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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15
Honor Elsie schaefer

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Schaefer, OF Mar
kef street. entertained a number of
friends in honor of their daughter,
Elsie. last night. Games, danelng
and singing were enjoyed. Refresh
ments were served.
The guests included the Misses
Marie Weber, Marie Notoro,
Gertrude Notoro. Johanna Peterson.
Anna Fisher, Esther Myrtle, Pearl
THOMAS. Elsie Schaefer, Mamie
Bernard. Margaret Holzhelmer,
Messrs. Walter Hance, Russell FED
derson. william Buchan, Jonn
O'Leary, Charles Buchan, Joseph
Cooper Hans Rasmussen, Alex Vel
l1rnon. Mr.. ana Mrs. Schaefer. Mrs.
Xeber. Louis Schaefer and Mr..
zze1e2 ~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15
Opposes Conference

BELFAST. May 15.-sir James
Craig. the Ulster premier. referring
today to reports that the British
government was considering the cali
ing of a conference in London on the
Irish internal situation declared he
had refused to have anything to do
with any more conferences. He ex-
pressed his belief that any new con-
ference was contemplated.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15

YOU'LL SAVE time at the stores IL yop
read through the Merchandise ads in to-
days classified section before you start
down town.
WANT TO PUT a little more Zip" into
your lunch and dinner menus? Try read
ing Classification 81.
STOP WISHING that you knew where
to get the things you want at the prices
you can afford to pay-read the Merchan-
disc ads in the classified section and buy
them today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15
Meeting POSTPONED

The Home and Foreign Mission
airy Society meeting of the First
Presbyterian church which was to
have been held tomorrow has been
postponed until Wednesday, May "a.
after prayer meeting. Election of
officers will take place and the con-
stitution will be voted upon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15
OBITUARY
Mrs. Maria Alexander

Mrs. Maria, Alexander, forty-four
years old. wife of William Alexan-
der, Of 500 Laurie street. died sud
denly this morning. Besides her
husband, she Is survived by seven
children. Mrs. Alex Steinquist, Will
wiam Alexander. Jr.. Mamie. Mar
tina. Edward and Charles Alexander
of this city. Arrangements for the
funeral are being made.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15
Legion Women TO Meet

The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet tomorrow night in the au-
ditorium of the public library, at
1880 o'clock. All members are urg-
ed to be present at this meeting as
there r still a great number of
peoples to be made for Decoration
Day..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15
Y. w. III. A. Meets Tomorrow Night

The Y. w. IT. 4. VIII hoId lHtIT
regular meeting tomorrow night in
the Y. NJ. II. A. instead of May 20
as the notices sent out read. Mr..
Weinstein of the Jewish Welfare
Board will lecture on a very inter-
esting subject. All members are
urged to be present.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15

The Sodality of st. Mary's church
will meet tomorrow night and Friday
night of this week, in st. Mary's hall
after services, for rehearsal for the
crowniT :.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15
PEACE
MOVE PUSHED

DUBLIN, May Is (By The Asso-
ciated Press).-The peace committee
of the Dali Eireann which met at Q
o'clock last night, was in session
until 1925 this morning, when adj
journment vas taken until 4 this af-
ternoon.'
Labor proposes to take a promi-
nent part in the coming Irish cleo
ii i. Thomas johnson, secretary of
the Irish labor party. announced in
a speech here, that labor had decid-
ed to seek a representative Irish
parliament. because it had a definite
social and economic program to put
through.
The labor party, he said, stood in
dependent of both the free state and
republican party and went forward
on it's own program devoting its
energy to the workers interests. :
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15

TRENTON, May 15.-The city of
Melville, Cumberland county. has
been made defendant in a suit in
chancery, brought to compel the city
to pay the Peoples Water Company
$146,902 for its water plant and the
cost of operating 1t since January
/, 1921. The company asks that the
city be ordered to perform a con-
tract to take over the plant at S125,-
900. an agreement which was rati-
fled by the voters at a referendum
in November. 1920.
The legality of the vote was at
tackled in the courts. so that per-
Torrance of the contract was held
up. 1t has since been upheld by the
court of errors and appeals, how
ever, and the company wants the
contract fulfilled. 1t asserts that
the city has refused this since March
of this year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15

