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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
SARAH'S POSTCARD

Errah Coates, an inmate of work
hszse in England for half a century
Egi her name flashed around the world
hy she Associated Press a few days
aEo Perhaps you saw the cablegram
which was sent to the American news.
gxrers about Sarah 1t was a aremark-
able bit of news, and read:
An ordinary picture postcard the
any piece Of mail Sarah Coates re-
ceired in fifty-one years, had been so
tre2Eured that it was buried by her
jzst before she died, at the age of
seyenty. Miss Coates had been an
i2Grste of Plomosgate workhouse for
hRl a century and had no relatives.
She was never visited. The card was
sent by one nurses. and it was the
eEiy thing in the woman's possession
that she valued"
In this beautiful world of sunshine
znd flowers, of home ties and Christ
iaR love, can you imGgin a woman so
lnEely, SO utterly neglected that she
suCId treasure a picture postcard? or
rYHrse there must have been some,
faing wrong with Sarah Coates; the
Dtarne can not be laid entirely upon
hr6anty. Miss Coates must have
been at fault and selfish herself, for
eam,r in workhouse some friendships
xzR he made by the inmate who smiles
md takes an interest in those about
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
HONK, HONK!

How rich, and fill, and wonderful
is the great big out-of-doors in the gooo
old summer time! 'Tis full of sway
ing, green and lovely trees that shade
long sweeping swards and lawns.
Flowers of every hue. from pale
blooms in the shade, to the groseous
naunters which bare their beauties 10
the sun, grow in vast flower beds.
The great out-of-doors has streamlets,
tinkling, merry little brooks that flow
with rhythmic accents to the rivers
bed where greater water bear them to
the sea. A mighty wondercus world
it is, old beyond the limit of our
dreams. A century seems a vast eX-
panse of time to Us "liS longer than
we live and yet scientists now CAIN
that life first came u9on this globe
through all that mighty stretch OF time
one hundred million years ago, and
the out-of-doors las been wearing all
the vastness Of It's beauty. The noun
tain peaks yielded the steTnness of
their outline to the gnawing tooth of
time and valleys lie where mountain
peaks once thrust their snow-crown
ed heads above the level of the plain.
Lakes lie where deserts once have
been, and deserts-lakes. When bath
ed in summer moonlight and the glow
OF twinkling stars, the mystery of the
ages cause the reverent soul to stand
appalled,. Then we forget and step
aside to let the careless driver of a
little tin gasoline-driven vehicle. pass
us on the road what fools we NOR
falls hpi"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
ONE SPARK

The weather was hot and dry. No
rain fer month. The East wind
moaned through the trees. Pine need
less snapped underfoot. July in the
forest.
The crash Of falling trees. The
ring of axes. The swish Of saws.
Logs, logs everywhere. Dry tops,
branches, and slashing. And midst
all these putting donkey engine.
A glowing spark from the stack. A
wisp of smoke. The hics of burning
pine. Cracking Flames sweeping on
ward, skyward. A living wal of vivid
fires. Black deaths anddestruction.
ONE LITTLE SPARK and in is
wake 10000 acres Of firs-swert LAND;
100000 feet Of burning timber; fo-r
logging camps, Is donkey engines one
locomotive, 35 flat cars, 20 houses, and
three automobiles in aslcs,. and $780,
600 worth OF property gone Zip in
smoke.
1t all happened this Sumner in the
State Of Washington. 1t could happen
any summer in any forest
Prevent Forest Fires-It Pays.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27

woman after him which has all reddy
raised 2 husbands and 6 children. But
we Student ought to wirry because we
are bilding house of are own.
Monday-Mrs. Gillem asst pa what gov
erns the increase and Decrease OF the
population in the Fil,ipines and pa an
swered and replyed that he CESS it
depended upon the no. of people live
ing there at odd timess and etc.
Tuesday-Pa dussent appreciate Lit
erature. MA was telling that a ole
friend of hern had dropt ded today
vile she was eating and sll pa sed was
he asst her Well what was she eating.
Wednesday-The fellow witch plays
a SaXafone ner dore hurt his hand
and tonite his ma cum in and asst pa
did he havae sum carbolick acid for
her son. Pa sed No we haven't none
but will lone you good gun.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27

