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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
COURAGE
TO CIGARETTES
Murderer COnfesses Killing
Wife and Son.

WOODBRIDGE y. j., May 3.-His
nerve failing when he started TO kill his
twins, after Staying his wife and son,
Martin Ehlers. 20. went to see Arthur
Ketsche, chief marshal Of this town, and
said.
Let me have cigarette and I'll tell
you good story"
Ketsche walked across the street and
bought a package Of cigarettes.
Now tell me your story" said the
marshal.
wait until 1 get a smoke Ehlers re-
piled.
The marshal, smiling. stood by until
Ehlers' tobacco taste had been satisfied.
II just killed my wife and SON. said
Ehlers.
Get away" the marshal said, what are
you trying 10 tell mef'
Despite his unbelief the marshal ac-
companied Ehlers to the latters home
and there found Mrs Ehlers and the son
dead. Ehlers was placed in the county
Jail
Ehlers told police he had quarreled
with HIS wife over financial matters and
that after she had retired he loaded his
shotgun.
He waited until his wife was asleep
and then went to her beside and killed
her Then EhIers went into the bed
room of his son Walter and shot him.
He told the police he next went into the
room where his twins were sleeping and
was about to kill them when his nerve
ia lied.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
STORY SERVES TO
AROUSE PARENTS

reader of The Delineator, the father
of five children, put down Dancers in
the Dark" and said to the editor: That
isn't typical of anything IN this country.
My children are certainly not like that.
Except in the movies, I'll bet they never
heard Of such people
The editor Of The Delineator replied :
You have a boy in college. He is fine
boy and truthful one. Ask him to read
Dancers in the Dark and tell you what
he thinks of this side OF present day life.
Ask him if he would be willing for his
sister to go without her mother to col
lege proms."
A week later the father Of that boy
came to our office. 1t had been terrible
week in his life. He had come TO realize
that he did not know his own children.
He had not understood the life they were
living, any more than did these young
people themselves. The sophistication OF
II appalled, him. He admitted that his
son had said he would not want his
young sister to attend prom carelessly
chaperoned.
The young people of today already
know the story of Dancers in the
Dark" Miss Speare has written it with
the hope that 1t will reach nodding par
ents.-From the March Delineator.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
House Underpaid
at S7,500-MOndell

WASHINGTON. May members OF
the House Of Representatives are as a
rule undcrpald when their ability and
worth are taken into consideration, Rep
resentative Mondell. the Republican floor
leader, assured his colleagues in urging
them to support recommendation for
salary increases for officers of the ship
ping board.
THE Government commands a very
great deal of talent of a very high order
generally at very low salaries he said.
That is true of this House. There are
great many men here who could earn
many times the salary they receive here
in private life, giving to private business
no more time and attention than they do
TO public business There Is no ques-
ton about that"
The salary of a House member is $500
and mileage
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
BELIEVE WIFE
OF EX-SOLDIER
MURDEREDH HIM
Say Woman Gave Poison to
Get 5000 Life Insur-
anCe.

CLEVELAND. May County Prose
cutor Edward C. stanton today was
awaiting the report Of city Chemist
Knapp. who is making chemical analy-
sis Of the vital organs OF dead soldier,
who died in May 1921, and whose body
was exhumed yesterday. to determine
whether or not his death was caused
by poison. Upon the result Of this e1-
animation will rest n possible charge
of murder against his widow. who IS
now hold in the county Jail on charge
of grand larceny.
County officials are proceeding upon
the theory that the man, who was sup
posed 10 have died as a result of being
eassed overseas. was murdered in order
lhat his widow might collect an iusur-
ance policy Of 5000 carried on his life.
An investigation 10y the Red Cross dis
closed that just before his death an ap-
plication for s. 00a additional Government
insurance was rejected.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
Old Style Country
Store Doomed, Says
Health Board Head

