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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-27

"Im In terrible hurryl" she explained
breathlessly to tho custodian. "But / do
want to take another look at that third
floor. May I2'
And before the mnn could open his
mouth to reply, she brushed past him.
pressing something into his hand. and
hurried up the stairs. He opened his
hand and looked at-a IS bill For
moment he stood there, puzzled Then,
deciding this must be a deposit on the
rent---though It was certainly small one
he followed her leisurey up the stairs.
Before he reached the flight leading to
the third floor, he met her coming down
again. Her eyes sparkled, she was
breathing fast, and she had her black
satin cape wrapped around her, II was
hot morning, but she hugged the cape 20
her tightly.
"Thank you so muchl" murmured the
woman and like flash she was past him.
out the front door-vanishedl
The caretaker was startled. This was
"Rtrange doins" for II prospective tenant.
He decided to inspect the third floor, He
saw, when ho reached the landing that
ll,e door of the big clOSet was open. He
peered inside--and beheld the mating
torn from the floor at one corner, Jagged
tacks sticking up where 1t was ripped
lcose from the boards. He hammered 1t
back again When he did So the floor
roveberated significantly to the sound of
his blows. He stopped, half afraid. The
floor was hollow!
Astonishment cryBtallizel to suspicion In
his mind. The woman had not wanted 10
rent tho house; she only wanted TO get to
that closet! The So was not a deposit on
the rent, Il was a tip--hush money! She
had taken something from beneath the
mating perhaps from hidden cache un
der the boardsl And, whatever II was,
she had escaped from the house with 1t,
hidden beneath her cape!
The Caretaker telephoned the agent.
The agent telephoned the police Within
an hour Chief Detective Sergeant DAILY Of
the SiXtyeighth Stree Precinct, had In.
upected tho house, posted n guard. and
ordered that no one should be admitted.
The Elwell case was revived again, with
more mystery than everl
What did the police find in the closet
on the third floor7 We're there marks
under the mating. plata on the dust? Did
the boards conceal a hiding place In the
below? Was II a paper tie woman took?
Was It letters? And did she leave in the
recess other valuable clues to Elwells
murder-hidden for more than two years
The police refuse to answer these ques.
tions, pending developments. Yet 1t is
known that many women might have had
reason TO desire TO get something in that
house. II is further known that the
weapon with which Elwell was killed was
never found. Could II have been hidden
all this time In the house itself2 And in
spite Of the rigid police search
Who ia Miss Bovine? Who were tho
men with her ON her first vislt2 The
Ausoua Hotel had no Miss Bovine regis
tered The name, evidently. was merely a
blind. So. too, It is believed, was her
statement that she came from New Or
leans. The caretaker himself Southern
negro. declared she talked like a
Yankee"
Why did she select the name of 1owner
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-27

