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sia was far away and the Pasteur
people hesitated to endorse the
professor, until the recent out.
break of typhoid in the Pas-de-
Calais enable them to submit
the new treatment to a thoroughly
exhaustive test. Two thousand
and nine people exposed to the
risks OF contagion were selected.
or these 1896 were submitted to
the Besredka test. 70 to the sub
outaneous treatment. while 500 re-
fused treatment.
Out OF those treated by the Bes-
redka process only one contracted
the disease, and that In the mild.
est form. OF the l79 subcutane.
ousiy treated. four succumbed
while OF the non treated, twenty.
two succumbed.
The Washington times., 1922-05-21

for the place Is well lighted by
windows. The ledge had been
used to store fruit Jars by the
previous minister.
Minute examination of the body
and it's organs resulted in the
definite opinion of analysts and
chemists called in consultation
that despite the excellence OF
preservation, Gertrude Hanna
came to her death at least three
and possibly four weeks before
it was found. This can only
mean that she was carried to the
parsonage after death.
WERE ENGAGED TO WE'D.
Mr.. Hanna in a statement de-
scribing Wyman's relations with
the girl said:
"Wyman's wife died year
ago last November and he came
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
HOW WAS PRETTY ILLINOIS SCHOOL TEACHER PUT TO DEA
AND WHO HID BODY i'm PARSONAGE 3 WEEKS AFTER

death was far out Of ordinary
circumstances.
The parsonage Is within two
blocks Of the Hanna home-and
even nearer stands bis refrigera'
tor plant, the very aspect Of 1t omi'
nous in view Of the circumstances
The first official attempt to break
through the mystery cana abrupt
ly after the authorities conferred
with the girls father regarding
Gertrude's prospect of maternity.
Then they arrested James g. wy.
man, a farmer, Of Palestine, In the
same county, and detained him
pending deeper investigation Of the
case.
Mr.. Hanna fatty accused him of
responsibility for the girls condi-
tion in life. Wyman admitted init.
macy with her, but declared he
knew nothing of her disappearance
and was altogether innocent of her
death. The young man asserted
that he was far away from the
town when the girl left home for
the last time, and that at no time
since had he been near the par
sonage. But Sheriff Charles Knox
declared triumphantly that five
hours cross.examination by State
Attorney John Newman and
Coroner John d. Cole had shat.
tered that alibi in important
places. The sheriff added:
DETAILS OF MOVES LACKING.
His answers are evasive. and 1t
was only after ceaseless question
ing that we obtained from him the
true story OF his relations with
the girl. We have told him that
we believe him guilty and we will
hold him until he confesses.
"In his statement he said he
left town two weeks ago and went
to Rossville, but when we prepared
to check him up in Rossvill, he
said It might have been some other
town."
The Washington times., 1922-05-21

7 OS ANGELES, the film center
OF the world, is to have a rival.
A group Of French capitalists ts
backing the enterprise now going
forward to inaugurate a great mo-
ton picture city near Nice. Tho
new city will be known as the cine
ma capital OF Europe.
Great interest is being shown by
members Of the theatrical world
end promoters of the picture in
dustry in Europe In this new cen
ter on the Riviera. That this
interest will likewise extend to
American movie folks Is predicted
by the fact that last summer more
than thirty companies Of film max
ers visited France.
From picturesque Normandy to
the Riviera they gathered material
for new pictures for the folks back
home. The American film stars
were particularly enthusiastic
about the scenery and charm OF
the country about Nice, and It Is
believed that this summer will re-
cord even a greater number Of COM
panies seeking inspiration and new
backgrounds for the romances OF
FINLAND to be found throughout
the historic and picturesque prov
inces of France.
with this new interest being
shown by the picture producers o.
America in France and French
scenery and life, the American
public which is not able to visit
Europe during the summer months
will thus have an opportunity 10
enjoy a trip through France and
an acquaintance with French lifo
and manners in the films at home.
NJ. Rene Navarro, who has
achieved distinction IN the hero"
parts OF many French pictures, Is
the active head Of the new enter
prise on the Riviera. For the past
three years he has been conside..
IN" such proposition, snd with
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a charge of murder being made
against the farmer. He was re-
leased and ordered to remain In
town under penalty Of rearrest.
Then the sheriff consulted again
with the girls father and together
they studied the road where the
tracks had been seen near her
brothers house on the morning Of
Gertrude's disappearance. The
father said that his son had found
Gertrude's footprints up to a point
where automobile tracks were visi-
BILE. Then the footprints ceased.
Wyman has no automobile, but
one Of his family owns a car.
though that fact might mean
nothing at all. But the father
said:
When heard Gertrude was
gone I suspected an elopement. I
figured that she and Wyman
might have run away to be mar.
ried, and that was natural enough
in the circumstances"
Examination Of the organs Of
the body by chemists resulted in
the statement that evidence of
poison was revealed. That chic
roform might have been the cause
Of death was conceded, but only rs
a possibility. Starvation it was
definitely established was not the
cause OF death, nor could the
fatality be accounted for by any
natural cause.
Five young men friends Of the
girl were detained temporarily for
questioning. but the interrogations
were futile.
And there the mystery rests!
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In talking to the authorities the
farmer said:
Two weeks before Gertrude
disappeared went to Sparta. not
Rossville, as I said at first. Wis
tied my brother-in.law, q minister,
the Rev. John Nesbit, who has
since moved to some town in In
diana, I don't remember the name
Of It. Then I came back to Pales-
tine and then I went to Danville
and stayed a couple Of weeks with
Robert oglesby. q Civil War vet
eran."
BELIEVE BODY WAS CARRIED
But he could not account in de-
tail for his movements and he
could not tell the day Of the week
or the time of the day Of his va
rious wanderings. But the exami.
nation developed that during the
period Of Gertrude's disappearance
the father had sought him out
and accused him Of betraying the
girl. To this Wyman is declared
to have retorted:
We'll, II was her own fault"
The sheriff began to work on
the theory that the girl had been
lured out of town on the night
she disappeared. Every roadhouse
in the county was investigated
and local officials went through
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
Church Skating Rink
To Fight Dance Craze