The country grocery store, with its
cannon stove. sawdust spit box and open
prime barrel is doomed, says DR.. John
y. Hurty. secretary of the State board
of health Cross roads forums and checker
tournaments will be forced to acclmate
themselves to closed food containers and
dustlcss counters n the state board sue
ceeds in establishing its model grocery
store, which Will be exhibited at the In
diana Health Exposition at the state
Playground, May 10 to -
The typical old SITS sic Hoosier store will
be set up with all the familiar trimmings
in sharp contrast 10 another Of the mod
ern and sanitary type advocated by the
GARD and indorsed by the Indiana
Wholesale Grocers' Association.
The open well. with its bucket and
rope, is another relic which Will Ne at
tackled by the State board at the ex-
position with Illustrations and analysis
of we'll water A travelling milk labo-
ratory VIII acquajnt the public with
friendly and unfriendly bacteria while
explaining methods Of city milk surveys.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
This German Is
Rival to I. Moore
in Making LOUe

BERLIN, May 3.-Don Juan is left
far behind by the exploits OF a young
solicitor named Lehe of Saxony, who
has been arrested On a charge Of fraud.
The police, in heir Investigations, dis
covered that during the last ter months
Lehe had become engaged to no fewer
than thirty three young yomen. He is
said to have kept up constant CORE
spOndence with them all, and 90 have
received extensive gifts Of money, food
and clothing.
This super lover escaped from jail and
it was discovered -that ne had written
previously TO each Of MS thirty three
lady loves that he would soon be with
her again.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03

plan in Washington. The unvcilinS Of
the memorial then will become
ceremony somewhat similar to the burial
Of the unknown soldier on Armisticc
DAY. 1921.
American artists and sculptors have
been asked to submit suggestions for
the memorial, the base Of which is to
be commemorative Of the war work Of
all women aud the surrounding figure
or group Il tribute 10 those who lost
their lives.
Designs for tablets, which local or
CARNATIONS can have placed Ia their re-
spectIye cities, also viii be considered.
Miss Davenport has already been
promised the cooperation Of the Ameri-
can Legion, American War Mothers. Gold
Star Mothers, Veterans Of Foreign Wars.
American Defense Society, and other
organizations.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03

Erection of a national memorial for
women who lost their lives in service for
the World War is the objective Of body
OF women. headed by Elsie Davenport.
who are organizing the American Won
ems War Memorial Association.
The idea for such a memorial was
suggested by Miss Davenport, a New
Yorker. TO President Harding. who re
ferred the matter to Adjutant General
Harris OF the War Department The re-
suit was governmental approval Of the
plan ard the formation of a committee
to take in hand the organization Of
women interested in the project
In order to make the memorial a really
National affair the units of the associa-
ton in various parts Of the country. as
they are organized, will have to interest
their congressman, who will present the
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
COUP PLANNED
BY STATE IN
MINERS TRIAL
Logan County Sheriff, Re.
garded as Strikers Enemy,
May Testify.

CHARLES TOWN. w. Va, May B
Maneuvering to confuse the defense, the
prosecution made last minute change in
plans in producing d. u. II. Morton, mine
superintendent, as the first witness of the
day in the treason trials here. This ac-
ton resulted from a midnight conference.
Prior 10 this conference, it was said the
prosecution would place members Of the
constabuiary on the stand and the defense
made its plans accordingly.
Reports were that Don Chain. sheriff
Of Logan County had arrived to and the
prosecution. Attorneys for the State de
Tense to verify the report. Union miners
consider Chain their greatest enemy.
Several attempts have been made on his
life
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
RUSSIABLOCKS
ACCEPTANCE OF
FINANCE REPORT
Adds Further Menace to Life
of Genoa Economic
Conference.

GENOA. May 3.-George Tchitcherin,
commissioner for foreign affairs in the
Moscow soviet government and head of
the Russian delegation to the interna
tional economic conference, announced
today that Russia would not accept the
report of the conference finance commit
tee in the form in which it was adopted
by the plenary session. Tchitcherin said
that Russia would only accept the report
with reservations. BY baking over the
finance report, Russia has added further
menace to the life of the Genoa confer
ence.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
NOTE cleft BY
SUICIDE BEGS
FORGIVENESS
Body Found in River by Boys
Believed to Be That of
SOlOdus NJ. Stinson.