CHICAGO. May 15:-Eugenia
Blair, widely known actress playing
in Gamma Christie" at the Cort thea
tire. died in her dressing room at the
theatre shortly after her appearance
in the early part of Saturdays per-
Torrance. The death, which was
believed due to heart disease, was
not revealed until today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15

anniversary of the Polish Falcons
Society. in the auditorium of st.
stephens school in State street. last
night. Addresses were made by
leading members of the society.
Dancing and games aided in pass
ing away the time. The refresh
were furnished by Walters.
Several members of the Perth
Ar1boy Rotary Club will go to Nor
ristown on Wednesday of next week
to attend the charter night celebra-
ton of the club which has Just been
Instituted there. Eight of the Perth
Amboy men who play golf plan u
go early in the AFTERNOON in order
That they might play a match with
the Morristown clubs members on
the Mt. Tabor links. The local men
who will make up this party are:
Dr. George w. Fithian. Andrew j,
Wight. Aylin Pierson, George still
well, ID. p. Olmstead. Louis 'Rossi,
c. ID. Boynton and Ted Spawn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15

BELFAST, May 15:-The body of
an elderly woman who had died of
bullet wounds was found lin Great
George street last night, bringing
the total of known dead in Sundays
shootings to eight.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15

Excursion tickets between this
city and resorts on the New Jersey
shore good until October 81, went
on sale this morning in the Central
railroad of New Jersey station here.
me tickets are good on either the
trains of the Central Railroad of
New Jersey or the Pennsylvania
railroad. Prior to today the tickets
at the reduced rates were only GOOD
for seventeen days.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15

Automobile drivers license exami-
nations will again be conducted by
state motor vehicle inspectors at the
local city hall Wednesday morning
and afternoon. A large number ap-
pied for the road and written tests
two weeks ago when the first exami-
nations of the year were conducted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15

A new large blue and gold sign
has been erected on the end of the
First National Bank building by DR..
b.. w. Bedell and DIR. DIN Bradford
who have dental offices in the build
ing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15

An audience numbering more than
$50 people attended the twentieth
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

see them? (referring to Valentino and
Miss Hudnut).
ANSWER BY MR.. IVANICHEVITCH
Sunday morning early, at one o'clock,
when he came back from Mexico.
Odd he tell you where he had
been?
A.-Down at Mexicali, getting mar
ried.
Q.-Who was with him?
A.-Mrs. Valentino and Mr.. Gerard.
There are two cottages on the grounds.
| was occupying the smaller one. Mr..
Valentino asked me for the key of the
large cottage, and went into the kitchen
and got some food.
Q.-When did you see them again?
A.-Next morning, about noon.
Q.-Now, then, just state all of the
conversation that you and Mr.. Valentino
had on his arrival there that morning.
A.-Well, | asked how everything had
been-and he seemed to be very happy
and told me everything had been all
right. They had been married and they
had two orchestras, bands-I said: 81 am
very happy" and shook hands with both
of them.
Q.-Tell us everything they said to
you.
= A.-Well, Mr.. Valentino said he had
left Palm Springs on a Thursday TO go
down there, but they. had gotten to Ell
Centre and stopped at a hotel-with Mr.,
Douglas Gerard and DR.. White, of course.
think they arrived there on a Thursday
evening. They left DR.. White and Miss
Hudnut at the hotel and walked over the
line to see the officials. They saw the
Mayor of Mexicali and he told them he
certainly could marry them. So Valen-
tino went back to the hotel. really
don't know what they did that evening.
Q.-Now, let's 60 back to one o'clock
Sunday morning, when Valentino knocked
on your door.
A.-Well, Mr.. Valentino asked me for
the key of the cottage so he could get
some food. He didn't have anything to
eat since they came back from Mexico.
And he went to the kitchen and got-I
don't know what he got out of the ice
box. l didn't talk to him then, because
was very, very sleepy and really I
wasn't nice to him.
Q.-Never said a word about-oh,
your congratulations were the next day?
A.-Yes, was dreadfully rude to him.
Odd you get out of bed to go to
the door?
A.-No, he came in. I jumped out of
bed and said: "Close the doorp'
Q.-Now, which cottage did you live
in?
Al stayed in the little one.
Q.-iou mean the little shed?
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