w black who aartsd s T. up Rl,.. the stairs ,n, OF
able West Seventies only few weeks ago.
ripped the mating from the floor OF a
closet. and rushed out of the house clasp
ing beneath her cape whatever she had
filched from tho hidden nook In the
ffoorf
II the New York polics can find her.
they win have their first clue in moro
than two years 10 tho murder OF Joseph
Bovine Eiwell, society turfman. gambler
and king of cards and love. who was
found dead on tho morning of June IL,
1920, In the front hall OF his homo. with a
bullet hole through his head.
Tho mansion in the Seventies was FL
wells home: the closet with the secret
recess was directly off Elwell's bedroom:
and the visit OF tho blonde In black tallies
with the police theory that one OF 5000
women Joe Elwell knew can tell. II she
will, how and why he was killed.
Armed with the first new evidence they
have had IN nearly thirty months, tho
New York police are baying hoty on the
trail OF a mystery cold and abandoned
for these two years. They are again
watching Elwell's old home day and night.
rhey have torn up carpets and mating.
They have issued orders 20 admit no one
to the house They are hunting every
where for the little blonde.
She rang the bell of ElwelPs former
residence a few days ago on q hot mid
summer morning ostensibly in answer to
an advertisement In the papers that the
house was for sale or for rent.
Elwell owned the mansion, which Is at
2t4 West Seventeen street. But after his
death Il was sold. Bernard Sander. an
attorney, bought II for an investment
He leased II to New York woman who
turned II into a high-class boarding
house. She rented all her rooms immedi-
ately and had no vacancies during her
occupancy
Thus, no strangers had access to tho
Elwell mansion from the time the police
concluded their investigation until, very
recently, the lease expired tho former
tenant moved out and Sander advertised
the property for sale or for rent
The advertisements had scarcely ap-
peared in the papers, when the mysterious
blonde put In her appearance. Had she
been waiting for just this opportunity to
sat into tho housa. aha could not have
been more prompt.
The negro caretaker OF the premises an
swered her ring. The woman. no says,
was accompanied by two men whom he
describes as sporty looking" His de-
scription OF the woman Is "a little thing,
dressed very flashy."
"She told me she wanted 10 rent the
house" he states, $50 l showed all three
OF them upstairs and down | opened all
doors as went along, explaining how they
could fix things up. hut they seemed to
DO nightly impatient till we reached the
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Il was part OF the name of Joseph Bovine
Elwell.
Was Il not significant that the closet
was the object of her quest? Il has always
been the theory OF the police that, before
Elwell was killed. he had discussion
with his murderer, and that this discus
sion took place in his bedroom, while FL
well was changing from street clothes to
pajamas. The police believed that the
pusinun came whiie the discussion was IN
progress. that Ewell went downstairs to
get the mail, and that ne was reading a
letter from one OF his Kentucky trainers
In the front hall when his murderer de-
scended the stairs and shot him,
II this theory Ia correct, what part
might not the closet have played in the
murder-the closet directly opposite the
are thought to have talked-to have
quarreled2
There are the questions which when an
swered may solve the battling Elwell mur.
der mystery, All other clues have been
exhausted.
In their new investigation, walked up"
by the mysterious woman in black, the
police have had to go back and review
every circumstance that was connected
with Elwells murder,
On his last night on earth the sports
man and whist expert attended gay
party at the RitS-Carlton Hotel. After
wards the members OF this party went TO
the Ziegield Frollc on the New Amster.
dam Roof.
The party was given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Lewisohn, OF No. 9S7 Fifth avenue
1t included besides Blwell. Miss Viola
Kraus. sister OF Mrs. Lewisohn. and
Octavio Figueroa, a journalist from
South America.
1t was variously reported and also de
MED at the time that the party was in the
nature OF celebration because OF Miss
krauss new freedom. She had only that
day obtained divorce from her husband,
Victor Won Schlegel.
During their visit TO the New Amster-
dam Roof the party saw Won Schlegel at
another table. entertaining a guest. Joe
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kraus, and so did others in the party.
II was proven that all members OF the
party left the New Amsterdam Theatre
between 1;2O o'clock and 2 o'clock in the
morning. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewisohn said
Elwell told them he preferred to walk
home rather than to go uptown In their
car. Miss Kraus remained with the
Lewisohnc. They waved goodbye 70 Elweli
as he walked toward Eighth avenue.
The bridge king must have changed his
mind about walking home soon after he
left the Lewsohns. For, shortly after
this, he entered the Cafe Montmartre 1T
Broadway and Fiftieth street. He stayed
there for about an hour and a half.
People who were in the cafe said Elweli
spent most OF his time talking TO two men
and woman who could never be identi,
fled after that AT 3.45 a. m. he arrived
In front Of his home in a small, noisy
roS lster driven by another man. Some OF
the neighbors who walked up, we're the
authority for this statement. They said
Elwell got out, bade the man goodnight
ana entered his house. The roadster
drove Oft
investigation by the telephone company
revealed that Elwell put in two calls
early that morning. At 4:30 a. m. he
called No. lS4l Far Rockaway, the home
ot w. Ill. Pendleton, Of Lawrence, but got
no answer, Mr.. pendleton once was in
partnership with Elwell in the racing
game, but he stated he had no idea why
ElWell should have tried TO telephone him
at that hour. Elwen also put In q SEQ.
ond call at S;Os a. m. for some one ut Gar,
Evening star., 1922-01-01
VOTE ON LYNCHING BILL
NOW THOUGHT REMOTE
Debate to Begin This Week. But
Appropriation Measures Take
Right of Way.