Ell PASo, Texas, May 90
The Rev. Henry Van Valken-
burgh. pastor OF the First Meth.
odist church announced he will
open at once a skating rink in
the basement Of the church to
offset the dancing craze.
II will be a community PROPOSE.
ton. he said, and no charge will
be made. Skating will be enjoyed
day and night.
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
KARL H. Won WIEGAND,

staff Correspondent Of the New Yorl
American.
BERLIN. May 20.
"HE prohibition idea is gain
ing ground in Europe. or
Il that there cannot be the
slightest doubt Even in beer
loving Germany there are many
straws to show the way the wind
is blowing, and the anti-alcoholists
are no longer sowing their seed
on barren soil.
DIR. Masaryk. president Of the
Czecho- o-Slovakian republic. and
President HainisCh, head of the
new German.AuStrian State, are
being held up TO the Germans as
shining examples Of abstinency
who do not countenance the par
Iiamentary beer evenings" so
popular in German official circles.
A law has also been passed by
the Czecho. .Slovakian government
prohibiting the use of alcohol to
all citizens under eighteen, while
the tragically impoverished Aus.
trian government has appropriated
fifty million crowns for an anti
alcoholic campaign.
The Washington times., 1922-05-21

TIM-Just below the cellar window marked
with cross, Gertrude Hanna, pretty young school
teacher pictured above, found slain, in the
United Brethren Parsonage in Hoopeston, Ill. The
lower picture is that of her former fance John @.
Wyman detained in connection with the crime, then
released pending further investigation.
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many's prohibitionists also point
to the large percentage Of food
stuffs which go into the manufac.
ture of alcoholic beverages, despite
the acute shortage in all such COM
modities-statistics along this line
showing that during the first qua'.
ter of the present fiscal year
about half as much barley. corn
rye and sugar were consumed a
during the entire year Of 1q2o-21
DISEASE AND CRINnNAIITY
GROWING APACE.
Concerted efforts are being mad
both to stem this extravagan(
waste of foodstuffs. as well as I'd
correct the injurious effects of Cl
cohol upon the youth Of the land.
But the prohibitionists are divIdsd
into two camps, one advocatius|
radical measures and the oth~'
only such as would curtail but not|
abolish the use of alcohol along
the lines of the experiment now
being tried in Sweden.
This wing OF the prohibition
party does no attempt to deny the
alimentary properties Of alcohol,
but banances this argument with
another based on the uneconomical
thesis. In support Of this they
quote a statement made by DR..
Gruber, a well-known Munich medi.
cal authority, who says that: ITO
feed the body on alcohol would
amount to the same thing as to
feed a steam boiler on flour"
As one way of correcting the eI,
isting evil. DR.. Reicke, q former
Berlin burgomaster, has taken the
Initiative in establishing q chain
OF Peoples Club Houses" where
the masses may meet upon neutral
ground for social intercourse
theatrical and musical perform
ances, something after the fashion
OF the Y. NJ. c. A. social centers.
Forty OF these houses are in
operation throughout Germany
and another 400 have been adopted
to the special local needs Of the
outlying communities. Parallel
with this movement Is the inaugu
ration Of the Peoples Restaurant
to be operated in the interest ot
the community.
There Is no doubt but that tn,
example Of the United States hs,
been a great stimulus to the move
ment in Germany. concrete proc
OF which is given by the resolution
just Introduced in the German
Reichstag asking for an officia
study Of prohibition in the United
States in order to decide "wha
conclusions for German Legislation
may be drawn on the basis Of thii
material"
The Washington times., 1922-05-21

