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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-10-20

Sixteenth District
Bureau, Marshall, Peoria. Putnam,
Stark and Tazewell counties)
Jesse Black, Jr. (Dem). Pekin.
Seventeenth District
(Ford, Livingston, Logan, Mclean
and Woodford counties)
Frank II. Funk (RepD. Blooming
ton.
Eighteenth District
(Clark, Cumberland, Edgar, lroquois,
Kankakee and Nermillion counties)
A. B. Dennis (DemD. Danville
William p. Holiday (Rep0.
Georgetown.
Twentieth District
Drown. Calhoun. Cass, Greene,
Jersey. Mason, Menard, Morgan
Pike and Scott counties)
Henry T. Rainey (Dem.). Carroll
ton.
Guy L. Shaw (Rep). Beardstown.
Twentyhrst District
christian, Macoupin, Montgomery
and Sangamon counties)
Loren F.. Wheeler (Rep.). Spring
field.
]. Earl Major (Demo.). Hillsboro.
Twentythird District
(Clinton, Crawford, Effingham,
Fayette, Jasper, Jefferson, Lawrence,
Marion, Richland and Wabash)
F. B. Brooks (Rep.). Newton.
William w. Arnold (Dem). Robin
son.
Twentyfourth District
(Clay, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton,
Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope,
Saline, Wayne and White counties)
Thomas S. Williams (Rep.). Louis
vile.
Dempsey T. Woodard (Dem.).
GRANVILLE.
Twentyfifth District
alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Perry,
Pulaski Randolph, Union and
Williamson counties)
Edward E. Dennison (Rep),
Marion.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-10-20
LEGISLATIVE ENDORSE
MENTS

Third District
House
Adelbert II. Roberts (Rep.). Chi
cago.
Fifth District
Senate
James [. MacMurray (Rep0.
Chicago.
House
Thomas !. Hair (Rep). Chicago.
Sixth District
House
Ralph E. Church (Rep). Evans
ton.
Emil A. ". Johnson (Rep0.
Chicago.
Seventh District
House
Howard p. Castle (Rep). Barring
ton.
Lewis B. Springer (Rep). vii
mette.
49, Eighth District a....s...s.....
Boone, Lake and McHenry countess
House
William f. Weiss (Rep.). Wauke-
gan
Charles II. Francis (Rep). Mood
stock
William L. Pierce (Rep). Bel
videre
Tenth Distric,
(Ogle and Winnebago)
House
David H. Hunter, Jr. tRepD. Rock
ford.
Charles W. Baker (Rep). Monroe
Center.
Eleventh District
Senate
William II. Cruden (Rep). Chi
cago.
House
David I. Swanson Rep9. Chicago
Twelfth District
Carroll, JoDaviess and Stephenson
House
Robert Irwin (Rep). Mt. Carroll
Joseph L. Meyers (Rep0. Sciota
Mills.
Thirteenth District
House
Gotthard a. Dahlbcr (RepD. Chi.
cago.
Fourteenth District
(kane and kcnall)
House
Ralph H. Hoar (Rep0. Elgin.
Fred B. Shearer Gnd0. Aurora.
Sixteenth District
Livingston. Marshall, Putnam ant
Woodford)
House
{. A. Bruer (Rep0. Pontiac.
Charles M. Turner (Rep0. Wenona
Nineteenth District
House
Charles E. Mariner (Rep). Chi
cago.
Twentieth District
(Grundy, Iroquois and Kankakee)
House
L. S. Holderman (Rep). Morris.
]. w. Rausch (Dem.). Morris.
Twentyhrst District
Senate
Frederick J. Bippus (Rep). Chi
cago.
House
Fl. w. Harris (SocialisD. Chicago
Twentysecond District
Edgar and Vermillion)
House
A. L. Stanheld (Rep.). Paris.
Hugh M. Luckey (Rep). Potomac
w. J. Griffin (Dem). PARIS.
Twentythird District
Senate
Lowell B. Mason (Rep.). Gal
Park.
William G. Thon t:,ep.). Chicago
concluded on page y
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-10-20

laws enacted which give longer
minimum sentence for number of
crimes than heretofore. Under the
same conditions were not Prohibition
in effect, the chances are that our
population would be much larger than
it now is.
Very truly yours.
(Signed) John Z. Whitman,
Acting Warden.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-10-20
Decrease at Mensrd