The body Of a man, believed - be
solodus NJ. Stinson, tree trimmer, Ala
North Delaware street, was found in two
feet of water under the bridge over White
River at Sixty Fourth street this morn
ing by two boys, Edwin and Arthur Hor-
ton, 1927 Central avenue, as they were
going fishing.
In the pocket of the mans coat, which
the boys found on the bridge, was found
a note reading:
Take my body to the Flanner & Buch-
anan undertaking place. Cremate. God
forgive me-
When the boys found the coat they
made an investigation and soon discov-
cred the body.
Sergeant Allison sent the body to the
city morgue.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
Landlord Is Lynched
for Increasing Rents

FLORENCE. May 3.-Quick punishment
was meted out to a local landlord who
boosted his rents above a point con
sidered fair. After he refused to low
er his rates. seven tenants of Luigi Sal
vatO masked themselves at night and
took him from his home into the country.
There they hanged him to a tree. Re
turning to town, they spread the news of
their act and several landlords i'm
mediately lowered their rents.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
AIRPLANEs GO AsTRAY.

GRIMSBY, England May "A feet Of
sixteen airplanes. which had lost its bear
ings halted above Grimsby. The com
mander finally descended got his bear
ings and led the fleet away.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
BABY-IsH EXCUSE.

COLCHESTER, Eng, May 3.-lsaac
GoIdstein, arrested for using a friend $
railway ticket. pleaded that the arrival
of new baby had so excited him that
he didn't know what he was doing. He
was fined SO.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
WHAT NEXT?

LONDON, May Questionable women
now have 4 craze for taking henna baths.
The purpose of the bath is to give the
skin an olive hue which is regarded as
becoming when evening dresses of Orient
NJ design arc worn.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
JACK THE PEPPER PANIC.

VANCE. England, May 3-This village
has been terrified by a Jack the Pepper
who peers through the windows at night
Women are afraid to venture on the
streets after dark
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
GERMAN BRIDAL RUSH.

BERLIN, May 3-Following publica
ton of reports that many Australians
want wives thousands of German girls
have applied for information as to how
to get to Australia.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
BRIDEGROOM HAZED.

CAMBRIDGE, England, May 3.-Under
graduates of Cambridge University seized
Henry Langston just after his marriage
and paraded him through the town in a
donkey cart.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
TO STOP wOMAN,s TALK.

Lends, England, May 3.-Isracl Gold
stone has sued to enJoin Leah Smith Ito
perpetual silence from Boosting that she
is his wife" The woman claims they
We're married
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
SALARY BOOST Fer PRINCE

COPENHAGEN. May 3.-The Rigsdag
will be asked to increase the annual $13,-
900 allowance of Crown Prince Frede =,
who is to marry Princess Olga of
Greece.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
PROFITABLE PUBLICITY.

LONDON, May 3.-Reformers' -ttack
on the London night clubs as places of
immortality and sin" have resulted in
these resorts being crowded every night.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
10Y Is FATAL.

CLAPTON. England. May S.-Excited
by the fact that the team he favored
was winning. Joel Hopkins, constable,
dropped dead.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03

No 3-Exeter apartments Illinois street and
freproof of living
Pullman bed
freight elevators
electricity
Fycar capacity 2O51 North Illinois street
pharmacy pror cafeteria
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-10-12
(To be cOntinued.)
The Ku KIux Kan