! Prospects Of an early vote ia the
House on the Dyer anti-lynchinC hiI!
were considered remote yesterday rs
leaders. who have agreed to give the
annual appropriation bills righi II
way during the next few months
Debate on the Dyer measure prob
a bly, viii begin some time during this
week. but il was said no effort would
he made at present IL press il 90 a
vote.
An agreement has been reached i"
| stretch the ten hours Of general DIS
cussion. provided for in 4 lr-oljIt fo.I
adopted by the House. to fourteen
hours, after which members VIII hay.
the privilege of offering amendments
and speaking five minutes on each
proposal.
southern democrats, who through a
! hlibuster prevented the beginning or
debate before the Christmas rcccss
were confident thar with fh. House
taking up the Dyer bill IN of days
after consideration of supply meas
ures begins. il would be weeks before
the final vote stage would he reached
Evening star., 1922-01-01
|64 ARE LYNCHED
/ DURING PAST YEAR
Tuskegee institute Issues An
nua! Report Showing Num-
ber of Mob Victims. a
Is. the Associated Press.

Is. the Associated Press. =
TrsKEGEE. Ala. peecmbvnsl.-
SiAty-four persons We're Iynh hled dur
ing 1921, according 10 ie.nres of IL,
Tuskegee Institute. viii m today mad.
public its annu#l rep nj on the sub
ject. The figures rompar.d MI,
sixty-onc lynchin = IN 1920 and ~
cording to the inStitute, brought III.
total number Of mob victims 10 4.u4G
~ the 'hiitS -Slx-year period since
Fifty-nine Of those lynched during
ls-l We're l/egroes and FIVE were white
persons. 1Wo negro women were IN
ciuded L-SW officers prevented lynch
lHSs II seventy-two Instances. II"
| i.pols declared. eight Of these in
siaires being in northern states and
sE>ty-four in the south Armed forces
<ere used TO repel six Would-be
, lynching expeditions.
Four Burned 10 Death.
! SlXty-two of the mob victims during
/ the year were lynched in southern
| states the report declared Four were.
/ burned 10 death and three Wrre i,uI
! 10 death and their bodies burned. Tn.
| charges against those burned to
death were murder and rape.
Nineteen of those lynched wer,
charged with rape or attempted r3p,t
The offense Of the white persons wet :.
murder in four instances and rape !.
the other. one of the negro yyo,s-,
was charged with assisting in the
cape Of man who had killed an 0 p.
Ger. The other was charged with ~
citing race trouble
According to the institutes report ~
cffenses charged against tie negro me
were
Offenses Charged.
Nuruer ~ ATTEMPTED murGer 4;
woundlnG men, : furnishing tnnluni-
tion TO man resisting arrest, ; rape
ID: attempted rape 3 (: killing men in
alteration, 4 no specia' charge 3
leaders III race clash. !. charge not re-
ported assisting man To escape who
I had killed officer of law. ] making i'm
proper remarks to woman. threaten
ing TO kill another. L: entering Young
! woman's room, insulting woman /
writing note I" woman. ] attaching a
man and woman. l."
The states in which iynchng occurred
and the number in each state AS set
1orth IN the report follow:
Alabama. Arkansas & Florida .
Georgia. Kentucky. / Louisiana. ;
Mississippi. Il: Missouri. North Car
DINA. 4: South Carolina } Tennessee
] Texas, I Virginia.
Evening star., 1922-01-01
GARMENT STRIKE ORDERED.

CLEVELAND. Ohio December II -
A strike order was issued today hv
Meyer Perlstein. secretary ii the
Ladies Garment Workers Inion ar
derlng 300 garment workers employed
bE a local company to 20 on strike
next Tuesday because the company
refused to sign the 1922 wage and
working agreement Of the union
Perlstein said 500 more workers
would be ordered out next week ur-
less officials of other companies
signed the agreement
Evening star., 1922-01-01

a of odds and endboken end three
selling
You'll find Of unusual naebaga galore LIBERAL
CREDIT TERMS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03
BEGIN !.
H0ST|LITlES ON
f. AUTO SPEEDERS
Captain HeadIsy, Of Traffic Dc
partment, Declares War
Is On. -.

