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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
PennileSs Old Age
May Cast Aside
For State Workers

LANSING. Mich - Visions of q pen
niless Oil age will fade forever from
the horizon of state employees If TEN.
porary p,an adopted by the state ad-
ministration board is made permanent
law by The next session of the legis.
lature.
The board adopted resolution pro.
fviding employees who have worked for
the state at least IS years and who
are incapaciated for further duty may
be retired en- half pay for the remainder
of their lives. Governor Alex j. Groes
beck announced the question would be
brought before the next Legislature.
Not more than half dozen employees
will benefit under the temporary plan
at this tine, according 10 state off
cials.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
Pirates Having a
Rough Time on The
Bounding Main Now

CHICAGO-The Pirates worn from
the strain of winning long string Of
13 games. one after another. dropped a
game to The Reds and then to make mat
ters worse. were trimmed decisively
Monday by the Phlies. a team they
had defeated previously in every en-.
gagement of the season.
Jess Winters held the Pirate batters
In check while his brethren bumped
Glazner and Carlson for 10 hits. and
10 runs. Score: Phillies 10, Pirates. /.
In the only other game in the majors
the Cubs won their third straight from
the CarliI S 10 G, and sen: the St
Louisans Jrther away from the
leading G.
The Cubs csained third place in the
national league race by taking their
third straight victory from the st.
Louis Cardinals.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
Altar of Roses
Scarce and Dear
in Bulgaria Now

SOFIA. Bulgaria Bulgaria's great
altar OF roses industry, heretofore one
of her prh cipal assets is in danger Oh
complete collapse. Figures just pub
ished show that last years output OF
the most fragrant and precious perfume
in the world amounted TO only 1000
pounds. This is one.fourth OF the pre-
war product. At one time Bulgaria
produced J5 per cent of the WORLDS
supply Of altar of roses.
The decline in the industry is due
partly TO al, unchecked diseases In the
rose bushes. partly to the neglect OF
the gardens as a result of mobilization
partly TO decreased demand for tss
product from the United States. bu>
more particularly to profiteering by
the middemen who not only have dis
posed of the essence at exorbitant
prices. but have also ruined the reputa-
ton of PJlgarian producers by adul-
terating thc essence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
PRODUCER SQUAD
SCATTERS AFTER
SEASON CLOSED
Ketchum in Philadelphia and
Yeager in Texas are Max
ing Good Showing; Many
on Vacations

Within q week after the sudden stop
of TeXas.Oklahoma league, Ardmore's $
former Producers are fast drifting
with the wind. Eight Of the former
Ardmore players are still clad in uni
forms of various hue, while others are
taking extended vacations. Mail is fast
accumulatng here for several of the
boys whose whereabouts TO the local
management is unknown.
Gus ketchum drew the lucky card
from the lot After joining the Phila.
delphia club shortly before the axe
came down on this Glass d league he
still occasionally appears in Connie
Mack uniform. Though not yet permit
ted to start a game off ketchum has
worked nicely in tie two chances he
has been given. Indications are he
will stay with the club and don regular
Mack harness next year.
Neager In Texas.
Lefty Yeager, southpaw ace Of the
Producers, stlll holds stall in the
Galveston barn. Yeager has put the
Texas league willow carriers guessing
most occasions. He will finish the sea
son with this club it is expected Clar-
ence Timer who left here bound for the
Texas league and who was supposed
10 alight al the San Antonio station is
still adriit so far as can be learned. II
is understood he was sent TO MeXia
and from there no one knows where.
Joe Gaines was in Sapulpa when last
heard from although he may have
drawn swap card since. Hard
hitting Appleton is twiring for the
Duncan staff Dee Payne is hanging
around tie Wilson oklahoma State
leaguers lcnch with occasional appear
ance in the lineup. Clopp left here to
join the Lubbock, West Texas league
club where he takes over an outer
garden Jones is still In Ardmore.
NacatOners, Now.
Frank Truesdale, Dutch Behrens,
Alex Bogus and Shaffer are supposed
TO be on vacations. 1t is not expected
that any Of this quartet viii don uni
forms again this season. Ole Nokes
and Grover Perryman who were re-
leased shortly before the league dis
banded have not been heard from since
leaving here about three weeks ago
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
ANOTHER Y0UNGSTER
MAKES GOLF MARK

