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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-15
Mysterious Blonde Was
Rea! Key to Mystery

Without Alice Thornton, the story
Of the woman wronged and duel to
the death is a story Of ellipses and
inexplicable gaps. Without the
Identification Of 1.-The mysterious
blonde,' who was seen to enter the
Cline home at Edgewater, N. j., just
before the killing, as Alice Thorn
ton, detectives investigating the case
we're baff1ed.
Alice Thornton, light-hearted,
lithesomc, trips through the more or
less completed story, as some Pippa
who passes, but who bears pain
rather than peace.
She was filing clerk for private
banker in Wall Street, and since the
death Of her father has lived with
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert II. Harris, of New York. Her
blonde curls and her trim figure gave
her the appearance of happy child,
her eyes expressing endless surprise
that life is so entertaining.
Her days passed by comfortably
and we'll, much the same as the days
Of any other nineteen-year-old giu's
do, until one fateful day she met
Jack Bergen.
II met him two years ago." she
said. "A girl friend introduced us,
and liked him."
The air Of romance hung about
Jack Bergen. Immediately dressed,
trimmed and pruned to the point of
femininity, he had the heart Of
rugged two-fisted man. He played in
the movies! He doubled for Eugene
O'Brien and other heroes Of the
silver screen when especially daring
feats were to be done! Apparently,
he was single and graced with
strange attraction for women.
Alice's grandfather protested
against their friendship. He said
Bergen was too dressed up, too care
full with his fingernails, too anxious
about the cut of his hair. But his
objections seemed unwarranted to
his granddaughter.
She continued to see Bergen, and
her friendship for him ripened into
love.
81 didn't know that he was mar
ried and that he had deserted his
wife and baby" said Miss Thornton.
1T was only later that l found that
out. When l asked Jack if he had
been married he admitted it, but he
Insisted that the marriage had been
annuled, and l believed him."
1t was day in June of this year
that Miss Thornton met the Clines.
Bergen introduced her to the cozy
household. George Cline was a To-
cation man for the Fox Film Com
pany, and Bergen appeared to be one
OF his most intimate friends. She
met met them at the Cline home in
Edgewater, and, dramatically enough,
on this first day she began to suspect
That her sweetheart was paying
too much attention to Mrs. Bergen"
Suspected Couple After
First Trip to Cline Home
Mrs. Bergen is small woman
With the figure Of boy. Her deep
sst dark eyes burn sadly out of
pes and lined face. She is twenty
s1 years old and the mother Of two
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-15

One man is dead, killed by the
friend who trusted him. One man is
behind prison bars waiting for the
scales Of Justice to swing. One
woman, stunned by the torture Of
many regrets and griefs, sits at
home, helpless and alone, save for
her mocking memories.
And Alice Thornton, who will
come on trial on October 8 along
with George Cline and Charles Soul
lion fos the murder of Bergen, des-
perately hopes that no jury will mis-
intespret the part she played in the
drama which ended in death.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-15

depressed her, but he noticed that she
herself continued to act in an unusual
manner the remainder of the day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-15
Suspected Couple After
First Trip to Cline Home

Mrs. Bergen is small woman
With the figure of boy. Her deep
set dark eyes burn sadly out of a
psle and lined face. She is twenty
sU years old and the mother Of two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-11

what he considered to be a definite hint to keep away from her, and for the first few days spent most of his time In his cabin. working on his re- ports.
 q believe the mans q great au- thor. and will astonish us all yet" Dolly informed her friend, with a glggle. q find him rather hard to talk to. but then of course I'm friv- olous!"
 She, too, was making hay In sun shine, but In her own especial way. The purser, the chief engineer and the second officer were all partic- ularly nice to her, and meal times were most amusing. with a flow of wit and anecdote.
 Then on deck she had annexed a couple of the sort of men she liked moneyed men who bought her huge boxes of bonbons from the barber's shop, and gave her gifts of grapes and peaches from the cold storage. said fruit having been donated to themselves on their departure by their adoring wives.
 There was also a boy as shy as Csmille's dark haired swain who had obviously become victim of hei
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The Volunteer Relief Association