Reckless auto driving in the Dis
trict must be stopped"
This was the statement made this
morning by Capt. Albert J. Headley.
chief OF the traffic bureau of the
Police Department. who has thrown
out q dragnet for speeders. :.
In the war on spe eders, six autoists,
including four hackers. were taken
INTO custody this morning. They
gave their names as John r. Shields.
Anthony O'Connor, Luther T. Moore.
William z. Ellicott.. Maurice p. Adam
ION, and Henry Spansfield. Police
men declare that they were driving
their machines at a speed Of from
twenty.four to twenty-eight miles an
hour.
Acting Superintendent Of Police
Daniel Sullivan also declared that ef,
forts were to be made to lessen the
number of traffic accidents by keep
ing a more careful eye on speedsters.
He said that policemen have been or
dered to arrest those, without fear or
favor, who violate the speed laws.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03
A. A. A. TODEFER
ACTION ON BILL
FORTAX|NGG CAS-

The board OF governors of the Dis
trict of Columbia Division, American
Automobile Association, will not meet
this week to take up the proposed tax
on gasoline, IL was announced today
at the A. A. A. headquarters.
Before Judge Martin Knapp. chair
man Of the board of governors. calls
his committee together, II was said. lie
will have to go into the matter more
thoroughly. He believes the board
should wait until II has a copy Of the
proposed law before taking action.
There are several lawyers on the
board. In addition TO Judge Knapp, and
their legal counsel will be asked be-
fore action Is taken.
The board also wishes to obtain sta.
tistics on the amount Of money paid
every year by Washington motorists
for Maryland registration. The Dis.
trict Commissioners have asked the
Maryland officials for this informa-
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03
PEACE DOLLARS
OUT; HARDING
ISG|VENFIRST
Coin Has New Design OF Dove
CIutching Olive
Branch.

Distribution of the new silver peace
dollars began today, the first Of the
new series having been presented to
President Harding.
The new dollar has the head of
Liberty on one side and on the other
the novel feature, a dove standing on
mountain top and clutching at an
olive branch, beneath whic happears
the word peace"
Coinage of the new dollar, the first
change in design since 1878, will con.
tinue for twenty-five years. Approx
mately $780, 900 already struck off bear
the date of 1921. 1t is expected that
approximately 1870. 200. 900 of the coins
will be issued within the next quarter
century.
The design for the new coin, pre-
pared by Anthony di Francisco, Of
New York, was chosen from the work
of eight leading American medalists.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03
KANSAS CITY TO HAVE
100 LARGE CONVENTIONS

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Jan. 2.-Kan.
sas City will certainly he on the map"
in 1922, so far as conventions are
concerned.
More than one hundred large con.
vontions have accepted the invitations
of the conventions committee, accord
ing to Y. T. Briggs vice.president OF
the Chamber of Commerce, in charge
Of convention arrangements.
Approximately 5000 delegates are
expected to attend ten conventions 10
be held here in January.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03
g|||glEs }! E e

Laura LeJeune and Lieutenant Com
mander Carey.
-
Miss Betty Werner is entertaining
at ga tn-s afternoon IN honor OF
Miss Mandle Lane. who is the guest
of Miss Alice Milburn.
3
Miss Mary Amber Smith left yes.
terday for Winchester, Va, to be the
guest OF DIR. and Mrs. f. e. Stuart
and Miss Mary Stuart for several
days. Miss Stuart will be maid Of
honor at Miss Smiths wedding to
Capt. Lee Sadler in the spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell Harrison
have returned from Warrenton, Va,
and are at the Shoreham.
-
Mrs. Arthur Hepburn has been
called to Cumberland by the illness
OF her aunt. Mrs. Lowndes. wife OF
the late Gov. Lloyd Lowndes, OF
Maryland.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Morris +.
Locke have with them for the holi-
days the latter's young son, Master
James Mcmillan Gibson, who Is home
from the Fay school.
=
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Eldridge,
who have been the guests of Mrs.
Gibson Fahnestock over the holidays,
have returned to Ardley-on.the.Hud'
son.
The Bachelors Cotillion i'm Balti
more last evening was attended by a
group of Washingtonians who went
over for the party.
Among them were Signor Albertini
Jonkheer A. W. l.. Tjarda van Stark.
enborgh Stachouwer and Nine
Starkenborgh. h. Y. Wendell. Of the
Swedish legation; Jonkheer w. III. de
Beaufort, Of the Netherlands legation
Hugh de Pena and Nine. de Pena
Nine. Alma Clayburgh. who is visiting
in Washington from New York; Rep
resentative and Mrs. John Philip Hill
Col. and Nine. William Eric Fowler
Mrs. Joseph n. NOEL. William Bowie
Clarke, Ii. X. Wendell, of the legation
Of Sweden, and Marquis Malacrida.
Mrs. Virginia Stewart announces the
marriage of her daughter, Miss
Regina Agnes. to Herbert Long. OF
kInston. n. C. The couple were
married in Baltimore on December 20
1921. Mr.. and Mrs. Long will make
! their future home in Kinston.
! 81
In the chantry OF st. Thomas
Church, New York. yesterday after
noon Miss Hildegarde Halstead. daugh
| Ter of Mrs. Clarence Halstead. was
married TO Lieut.. Charles Richard
bathurst, corps OF engineers, u. s. A.
by the Rev. DIR. Ernest NJ. Stires, rec
tor. The small reception was in the
St. Regis.
The bride was escorted to the
chancel by her brother. +. De Ford
IJalstead. Her attendants were Mrs
.aland Emery. Misses Aline IIalstead
a cousin; Dorothy Maliney. and Martha
Vail. Capt. Robert Bathurst served
AZ best man for his brother. and tho
rshers were Lieutenants Miller, Butler
ard Rhodes, classmates OF the bride
groom at the Military Academy q,
| West Point. from which he was gradu
ated in the class OF 1920.
The bride was graduated from Mis-.
Pcrter's School, in Pennington, Conn
She is a granddaughter OF the late
Murat Halstead, of Cincinnati. Lieu
tenant Bathurst and his bride vii
shortly go to Fort Bliss. Tex. where
! he is stationed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03
GENERAL ELECTION FOR
GREAT BRITAIN SOON