The Ku Klux Khan has gone into
the publicity game in Kansas. In
Barber county the Khan sent copy and
a cash order for a page advertisement
in the Barber County Index The ad
outlined purposes Of the organization
and invited membership. In Cherokee
county, Editor Huston of the Column
bus Advocate received a note which
carried advice to cease criticism. The
message which went to Huston was
not accompanied by cash order for
space.
The Barber County Index ad made
clear that the organization viii be
active in politics this year.
1t is a wonder that the Khan does
not invade Ellis County. We under
stand that the Non-Partisan League
is quite strong in some parts Of the
county, and we should think they
would be strong for the Khan.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-10-12
CLEARING UP THE WRECK

From a Speech by Representative
Everett Sanders, of Indiana.)
The Democratic administration left
US at war. The Republican admin
istration brought about peace.
They left US endangered by the
league of nations and the loss Of our
sovereignty. We disentangled the
republic from foreign broils and re-
gained our independence.
They left the farmer on the verge
of bankruptcy with ruinous foreign
competition and lack Of credits. We
restored his credits and saved him
from ruin.
They left unemployment on every
hand. We provided jobs for every
one.
They left US with an accommodating
debt. We have reduced it a billion
dollars.
They helped rob China of Shan
tung. We persuaded Japan to return
to China her own.
They left a government running
with a saturnaia of extravaganza
and waste. We wrote and admin
istered the Budget system so as to
effect unheard of economy.
We go before the country with
every confidence that we shall be re-
tanned in power so that under the
policies of the Republican party this
mighty republic will with rapid
strides of progress march on to the
high destiny within our reach.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-10-12
Hlndus, Love Of Jewelry.

The ruling passion of the natives
of India is an inOrdinate love of jewel
ry. Every Hindu as soon as he has
accumulated any surplus cash, imme-
diately converts the same into gaudy
and often expensive ornaments for
himself, his wife and children.
Every Hindu wears earrings and, on
great occasions, as many as half a
dozen pairs. Poor people who cannot
afford gold pass copper wires through
their ears and noses. In some dis
tricts married men wear silver rings
on their toes, and another fashion is
TO have tied on the upper arm gold
box containing a charm to avert bad
luck. 1t IS the women, however, who
appear in the greatest splendor. 1t is
not uncommon to see a woman at
tending some festival or other with
decorations in her hair, her ears, her
nose. around her forehead, her neck,
her arms, her wrists, her fingers, about
her breast and neck, and around her
knees, calves, ankles and toes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-10-12
SPEED OF FINGERS DIFFERS
Those of the Right Hand Quicker and
More Accurate Than Those
of the Left.

The fingers of your right hand are
quicker and more accurate than those
of your left, says the Popular Science
Monthly The ring finger of your left
hand shows Il burst of speed when
ever it can work with the fOre1inger Of
your right hand; and it slows down
nOticeably when it must team with
the middle finger of your left hand.
Two fingers working together are
faster than one going 1t alone. And
u combination OF two fingers on OPP
pOsite hands is faster than two fingers
on the same hand.
Practice, while it increases the speed
of ali fingers, tends to increase the
rate of the slow ones more than the
fast ones, thus overcoming the handi-
cap of the ones that lag naturally.
If you are typist or pianist, per-
haps you have already discovered some
of these facts about the workings of
your hands. They were cOnclusively
demonstrated by a series Of tests con-
Quoted at the Carnegie Institute of
Technology by Esther L. GatewOod.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-10-12
Emancipation Days.

There are emancipation celebra-
tions at various times OF the year. Au-
gust 4 is observed as a celebration Of
the emancipation Of Haitian negroes
by the British. August Is celebrated
as the anniversary of the proclamation
issued August 1, 1884, by the British
government, freeing slaves in its colo
mics. More than 100000 slaves were
set free in the West Indies at that
time. principally in Jamaica, the Eng
Iish government paying several mil
lions of dollars to the slave owners as
indemnity. The day most widely eel
ebrated, however, is September D, the
anniversary Of Lincoln's proclamation
issued n 1888.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-10-12
PLAYING POLITICS WITH THE
INDUSTRIAL SITUATION