to our house for awhile to live.
1t was more than a month later
that we found he was paying at
tention to Gertrude. He stayed
with US nearly a year. and then
we learned of Gertrude's condi-
ton. Soon after. Gertrude and he
quarreled and he left.
up to the time he left there had
been an engagement. They were
to have been married on January
13 last.
Even after he left he tele-
phoned frequently to her. Ger
trude often spent week ends on
the farm of her brother about
seven miles from our house, and
she was there on the morning Of
the day she disappeared-that is,
she should have been. But when
. her sister looked in her room at
10 o'clock in the morning she was
not there. All Gertrude's cloth
ing, except that in which she was
found, was neatly ironed and put
away. Tracks led to the roadway.
Gertrude did not come home that
night. l was mistaken when I said
she did. First thing l did was to
try to get Wyman on the tele-
phone, but wherever telephoned
him was told by his friends and
relatives that he had just gone
somewhere else"
PRISONER is RELEASED.
But after four days continuous
cross-examination. with little sleep
and less food for the farmer, the
sheriff was compelled to admit
that nothing discriminating had
been uncovered-nothing to Justify
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
PRISONER is RELEASED.
Dry Forces i'm New Fight
To Make Europe Abstain

German ProEni5itionists Find Rich Field for
Propaganda i'm Statistics of Nerve Special
lists and Acknowledgements of Strong
Drink Has Caused High Tax on Beverages.
The Washington times., 1922-05-21

villages without discovering any
thing definite.
Then the Rev. James Greese,
Of st. Louis, the new minister,
testified at the inquest that he
and his wife had made thorough
inspection OF the parsonage on
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
HOOPESTON, ILL.,, May 20.

HUUF ESIUN, III, May 70.
NNHE United Brethren Church parsonage
cant. Every door locked Every window
bolted and nailed. There evidence that
the building had been broken into and the congre-
cation of the church next door had no one at:
tempting to enter.
Yet in the cellar of the building, lying huddled on
a ledge, was found the body of young woman
murdered!
She Miss Gertrude Hanna, a pretty school
teacher of twenty-five years Just four weeks before
her body was found the young had disappeared
from home and the whole country had been searched
for her in vain.
How was she killed. Where had she been before
death she reported mssingi How was she carried
to the parsonage undetectedf In what manner was
entrance effected to the budingi
WHO WAS THE MURDERER
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
STATE is BAFFLED
BY GRIM MYSTERY
OF GIRLS SLAYING

Popular Young Woman Met Terrible Fate In
HOOpeStOn, Ill., and Her Body Was DiScoV-
cred Nearly Month After Her Disappearance.
She Was Soon to Become a Mother-TraceS
of Poison Found.
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
HER FORMER FIANCE
is FIRST ARRESTED .
BUT SOON SET FREE

Body is Believed by Authorities to Have Been
Carried FROM Flour Mill to HOUSE Which
Was Undergoing RepairS-ParentS at First
Suspected She Had Eloped With john G..
Wyman.
Evening star., 1922-01-28
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE. Md. January % (Spe-
ciaD.-According to reports submit
ted at meeting Wednesday even
ing. the Rockville volunteer fire de-
partment, organized less than year
ago, Is in flourishing condition.
The statement of Treasurer F. Bache
Albert showed that more than $4,000
has been raised by the organization,
and that the expenditures were for
installing a fire-alarm system. the
purchase of fire hose and other equip
ment. a substantial payment on the
fire truck and pump recently pur-
chased at a cost of about $4,000 and
repairs to fire-fighting apparatus.
Arrangements are in progress for
holding a. smoker in February. and
Wilson s. Ward, chairman of the
committee of arrangements, has also
begun getting ready for the big
carnival to be given on July 4.
In the presence of a small gather
ing of relatives and friends, Miss
Annie May Miles of Hyattstown and
Philip S. Linthicum of Clarksburg
were married Wednesday afternoon
by Rev. Wallace NJ. Brashears, pastor
of the Methodist Church at Clarks-
burg.
The funeral of James o. EastOn.
fifty-two years old. who was killed
Wednesday afternoon while operating
a saw mill at Scotland. near here.
took place yesterday afternoon from
the Methodist Church at Lay Hill.
The services were conducted by the
pastor of the church and burial was
in the cemetery nearby.
Evening star., 1922-01-28
NELLIE BLY,, FAMOUS
GLOBE CIRCLER, DEAD
Former New York World Writer
Beat Time Made in Jules Verne's
Imaginative Travel Tale.