LONDON, Jan. sit was admitted
by Downing street officials today thet
q general election will be held in Great
Britain either late In the winter or
early In the spring.
Premier Lloyd George will presiie
at a political conference of Liberal
leaders in this city on January 10. He
will then announce his future political
plans and set a date for the election.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03
II NAVAL PRISONERS
ESCAPE DURING TRIP

PORTSMOUTH, N. H.. Jan. s.-Ths
United States transport Henderson
arrived at the navy yard here yester.
day with eighty-three naval prisoners
from the Pacific fleet.
Officers reported that seventeen
prisoners had escaped since the vessel
left San Francisco, ten having jumped
overheard when the ship was going
through the Panama canal. and the
remainder making their escape at
points on the Pacific coast whore the
vessel stopped
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03

me good and praise IL highiy. lou
are welcome to use this letter as
testimonial. "-STELLA NEWTON, K.
R.. 8, Portland, Indiana.
Mothers - You should carefully
guard your daughter g health. ADVISE
her of the danger which comes from
from lifting heavy articles, or over
working. DO not let her overstudy.
If she complains Of headache, pains
In back or lower limbs, or If you no
tice a slowness of thought, nervous
ness or irritability on the part Of your
daughter, give her careful attention.
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is an excellent medicine
for your daughter to take, as it Is
especially adapted torelieve just such
symptoms. Remember it contains
nothing that can injure her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03
ADVERTISEMENT.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03
CASCARETS To-
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03

The incest cathartic-laxative I'm the
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Colds, Biliousness, Indigestion or up
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03

would OfUen nave
to lie down be-
cause Of pains.
One Sunday my
aunt was visiting
us and she said
her girls took
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound and got
well, 30 mother
said she guessed
she would let me
tryit. It is doing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03
BANK CALL ISSUED
FOR CONDITION DEC. 81

The Comptroller of the Treasury to.
day issued a call for the condition of
all national banks, as Of December 81.
1921.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03

The funeral of the late Robert E.
Wade took place this afternoon from
his home and was attended by the
members of the Bricklayers Union.
The Rev. w. J. Norton pastor of
Christ Episcopal Church, conducted
the services. Burial was in Bethel
Cemetery,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03
GIRL HAD
PAINFUL TIMES
Mothers-Read This Letter
and Statement Which
Follows

Portland, Indiana. -'Iwas troubled
with irregularity and constipation and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03

Newell s. Greenaway has appointed
Earl Rodger Sullivan deputy clerk of
the courts to succeed Ashby Baden,
who resigned to practice law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-03

The Washington. Virginia Railway
Company has reduced the fare be
tween this city and Washington &c
40 cents for the round trip. II g
cash fare is paid, the rate is "a
cents each way, as formerly.