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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
MICHIGAN TOURISTS
TO VISIT WINCHESTER
Especial to The Times-pispatch.1

Especial TO Tho Times Dispatch
WINCHESTER. VA, Dec. s30.-Thc
1928 itinerary OF the Michigan Auto
mobile Tours. 10 be conducted next
August from Battle Crock. Mich, to
Washington and return. has been
changed 10 include visit TO Win
chester and that section of the Shcu-
hndoah Valley as far south us the
Endless Cavcrns. ut New Market. ac-
cordin gto adviccs received today
from j. III. Brown. manager, with
Headquarters at Battle Creek The
change was made after Andrew Bell
secretary OF tho Chamber of Com
mcrCc, here. had urged it upon Air.
Brown. and the latter is preparing
new road maps for those who Will
mako the trip.
The l?23 itinerary will he the nfth
annual tour. and .si> days will h."
spent IN ana around washington Tie
manager has limited the number of
cars To :i0 and about 500 tourists.
constituting the greatest automobile
tour caravan. it is said. over seen in
the United States. Campfire meet
ing are held at each nights stopping
place. and IL is planned to spend two
nights here
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VIRGINIA MOTORS, co.
BUYS HILL CITY PLANT
ICY Associated Press

LYNCiIBURG, VA. Dec. 3O.-An-
nounccmnnt was made heer today OF
tho formation Of the Virginia Motors.
Inc, which is to take over the as
sets OF tho Piedmont Motor Car Com
pany and shortly begin the operation
OF the plant OF tho old company here.
n Delaware charter is to bc secured
with the capital stock limited to
$1,000. 900.
James T. Driver formerly of De-
tro!t. and lately vice president OF tho
Preston Motors incorporation. Rir-
mincham. Ala, has been made fiscal
agent for the corporation. Applica-
ton will lie made 1t once to secure
Virginia license for tho sale of
stock, which vii lalso be offered In
ou;hcr Southern states.
Mr.. Driver left here last evening
for birmingham. to arrange his af-
fairs to move here immediately.
Tho names Of the men associated
In the organization have not Vet been
made public, but the new company
VIII utilize experienced help az the
Piedmont Company. largely under
new management.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31

the morning and afternoon. Sixty
other communities furnish milk TO
thoGc pupils who are undcrnour-
iShcd."
A number of conclusions arc drawn
from the results OF the survey, the
most important OF which are given
as follows:
The conservation of health is Il
great economic problem challenging
the courtry's best thought Ma
tional health is the basis OF national
efficiency. Up to a short time ago
/; was customary to neglect health
education and rs result our schools
turned out many educated invalids
Now our educational system must
answer the question propoundcd by
DR. G.. Stanley Hall. What shall II
profit child If no gain tho whole
world OF knowledge and lose his own
hcalth?'
There are hundreds Of thousands
OF premature and unnecessary
deaths In America every year The
nation needs TO conserve life for the
DEVELOPMENT of it's Enterprises
LET us not confuse physical edu-
cation with the highly specialized
system OF team athletics so much
stressed In some schools a system
which develops eleven players while
Il thousand idle youths look on will
never go far in raising the physical
efficiency OF America.
Every step forward taken by n
city in solving the school health
problem marks an advance in It's
business and industrial we'll being.
Many Chambers OF Commerce as n
result OF tho survey arc giving tho
city school interests an important
place among the years activities"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
HEAL TIL AND PHYSICAL
EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
Report of Survey Made in 100
Cities in the United
States.
EXA MIN ATIoNS I,
INCREASE:
School Physicinns Employed by iO3
titics-Furty-Onc Cities Provide,
opcn-Nir Schools or Classes
school Nurses In Ia5 cities.