PITTSBURGH.-There is world Of
confidence written in the wide smile
of Johnny Farrell, the 22-yearold van
quisher OF Jim Barnes. former title
holder as he prepared Tuesday for his
match with Tom Kerrigan, the Swaney
star, in the third round of the national
professional tournament.
The eyes Of the golf world upon him
the only upsetter of the dope so far
and his hopes We're bolstered by the as.
sertion of Gene Sarazen, open cham.
pion that "a young fellow is going to
win this tournament"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
JOE BERGER QUITS
WESTER LEAGUE TEAM

WICHITA. Kan.-Joe Berger man
ager Of the Wichita team of the West
ern league since 1918, late Monday
night turned in his resignation. effec-
tive at once, and Howard Gregory,
president OF the Western league was
appointed to succeed him temporarily.
Berger, however viii continue as short
stop on the team. Berger gave as his
reason for resigning the poor playing
OF his team mates recently. During the
time he has served as manager the
Wichita club has never finished below
third place, winning the pennant last
season.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
JESS WANTS TO SEE DEMPSEY
AND BRENNAN WORK 0Ul

LOS ANGELES 49, II Jess Willard
former heavyweight boxing champion,
can arrange his business affairs in time
he and Gene Doyle, who is in charge
OF Willlard's training camp, plan 10
leave here next week FOR Michigan
city, Ind. TO witness the Dempsey
Brennan contest on labor day. II the
trip is made Willard plans 10 personal.
ly challenge the winner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
GEORGIA &. D. Z. CONSIDERS
RESIGNATION OF CHAIRMAN

ATLANTA. Ga. - The republican
state central committee Of Georgia met
here Tuesday TO consider whether ii
would accept the resignation of J. L.
Phillips chairman of the body, who has
been the center of criticism in state
republican politics since his appoint
ment 10 the chair. and whose resgna
ton was said TO have been brought II
bout by the fact that he, at present.
is under federal indictment. charging
him with defrauding the government
of $4,000 900.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
200 Horses i'm Race

PHILADELPHIA-Nearly 200 har.
ness horses. declared to be one Of the
finest ageregations ever assembled in
the east, were stabbed at the Belmont
drivers park, waiting for the starters
call to open the sixth annual grand cir
cult meeting Tuesday afternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15

NEW YORK-Relat.vely firm cables
and the more favorable view Of do.
nestle labor prospects led 10 advances
in the cotton market during Tuesdays
early trading After opening firm al
an advance OF 9 10 is points active
months sold about IL 20 % points net
higher. December advanced TO 90.44
and January Go 2u9g
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
Clergymen's Paw Ilp.

CHICAGO - A horizontal increase
In the salaries of Episcopal clergymen
during The past two years ranging
from 10 to S5 per cent is noted in the
report Of the nationwide campaign de.
partment OF the church.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15

ing the way to Babe Ruth as well as
all the other sluggers in the two ma.
jor leagues
Shortly after Williams had made his
nine home runs in eight days. he told
me that he expected to make 40 home
runs during the season Of 1922. He
should have no trouble in turning the
Trick.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15


try it, so did. All my pains and weak
ness are gone. my stomach is all right
and ! do my work ut home and also work
for Swift's Packing Company. | recon-
mend your Vegetable Compound to my
friends and you may publish my letter
as testimonial. Mrs. LULU Lucas,
lisa Vandeventer ST.. st. Louis, Mo.
Again and again one woman tells an
other of the merit Of Lydia Z. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.
You who work must keep yourself
strong and we'll You can't work II YOU
are suffering from such troubles. Mrs.
Lucas couldn't. She tried our Vegeta.
bic Compound and her letter tells YOU
what II did for her. Give Lydia z. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound fair trial
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15

Dallas Z; Wichita Falls s.
Shreveport /; Fort Worth 6.
Galveston 3: Houston 3.
(Only games scheduled.)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
American League
RESULTS YESTERDAY


Oklahoma City l3; Sioux City IL.
Tulsa II; Denver 6.
81. Joseph 3; Des Mo.nes 9.
Wichita 6; Omaha 10.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15

|my back, weak, tired,
nervous feelings and
a weak stomach. l
had been this way
about ayear and was
unable to work or
stand on my feet for
any length of time.
My husbands 5 aunt
told me how much
| good Lydia Z. Pink
hams Ve ge ia Bile
Compound had done
L k.waAl -. 4
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
National League
American League.