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
PENITENTIARY
Menard, Illinois.
October 3, 1922.
Mr.. O. G.. Christgau, Editor,
The American Issue,
1900 Security Bldg,
Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your inquiry Of the
eighteenth ultimo, beg to submit the
following:
Inmates present Sept. 80 1917. loo
Inmates present Sept. 80 1918. 8o2
Inmates present Sept. 80, 1922. 1,l5o
Very truly yours,
Ed. r. Petri.
Warden.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-01
DISAPPEARANCE or RosALINE
 sHANTY, THE "swIArs1INd GIRL

Muskegon. Mich, Oct. 3I.-An aif-day search failed today to reveal the where abouts of 12-year-old Rosaiine Shanty, the swimming girl" who disappeared after attending Sunday school last. Sun day. City and county officers, aided by Boy Scouts combed the nearby resort districts without finding a trace of the girl The authoritiest onight declared they believed the girl was taken away by a man who had witnessed her fancy swimming exhibitions at a local beach last summer and had either become h. fatuated with the child or planned to train her for a circus or stage career. Officials in Chicago and other cities were today enlisted In the search.
 Many residents however, expressed the belief the girl was spirited away by . degenerate and feeling was running 60 high tonight that officials took .stepg tt avert disorder should the man be found
 Rosallne. who appeared much older than 12, and who was unusually attrac- tive was induced to enter an autonobils driven by a man who had asked twS boys to point out to him "the Bwimminf girl" As the car sped away from ths church, the girl began to cry. and thu man was said to have told her sht would never see her home again." Previously the same man had driver to Rosaiine's home and asked her moth CTS permission to take her out for din ner. with little girl she knew. at tn beach"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-01
FINAL APPoISTMENTs It
 THE NEW BRITISH MINISTRY

London, Oct. 31.-(By the 4. P.)- The final appointments to the new min iStry formed by Premier Bonar Law, an- nounced today, include ministers Of la Dor and pensions although MT. Bonar Law had previously intimated that the pensions portfolio would be abolished and was understood to be also contem- plating abolition of the ministry of la bor.
 Sir Montague Barlow, who was parlia- mentary secretary to the labor ministry in the Lloyd George cabinet, becomes minister of labor, and the pensions port folio is taken by Major George Clement Tryon, who was also a parliamentary secretary under the Lloyd George regi- me being connected with the ministry which he is now to head. Sir Samuel Hoare Is appointed air minister, and Colonel Neville Chamber postmaster general
 Other. appointments have been an- nounced as follows:
 Commissioner of works, Sir John Baird. . -s.
 Solicitor general. Thomas W. H. In- skip. #;3,.s
 Civil lord of the admiralty, the Mar quis of Linlithgow;
 Financial secretary to the admiralty MeEeUIlu EyTeS ] Monsell. Secretary for overseas trade, Sir Will ! liam JoynSon-Hicks. Secretary to the board of trade, Wis ] count Wolmer.
 Secretary to the ministry of transport Lieutenant Colonel Wilfred Ashley. i Secretary to the ministry of health l the Earl of Onslow. Secretary to the board of agriculture i the Earl of Ancaster
 Secretary to the treasury, Lieut. Col ] Leslie Orme Wilson.
 The following under secretaries hav' been appointed: Home office, Lieutenant Colonel Geo F. Stanley.
 Foreign offss>>>, Ronald McNeilI l Colonial office, William G. A. Ormsby Gore
 War office, Walter E. Guinness.
 Air minister, the Duke of Sutherland. | India office, Earl Winterton.
 Financial secretary to the war office F. $. Jackson.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-01
QUESTION MRS. sTEKRETT
 ABOUT POISONED CAKE