Some unusual facts regarding
health and phEscal education in
elementary schools have been
brought out In n survey made I'm lGt
cities by the Civic Development Dc
partment OF the Chamber of Com
mcrcc OF the United States. Th.
survey was made through local com
merCial organization. Including IN,
Chamber OF Commerce OF Richmond
Inc purpose WAS to determine
What opportunity is given children
IL develop physical stamina capable
OF standing the strain OF future com
mcrcial and industrial life.
In the $50 cities" says a rcpor,
Of the survey. there arc a total OF
3,OlS.S?6 elementary school pupils
Although It is obviously iinportau,
that all children be given a medical
examination when they apply for ad-
mission to the schools. nlncty-ciSht
out OF the lGO cities do not give
such examinations.
There can he no doubt that much
disease is spread because OF this ne
Glect. One hundred and three cities
reported that they had school ply
stcians and ffty-four that they had
none In spite of the fact that tn,
conservation of eycsiGht is Il mos,
:
cess OF the individual. instruction
In the care ana usr OF tho eyes Is
not given in thir;y-ninc OF the cities
Forty-onc OF the cities now provid,
open-air schools or classes for thos,
who are physically subnormal. out
door play is recognized as rcalnccd
i'll physical development: nincty-onc
cities reported inadequate play
grounds and fif;y-four do not have
supervisors for play.
The showing as TO dental clinics
is good. The number OF cities pro-
Niding them is greater this year than
last Yet siNty-siN of the cities par.
iicipatins in the survey do not have
school dental clinics.
school Nurses Provided.
school nurses. who form n mos,
important element in tho health and
physical education work in any
school system, are found in all bu,
twenty-five OF the cities. Some
cities are amply provided. on the
has!s OF nurse being able to SUI.
p'rNisc 400 pupils. There is one
c!tN in the West that provides. but
one nurse for 1900 pupils. and one
IN the South. which has but one fol
i2.ooO. The average number I'm nj,
the cities is over 3.02i.
''Th!rty-four cities keen tho va.
rents Informed monthly by means O,
me report card as to the child's
weight record. 1t is safe TO assume
mat in these cities the average Of
ma!nutrition is being brought be.
low the "3 per cent. which some en-
peris claim is the national average
In forty-tour cities this matter o.
nutrition is being vigorously at.
tackled the school children being
provided with milk i'm the middle q:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
REDUCE MESSAGE TIME
WITH RADIO STATION
Marcomi Plant at Laprairic to
Communicate With
Australia.

MONTREAL. CANADA. Dec. go
Completion OF tho new Mnrconi
wireless station at Laprairie. near
hero. is expected TO reduce tho timo
between England and it's farthcst
colony. Australia. To Il matter of only
II few minutes.
Ey means of this and other SINH
lar stations messages will he flashed
from London To- sydney faster than
they have ever been sent. They will
leave London ON an air route of
some $4,000 miles and will be relaycd
automatically through stations at
Louisbnrs. y. s. l.aprairic. Wlnni-
peg and Vancouver. to their dcsti-
nation in sydney. Perhaps, with the
further development in tho efficiency
OF rnNlO. some of those stations Will
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
Scientist Believes We
Shall See Radio Waves

Will we be able TO see radio?
That is not impossible, accord
ing to Professor Dayton c. Mil
Ter. of the Case School OF APP
piled Sciences, in Cleveland.
In fact. SAYS Miller, an instru-
mcnt could easily be devised by
which the smallest and largest
waves may be caught and photo
eraphed as they flash by at the
rate Of $4,000 miles a second.
Professor Miller has been work.
ing on machine which photo
graphs sound waves. 1t Is called
an oscilloIraph. The sound sent
into an extremely sensitive re-
Ccivcr is made to vihratc Il needle
or light whose oscillations are
photographed as they form
Along the same manner, IL is
believed. the radio waves may no
converted into sound waves
which in turn can bo photo
Iraphcd by his oscillograph.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
Cnuse OF nInck Tubes.

During the burning OF "a tungsten
hlamcnt the metal gradually leaves
the hot filament and deposits on the
side OF the glass bulb. thereby max
ing II black. During tho life OF the
tube the fiiamcnt slowly becomes
thinner. thus Increasing it's resist
anCc. After a time tho filamcnt bc-
comes so thin that = slight jar upon
removing the tube from the sock 81
VIII snap IL.
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blind Enjoy Radio.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. S0.-Samucl I,
feckham. formerly an advertising
man for large ladies' clothing store
here, has been blind and paralyzcd
Tor twoniy-clsht years lie has
written a letter or appreciation to
the Post Dispatch for the good his
radio receiving set has done him
His isolation. he says. is ended and
hc thanks radio for that.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31

When the w Dill dry cell tube be-
comes inactive after continued use,
II Is n wise plan to connect a new
dry battery in tho place OF the old
one. The II battery. unless of tho
miniature tyne, need not be renewed
more than once in six months Tho
small TYPO battery generally lasts
ahOut three months,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
Dividend. anu Hmm.