NEW YORK. January 2S.-Nellie
Bly,. who won fame thirty years ago
by making q trip around the world as
representative Of the World, to
show that Jules Verne's Imaginative
romance. Around the World in
Eighty Days" was not an exaggera-
tion. died yesterday of pneumonia
in st. Marks Hospital.
She was born Elizabeth Cochrane
At Cochrane's Mills. Armstrong coun-
ty, Pa, and began Newspaper work
while young.
In 1887 she Joined the World staff
and quickly attracted attention by an
expose OF abuses in the Blackwell's
Island Insane Asylum. Feigning in
sanity, she gained admission to the
institution and showed up the defects
of management. Reforms followed
publication of her story.
She began her famous trip around
the world November ~. 1889, and
completed 1t January rs, 1890, in
seventy-two days. six hours. eleven
minutes and fourteen seconds. having
found time en- route to stop of at
Amiens, France, and interview Jules
Verne. Her exploit attracted world
wide attention.
She was married in 1895 to Robert
l. Seaman, an aged and wealthy
Brooklyn manufacturer. whom she
mot at banquet in Chicago.
Evening star., 1922-01-28
GEN. CROWDER'S MOTHER
DIES HERE AT AGE OF 8
Native of Missouri, She Came to
Washington Two Years Ago
and Made Home Here.

Mrs. Mary Crowden mother Of Maj.
Gen. Enoch NJ. Crowder, former judge
advocate general and former provost
marshal general of the Army. died at
$3.50 o'clock this morning at her resl-
dence in the Marlborough apartments
GIT 18th street northwest. Mrs. crow
der would have been eighty-n1ne
wears of age had she lived until June
l next. ..
the disabilities of advanced age. She
had been a sufferer from eye troupe
for the past year or two, and mad on
several occasions been a patient az
the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital, but this aff1iction was in no
way connected with eh;1Gran hGr oea,n rera with
her when the end came. These were:
besides Gen. Crowder, Mrs. A. b. Duval
Of New York. and Miss Nellie
Crowder of this city. Another daugh-
ter. Mrs. F. N. Tinsman. makes her
home in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Mrs. Crowder, who was a. native
of Missouri, came from Kansas City
to Washington about two years ago
and had made her home since that
time with her son and daughter.
Gen Crowders who has now retired,
has recently returned from Cuba,
where he was sent on a special mis-
sion in connection with the elections
and finances Of the island republic.
AS provost marshal general during
the world war, he had charge of the
successful execution Of the new selec-
tive service law, which was SO large
q factor in the ultimate defat of the
central powers.
No definite arrangements for the
funeral have been made. 1t has been
decided. however. to take the body
to Trenton. Mo-. where Gen. Crowder's
father, who died twenty-five years
ago, is buried.
Evening star., 1922-01-28
HYATTSVlLLE.

HYATTSViLLE. Nd. January IS
(SpeciaD.-An interesting program
is being arranged for a meeting Of
the Prince Georges County Teachers
Association to be held in the law
school building of Georgetown Uni
versity. Washington, beginning at 10
o'clock next Friday.
Officers have been installed for
1929 by Mount Hermon Lodge. No.
179, A. F. and A. NJ. of Hyattsville,
as follows: H. B. Hoffman, Hyatts-
Vile. worshipful master: W. T. Con-
ners. Hyattsville. senior warden;
william B. Spire. Mount Rainier,
junior warden; s. NJ Mcmillan,
Riverdale, secretary: William A.
Shepherd, Hyattsville. treasurer; !;
Rev. Charles E. McAllister. Hyatts-
Vile, chaplain; H. S. Crawford, River
dale, senior deacon: ]. T. Van Walk
enberg, Berwyn, Junior deacon; j. E.
Speake, Berwyn. senior steward; Dan
Morgan, Hyattsville. junior steward; /;
G. W. Whalley. Riverdale. tiler.
A banquet was served in connec-
ton with the installation ceremonies.
Evening star., 1922-01-28
SENATORS FIGHT WAY
THROUGH SNOW TO WORK