her. Friendship is fragile plant. 1t
thrives on smiles end tears, but dies
quickly if neglected. In every town
we find people who have many friends,
who are what the community calls pop
ular. If you analyze their popularity,
YOU will find that they lake an inter
est in their neighbors, that they visit
the house of mourning and rejoice
with those that are glad. We have
people in Toledo who take no part
whatever in welfare work; they are
members of a fraternity and pay their
dues, but, they never attend the LODGE
they have automobiles but they never
ask the family that does not own
machine to take a ride. They live sell
fishly unto themselves and ike Sarah
Coates, treasure some trlnKet that
unselfish person gave them. NO, hu-
manitv cannot bear all blame for these
lonely neglected lives. You must make
some effort at being friendly yourself
if YOU would have friends about you.
Don't sit in the shadow and envy the
popular man or woman. Get out ana
make folks rotice you. Smile and
speak to other people. They VIII
respond and soon you will find the
li-ht Of friendship glowing in the
dark corners Of your bitterness and
dispelling the shadows of envy. This
Is n wonderful old world if you will
only look up and not down; II you VIII
chase away that frown with smile
There is so much TO do, so many TO
elp, that it is crime to gloat over
picture postcard and bury it when
YOU feel the chill of death. Was Sarah
Coates afraid someone Nigh ENJOY
her nnstcard when she was gone?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
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STOP THE COAL STRIKE!

1t is now up to the President to
give orders, instead Of taking them.
in the coal strike and it is believed
that he intends to do so. The oDtrit-
cr5 and miners conference At Wash
inton adjourned, with beth sides reIus-
ing to yeild. But ii d not necessary
to await their pleasure: they may not
agree for six mcnths-and We w:nt
c ,al now. 1t is up 10 the nation, speak
ing through the President ana If need
be through Congress, TO brush this dis
pute out Of the waj. The government
has the power. The public will BACK
it in Almost any step it chooses TO
take-Adrian (Mich.) Telegram.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
r. r. STRIKE POOR JUDGEMENT

A railroad strike IS in progress with
about 100000 railroad shop workers
out. The shop.workers, because of
their chiel, Mr.. Jewell, who ignored
the request of the railroad labor board
to meet with them Friday in an en-
deavor to reach an amicable settlement
of the dispute, have brought down up
on themselves the criticism of the pub
lie. This act, more thln the strike
itself. has created intense telling. 1t
was nothing less than slap at the
United States government to regulate
transportation and labor has been re-
presented and has taken part in its
work. The Herrin Gisas ter did not
help the coal miners. Mr.. Jewelrs
actions vii! not benefit the shop WORK
ers.-Canton IN. W Plaindealer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
THE CRY FOR HELP

The annual cry for help has gone
up from the wheat fields, the corn
fields and the orchards. The harvest
has been bountiful, the laborers scarce
and hard to secure. The Heavenly
Father and the American soil gives us
wealth. Graft and laziness gives us
poverty. Weather crops are large or
small, whether industrial conditions
are good or bad, there is always diff
ficulty in obtaining as many men as
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
WHY HENRY is "PEEVED"

No wonder Henry Ford is eXasper-
ated at the delay in awarding him the
taxpayers property at Muscle Shoals.
He thought he was dealing with the
same sort Of government that per-
mitted him to make S29,000,OOC of
easy profits out Of war contracts, but
he found that concern for the public
welfare is the controlling policy at
Washington nowadays. - Evansville,
OH. Enterprise
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27

as the need required.
The thrifty farmer is grieved to see
his crops go to waste. He and his
family rise before dawn and work by
moonlight to save the wealth of the
land. We hear his cry. The harvest
is great, the laborers few. Yea, we
hear the call and prayer, Come over
into Macedonia and help us" We
even have a vision of what might be.
Still, in the reeking cities of the
strike.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27

cd. This fellow
KEEP nocking the
u. S. Government
a II d b i s n g S S
men and e very
thing I!A s e d
after he Ii a d
went away t h a t
this gink was a
m an wiahout a
country and all
! got tr Iay is
that witch eve r
country he is
without is gosh
blame lucky h e
is without it.
Sat- fe e |
sum times like
I shud O,iyht IN
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27

leave home and go ou. in to the wirld
so | woodent hear 80 much unpleasant
trubble at home. Tonite pa says to
ma. Why don't you say nice sweet
Things to me like other mems wiles do.
And in 2nd ma up and ask him whose
wife had ben tawking thataway to
him.
Sunday think are lanlord is 90.
ing to get marryed aagen. They is a
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
STATS DIARY
IT, Rnss Ecrlllhnr

Dy Ross Fcrluhar
Friday-W1 had sum indesire-
able Co. this evening and was
great9ly disgust
The evening world., 1922-05-12
PEGGY JOYCE FILMS
TO BE BARRED BY
THEATRE OWNERS