bAEE!LLE. VA, Dec. 30.-Tho d
rectors az ths Frs, National Rank
Of Danrillc declared the regular
scmiannual dividend Of 70 per cent
snd an extra dividend OF per cent
payable on January =. In addition
10 this the directors authorized the
payment OF 10 per cent bonus to all
pficers and employees 81 the bauh
computed on their annual SALARIES.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31

aerials and apparatus arc contem-
plated on the same site. Tho earth
screen obviatcs the necessity Of any
ground connection.
The transmitting equipment con-
sists OF eight oscillatinE tubes Of
three kilowatts each and six rcctify-
ing tubes. Messages are sent out at
S.oo0-metcr wave length, on con-
i'huous waves. and do not interfere
with the sendlng or reception OF orui-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
nary broadcasting programs In tho
vicinity -. .--.-.--1-;
six Coast stations.

SIX radio transmitting stations
along the Atlantic Coast are used to
send messages across to Europe.
These amount to about 30 pcr cent
OF the messages handled daily be-
tween the two continents.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-04
Spends 33 Years
Out of So in Jail

NEW YORK. Dec. 3.-On the
statement of the police that they
will be able to prove that the two
men are responsible for almost a
score of burglaries on the upper
East Side. Magistrate Smith yes
terday held in $4,000 bail each
Thomas Cooley. IS years old and
John Kearns. 81 years old. The
police say that Cooley has spent
thirty-three Of his fifty-eight years
in Sing Sing prison for robbery
and burglary and that kearns also
has a long prison record.
Miss Eta Warren. found that
burglars had paid a visit during
her absence and had selected her
most valuable jewelry of the value
of from $1,000 to $4,000.
Detectives decided that two men
were responsible for the burglary
and many others in the precinct.
Yesterday morning. they say, they
saw Cooley and Kearns leave a
pawnshop. They followed both
men to Fifth avenue. where they
placed them under arrest.
The police say they found on
Cooley a jimmy and a screw driver
and that on kearns We're found
pawntickets for some of the jew.
elry stolen from Miss Warren.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-04
Fight for Kiss
Costs 80 Days;
Was Bitten, Too
Even Then Cave Man of Detroit
Misses Caress He
Sought.

DETROIT, Dec. 3.-One little kiss
from Fanny Davis cost Stanley
Pelefski, twenty-nine years of age,
ninety days in the houst of correc'
ton. and Stanley didn't get the kiss
either.
He tried to. said Miss Davis. as
she was walking along Hastings
street on her way home, but Miss
Davis. who is of athletic build.
fought him off. and du, ing the
melee bit Stanley Oil the cheek,
leaving positive Identification and
proof of the encounter for Judge
Thomas NJ. Coter to look at in
court.
Stanley. who was meek and SUB
dued in court. said he had no reco1-
lection of having been amorous. but
he remembered he had been very
drunk.
The ninety-day sentence was for
assault and battery.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-04
By clinedinst studio.

and they said il you rang true
TO trust you, and that was
Dad. Now lover. I've told
you I loved you and ] do and
want you and the sooner the
nicer, but I'm afraid I'm GO
ing TO disappoint you. / just,
can't see my way clear to come
TO Chicago THANKSGIVING. III
the difficulty but not wholly
There are several reasons, the
most important that ] have
been having my teeth attended
to and the dentist cannot fin
ish them and / don't want you
to see until they are all fixed
since first impressions count
and I'm not hurts for beauty.
But he has extracted two teeth
and he promised faithfully he
could get them finished but he
says today he can't. Another
reason am afraid. / trust
you but John just look a. it
my way once and don't get
angry. Know you are not yet
divorced. Then how can /
marry you. And perhaps you
are not serious. IL you you'd
only come here and marry me
or let me have a friend with me
l wouldn't feel so shaky but
John if i meet you and was a
wife to you and found our mar
rage illegal the world would not
hold me long.
WOULD CONFESS SIN.
left the world SO its life or
death to me this marriage
whether il is legal or not Some
times l worry so I think I'll
just sit down and tell you il is
impossible, but then ] love you.
so I hate to give you up. am
between two fires. my better
self tells me love and trust
YOU and the other says beware.
See. I'm being truthful.
But John l did tell YOU a little
story just to see if I'D get a letter
telling me YOU cared to write no
further. just testing you and your
loyalty to me. Ny name is not
Rrimmer. My name is Blanche l.
Rash. But ] do not carry that
name for lots of reasons. / carry
the name Brimmer for Mrs. Brim-
mer was my godmother. and after
our trouble she insisted on my
taking her name. The story 1 told
you is true and YOU may make in
quiries as to my character and
reputation. I'm telling YOU the
truth TODAY. not knowing whether
you ever will write again.
thought I married her boy, Brim-
mer. but il was Illegal. SO his
mother insisted / keep the name
and ] have. She herself did not
know he had a wife. 50 please for
get that chapter, John, for il hurts
me to have YOU even know this.
Dear, can't you come here 10
me? Oh, want you and want
YOU. but / am just finding IL i'm
possible to come. because suppose
you should not like me? Then what
would / have to come back home
to. and l would not allow you to
give me a nickle unless / knew
was going to be your wife in a
very few hours. Then ! wouldn't
want to marry you at Christmas
time because / feel that that time
is so sacred. So is our marriage
but differently.
To Re Continued Tomorrowl
The Washington herald., 1922-12-04
Investigators in Hall
Case to Change Again
international News Service.


