.. Pittsburg. per 100 pounds: Blue
annealed sheets. 2.5OG2.eO: galvanized
sheets. 4.25@435; black sheets, 3.25q
s.25, steel bars. ZOO
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-28
Amusements Tonight.

Playhouse Frieda Hempei
Garrick-'rhe Broken Wing"
Aldine-Naudevilie and pictures.
Majestic--' Heroes of the Street, -
Arcadia Camille
Queen-''rO Rave and to 1old.-
Savoy-"Her Only Way
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-28
Weather Forecast.

BY Associated Press 20 Every Evening.
Washington. Dec. 2s.-weather for,css,
for Delaware
Rain this afternoon. cloudy and colder
tonight. Friday. fair. strong northeast
backing 10 northwest winds. With ssl-s
on the coast.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-28

The Community Finance Company
had an Office in the Delaware Trust
Building. early this year. and is list
ed in the last telephone directory,
issued In July. The company occu-
pied this Office for a few months. hut
closed it when the crash came last
summer. resulting in the receivership.
Very little was known OF the com
psny or the individuals named, by the
owners, or other occupants OF the
building or by the brokerage houses.
here, when inquiry was made today.
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Sc a line per day for classified aas
on . monthly eontraet.-Adv.
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For Clover Dairy SAFE MIX phons
f540-f541-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-15
HOLDING UP CONGRESS.

Despite the voting of bonuses to SOL
diers of the Great War. in Kansas and
numerous other states, there is an evil
dent intention on the part of the
American Legion to keep up the fight
for federal bonus. Probably a lack
of funds in the federal treasury and a
lack of any available means of sup
plying such funds was all that pre-
vented the enactment into law of the
bonus bill passed by congress at its
recent session.
Commenting on the attitude of the
Legion toward the bonus proposition
the Budget" organ of the national
budget committee, says:
The spectacle of hundreds Of able
bodied young men in the convention of
the American Legion at New Orleans
shouting their determination to get
bonus from the government is not
especially elevating- 1t hardly fits
into that vast panorama of Americas
part in the great war where there are
white crosses and gold stars. 1t is
alien to the traditions of a free and
self-reliant people
1t is not alien, however, to the spirit
of the American Legion. No clearer
exposition of the ideals of that organ
iZation can be found than in the
manual prepared for its own speakers.
There it is proclaimed that the legion
has extracted from congress, in the
way of beneficial legislation and APP
preparations for ex-service purposes,
in one year, more than the Yanks of
'61-'65 were able to get in thirty years
and more than the Spanish-American
veterans in ten.'
One of the reasons, of course. that
they didn't EXTRACT so much in the
way OF appropriations from congress
was that the ''Yanks OF '61'65"
thought more Of what they had done in
those four years of fighting than they
did of what they could get out of
their country. but, leaving such con-
siderations aside. we wonder If this
Dragging is really justified Our
recollection is that preparations for
fact for all who went into the service.
were made before the American Le-
gion was organized. It is also our
recollection that the care of sick and
men has been provided for without
any urging on the part of the Legion
That is an obligation OF the country
that no one has ever disputed.
The extraction" must refer to
something over and above what has
been done and is being done under the
supervision OF the War Veterans Blu
reau. What it is we do not know. but
if it has cost more than what the vet
Grams of the Civil war received in
thirty years, we are ashamed of II.
And If this statement or he Legion
could possibly be true. President
Harding missed it as the very best
reason he could possibly nave had for
refusing to permit congress to dole
out five or six billions more of the
nations funds.
The Legion, in the end. may find
that it can accomplish more with soft
words than with club. Nobody ex-
cept the railroad brotherhoods ever
succeeded in bulldozing congress. and
it is doubtful that anybody can repeat
that performance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-15
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE

I was going home yesterday and
who did 1 see in frunt of me but
Mary Watkins and Puds Simkins, and
Mary Watkins was carrying a big
packidgs.~ me thinking, Darn that guy.
he's always hanging Ground He
must think he's Gristofer Columplss
or SOMEBODY. L know wat III 40 II.
go up and carry her bundle for her
and make her think I'm greater than
wat he is I thawt.
And went up and Pubs was leen-
ing over tying his shoe lace, taxing
him a long vile on account Oh MN
being SO clumzy, and / sed, HeiIo
Mary, Ill hold that for you, 1t looks
pritty. heavy amt it?
Yes but that's all rite, Pubs will
carry it as soon as he gets his shoe
Wen wy should he, I'm stronger
than him, Ill carry it, sed.
Aw leeve him carry it if he's SO
crazy to. Pubs sed. And l took tnS
bundle. being heavy as enything, ana
Pubs finished tying his shoe lace ana
we kepp on wawking, the package
getting heavier apd heavier and me
changing it from one arm to the othet
arm as if I thawt L was Juggling IL
on account of it being so lite for me
insted of changing it on account or
it being so heavy, and Pubs sed, WAITS
the matter. Benny, is it too heavy Tor
you? Eny time it gets too heavy for
you jest hand it over to me. Its like
a feather for me, he sed.
O is that so, well it's like feathers
for me, as far as I'm concerned 1 don't
know I'm carrying enything, as far as
that goes, L sed, and Mary Watkins
sed, Well enway ! think its very nice
of you to carry Pulses pacl5idge for
him.
Pulses, how do you meen, wat do
you mean. Pudses? L sed, and she sed,
Wy, dident you know it was PudsesY
was jest holding it for him vile he
tyed his shoe, she sed.
Heck, I sed. And 1 started to drop
the packidge and Pubs grabbed hold
of it. Being a good thing he did on
account of being sIfger in it, and he
kepp an carrying it the rest of the
way home laffing as if he thawt he
had did something CRATE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-15
CAR sHoRrAGE PRoBLEMs.

The old adage that its an i'll wind
that blows nobody good" has been ex-
emplified in the matter of the car
shortage. A frost in California has
stopped the shipment OF grapes and in
that way has released a large number
of cars for the use of Kansas farmers
in getting their grain to market.
President Storey of the Santa Fe
railway has gone into the newspapers
with an advertisement giving the pub
lie some information about the car
shortage which has caused more or
less trouble for several weeks
According to Mr.. Storey's statement.
the Santa Fe has done its best to move
that part of the 1922 wheat crop
which was produced in its territory.
From January to September, inclu-
sive, which period includes three
months of a nationwide strike of
shopmen, it handled 5s.117 cars of
Kansas grain and grain products This
was only one-fifth less than in 1921.
when cars were plentiful and other
business in the United States was at
a minimum. he points out and it
was nearly $4,000 cars more than in
the year 1920, and $1,000 more than
in 1913.
1--WE ordered early this year 1000
additional box cars, and, within a
month, 1000 other cars available for
wheat loading, making a total of A.
coo cars Mr. Storey says, in assuring
Kansas patrons that the Santa Fe viii
continue to do its best These ~
adds. will cost US over nine million
dollars. In addition we have ordered
other equipment in the way of loco
motives. stock, refrigerator and coal
cars that Will make our total bill
twenty-three millions for this year
alone. Also we are spending large
sums for additional facilities and sec
end track, so that we hope thus to
expedite our movement and help the
situation"
Mr.. Storey, without assuming to
tell farmers how they ought to market
their grain, mildly suggests that a bit
more farm storage capacity would
help. This suggestion is worth con-,
sidering. The farm storage capacity
in Kansas is small, but it is increas-
ing slowly, due to car shortages and
to tho lack of mill and elevator stor-
age which often forces farmers to pile
their wheat on the ground.
Reading Mr.. Storey's statement will
not bring a car to the loading dock.
but it may, make the needy shipper
feel that the Santa Fe is putting forth
every effort possible to take care of
his requirements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-15
Dorothy Dix Tabs
BIZ DOROTHT DIX
Wsx46'n highest PMfa WOm@1 WTienw.