There isn't a nicer or finer group of young women in Birmingham than the girls and young matrons who compose the Volunteer Reuef asso- ciation. that excellent organization which is so generous and so unfsil- ing Tn its work in every walk of life.
 Mrs. Charles B woodruff, the new ly elected president of the Volunteer Relief association, is Ideal for the position, for she has so much charm and grace of manner, and such sweetness of character and gentle nes of nature that 1t would be diff cult for her co-workers not to CO., operate with her in every desire or wish she might entertain, and that sie has their support and conf dence Is shown by the manner in which they work together for the good Of the cause, always in har- nIony and always in good faith
 Just at present the Volunteer Re- lief association has quite a big job on It's hands because it Is to present play within the near future with the optimistic title of Let's Go,'t and everybody Is head over heels in pursuit Of it's success, the object be- ing the raising of funds for the ex- ehequer this year, when little suffer- ing children, worried and harrassed older people and all kinds and con ditionB of humanity needs their help.
 The Volunteer Relief association has the distinction of never turn ing away anybody whom we can helX," Mrs Wodoruff said In her pretty, attractive way, as she chat ted with me yesterday about the work. We always manage to find a few pennies Cor dollars. maybe) to help" Mrs Woodruff said in her that, of course, worthy causes. We always want to stand ready and able to administer to those who need our help, and in arranging our budget for the coming year we have decided upon the plan of presenting a play as the best mans of raising funds. Between the acts of the play we are to put on contest for the most pop ular girl in the association, the debutantes and younger girls being eligible to the contest.
 "The plan of our endeavors for the coming year Is to give more of the personal touch to our work than ever before. By that I mean personal service. To do this we will arrange committees to visit and to come ln close contact with the objects of mercy with whom we deal.
 Last year 1t was our pleasure to continue the travellers aid which the Y. W. c. A maintains by giving the sum of s1.0o0 to the cause This year we want to extend our Y. W. C. A. work to helping with the secretaries and other angles of the great work. Of course, the Volunteer Relief as- sociation each year has its appointed place In the work for the Children's hospital during the doll bazaar. and thls year we turned over s1.2O0 to the bazar for the sale of doll clothes.
 Each Christmas the Volunteer Relief association gives a Christmas tree for tho children at the Hillman hospital, and I think that is one of the finest pieces of work we do. Last Christmas we inaugurated an
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her RFed Cross work. She was without means of transportation to do her work, which carried her all over this district, and so we ar ranged it for her. and there was always a car at her disposal when ever she needed 1t during the Red Cross work. At the Northside Com munity house we installed new kitchen equipment and remodeled the nursery
 One of the things that we shall do this year will be dressing the dolls for the Mercy Home children. One of the sweet things that is done at the Mercy Home when a new member of tho household enters is to give each little girl doll so that she may feel at home and not lonely. The Volunteer Relief association will dress these dolls this yearA We will also assist in the distribution of the child labor literature; in fact, wher- ever we are needed and wherever our services are required we want to be right there to do all we can"
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other feature. writing letters to the children at the East Lake orphan age, which came about through many letters we received from them. We sent our beloved Brother Bryan $50 last year to be used for needy fami
 lies who came under his knowledge, and of course Daddy Armstrong, our policeman, who tells us of the dis tsess and misery prevailing among the poor children he knws. is al- ways looked after. Daddy Armstrong brought to our notice many chil- dren last year who hadn't sufficient clothng-shoes and bonnets--to go tc school, and so we provided these things cheerfully and joyously.
 "Out at the juvenile court, through a case we went there to investigate. we discovered that fence was need ed To build this fence would mean more freedom and room for the lit tie fellows out there, and so we built the fence that they wanted. We also had the pleasure of forming a motor col ps for Miss Virginia Handley for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-11
GET READY
 FOR "FLU''
Keep Your Liver Active, Your System Purified and Free From Colds by Taking Calotabs, the Nausea less Calomel Tab
 lets, That Are De-
 lightful, Safe
 and Sure