Philadelphia Oct. s1-Mrs. W. W. Sterrett will be questioned further by authorities regarding her movements twenty-four hours before the poisoned cake. which caused the, death of hee husband, an expert accountant, of De. von, and her own serious illness, was received, it was announced tonight.
 Coronet> William Neville, of Mont Somery county said today:
 T feel certain that information whict would solve the case is being withheld There are many points about it that dc not jibe." sa$ .
 Investigators pointed out that the bo1 containing the poisoned pastry wa. mailed within 9 stones throw of MT Sterrett's office.
 Mrs. Sterrett explained the differenc, in effect of the poison upon her hus band and herself by the fact that he husband suffered from indigestion.
 T cut the cake in half and ate a! much as he did" she said- q can onl! believe that because of his indigestion the cake had more effect on him."
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-01
DEFENsE OF MRS. PHILLIPS
 TO BE MENTAL DEFICIENCY


 Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. sl.-Mrs. Clara Phillips is moron" subject to epileptic eonyulsions'' and has, "the mentality of child" her attorney, Bertram Harrington, declared today ir opening the defense in her trial for the murder of Mrs. Alberta Meadows.
 The attorney asserted he would prove that the defendant did not yield the hammer with which the state contends Mrs. Meadows was beaten to death on Montecito drive on July F, last. He declared it would be shown that Mrs. Phillips every action that day was guided by Peggie Caffee," prosecution witness who testified she saw Mrs. Phil lips striking Mrs. Meadows with the hammer. The state rested after exam ming Lester Atkins, who ~corroborated Mrs. Caffee's statement that he and a man named E. Gentry met Mrs. Caffee and Mrs. Phillips at. Long Beach a few l hours before the staying. He said the women came to h;s apartment and Gentry and Mrs. Phillips went out and returned with a pint bottle of whiskey of which all four partook. He said he and Gentry drove the women to Los Angeles, Mrs. Phillips carrying with her the bottle and what remained >of .,ts contents.
 HeTr1ngton declared he would. show that Mrs. Meadows was slain after ar altercation and fight between her and Mrs. Phillips In which the latter's little finger was practically broken and sh. I appealed to Mrs. Caffee for aid. It wa, Mrs. Caffee, he asserted, who bought the hammer, Not Mrs. Phillips.
 After the slayings the attorney ven on, Mrs. Phillips went to hotel anC was there told by her husband tha something awfuf' had happened ant I she must go to Texas at once. Phil I lips, he said, got her some money ant she started east.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-01
WEEKS DEFENDS FOREIGN
 POLICY OF ADMINISTRATION

Danbury, Conn.,, Oct. S1-Declaring that the United States would have be- come embroiled in the war between Tur- key and Greece if it had been mem Der of the league of nations, Secretary of War Weeks tonight defended the for eign policy of the Harding adrninistra- ton at republican rally here.
 Secretary Weeks declared that while the United StatesTl ad barely escaped the necessity of becoming involved in the Turkish situation, it would certainly have had to take a hand in it as a mem Der of. the league.
 In discussing the tariff, Secretary Weeks sad that while the present tariff was not perfect. he considered it the best ever enacted. . He also declared that a protective tariff was necessary for Connecticut industries.
 While on the topic of foreign relations Secretary Weeks said that "certair nation'' had made application to the United States last week for the purchase of 5G0,O00 rifles and millions of round! of ammunition. He declared that thi' application had been refused anda ddet that he would rather sec them unitioni tossed into the sea than sold for the ,pur poseof war.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-01
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
 ROsIER MURDER TRIAL