Too Much Sweetness
A Chicago woman is suing her hus-
band for a divorce because he is too
affectionate and has made their whole
snarried life a perpetual honeymoon.
This is a, strange case of unusual.
and inhuman marital cruelty, for most
men stop their love making at the
altar, and drop their brides down on
the prosaic realities of domestic life
with a jolt that loosens their back
hair.
We cannot but sympathize, however,
with the lady who found herself tied
to a man who never got over register
ing Romeo stuff, and handing Out soft
talk.
one can imagine how bored she got
having her hand held when she
wanted to be using it to play golf, or
trim a hat: and how she must have
felt like screaming when she was
asked for the millionth time: do you
really truly love me? And would you
ies pine away and die if should die
And zoos boofur baby doll is 'oo?"
Anyway, let us hope that the sad
fate of this unfortunate wife will con-
vey a solemn warning to those melan-
choly, and morbid married women
who are always moaning that their
husbands have ceased to be lovers;
that they no longer hand out any
sentimental fIummery to them, and
never beStow upon them any kiss save
that which bears the unmistakable
duty label, ana that is Just about as
satisfactory a substitute ror the real
article as ginger beer IS for cham
payne.
1t should teach them that they are
mistaken in thinking that they could
stand a daily diet of lollypops. No
matter how sweet a tooth n woman
has, an overdose of confectionery is
bound to cloy on her palate, and upset
her stomach, and make her turn
yearningly towards plain bread and
butter. One lump of sugar in your
tea flavors it, and takes off the bitter
taste. A dozen Jumps turn it into a
sticky, gooey, gauseatinE drink from
which you turp in disgust
So with love, or rather the mani
festationS of love. We thrill to cur
fingertips at the rare kiss, surcharged
with emotion, warm with passion,
filled with romance, but what could
be more 1oathsome than 70 be con-.
tinually sIobbered over by a human
kissing bug?
Similarly, nothing is more precious
than the occasional word of love that
comes spontaneously bubbling up
from the depths of the heart, and that
Is called forth by some particular oc-
casion, but who would not be slIs-
picious of the affection that is always
pIoclaiming itself aloud?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-15

steamship berths at which nine YES
sells can be loaded with grain stimuli
taneous1y; twenty-three permanent
fireproof sheds; fifty-eight miles of
harbor railway terminals; construc-
ton and repair plants; about 200
acres of land, all reclaimed, in the
most valuable part of the city, and
total wharfage at the close of last
year of s.13 miles. A 35-foot channel
between Montreal and the ocean is
now being dredged by the govern
ment, and it is said that it will be
available for ships within a few years.
New Workers who are waking up to
the activities of their rival are nat
urally not enthusiastic over the
projected waterway along the St
Lawrence which the promoters claim
will make possible the appearance of
ocean ships at ports on the Great
Lakes. They believe that such a
waterway would result in the diver
sion of a great amount of traffic from
the middle west which is now routed
thru their city, and while this might
not all rebound to the advantage of
Montreal it would be a blow to New
York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-15

ton and Toms sister already seated,
SO busy in conversation that they did
not see Tom and Annabelle and
Bobby until they had taken seats be-
side them.
tom, it's perfectly thrilling. Here's
mothers old friend, Mrs. Weston.
You've heard her speak OF Helen Wes-
tong I didn't even know she was in
town, and here / happen to run into
her while I'm waiting ror your
IntroductionS that followed were
rather confusing, and it was not until
tea was nearly over that the near
sighted Mrs. Weston became quite
clear in her mind that Tom Alden was
actually the son of her old friend, and
that he was. not the substantial mid
dle-dged man that her near-sighted
eyes had told her he was at first.
Six weeks later. after an ardent
courtship, AnnabelIe and Tom an
nounced their cement. Mrs.
Weston beamed with administration
II was attracted to Tom from the
first. I rather flatte-. myself that if
it hadn't been for me this affair would
never have come off,
And Toms sister smiled to herself
and her friends when she spoke of the
match. 'AnnabelIe is just the sort of
girl 1 always wanted Tom to marry
am SO pleased to think that it was
who introduced them.'
Copyright 1922, by The Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-15
HEART and HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BIZ ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. THOMPSON: I go with a
fellow twenty years old. 1 met this
fellow four years ago and ever since
met him have loved him. He
comes to see me often, altho he lives
quite a way from here. He tells me
that he loves me better than any one
else and that he doesn't go with any
one else because he loves me so much.
care more for him than any one else
I have ever gone with.
He has asked me to marry him and
he wants be to come to his home to
meet his folks. He said his mother
get a job in one of his neighboring
towns and he wants to get a job for
me at the same time.
Please tell me what do do. Should
I go to his home and visit his folks?
Should I get a job in the town where
he is going to work?
Do you think this fellow loves me
enough to make he his wife ? Is there
any harm in letting him kiss me?
BLUE EYES.
It is all right to visit your fiance's
home if you are invited by his mother.
The right way would be for his mother
to invite you and your mother.
Don't get a job in the town where
home town with your parents and
let him come to see you as he has
been doing.
OF course have no way of knowing
the extent OF your IlaHCG love- 6OIA
you and he are very young to think of
marriage, but since you have cared
for each other for four years. your,
love must be deep. 1t is all right for
engaged couples to kiss
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have been
worried very much in the last few
months on account of my hair which
is falling out heavily. 1t seems to be
very dry. I have tried different oils,
but none seem to dc. any good.
will be very much pleased to have
you print a remedy. z. d.
The following is a tonic for dry
hair:
Sweet almond oil. one and one-ha1f
ounces; oil of rosemary, one-haIf
ounce; oil of cinnamon, seventeen
drops. Mix well, and massage with
the finger tips into the scalp nightly.
or every other night, as required.
a bottle OF mango cure which can
be bought at a drug store would also
prove beneficial. 1t should be applied
to the direction with the
bottIe-'
OF course one or the other remedy
should be tried. but not BOTH
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Please give
me lotion for enlarged pores
This lotion for enlarged pores is
@nended: Boric acid. one dram;
distilled witch hazel. four ounces
Apply with piece of old linen or a
bit OF absorbent cotton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-15