WASHINGTON. May Ia
Peggy Joyce will not be per-
mitted to exploit her sensational
love affairs in the movies II the
motion picture theatre owners OF
America can prevent it.
The convention Of exhibitors
here. late yesterday adopted a
resolution barring Peggy in this
country. They pledged themselves
not to show her pictures.
The resolution states:
at has been currently reported
In the newspapers and otherwise
that motion pictures are to be
produced featuring Peggy Joyce,
and the motion picture theatre
owners OF America. having al
ways been opposed TO the exploit
tation on our screens of all such
Objectionable lines OF conduct, re-
solve that we protest against the
exhibition of all such pictures in
the interest OF a clean and whole
some entertainment. and that we
hereby declare TO the American
public that we Will not permit the
presentation OF such pictures In
our theatres.
The evening world., 1922-05-12

A rat as big as a good sized rabbit
at Fifth Avenue and 42d Street at s
o'clock this morning held up traffic,
increased congestion and made lot
Of men and women late at their
offices. The rat was discovered be-
tween the show window and the steel.
overnight, burglar proof screen OF the
jswelry shop of Ernest H. Ash, No.
8 East 42d Street.
How the rat got into the narrow
space and who first discovered him are
among the mysteries of the morning.
He squeaked at a girl with bobbed hair
who was among the first to get out Of
the subway. and the CIR! screamed and
didn't appear to know what to do
about her short skirts. Then the
crowd gathered as tho subway and
trains continued TO pour out their
The evening world., 1922-05-12
GASOLINE BOOSTED
&C. DESPITE BIG
RESERVE SUPPLY
Nearly 9O0,ooO,ooO Gals. in
Stock as Against o3o,ooo,ooo
in '21-Congress May Act.

WASHINGTON, May 12.-Recent
increases in gasoline prices are being
Investigated by the Department of
Justice. 1t was learned to-day.
Attorney General Daugherty has
promised TO 'give immediate atten-
ton" to the increases, amounting to
4 cents per gallon during the last
SIX weeks, In the face of the greatest
gasoline reserve in the history OF the
United States.
Several Congressman are expected
to aid in the investigation. They are
In receipt OF complaints from con-
stituents against the increases, and a
resolution may be introduced for a
Congressional Investigation.
Inquiry at the Bureau of Mines
shows that the reserve is mounting
close to the 800. 900, 900 gallon mark.
The reserve on Feb. 2S stood at
s07, 37s, 261. compared with $50. $40, ,351
on the same date last year. Figures
for March to be issued tomorrow will
show a reserve close to 900, 900, 900
gallons.
Practically every oil producer in
the country has raised prices, reports
here stated.
Large and small oil companies seem
to be acting in concert. A truce has
been declared, and the price cutting
wars have been suspended for the time
being.
Four increases of cent each were
made effective in all parts Of the
country during the last six weeks.
Prices of gasoline for export also have
gone up.
The Department of Justice Is de-
termined to discover whether gen
tlemen's agreement Is in operation
in the oil industry.
One official at the Department of
the Interior expressed the belief that
the oil producers are anticipating a
shortage this fall. The use of in
creaslng numbers OF motor vehicles
is responsible, he said.
The National Automobile Chamber
OF Commerce to-day estimated that
nearly 12.000,0 900 motor vehicles Of all
descriptions will be in use this sum
mer and fall. Last year 10,465, lis
automobiles, motor trucks and motor
cycles were in use, compared with
9,211, 1876 in 1920.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
Rat in Window Blocks Rush Crowd
AT 5th Avenue and AID Street
Throngs Hurrying to Work Pack Street tc
Watch Rodent Death-Police Called.

human freight into and up from the
Grand Central terminal.
A husky looking man in tweeds with
a pipe and walking stick made his
way through the crowd to the window.
my world" he exclaimed. and he
stabbed the rat with the stick. The
rat squeaked and women screamed.
and the man continued to jab. never
once missing his mark or hitting the
glass. Each Jab was accompanied by
feminine outbursts.
Crosstown cars were halted, taxi
cabs blocked the thoroughfares and
up and downtown buses OF Fifth Ave-
nue. lost all track OF the police sig
nails. Cops came rushing from all di-
rections. scattering the crowds and
finally making an open roadway I'd
the jewellers shop. The rat was dead.
Five minutes later new crowds were
illing up the rush hour all unknowins
of tho tragedy which had been enacted
In the heart Of the city.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
DEATH PENALTY IS SOUGHT .
FOR INDICTED LABOR HEADS
IN CHICAGO BUILDING WAR
States Attorney Says He Has
Sufficient Evidence to Hang
Several Other lndict-
ments Expected.
Grand Jury Witnesses, Includ-
ing Twenty Policemen, Are
Closely Guarded to Prevent
Violence.