 Philadelphia, Oct. 31.-Developments today in the trial of Mrs. Catherine Ro- sier, accused of the staying of her hus- band, Oscar Roster, an advertising man, and at present being tried for shooting his stenographcr, Miss Mildred Geraldine Reckitt, to death, at the same time. in- cluded the following:
 Tie defense closed It's case aftef sub mittlnS medical testimony in support of tS theory of emotional insanity" for Mrs. Roster. @t
 Rebuttai testimony was begun for the commonwealth with the intention of showing that the defendant was sane and normal in the hours .ust after the double slayiny on Jan. 21, 1922,
 Women spectators hissed prison guard who testified that Mrs. Roster had shown no signs of insanity and on sew ernl otber occasions the unruly disposi. ton of the spectators brought warnings from Judge BaGTatt.
 .Dr. Margaret Nelson, a prison physi. clan, testified that in her opinion Mrs Roster was sane, but admitted under crcss examination that she had made ar oHicial report that Mrs. Roster was sub normal and mentally deficient. 1 Attorneys are expected to be ready t start final arguments tomorrow and tn, case may 60 to the jury before night. | Counsel for the defendant stated tha 1t had twelve witnesses to call In sur rebuttal and at the close of court tn commonwealth had nearly finished witt it's rebuttAl witnesses. pr. Charles K. Mills and Dr. Georg Wilson altenisss, both testified that Mrs Rosier was unable to distinguish betweel | right and wrong at the time of the shoot examination failed to make them alte their opinions.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-01
HUGHES ASKS VOTERS TO UPHOLD PRESIDENT HARDING

Jersey City, Oct. 31.-Declaring that in the present campaign the democratic leaders are Waging "a futile controver- sy with no promise of. achievement" Secretary of State Hughes asked the voters of the country in an address here tonight to uphold the hands of President Harding by returning to office those who have helpe dto write the ad-
 ministration's record of accomplish ments.
 In every field, foreign and domestic, MT. Hughes said, the administration of- ficials had correctly interpreted and carried into effect the desires of the American people.
 When this administration came into power" said MT. Hughes, "everyone was talking of the difficulty, if not the impossibility of it's tasks. It saddeneJ our friends. of the opposing party to l think of what we could not do. But We have gone forward so successfully and swiftly with one accomplishment after l another that our opponents are com pelled to resort 10 laIse issues which cannot serve them. .
 You wanted the revival of business l You have it. Instead of operating al
 less than sixty per cent of capacity. in dustry is now operating at about nine 1 ty per cent of capacity, which means the top level of useful work, an enor- nous gain.
 You wanted employment A year and a half ago we had about five mil lions unemployed. Now we have nc
 problem of unemployment. The serious question confronting business, industry and agriculture is how to get the nee 1 essary labor to- meet it's needs.
 Yeu wanfed reduction in taxes, aon. ! gress has reduced taxes over eish i hundred million dollars, reductions (which have benefited everyone. You wanted reduction in tn
 enormous debt which had been accumu
 lated during and after the war Int l debt has been reduced by over a billion | dollars.
 -~"You wanted economy in govern
 ment. For the year ending June 30 1920, our public expenditures aggre gated $S.4O3. 1000; a year later s, 115,s20,0oO; for the fiscal year 1922 1 sS,S7S, ,s07, 900.
 1 You wanted protection for Americai 1 industry. You have it. This countr has never been willing to abandon tn protective policy"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-01
TESTIMONY CONCLUDED IN
 THE O'CONNELL MURDER CASE