The necessity OF the passage of n
ship subsidy Bin by this congress, if it
ever is to be passed, is recognized by
rhe National Merchant Marine asso-
citation, which in a bulletin to the
Jress says: THE importance of the
extra session of congress just called
~ President Harding. to begin No
MEMBER 20, is emphasized by the re-
suits of the elections held this week
With the whiting down to a narrow
margin of the administrations major
9ty in both branches of the national
legislature. The new congress will not
come into being until March next;
hut the shadow OF it's coming must be
reckoned with. Failure TO pass ship
ping legislation before the end of the
present congress can only spell disas-
ter for the American merchant ma
rine." So the advocates of the meas
IRE would fly in the face of the popu-
bar viii as expressed at the polls If
She people had wanted a subsidy
would they not have voted that way?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-15
JUST FOLKS
c-
THE YOUTHFUL ROSE
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

A youthful rose, as children will.
Saw night descend upon the hill,
And frowned and tossed her lovely head
Refusing to be put to bed.
$50 lovely is the world saidNshe,
Il want to stay awake and see
The friends who pass along the way,
And drink in all they have TO say
1--WE seen the world in April days
And know the summers lovely ways.
But since to sleep they make me go.
I've never seen the winters snow.
'sI do not want to miss the sights
And pleasures of the wintry nights:
want to hear the shutters shake
And so I'm going to stay awake
So, like a curious child, she tried
To pass her bedtime open-eyed,
To see the happy carryinEs-on
With winter here and summer gone.
But Mother Winter came along
And sang little drowsy song
And long before the snow grew deep
The youthful rose had dropped asleep-
Copyright, 1922. By Edgar A Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-15
observation-disclosures

Q. Who or what was the "ape-man Of
4. In 1881 90, DIR. Eugene Dubois Of
Holland while conducting geological OK
pIorations in central Java. uneartbed fos-
SLICED skull cap or calyaria, two molar
teeth and thigh bone. all clearly of pri-
mate character and presumably from a
single individual. In 1894 DR. Dubois pub
lished a careful study of these remains to
which he assigned the name Pithecan-
man. and which he hailed the long
sought missing link between ape and man.
discovery but authorities have never fully
agreed that DR.. Dubois found the missing
link. The geological age of the fossil is
uncertain, but it has been estimated at
Q. n playing stud poker. two PLAYERS players.
stand or must they be thrown away?
l.. II. Il.
before the betting is concluded on round.
he begins serving another. the card or
cards so shown must be thrown in the
discard and the dealer made to pay Tor
felt. to be agreed upon beforehand. In
many LOCALITIES, this procedure is not fol
lowed. II card being discarded from the
deck for each player who is still in the
O Explain how the British cabinet is
- A. A political leader of the dominant
party is invited by the King to visit him
and is requested by him to form minis
try or cabinet The leader so selected in
vites members of either house, usually of
his own poi1tlcal lactlou' TO Decoine mem
bers of the cabinet the phrase
ministers with Portfolios. He reports
these selections to the King and enters
upon the legislative duties according to
law. 1t is customary shortly after the
formation Of new cabinet for an election
to take place at which the people will
register their approval or disapproval of
the selections or policies.
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