Physicians and druggists are advis- ing their friends to keep their sys- tems purified and their organs in per feet working order as protection against the return of influenza. They know that a ciogged up system and lazy liver favor colds, influenza and serious complications.
 To cut short cold overnight and to prevent serious complications, take one Calotab at bedtime with swal- low of water--that's all. No salts, no nausea, no griping, no sickening after effects. Next morning your cold has vanished, your liver is. active, your system is purified and refreshed and you are feeling fine with hearty ap- petite for breakfast. Eat what you plcase-no danger.
 Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, price thirty-five cents. Every druggist is authorized to refund your money if you are not perfectly delighted with Calotabs.- Adv
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wlles, and whom she used ruthless ly as her errand boy and general factotum.
 At nights she played bridge with the delightful trio. Oh, these were happy days!
 She wished that Reggie, and all such defaulters. could not see her in her glory, queening it on her long deck chair with devoted audience hanging on her every wordl
 On the sixth day out 1t became extremely warm, and the captain or dered a huge canvas tank to be erected in an out-of-the-way cor ner of the promenade deck for the benefit of the first-class passengers
 Camille had bought a fascinating bathing. dress in Deauvilie, of black and white striped taffetas. with q short flare skirt, and long black silk stockings and black rush bathing shoes tied on with criss-cross rib bons.
 My dear, you surely aren't going into the tank with all the nen?' demonstrated Dolly, cycling the love ly costume enviously. What slen- der, 1.-the young figure Camille pos sessedl She loked exactly like a Kitchner painting!
 It was half past six in the evening, and still extremely warm. The elec- tric fan in Camille's cabin blew her hair about so that she fastened the scarlet bathing handkerchief about her head with difficulty
 'The men won't take any notice of me-" (Dolly knew better, how over, and was correspondingly an noyedi) Besides, Lady Kilmorny's taking a before-dinner dip tonight, so I'm In good company" (This was the hlgh-born lady whom Dolly had so unfortunately antagonized.) "she is a perfect darling, and quite stick1er for etiquette, and she says that mixed bathing In the tropics IS quite the thing! So don't worry about me. Dolly"
 Camille caught up her maxim tcsh and wrapped 1t about herself.
 q kep this on until I'm half-way into the tank, old dear, and you can takA it then and kep 1t till I pop out again" She laughed breezily. Though I don't quite fancy you i'll the role of the fussy little hen who clucks worriedly on the bank be- cause her duckling has taken to the water! So long! Au revoir"
 She ran lightly along the corri- dors and up the innumerable stair- cases to the deck
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HEADLAND WOMAN
 DIES IN EUFAULA

Eutaula, February Especially Mrs. Eva Bush Roberts. aged 45. wife of Oscar Roberts of Headland, died here Thursday night at the home of her sister, Mrs John D.. Martin, after several months illness at an infirmary In Dothan. She was brought to Eufaula two weeks ago Her husband and father, A. B. Bush of Cottonhill. Ala, are leading men in southeast Alabama, and she was woman of culture and great useful ness.
 The funeral will take place Friday afternoon at County Line church, IS miles below Eufaula and the burial will be in the Crawford Bush family cemetery there. Besides her hus- band and father she leaves three sis tiers, Mrs. W. w Stewart, Clayton, Ala; Mrs. Robert Roberts. Cottonhill: Mrs. J. D. Martin. Eufaula, and two brothers, Dr. David Bush Bellwood, Ala, and Conner Bush, Cottonhill, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-11
ANNISTON TO HAVE
 TWO GAMES TONIGHT

Anniston, February 1O-(SpeciaI.) The National guard armory court will be the scene of a double header Saturday night when the fast Chat chic cagesters meet the Anniston In dependents. and the Oxford High school co-eds tangie with the Alex andria quintet.
 The Ohatchie team is reported to be an all star aggregation that is expected to give the Annistonians. one of the best quintets in this sec ton, a stiff fight. Basketball dope sters predict that the clash will be one of the fastest and keenest fought of the season.
 The young ladies tracas is also expected to be hotly contested, and 1t is expected that the largest gallery of the season will watch the entire performance of the week end double bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-11
THE BETTER MAN
 Rv MAY CHRISTIE
HAPPY DAYS
ppyrirht 1s21. by the McClure Newspaper SyndieaAs

ten her letter, which she never re- eeived. telling her why he had not seen her. Dolly pumps Elliot and tries to stir up trouble between him and Camille.
 It was true that the men liked Camille. Some had even stronger feelings toward her than the word liking covers. The dark haired boy who sat at her right at the table became a sort of bashful shadow and was invariably to be found in her vicinity, usually wor- shipping and watching the outskirts of the crowd.
 And the sad-eyed ships doctor found many moments from his dutieB when 1t was necessary to unburden himself to Miss Camille.
 As for Elliot Glyn, he had taken
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-11
COLONEL COLLIER
 DIES IN OKLAHOMA
Was Chief Justice of Supreme Court at the Time
 of His Death

Selma. February 1o.-(special)- A telegram was received in Selma this morning announcing the death last night of Col William Allen Col ller. of Eufala. Okla. who died in his home in the latter city Colonel Collier was former citizen of this etate, having lived in Birmingham until his removal to Oklahoma 14 years ago
 While in Birmingham he served as counsel for the Louisville and Nash vile railroad. At the time of his death he was chief justice of the supreme court of the state of Okla homa He was the founder of the Collier drug store in Birmingham which he operated for many years.
 Colonel Collier Is survived by his wife and two daughters. Mrs. lnez C. Gullahorn and Mrs. Alice McKin- non of Birmingham.
 Funeral services were held today ht the family residence in Eufala. CoIoneI Collier was 79 years of age. Mrs. Townsend Kincey of Selma is slis granddaughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-11
The story thus far:

The story thus far:
 Camille westbrook. with whom Ei- Hot Glyn. The Man from South Af- rlca." is in love. Is on shipboard with the gay little butterfly, Dolly Nor timer. They are 1ourneying to Jo- hannesburg, near which town Dolly's husband lives. Camille and Elliot are in love with each other, but FL Hot Is afraid to engage himself to Camille because of his poverty. She has seen his name on the passenger list She has in her possession a ring belonging to Reggie Van lyle, "man-about town" to whom she has loaned money with the ring as se- surity. She Is elected sport secre- tary on shipboard. Then she meets Elliot. and he tells her he had writ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-11
Steinmetz Clinches Title
By Associated Press

Lake Placid, N Y, February 1o.- William Steinmetz of Chicago vir- tually clinched the title of amateur skating ace of America late today by winning the 440-yard dash and fin- 3shing second in the three quarter mile race. the second day events on the card of the Diamond trophy championship He now has total of i1o points. Charles Jewtraw Of lake Placid comes next with 65 points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-11

Headnche~ from Slight Colds Laxative PROMO QUININE Tablets relieve the Headache by curing the Cold. A tonic laxative and germ de- stroyer. The genuine bears the sig nature of E. W. Grove. (Be sure you get RROMOO 30c.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-11
AUBURN CAMPAICN

Huntsville. February 0.-(SpeciaL) The Madison county drive for the benefit of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute will be conducted by AI- burn alumni who have elected the following to head the working com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-11

mittees: Kelly Burwell. chairman for , the county; Mrs. Frank Webster, Chairman of the woman's bureau: Schuyler Richardson. chairman of the speakers bureau; Roy oNeal. chair
 man of publicity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-11
Don't Neglect a Cold

Mothers. don't let. colds get under way; at the first cough or sniffle rub Musterole on the throat and chest.
 Musterole is pure, white oint- ment. made with oil of mustard. It draws out congestion, relieves sore ness, does all the work of the good old-fashioned mustard plaster in a gentler way, without the blister.
 Keep a jar handy for all emcrgen- cies, it may prevent pneumonia in your home S5 and 65c in jars and tubes; hospital size, $3.
 BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER
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Morday-...Mr. starks."
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NO ENTANGLEMENT
 IN FACTS, SENATE ii TOLD IN MESSAGE

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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-04
CURED HIS
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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-04
EAST WOODSTOCK

John Sanger and John Killian spent
Saturday in Worcester.
Mrs. Ezra May and daughter, Sylvia,
and Miss Ethel Up1aim have been conf1n-
ed to the house with grip colds.
Bert johnson and Paul Svenson were
delegates to a convention at New Britain
from the Swedish church.
School opened Monday after vaca-
ton of ten days.
At the regular meeting Of the Com
munity club March 9Th, an address will
be given by Mrs. Florence L. C. Kitch-
ell, citizenship director of the League OF
Women Voters. Her subject will be
Town and Community Government.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Potter and MS
Arthur Potter attended the Pomona
meeting IN Putnam, Saturday last.
Local young ladies held a Washing
ton social last Friday evening, the at
tendance being so. A supper Of corr
chowder, salads, rolls. pickles, cake and
coffee were served, after which a mis-
cellaneous programme was given con
sisHng af sfnging, recitations, and q
reading. Home made candy and APRONS
were on sale. The orchestra played fol
marching.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-04
LISBON

The Ladies Aid society held an all-day
meeting at the parsonage Tuesday TO
complete the Red Cross garments begun
at the meeting at Miss Adams last week.
Those not finished were taken home by
the members. delicious lunch was
served at noon with the following menu
Hot beef loaf. American chop suey, pc-
tato salad. picked beeta. white bread,
peach preserve marble cake, lemon jelly
cake. fudge coffee.
Sunday, Feb. 10. Grace church, Hol-
yoke, celebrated in an Informal way the
Goth anniversary Of the pastorate Of Rev
Edwin Bradford Robinson, who for three
years previous to going to Holyolze had
been pastor Of Newent church. having
been ordained pastor here during his
senior year at Yale Divinity school.
A Holyoke paper telling of the work
Of Rev. and Mrs. Robinson states that
at every communion service since theil
coming there have been additions to the
membership Of the church, and the pros.
poets OF Grace church were never bright.
er than they are today. Twenty years
ago there was only one deacon. now there
are seven. The Mems Bible class. o.
which Mr.. Robinson Is teacher, numbers