Cleveland, Oct. 31.-(By the A. P.)- Testimony was concluded and summing ID arguments by the state opened late oday in the first degree murder trial of Mrs. Mabel Champion, 22, charged with he slaying of Thomas A. O'Connel, car aival promoter, of New Haven, Conn, in q restaurant here last July.
 In his opening statement to the jury Edward c. Stanton. county prosecutor, asked that the jury impose the death penalty on Mrs. Champion, declaring she was guilty of O'Conneil's murder.
 ''This girl is from Texas and shoots from the hip" declared Prosecutor stan !on This statement was objected to by defense counsel, saying that there was no evidence supporting "the hip shoot ing" The court sustained the objection.
 The state sprang a surprise in It's re- buttal testimony offering the blood spat- tered clothing of O'Connell as evidence and through Captain Daniel Stanton, fire arms expert of the Cleveland police department. Prosecutor Stanton demon strated the death shots could not have been fired at close range, as the defense contended.
 The officers testimony was in direct contradiction of that of Mrs. Champion offered earlier in the day-thAt the death Bhots we're accidental while OConnell was holding her arm. During the introduction of ths evidence Mrs. Champon showed her frat emotion during the whole course of tho case. She turned her face as the clothing was presented and as the prosecutor re-epacted the shooting she buried her face in her hands.
 Captain Stanton was not cross-exam- lzed
 Attorneys for Mrs. Champion when Eiv. sa an opportunity by the court to sum- Hiou rebuttal witnesses to his testimony declared they were willing to let tho case rect"
 Attorneys for the state and defense have each been allotted two hours for heir summing up arguments Prosecutor stanton spoke for half an hour before sourt adjourned late today Tomorrow sprning attorneys for Mrs. Champion Tlll make their argument for two hourI lftsr which the state will close the csat with an hour and a half argument.
 A. brief charge to the jury by Judg, Maurice BsrnOu VII follow and the cas-, ls expscted to be in the hands of tn idry lase tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-01
PADRICK CASE TO BE
 GIVEN TO JURY TODAY

statesborc, Ga. Oct. 3l.-The case of Elliott Patrick, young Methodist minis ter on trial in superior court here for the. murder of his mother-in-iaw, Mrs. Mamie Lou Dixon, last June was expect ed to be given the jury, before court ad- journed tonight.
 Following completion of defense tes- tinony this morning the entire after noon was consumed in arguments of counsel, who continued their addresses at night session9 Eight speeches were to be made, four by each side, after which it is expected that Judge Pork would charge the jury before adjourn | ment.
 Interest in the trial continued unabat- ed today, the court house being crowded throughout the session The young min ister following his dramatic appearance before the jury this morning, when he delivered a prayer and preached a ser mon on the text ''Thou shalt not commit adultery, again lapped Into the state of semi-wakefulness which has character;z- ed his attitude throughout the trial. Pad-icjz Is charged with killing his wife and mother-in-lew, but Is being tried only for the murder Of the latter.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-01
IUnTs VERDICT THAT MRS.
 CARLETON SHOT cuRIsTLER

Havre. Mont. Oct. si-The course of hs bullet which killed Mrs. MsrEaret Carleton n the tragedy In which Rev. Leonard J. Christier also was killed last Frsday morning ranged downward at an angle of ls degrees with the line of the body. and slightly from left to right. &C., sordinE t0 Dr. ". F. Hamilton and pr. ". n williams of Hayre. who made an examination of the body this afternoon. hrs. Carleton was left-handed, according .0 acquEinthnces.
 A coroner,s jury had returned a ver- l. IIct expressing the opinion that Mrs. 1g-leton shot pr. Christlcr ana then com mitted suicide.
 Brs Carletou's funeral service was to ie held this afternoon and the body was .o be- scnt 70 Helena for burial.
 8irsf Joseph Pyle. mother of Mrs. Carleton, passed the day with her hus- sand and ap attorney preparing "a list of luostlons which she said she would pre- lent to the county attorney andw hich he declared would tend to show that her laughter did not do the killing Tne questions shc outlined bring into the casa
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-01
Partial Embargo
 On New Haven Road
Caused by Accumulation of
 Shipments Due to Embar- goes on Connecting Lines.