NEW BRUNSWICK, n. j.. Dec.
S-There are indications tonight
that Wilbur A. Mott. special deputy
attorney general appointed to in
vestigate the killing Of Rev. DIR.
Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. will
withdraw from the case tomorrow
and that Attorney General Nc
Gran will designate another official
to take over the probe.
Rev, John :. Seachrist. Of the
Sayrevflle Methodist Episcopal
Church. near here. today vigorously
attacked the officials of both
counties in his sermon.
He said in part:
THE officials who are charged
with the enforcement of the law
do not appear even to have made
a really sincere effort to bring
the murderers to justice. 1t is
time for the pulpit to demand a
proper accounting Of the steward.
ship of those who have been placed
in charge of the administration of
Justice"
The Washington herald., 1922-12-04
Memory Slips;
Loses Wife, Car

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3.-Walter Har-
bison. of Loogootee.. Ind, who is
making a cross-country tour in a
motor car, reported to the police
here that lax memory had caused
him to lose both his wife, with
whom he was travelling, and his car.
Arriving here, HARRISON said he
registered at a downtown hotel with
his wife and then set about to find
garage for the machine, After
finding the garage he said he failed
to recall either the name or the
address of the hotel.
After searching fruitlessly for his
wife, HARRISON decided to use the
motor car in the hunt, but when
he went to get the car he added
that he forgot the name or address
of the place.
He finally called upon the police,
The Washington herald., 1922-12-04

by His Excellency. Phya Pratha
karavongse. Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary, 23OO
Kalorama Road northwest, who was
driving the car just before it be.
came a mass of junk.
There is no need to rush to see
the Minister either. because he will
appear through Attorney James A.
Davis. who. will be supported by q
deposition signed by His Excellency.
The defendant in the case is
Mrs. Helen H. Riley. She is al.
legged to- have been driving her ycar
faster than the law allows and col
lided with the Minister, who was
driving a car owned by the King
dom Of Siam-not his own. Hence
the direct interest Of the King in
the proceedings. No one was seri
oasly hurt. --...-''--- -----'..---- -s- .
The Washington herald., 1922-12-04
Between Two Fires,
Blanche Tells Tiernan
Corn-fed Iowa Beauty Says Her Better Self
Urges Her to Love and Trust While Other
Self Hints Treachery-Wedding Will Be
Matter of Life or Death, Legal or Not.