CHICAGO. May 12.-Declarlng that
the State has SUFFICIENT evidence to.
hang big Tim" Murphy, Fred
Nader and Cornelius (Con) Shea
labor leaders. who with i've others
were indicted on charges OF having
been implicated in the deatn of two
policemen in the bombing of build
ings. States Attorney George f. Cor
man set out to-day to make way for
further indictments. Four hundred
labor leaders. including some women.
were arrested as the result OF the
killings and but few of them have
been released.
III the same law used in the Hay
market anarchist case is followed, l
am convinced we have enough ev-
dence to demand the death penalty"
said German. I'VE are prepared to
deliver a smashing blow against gang
terrorism" III
The eight under indictment are
charged specifically with the killing
Of Torrance Lyons. Acting Police
Lieutenant. The staying of Lyons
followed the murder OF Thomas Clark,
patrolman on guard at building
which previously had been bombed.
police say. by labor men because II
was being erected under the Landis
award, a wage decision handed down
by X. NJ. Landis. former Federal
Judge. which was intended to settle
the dispute between contractors and
labor.
Efforts of attorneys for the labor
leaders to obtain the release OF MUIR
ply. Shea, Nader and the others failed
when Judge Hickman Scanlon declared
that a state of war existed between
labor and police.
Witnesses before the Grand Jury
last night included twenty policemen
In addition to civilians. all guarded
carefully because police feared they
might come to harm II labor organi-
zations learned who had testified.
Documents seized at labor headquar-
ters during raids made following the
murders also were introduced.
Besides Murphy. Nader and Shea.
the indicted men are Isadore Braver-
man. head Of the Fixture Hangers
Union; Daniel Mccarthy. business
agent Of the Plumbers Union: Jerry
Horan. saloon keeper; Thomas Hogan,
former police officer. and Robert Nc
Cloud. clerk in the Building Trades
Council.
While these activities were under
way in the Criminal Court Building,
Chief Fitzmorris revealed the outlines
OF a gigantic conspiracy engineered
by "Big Tim" Murphy to make him
self head of the Chicago Building
Trades Council and become the domi-
nant figure in Chicago's labor world.
Murphy Is also said to have been
plotting the sinister removal from
the labor world OF Mike Boyle. busi-
ness agent OF the Electrical Workers
Union. No. 1S4, one of the stanchest
supporters OF the Lands award and
the one stumbling block to Murphy's
ascendancy to the building trades
throne.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
MRS. ST|LLMAN'S
CONFESSION RULED
OUT AT HEARING
Note to Daughter, Enclosed to
Father, Admitted by
Referee.
HANDWRITING TEST. =
Says She and Husband Had
Frequent QuarrelS Over
Money Matters.
Especial from Staff Correspondent Of The
Evening World.)

Especial from Staff Correspondence Of The
Evening World)
POUGHKEESPIE, May 1.-THE
so called "hysterical" or confession"
letter, alleged to have been written by
Mrs Anne Urquhart Stillman to her
husband, James A. Stillman, and to
have contained an admission of friend
ship with Fred Beauvais, the Indian
guide. was to-day ruled from the rec
ord of the Stillman divorce hearings
by Referee Gleason.
It had already been held by Justice
Morschauser that communications be-
tween husband and wife were privi-
legged. Referee Gleason, however, ad-
mitted another letter which was in
closed to her daughter Anne. in an
envelope sent to Mr.. Stlllman in
April. 1918. In this letter appeared
the sentence:
IT would have been better off II
had taken Fred Beauvaiss advice"
Toward the close of Mrs. Stillman's
cross examination to-day, Col. Rand
OF counsel to Mr.. Stilman, got her to
write a number of sentences from
communications she Is alleged to have
sent Beauvais. Among them were
FIRED X. Beauvais We leave Three
Rivers on the 4 o'clock train. II puz-
zles me-" and the word "Kathiothlo," :"
said to be an Indian word meaning
dear flower"
When Mrs. Stillman had been
asked before whether the original
communications were in her hand
writing, she replied, "They look like
my hand, but they're not my senti-
ments."
John T.. Mack, guardian of Baby
Guy Stillman, asked Mrs. Stillman a
number of questions In e-direct ex-
animation. He brought out that she
was suffering from nervous disorder,
the treatment for which was plenty of
exercise in the open air. In 1918 and
in 1919 she and Mr.. Stillman had dis
lussed u trip to Labrador to shoot
bear, Mrs. Stillman desiring to kill
one and obtain pelt for her break
fast room. But the trip was never
taken.
It was shown from Mrs. Sillman's
testimony that she and her husband
had frequent quarrels over money
matters. These concerned household
expenses and moneys spent on the
children, she said. Often. she added.
Continued on Fourth Page)
The evening world., 1922-05-12
ENGLAND PROPOSES TRUCE
IN EUROPE UNTIL RUSSIAN
SITUATION IS THRESHED OUT
Lloyd George Wants Front
iers to Remain Unchanged
Pending Negotiations.
FRANCE ANTAOONlS1lC
Paris Announces She Will Not
Join Commission With
Soviet Delegates.