Forty-nine senators, bare working
majority, fought their way through
today to the Capitoi.
Some of them found the gong SO oit-
ficult that they were late in arrlv1ng'
but after half an hours delay consld-
Grafton of the allied debt refunding
bill was resumed.
Senator simmons of North carolina,
leader in the democratic fight on the
bill. was snowbound in his SUBURBAN
home. reporting drifts as deep as mr.
teen feet. Many other senator's living
in the suburbs also were unable TO
reach the Capitol. but Senator john
son, republican, California, who lives
lust outside the District in Maryland,
fought his way through.
Senator Curtis of Kansas, the re-
publican whip, had to plunge sew
eral blocks through the snow before
he could reach means of transporta-
ton, and many other senators had
similar experience.
With the storm showing no signs
of abatement at l PM, the Senate
reached an agreement to limit de.
bate on the debt bill beginning at
3 p.m. Monday. and recessed until
IL am. that day. Many senators
were of the opinion that II the Sen
ate remained in session until late
in the day they might become ma
rooned at the Capitol.
Evening star., 1922-01-28
U. S. CLERKS QUIT EARLY
TO FIGHT WAY TO HOMES

Practically all the government de-
partments excused employees early to-
day. in order to give them a chance
to battle their way home against the
storm.
At the Post Office Department
series of staggered quitting hours
was put into effect. Employees who
live in the suburbs were allowed to
quit work at 1:45 o'clock this after
noon; those who lived medium dis.
tance away were allowed to go at
2:15 O'Clock, and those near the Office
at 2:30 pm.
Employees of the State, War and
Navy building, of the District gov
ernment and other offices were ex-
cused at different early periods. so
that they might Be able to get nome
before the crowds.
The Department of Commerce ex-
cused woman employees at $3.50 pm.
IN the belief that this would oe
sufficient time for them to get start
on all others who might be attempt
ing to get home.
Evening star., 1922-01-28
SNOW-SHOVEL BEATING
BREAKS MANS SKULL
Moses S. Smith, Colored, Attacked
While Clearing Sidewalk and
Several Men Are Held.

Beaten over the head with a snow
shovel until his skull was fractured,
Moses S. Smith, colored, thirty-nine
years old, 606 South Washington
street, Alexandria, Va, is in q serious
condition at the Emergency Hospital
and is not expected to recover.
Leo Paul (Chuck) Connors, Charles
o. Schweitzer and Paul B. Schweitzer.
all of 1923 r street, and George King
of Richmond, Va, are being held by
the police of the first precinct in con-
nection with the assault on Smith.
Lucille Catherine Cogswel1, twenty
years old. 240 l4th street southwest,
also is being held as q witness.
Smith, who is employed at the Wash
ington Garage. 1919 e street, was clean
ing the snoW from the front of tho es.
tablishment about 2 o'clock this morn
ing when q crowd Of men stopped and
teased him, according to the police. An
argument followed and later, the police
say, one of the men took the snow
shovel away from Smith and beat him
over the head until he was unconscious.
He was rushed to the Emergency Hos
pital in the machine operated by Ran.
dolph ]. johnson.
Headquarters Detectives Sweeney and
Messer, who Investigated the case, ar
rested the men named and held them
for Investigation. pending the outcome
of Smiths condition.
Evening star., 1922-01-28
GOVERNMENT WORKERS
HELD UP BY BLIZZARD

Thousands Of government employees
were late in coming to work today
and the early Indications were that
there would be many absentees, but
in the course f-the day storm bound
stragglers continued to come in and
cut down the absentee list. Chief
clerks Of the several departments
said that employees were coming in
all the morning. indicating that most
Of them were making some attempt
to get to work.
Chief Clerk Libbey. Department of
Commerce. said that department was
very fortunate and early reports
showed that there were few absen-
tees, and these were mostly in the
commuter class. In the Post Ohice,
Labor, War and Navy departments
there were no figures available and
employees In the Offices would not
hazard q guess. In the Interior De-
partment there were said to be few
absentees. but in the Department Of
Agriculture many were reported as
absent.
Several Of the departments were
without knowledge OF the number Of
absentees. At the ONCE Of the chief
clerk Of the Department Of Justice.
It was said that they didn't know
whether they had any absentees or
not.