New Haven, Oct. S1.-The New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad tonight announced a partial embargo or freight giving as it's reason the accumulation Uf shipments due to embargoes on connect ing systems. The road announced that it hoped by means of this action, to reg ulate traffic and in insure compliance with the service orders Of the interstate commerce commission.
 The announcement, il part, read:
 "The necessary regulation of traffic by this partial embargo will operate grad ualiy toward a reduction of cars CT route, safeguarding against congestion and reducing delay to equipment wsiicf will increase the availability of cars soI all general use"
 The New Ha~N1 road also announced lne construction e additional facilitle: at Cedar Hill and elsewhere to Increase it's freight carrying capacity and re- ported it's shop forces were substantially fully recruited
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-01
Oyster Steamer Destroyed By Fire
Crew of the H. C. Rowe of New Haven Was Rescued by the Steamer Peconic.

New York, Oct. f31.-The steamer H c. Rowe, an oyster fisher, wss destroy. ed by fire in Peconit bay today. Johu Adams, of North Edgecom, Me-, the en- gineer, was severely burned before the crew was rescued by the steamer Pe- comic.
 The Rowe had twelve oyster drcdgers at work when the fire broke out. The hoisting apparatus was destroyed and the weight of the dredges. acting as anchors, held the steamer in a fixed po- sition. The whistle also was broken and the crew were making frantic er- forts to summon aid when sighted by the Peconic.
 The. burned vessel was in charge c! Captain Benjamin Leek. of New Ha. ven, and owned by the Rowe Oyster company, of that city. The boat, for. merly the City of Bridgeport, was al one. time a passenger carrier. between Bridgeport and New York,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-01

socks. and shoes that ranged from top boots to dancing pumps They wen armed only with riding crops and bud. geons, one man from Anacona swinRfna baseball bat
 Briskly they swung into line to the tunes of innumerabie bands. the Roman c9nttngeEt leading the way along the Pincian Hill road 10 the Plazza Del Po- polo through the Portal Del Popoio
 The army of people entered the kinEdona't 1 capital through the gate of the people into the peoples square. then marched
 down the Corso Cmberto, Rome's main street. lined with flags. Every windoW
 was filled with Romans cheering. soma
 shovertng flowers upon the passing black
 shirts. while those in the streets Ealuf-
 ed straight-armed from the shoulder S-ifh
 hand extended toward the west. Straight through the heart of the city
 the procession continued, the youths
 never looking 10 the right or left, and
 acknowledging the acclamations and the cheers only by singing Fascisu marching 1 songs. Thus they reached the monument Of Victor Emmanuel and the tomb of i the Unknown Soldier
 After the ceremony was concluded af
 the tomb of the Unknown Soldier the Fascist proceeded to the Via Nationaie Rome's national highway past the r1inf |
 al square. where they were formed iu
 front of the palace
 By this time the number of FasclEti taking. part in the procession was. vari-
 ously estimated at fifty 10 sixty thous-
 and, late arrivals st the gates of Rome
 hsstening to fall in behind the units
 which had formed in Borghese Park Homage having been paid to their king,
 the celebration was now over. The Fascis-
 ti reformed and marching directly to the
 station where fifty trains capable of
 Transporting from 500 10 1000 soldIerz
 each had been held in readiness sincs
 morning in accordance with the dernohi- lllzation order that every soldier must . be on his way home before nightfall'' At the tomb of the Unknown Soldier , each contingent, with banners flying, halted before the imposing monument
 then two men from each contingent. one bearing a huge palm. the other a b0u- quet of flowers, ascended the steps lead , ing 10 the tomb and deposited them upon [ | it until It was lost to sight beneath tho . mass of bloom. The irst wreath placed ; on the tomb was carried by a veteran ] lGaribaldian, nearly a hundred years oi , age. who was assisted up the steps by ! two youths whose combineds ages totallec : less than his own.
 . On departing from the tomb the Pas. | cisu proceeded at doUble-quick up th. lsteep Cesare Bsttisi hill to the Qulrin. 5 Ia al. where the king appeared on the bal | cony at two thirty. He stood at szlrfe i As each contingent arrived the flag Nai a dipped. as before the tomb of the Un ' known Soldier. Tne king was accorde, a great ovation by the assembled multi z tude.