And then with the opening scene of the
bigamy trial having been played by Jean
Acker, as "the vengeful wife," the District
provided very interesting picture of that
curious marriage ceremony of Rudolph
and his new bride.
1t appeared that an American deputy
sheriff named William C. Silver lived down
near the Mexican border line, and Mr..
Silver got tip somehow that an unusual
wedding couple were going to pull off
something across the line. So Mr.. Silver
trotted over to the little Mexican town
of Mexicali, and, having been present, was
able to tell the Court exactly what went
on at Valentines marriage.
QUESTION BY COSTELLO-Are you
acquainted with Winifred Hudnut?
ANSWER BY WILLIAM c. SILVER
(who was at Valentines wedding)-Yes.
| met her at Mexicali, Mexico, on the
9th day of May. l had been clipped"
that there would be a ceremony per-
formed and waited at the home of Mayor
Moller. That was about one o'clock in
the afternoon.
Presently a machine drove up and Mr..
Valentino, Mr.. Gerard, Miss Hudnut
and DR.. Floretta Mansfield White, lady
doctor who was chaperoning the party,
allghted from the car. | met the party
on the veranda and told Mr. Valentino
who | was. He seemed surprised.
He said: "Of course, wanted to keep
this quiet as long as possibly could, but
| can see now that it is going to come
out We came down here particularly to
be married, open and above boart.
don't want people to have bad opinions
of this wedding"
Then the entire party went into the
Mayors house and sat down and the
Mayor, who was very hospitable, sent for
an eight-piece orchestra. He also sent
for the Government Band and supplied
his ice-box with a considerable amount of
champagne-so we all sat and chatted.
Miss Hudnut objected to the ceremony
taking place there, because she felt kind
of a-sort of a stranger in a strange land,
and she asked me if the marriage would
be legal. And I said: eyes, marriages
are legal in Mexico, the same as in sny
other country"
She said: 81 want to be sure the mar
riage is legal"
l said: "You can trust the Mayor of
the city to perform the marriage legally"
Finally Miss Hudnut said: "Do you
think that Mr.. Valentino is violating the
laws of the State of California;"
/ said: $50 far as know, 1 don't
think so, because l have known other
couples to come down here and do the
same thing-be married before the final
divorce decree was up. They have made
practice of that"
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two or three drinks of champagne. re-
marked to Miss Hudnut that didn't care
whether President Harding married a
Hanakaw Indian by that time. She took
it good-natured
So Mr.. Valentino sort of mistrusted the
legality Of the marriage and asked me
confdentially if the marriage were legal.
assured Mr.. Valentino that the mar
riage was absolutely legal in Mexico. So
after that we both convinced Miss Hud-
nut
BY that time the Judge arrived on the
scene, and after formal introductions
passed around and a few other drinks of
champagne, why, everybody got social
but | wouldn't say that Mrs. Valentino
got very social. She was scared all the
time. Then the ceremony was performed.
Q-Now, then, what occurred after
the ceremony?
Ave all sat down and gathered and
chatted and they ordered a wedding din
ner, which took place two hours after
ward. The Government band came and
the orchestra. We had plenty of
music. Women folks came from
the neighborhood and presented Mrs.
Valentino with bouquets of flowers.
That seemed to be characteristic of the
country. So then the dinner took place
and the band played, and the orchestra
played, and everybody was jolly. en-
joyed it very much.
Q.-Go ahead.
Ave made speeches in both lang
uages. Mr.. Valentino made a speech on
behalf of himself and his wife and we
had a very nice time, very good. Greet
ings were coming in from other officials
who were unable to be present. The
Governor said he was sorry he could not
be present. The band played there un-
til seven o'clock. During the dinner NOV
ing pictures were taken, but had to go.
QUESTION BY LAWYER GILBERT
attorney for Valentino Did you tell
Mr.. Valentino that you were deputy
sheriff?
ANSWER-Yes, did; and If thought
Mr.. Valentino was committing any crime
/ would be the first man to place him un-
der arrest on the American side as they
crossed over.
The scene is now shifted to Palm
Springs, California, where the happy
couple fed to spend their rudely inter
rupted honeymoon in the home of the
actors close friend, Mr.. Paul Ivan Ivan
ichevitch. This home is referred to in
the testimony as the 'little gray home"
in the West-an idyllic setting that was
considerably marred by the questions Of
District Attorney Costello.
QUESTION BY Mr.. COSTELLO
After the ceremony, when did you next
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