Mrs. Blanche Brimmer. in the
following letters to Prof. John p.
Tiernan, admits she is between two
fires, as my better self tells me
love and trust you. and the other
fear that she twill confess my sin
before leave the world, so it's life
or death TO me. this marriage,
whether II is legal or not"
She also stresses her love for
children and comfortable home
with lovely kiddies to crown 1T
She also hopes he will hold me
close and give me 4 leng, lingering
kiss signing herself your loving
baby The following letters follow
those published in The Washington
Times-Herald yesterday:
MOST SERIOUS LETTER.
Dearest John: This is going
to be the most serious letter you
ever received from me. To an
swer the most important Ques-
ton, love YOU next to my God
and that is nearly as much as
1t is possible to love, for I wor-
ship at your shrine. If 1t was
not you l saw at Indianapolis.
then I am glad / did not know
1t or I'd have never written. al
though I'd have always felt sorry
for YOU because i think you have
gotten a horrid deal.
Next John can YOU ask me
will honor, love and obey as a
wife. I'll answer that question
very plainly and always remember
80 tho trNtth alxxva W
I tease sometimes but l always
make it up by telling the truth
in the end Now to answer that
question.
I'd not commit a sin of that
kind ever. I mean adultery.
WOULD KILL MAN.
I'd kill myself and the man
that ever attempted to betray INV
hubby's rights. No, John. no
other lips will ever touch mine
but yours after l am YOUR wife
or now while | am your fiancee
and as for a man holding me in
a loving embrace, never. L shall
in no way forget my marriage
vows. will he a loving, af-
fectionate and obedient wife and
a devoted mother always. And
no man shall make me betray
YOUR love or honor or. rather, our
honor. home or babies.
do think seriously OF marriage.
| know just what it is. But
YOU do not know me. But John.
what woman that lives close to
God and really and truly keeps
faith with her religion and loves
can ever see anything in another
man? Do YOU think that after
being your wife and sleeping in
your arms, loving YOU and well.
Just being your wife with your
interests at heart and your honor
in my hands, do you think |
could he the one TO smear If.
John you don't know your girl
or YOU wouldn't ask that at all.
But John if you ever feel you
should go back to Gus forget
me and go. But I'd hate to
give. you up. l can't help it.
dear. I'm wee bit selfish
I'm afraid I'll demand a heap
of your attention.
Listen, dearest, I have done
something you told me not TO
but it, did not hurt you or
and ] gave no names but 1
told someone about It today
The Washington herald., 1922-12-04
FAMILY Of 6 HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Car Goes Over CuIvert and
Bursts Into Flames
Driver Injured.

An entire family of six persons
were injured, when the automobile
in which they were riding tumbled
down a 15-foot embankment and
burst into flames. after crashing
into a culvert on the Maryland pike
near Jenkins. Md, early last night.
Edward Sutton. an employe of the
Shipping Board. living at $40 b
street southwest. his wife. Mrs.
Lenora Sutton. and three children
Elizabeth, Lenora and Oliver SUIT
ton. two, seven and nine years old
respectively. were all badly cut and
bruised. Frederick c. Parker. prin-
ter. 110S II street northwest. was
injured about his body and legs and
cut on his head.
Glaring headlights of a passing
automobile. believed to have been
occupied by negro "bootleggers," are
held responsible for the accident
Maryland State authorities are
searching for the driver of this
auto. who failed TO bring his ma
chine to a stop following the ac-
cident.
Parker was driving the Sutton
family to Washington from Chapel
Point, Md. when he was crowded
10 lne sue VI tle lOdu ny lHV Olhti
machine.
Sutton was thrown from the ma
chine as it crashed into the culvert
and tumbled down the embankment,
pinning the others beneath the
wreckage. In a moment it burst
into flames.
Disregarding his injuries, Sutton
tore frantically at the flaming auto
and succeeded in making a hole in
the wreckage large enough to re-
lease the prisoners.
Passing motorists. after beating
out the flames with blankets and
rugs. rushed Mrs. Sutton and her
children to the offices of a physi-
clan on the pike. Sutton and Par
ker were treated at the offices of
DR.. J. Chester Pyles, Eighth and
h streets southeast.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-04
Oppose Bright
Lights for London

LONDON, Dec. 3.-London is
clearly getting hack to the bright
night life of before the war, for
there Is an enormous rush Just
now to secure licenses for night
cafes, music and dance halls and
other resorts where the light
hearted were wont to foregather in
the old days.
But the churches and the vel.
fare organizations are protesting.
They urge that London has lived
for seYen years without such es
adjustments. and that IT Is NOT
necessary for them to be reopened
now, a.-.-.- --r'-- -----. go.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-04
Wants Child Taken From
Mother Who Smokes

DENVER, Dec. 3.-County Judge
Luxford will decide next week
whether cigarette smoking dis
qualities a woman from being a
proper custodian of her own
daughter.
John c. Hurd, of Cambridge,
Mass, Harvard graduate. applied
for custody of his S-year-old
daughter. charging that Mrs. Hurd,
Radcliffe graduate, was unfit TO
care for her because she was ad.
dicted to cigarettes. Mrs. Hurd
admitted smoking, saying she got
the habit because all the girls in
my set smoked"