Chicago s; ST. Louis 6.
Philadelphia 10; Pittsburgh !.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15

Goldfish were fist brought TO Lon.
don sixty years ago
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
WORKING GIRLS
LOOK HERE
Read What Mrs. Lucas Writes Con.
cerning Her Troubles, Which
May be Just Like Yours

st. Louis, Mo. 81 had troubles that
oil women are apt TO have, with painsin
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-15
Texas League.

Philadelphia /; Cleveland 10.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-10

set for her "getway" when this unexpected demand
spoiled her pretty plans
There nothing to do but yield With Mar
garet still protesting and Tuning, the trunks were
hauled off the taxicab and taken to room in the
hotel. They were opened. The fur man picked out
his goods from among the fneries scattered about
the place. He grinned. Doubtless he was chucklng
over the surprise that coming to other Lucerne
merchants
At last the ordeal was over. Margaret made her
departure safely but not triumphantly with as
much dignity as she had planned. The rest of us
Were only too glad to leave without being popped
into Jail.
Milan, in Northern Italy, was our next STOP We
were there week. 1t is one of the few pleasant
memories I have of Europe. For it was in Milan I
renewed my musical studies. We looked up the
friend of my former teacher in America-Mad
Fabre, famous prma donna who was once the
two hours every day. For while was happy. I
was even willing to believe Margarets often repeat
ed assurances that splendid role waiting for
me in America.
We had another pleasant meeting in Milan
Emma Trentini once a Broadway star, was living
there. had heard of her grace and beauty in 'The
enough to go to the theatre. We found her many
pounds plumper than in her stardom days. Yet,
though she only keeping clearinghouse in
Milan, she seemed happy told myself that here
was one stage star whose primrose path had ended,
perhaps almost in poverty but certainly in content
ment She had US to dinner and very kind to the
former Mrs. Ben Teal and to Ben Teal's "little
daughter.
/ would have liked to stay in Milan. But Mar
garet restless. She wanted to be the go. She
had to be- suppose. She forever in fear of pur-
suit now On the seventh night of our stay she an
nounced we would leave for Venice in the morning.
will never forget entry into the Getty of the
Doges." Margaret had planned something little
elaborate. She had prospects, presume, she want
ed to impress-more friends friends to whom she
would present her letters of introduction. She had
wired ahead for reservations at the Hotel dEurope'
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write back to America about it.
The gondoa ride from the railroad station to the
hotel began auspiciously. It was beautiful sum
shiny morning, and Venice was cleaning loneliness
under the blue sky. had heard of the city dirty;
it appeared to me the cleanest city had
And them just were about to make the
grand landing" there was a tragedy. Sonny"
who had been friskng about in great excitement in
and frisked overheard. There scream from
Margaret, hoarse shout from the gondolier. Imade
the water caught it held sonny was rescued
But what sight he as pulled him up
Black as ink! Streaming with filth Completely
covered with ugly, crawling crabs! had thought
Venice clean. had wondered where the far-famed
dirt was. / knew now. The dirt was in the canals
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and when she dis
covered we could
make our trip to
the hotel in one of
the famous Vene-
tan gondolas, she
was. charmed with
the notion.
It would be a
stately affair-the
rich Mrs. Paddle
ford, American mil
lionaire's wifi e,
with her daughter
and her son and
her servant; the
gondola piled high
with luggage; the
gondolier guiding
us swiftly along
the C a n a /: the
landing a t tn e
hotel quay; the
bowling menials;
the dignified prom
enade from quay
to lobby. If Ven
ice didn't sit up
and take notice, at
least sh e would
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About 30 per cent appeared to have chung Sonny"
Our dignifed entry completely ruined. Mar
garet, choking between anger and tears and laugh
ter seized Sonny" in one hand and, holding him in
front of her like wigglng piece of garbage
marched into the lobby of the hotel demanding
mop bucket OR 'something!"
Some of the attendants sputtered with amaze
ment. Most of the guests screeched with laughter
Jack and Joe and tried to keep sober faces-and
couldn't. Such was the stately arrival of Mrs,
George E. Paddleford and family at the Hotel
d'Europe.
Sonny got good spanking for that faux pas.
Margaret did not her poise for at least TWEEN
ty-four hours She declared she felt as though a
thousand eyes were grnning at her every time she
passed through the lobby. But before we went on
from Venice to Vienna she back in form sufi-
GENTLY to persuade of the largest lace factories
the vicinity to credit her with hundreds of dollars
worth of fine laces
In my next chapter shall tell how Fate which
Margaret Paddleford had been, fleeing so long
finally overlook her in the Austrian capital, and
what my part in the dramatic exposure that sent
her screaming and struggling to Jail and brought me
back at last to America.
ITO Be Continued)
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/" Thus did she azNs
I've off investi- ~
lors from Paris and London,
We left Brussels at seven o'clock @
morning and travelled all day to the south.
ad no idea where we were going. Margaret was
rose and uncommunicative. At last we reached
title border town. 1t was Basic. / was told we
Re going into Switzerland. The next morning we
re IN Lucerne, where we stayed for a week.
Here Margaret plunged into new shopping
~ leaving little Ben and me to amuse ourselves
best we could. We sought the lakes. We would
Y and dream all day beneath the blue Swiss skies,
adng to go back to the hotel-and Margaret's
PTeling-at night.
Again, as in Paris, streams of errand boys began
arrive at our hotel suite with hat-boxes, bundles
parcels of various kinds. Again Margaret flew
a rage when she found the goods were sent c.
Again she bluffed and bullied apologize
Fcnans into charging the orders. Furs and near
TWO dozen handsome watches were among the
MS she secured in Lucerne. But she didn't keep
fmaI
me tur dealer must have gotten suspicious Or
ne heard warnings from Paris and London
Jay CJ our departure from the hotel he made
rTTa a49 and disastrous eleventh-hour descent -,
1Itte Ben and were outside in the taxicab with
me nlan-servant, waiting to go to the station.
Faddeford was in the lobby at the cashiers
~ paying our bill. Suddenly the fur dealer
YyQ up. | craned my neck to see and hear.
NE advanced on Mrs. Paddleford, demanding
nent for the furs she had bought. She tried to
we, him with a look She clustered. She
%u5ed She assured him she was only going for
s D' trip and would send him the money from
Ill., T "ocre she expected a cable from America.
~, me fur dealer, however, was obdurate. He de-
su ne would not allow her to leave Switzerland
/ % she paid the amount due him or gave him
ans Ilrs. Margaret was in despair. Our train
Uue Io leave in thirty minutes. She had been all
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-27
Carry Out Under Her Cloak from Its
False Bottom of the Murdered Mans Closet,
When the Carpet Was Found Ripped Up
Escaped and Had Given Elwell's Middle