A.-No, he didn't say why. We needed
an extra bed for Douglas Gerard, and as
it was not necessary to have two beds in
Mrs. Valentines room, we moved one of
the twin beds into the other cottage.
LAWYER GILBERT-And the twin
beds were divorced. q,
Q.-How many days did Mr.. and Mrs.
Valentino stay in that cottage?
A.-Mr. Valentino stayed one night in
the living room and the next day he slept
on the porch.
Q;-Did you see him sleeping on the
porch?
A.-Yes.
Q.-What time?
A.-Oh, about six o'clock
Q.-And who occupied the other room?
AIRS. Valentino.
Q.-How do you know?
A.-They told me.
Q.-When did you leave Palm Springs?
A.-Tuesday afternoon, with Mr..
Valentino. We all left at the same time,
including Mrs. Valentino.
Q.-How did you come to leave Palm
Springs?
A.SWen, Mr.. Valentino received a
telegram from the Lasky studio, telling
him they wanted to talk to him on the
telephone right away. We didn't get the
papers and we thought something had hap
pened. Mr.. Valentino wired back and
said he would go to Banning, the nearest
town, and call the studio at four o'clock
When we got to Banning Mrs. Valentino
entrusted me with her little Pekingese
dog, because she didn't want to go to the
studio with it, so had charge of the little
animal all the way to Los Angeles.
Q.-When was the next time you saw
Mrs. Valentino?
Al put her dog in her garage, and
the next day drove her down to Pomona
to catch the train for New York. We
had an ice cream and went for ride and
then Mrs. Valentino telegraphed her
mother in New York.
Q.-Who went with her to New York?
A.-The little dog.
Q.-Did she say she was going to New
York?
Al think she was advised to 90 by
the studio. Mr.. Valentino told me
the studio thought it was better for Mrs
Valentino to go to New York to avoid
publicity and trouble
Q.-Why did she go to Pomona to take
the train and not take it in Los Angeles?
Aust to avoid newspaper men.
DISCRIMINATION BY MR.. GIL
BERT, LAWYER FOR VALENTINO:
Odd you see these Chinese suits that
there has been this talk about, witnesses
calling them silk pajamas?"
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The Washington times., 1922-08-13
A Pose of
Miss Hudnut.

Al call that a
cement house.
Q.-W ell, you
gave them a key at
one o'clock in the
morning to go into
the other cottage?
Where did you see
them the next morn
ing?
An front of
the cement cottage.
Q.-Mr. and Mrs.
Valentino - where
did they sleep?
Airs. Valen-
tino had the West
bedroom. Mr.. VAL
entino asked me on
Sunday afternoon if
l could not make up
a couch in the main
living room so he
could use it for a
bed.
Q.-Did he say
h e d j d n t W ant
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

HdWe.
ANSWER addressing her personal
counsel, Neil McCarthy)-Mr. Mccarthy
what is my right name?
A. (BY MR.. NEIL McCARTHY)-Mrs.
Rodolph Valentino.
O.. CBY MR.. CoSTELLo)-At this
time would like the Court to inquire of
the defendant his true name.
A. (BY THE DEFENDANT. VALEN-
TINO)--Rodolph Valentino Guglielmi-
G-u-g-l-i-e-l-m-i.
MR.. COSTELLO addressing Jean
Acker)-What is your name?
A.--Mrs. Rodolph Guglielmi.
Q.-Where do you live?
A.-1337 Orange Drive, Hollywood,
California.
Q.-How long have you lived there?
A.-Two years.
ton? = a. -.
A.-Actress. :.2z
Q;-Are you acquainted with the de-
fendant, Valentino?
Al am.
Q.-How long have you been acquaint-
ed with him? -
Ar-Three years.
Q.--Did you ever marry him?
Ayes.
'Q.-When?
A.-November 5, 1919.
Q,4-Has that marriage ever been an
nulled, or have you ever been divorced,
e. or has the marriage ever been pronounced
void by court of competent jurisdiction?
BY LAWYER GIBBERT-Objected to
as calling for an opinion of the the wit
, ness upon mixed question of law and
fact. II it has been dissolved that would
be matter of record.
= THE CoURT--overruled you may an
'swer that question.
A.-No.
O.. (By Mr. Costello) An you have
testified to occurred here in the city of
g., Los Angeles?
A.-Yes.
Q.-county of Los Angeles?
Q.-State of California?
A.--Yes.
MR.. COSTELLO-Cross-exa examine.
MR.. ,GILBERT-No questions.
THE C0URT-That is all.
Then the District Attorney got in the
evidence Of the divorce by calling Sum-
ner M. Thompson, who testified as fol-
lows: ~.
QUESTIoN-what is your name?
ANSWER-Sumner Thompson.
Q.-You are deputy county clerk of
Los Angeles County?.
Ayes, sir.
Here was introduced the evidence of
the divorce which showed that II was not
final until March, 1923.
The Washington times., 1922-08-13
hho<sS MI