One might suppose, from the activ-
ity displayed in making Democratic
medicine out Of the strike situation
by group of powerful labor poll
ticians in general, that the injunction
issued at Chicago by Judge Wilker-
son upon the motion of Attorney
General Daugherty was without pre-
cedent. But the truth is that under
each of the two Democratic Presi-
dents experienced by this country
since the Civil war, similar injunc-
lions mere asked by the federal gov
eminent under similar circumstances.
Under President Grover Cleveland
in 1898 Attorney General Olney OBJ
tanned an injunction during the A. R.
U. strike. The injunction issued by
Judge WilkersOn follows the preced-
ent then established.
The injunction obtained by Attor-
ney General Daugherty is much less
drastic than that issued at Indian
apolis against the miners by the fed
eral court at the instance of Attorney
General Palmer under President
Woodrow Wilson.
The Washington cabal of labor pol
iticians, headed by Mr.. Gompers, did
not make the wellzin ring with outcry
against President Cleveland or Pres
ident Wilson, as they have against
President Harding, when these
former injunctions were granted.
They are too staunch in their anti
Republican partisanship for that.
They have been playing politics with
the industrial situation, and have
demonstrated that they are much
more interested in the welfare of the
Wilson wing of the Democratic party
than they are in the cause of labor
National Republican.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-10-12
THE ADVENTURES OF JANE
(By Ruth Costner)
Chapter IX.-Jane's Work


Jane and Jack rode around after
commencement before going home.
Somehow Jane hated to leave school
because she knew that some Of her
friends would go away and that she
might never see them again. Betty
had invited Jane and Jack to her
home for dinner the next Sunday.
They accepted the invitation readily
and on Sunday they spent the after
noon at Betty's home.
Jane suggested that they go home
about FIVE o'clock so they did. After
telling Mrs. Perkins they had had a
very nice time, they started away in
Jacks car. When they reached the
Morton home, Jack stayed for about
an hour and then went home. Jane
spent most of the summer helping her
mother keep house. When the winter
set in Jane secured a job in a millin-
cry shop. One day her mother said,
"Jane, I can hardly believe that you
are out of school; can only remem-
Der you as a little girl" 81 know it
doesn't hardly seem true"
''How do you think you are going
to like your job?" asked her mother.
Gust fine" answered Jane.
She started her work the next Mon
day morning. She took the car with
her and drove it home at noon and
evening. She decided to do this all
the time. Jane made good wages and
so kept her job all winter. Jack call
ed at the Morton home almost every
night. Jack had job down town SO
he stopped for Jane and took her to
town and did the same at noon and
evening. Betty obtained a job in 2
clothing store near James place OF
business. So the two girls were to-
gether a lot. Several times Jane
Jack and Betty went ice skating or
Sunday afternoons. They also went
in the evenings after supper during
the week. When the winter was ovel
Jane decided that she would go tt
school during the summer months ant
teach school the next winter. Bett!
decided 60 90 the same.
When Jane secured her school sh,
found it would be very far from Bet
! tvs school.
The two girls started teaching
their schools and got along fine, botl
having very nice pupils. Betty anC
Jane kept writing letters to eacl
other. And Jack and Jane did so too
Jane made better money teaching
school than she had working in tn,
millinery shop the preceding winter
James school decided to go on I
hike one day, and she let the pupil
decide what to take and where the!
would go. This pleased them yer!
much and made them think more o.
Jane.
(To be continued.)
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-10-12
oriqin of "Fifty-Fifty."

''Fifty-fifty'' originated in the thea
ter box office. 1t developed back in
the old days before engagements for
various companies were arranged
from New York by owners of chains
OF theaters. Then each company had
to look out for its own engagements
and made the best deal 1t could for
division Of the receipts with the owner
of the theater, explains the Detroit
News. -"Sixty-forty" was a good deal
the forty going to the house. More
often it was a "sixty-five-th irty-tiYe"
basis.
SO the adoption of ''fifty-hfty" as
an expression to indicate an absolute
" even division of anything, whether
in or out Of the theater, was a per-
fectly natural development.