den City. but the number could never be
traced.
The milkman found glwelrs outer door
unlocked at 6:45 a. m. The postman left
some letters at 7:35 a. m. He, too, noticed
that the door was unlocked. Elwell was
reading one OF these letters when he was
shot, ro that the murder must have oc
Cured between 1888 a. m. and $50, when
the housekeeper found the body
II was the habit Of Mrs Marie Larsen.
who cared for Elwell's quarters, and who
lived outside, to come every morning and
clean tho house. She snid that sometimes,
when Mr. Elwel entertained a guest, she
cooked the dinner or perhaps the break
fast. Miss Nelson" name admittedly
fictitious, was one person who dined there
often, Mrs. Larsen said.
On the morning she found Elwelrs body
Mrs. Larsen let herself into the house at
about $50 o'clock. AS she walked into
the reception hall downstairs she came
upon Elwell. The dead man was in an
armchair. He was clad in pajamas and
dressing gown. An open letter-from one
OF his trainers in Kentucky--was on the
floor beside him. A bullet from As cali.
bre automatic revolver had been fired in
to his forehead. 1t passed through the
skull and embedded itself an inch deep in
the east wall OF the reception room, where
It was picked out later.
The first surmises were that either
suicide or burglary was behind the death.
The doctors, however, said the wound
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-27