GENOA, May IL ASSOCIATED Press).
Great Britain has proposed truce
in Eastern Europe on the basis OF the
de facto frontiers, pending the con-
clusions of a mixed commission OF
inquiry to be appointed to study Rus
sian finances, it was announced this
afternoon.
Acceptance of the truce must pre-
cede Great Britain's acceptance OF the
Soviet proposal for mixed commits
sion, however, 1t was7pointed out.
on the other hand, 1t was an
nounced that France never would
agree to a project for a mixed COM
mission.
A statement Of the British view on
the Russian reply, issued at / o'clock
this afternoon, terms the document
''yery stupid from the viewpoint OF
Russian interests. but says Great
Britain is mot prepared to adopt the
view that Europe is to be denied peace
or the Russian people further consid-
Grafton in their misery simply because
Of stupid argument.
"As far as Russia Is concerned v
continued the statement, "help VIII
undoubtedly be delayed and rendered
more difficult; but that is an affair OF
the Russian Government. We are
quite prepared to go into the sugges-
ton that the questions of credits,
debts and private property be referred
TO a mixed commission which VIII
study them in detail and eventually
report, although this means that
Russia will have to wait some time
longer for credits.
"Regarding the other aspect of the
Russian document, namely, the peace
of Europe, this affords a satisfactory
basis for further negotiations. To
break on this document would mean
that the states bordering on Russia
might be exposed to the dangers of
war and peace be fundamentally dis
turbed."
A spokesman for the Italian dele
cation said Italy was favorable to the
appointment of the commission put
considered it would be useless to name
such a commission unless the Rus
SLAMS were represented on 1t. Mean
while, according to the Italian view
point. the conference should continue
its discussion on clause ii. of the
Allied memorandum (regarding the
Russian claims for damages) and also
on the non aggression pact.
The British announced that they
agreed with the Italians in favor OF
the appointment OF commission. but
would not consent to such an arrange
ment unless a general non aggression
The evening world., 1922-05-12
DIAMOND DEALER
FRAMED BIC BOND
THEFT, IS CHARGE
PinkertonS Declare Mrs. Var
deman Has Confessed Plot
Was Hatched on Stairway!
FHIRSCH BAIL is $4,000.
Broadway Jeweler Denies
Connection With Chase
Bank Robbery.

SAVANNAH, May 1.-THE $780,
900 robbery of the Chase National
Bank of New York was framed by
a New York diamond dealer, the
woman arrested here with John
Vardeman in connection with the
theft charges in a confession. Fink
erton detectives made this statement
to-day.
Details of the plot were worked out
in a conference between the alleged
thieves and the diamond merchant on
the stairway leading to the latter s
office, she is alleged to have said.
Henry Hirsch, u diamond dealer OF
No. 1910 Broadway. was arraigned in
Centre Street Police Court before
Magistrate Corrigan to-day, charged
by Detective Fay with acting in con-
cert with Arthur Chase, John w.
Vardeman and Vardeman's wife,
known on the stage as Fern Hollis, in
the theft of $5O0;00O worth of bonds
from the Chase National Bank on
April IT. David G. Myers, counsel for
t1lrsCn, asked tnaI tHe pdli ilAeu at
$SO, 900 in the Night Court last night
be reduced.
"Mr. Hirsch," he said, "is a repu-
table business man. He was not i'm
plicated in the robbery although he
did agree to sell Liberty bonds for a
woman he had known for a dozen
years as a singer and actress. He had
bought and sold jewelry for her. She
did not tell him the bonds were to be
stolen or. had been stolen, but she did
tell him that she had been robbed of
them by hold-up men. He never saw
nor handled the bonds"
Magistrate Corrigan refused to re-
duce bail. A bond for $4,000 fur
nished by a surety company was re-
newed and Hirsch was released. He
will be arraigned for examination
next Friday.