was put on the stand. The
object Of the prosecuting at
torney was to prove through
her that Valentino had a
legal living wife and that
any other marriage brought
him face to face with the
charge Of bigamy.
Called to the witness
stand by District Attorney
James P. Costello, Miss
Acker was sworn and testi-
fed.
QUESTION BY DIS
TRICT ATTORNEY JAMES
p. COSTELLO - What is
your name?
AN Err BY MISS
ACK E R-VALENTINO -
Well, / have several.
QUESTION - Your right
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

I went further
after | had taken
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-02
RUM RUNNERS SHOOT
TWO AND DASH FOR SEA

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 1.-TWO un-
identified men believed to be Amer
leans, connected with a rum running
conspiracy, shot down the owner of a
Cuban launch and his engineer and
then made a dash for the open sea in
their boat.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-02

Scientific methods for cutting down
the fatigue of factory workers is prov.
ing successful, the result in one large
factory being a 27 per cent increase
in efficiency.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-02
WeatherrDax, Scientist,
Tells Why Popcorn Pops
From the Detroit News

Paul Weatherwax. a member In the
science department of Indiana univer-
sity, after special study Of the sub
ject, tells why popcorn pops. The
cause, says Mr.. Weatherwax, runs
in brief something like this:
The popping of grain corn is an
explosion due to the expansion, under
pressure of moisture, contained in the
starch grains. Until the instant oil
the explosion, this force is confined
by the colloidal matrix in which the
starch grains are embedded. Neither
air nor any volatile oil is in any way
concerned with the process as the ex
pansive medium. As a result OF pop
ping there is hydrolysis of much OF
the starch, loss of all cellular struc
ture in the endosperm."
Mr.. Weatherwax gives a few practi
cal tips as to how to produce the bes-
results in popping, the heat must be
applied rapidly enough to generate
steam faster than it escapes, but slow
ly enough to permit hydrolysis Of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-02

1t is estimated that no more than
l per cent of an the inventions that
pass yearly through the patent Office
bring fortune to the inventor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-02

Ter park. The usual program will be
given. Members are asked to meet at
the first springs on the main drive
Ia the park.
The Kings Daughters of the South
Eighth street Friends church will
have a social in the church parlors,
Thursday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock,
in honor of Mrs. Emma Newlin, of
Dayton, Ohio. All members of the
society are cordially invited to attend
the social.
The Helping Hand club will be en-
tertained by Mrs. Jacob Lichtenfels
Thursday afternoon at her home on
South Eighth street.
The Modern Priscilla Needle club
will not meet until Thursday, Aug.
10. The hostess will be announced
later.
There will be no special luncheons
| nor dinners served at the country
club this week, as the stewardess is
on a leave of absence.
The second or the musical services
being given by Samuel B. Carton and
the choir of the Grace Methodist Epis-
| copal church will be given Sunday
evening at the church. A number of
| talented persons will appear, and Rev.
A H. Backus will give a brief address.
The public is cordially invited.
Mrs Isaac Wilson will entertain the
| Recreation circle Thursday afternoon
at her home on the Liberty pike.
Mrs. Shoemaker, of Dayton, Ohio,
will entertain the Quaker City club
Friday afternoon, at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Della Atkinson, PA North
Eighth street.
The regular meeting of the Wo.
mans Relief corps will be held Thurs
day afternoon in the post rooms at
| the court house. 1t is announced that
| the social, which was to have been
held, has been postponed.
The Young Peoples class of the
Middleboro Methodist Episcopal
| church will give an ice cream social
at the church Friday evening. The
public is invited.
The Helping Hand society of the
Independent >Spiritua1ist association
will meet Thursday afternoon at 2:3C
o'clock in the Red Mems hall, 26 South
Seventh street. Everyone is welcome
to attend
Mrs William Keller will entertain
the -Four Leaf Clover club at her home
on North Fifteenth street, Friday af