when he bade them goodnight in front OF
the New Amsterdam
Many clues we're taken up by tho au-
horities and all run out" without the
detectives being closer to the slayer than
on the morning they examined Elwell's
body. Some OF these led to other States.
One resulted in a theory that Elwell was
killed by relatives Of young woman In
Kentucky who had accused him OF wrong.
ing her. This was proved untrue.
Another clue that was promising for a
week was that husband or brother OF one
Of the gamblers women visitors had shot
him. Like the others, this was followed
without success
The fact that Elwell had played often
for high stakes led investigators to trace
a theory that a debt or trouble resulting
from a card game was the cause Of the
crime, Race track men, including Elwell's
former racing partner, were questioned.
None was able to shed any light on q mo-
tive for the murder
Joseph Elwell had been married, but
he and his wife had been separated since
1916, four years before the tragedy oc.
CURED. Richard Elwell, his only child was
a schoolboy. Mrs. Elwell had no interest
in her husbands affairs from the time they
had separated beyond sharing in the
royalties from his well known book on
bridge whist.
Some of the questions that were never
answered in the Elwell mystery were:
Whom did Elwell meet at the Cafe Mont
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-27

that separates the tenth and eleventh
divisions there is n cross enclosed in
circle, alongside or what appears 20 be a
hook-eye, a very useful article on ladies'
wearing apparel The cross lu tine circle
tin occult sclence) indicates money. or
"The Part OF Fortune" The "hooko eye" ia
"Curuda," or "The Dragons Tail"
These two are In what is termed con
Junction, being together, and are very
significant Of evil, and always reveal tho
motive or cause Of any happening
Hence this obvious point in the toqti.
mony OF the stars may be defined as FOL.
lows: Elwell owed a female friend a con.
siderable sum Of money. She needed IL
badly, but could not collect Ofihaud. Afte.
long delay her protector took the matter
in hand, learned that Elwell had the cash
that night, called on him to collect, was
refused and In the heated argument that
resulted shot him.
Take the Elwel chart, for Instance. In
the eighth division the evil Uranus rules.
Uranus indicates eccentric, peculiar mys-
teries The eighth division is the house
OF death. This indicates peculiar mys-
terlOus death. 1t was
The moon Is In the ninth division IN the
sign Aries. Aries rules the head. Elwell was
shot IN the head Mars rules the fourth
division, the lend OF II ALL" and is also
signlhcatOr Of deadly weapons. Elwell
was killed by a pistol ball There It Is
in the map, so plain that a sehoolboy can
understand II,
Tho police preferred the viewpoint OF
Arthur Reeve, w. ! Burns and the other
criminologsts to the chart" by the astrol
oyer and the theory that a man was the
murderer They recited the old maxim
Find the womanl" But they did not find
her
Not until two years had passed, not
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siOns, IN answer 10 question 3, as TO
whether there was more than one assassin.
But II would be very interesting TO learn
who that other person IN the room was
when Mrs. Larsen first discovered the
body.
The chart plainly indicates the presence
of third party, as there are three pranets
occupying the 4th division, viz. Saturn,
who describes the murderer; Mars, who de-
scribes a false friend of the victim, and
"Leonis" (the Moons north nodeJ, who
represents the sex as female. This tosu-
mony is conclusye-and means that three
persons were In that room or death--two
males and female.
The first division In the chart signifies
the victim, Elwen.
In that division we find Neptune and
Jupiter, leaving a conjunction.
The stars describe the victims dlsposi-
tion, ETC. 30 It naturally follows that
an equally accurate description can be
had OF the murderer. and here Il is--taken
from the opposition house, or Division Z,
ruled by the sign Capricorn whose ruling
planet is Saturn--hence Saturn I'm Scorplo,
along with the planets, describes the muir
derer as follows
man OF mean stature, stout, thick.
trussed body broad shoulders, black or
dar" hair, short and thick. quarrel.
conTight, 1922, by International Feature
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The House in Which Joseph 3,
Elwell Was Murdered.

until access to Elwelrs old home was made
possible 10 strangers for the first rime
since the murder, not until a certain
stranger took advantage OF that opportu.
hly TO visit the mysterious closet on the
third floor, did the police have a workable
clue
Now, at least they have that. Their
theory OF the murder Is no whit changed;
~ Is only strengthened Their slogan,
Find tho woman!" is not abandoned. n
is simpl paraphrased to-"Find the blonde
in black"