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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-28
Build Scaffold Platform,
Rescue Insane Woman
From Perilous Perch
tRv Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, March %. = Con-
struction of substantial scaffold plat
form under the tree in which she
took refuge Sunday afternoon vas
necessary before the authorities of st.
Elizabeth hospital for the insane were
able to rescue a woman patient from
her perch on the topmost branch.
The tree was so situated that it
overlooked deep ravine in the hospi-
tai grounds and for 10 hours the wo
man kept the guards at bay by threats
to throw herself on the rocks below if
any attempt was made to bring her
down by force.
Mattresses and life net were plac
ed at the foot of the tree to prevent
injury if she fell, and then carpenters
built scaffold upon which ladder
was erected. A hospital attendant
ascended and despite her struggle
brought the woman down
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-28
LIBRARIANS TO MEET
AT CAMBRIDGE CITY

Librarians of the eastern Indiana
district will meet in Cambridge City,
Friday, April Z. The morning ses-
sion will be held at the public library
beginning at 10:45 o'clock.
The afternoon session will be held
at the NJ. E. church at 2:15 o'clock
An interesting program has been ar.
ranged and a number of speakers well
known in the library work of the
state, have been secured to discuss
subjects which are of interest to both
librarians and the general public. A
good attendance is urged
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-28
HARDING APPROVES
PRISON SCHOOLS IN
FORMER ARMY CAMPS
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-Presi-
dent Harding has approved the plan
for converting certain army cantor
ments into vocational reformatoiy
training schools for first offense pris.
oners between the ages of Is and 80,
now in federal prison, Attorney Cen
eral Daugherty said today after cor-
ference at the White House. Heber w.
Votau, superintendent of prisons, par
ticipated in the conference. The at
torney general said that Camp Grant
probably would be utilized for this
purpose, and estimated that between
400 and 500 men now in prison would
be eligible for admittance to the re
tormatory schools
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-28
House Adjourns to Honor
Auto Accident Victim
CBv Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, March 2S. = I'm
mediately after convening the house
adjourned today out of respect to Rep.
Lucian w. Parrish, of the 18th Texas
district, who died at Wichita Falls
last night as result of injuries re-
ceived in an automobile accident. AS
the funeral will be held tomorrow the
usual custom of sending congress
sional delegation was abandoned
Final vote on the army appropria-
tion bill because of the adjournment
went over until tomorrow
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-28
Siomese Twins Are Ill;
If One Dies, Other Must Die
(Bv Associated Press)

CHICAGO, March 2S.-Josepha and
Rosa Balzek, two CZecho-Slovaklan
twins, joined together at birth and
known as the "Siamese twins" were
in a serious condition from yellow
jaundice at hospital here today but
physicians said an operation to sepa-
rate them was out of the question. 1t
would mean the death of both.
If Josepha dies her sister must die
also, physicians say in spite of medi-
cal skill Josepha was taken ill first.
Today she was unconscious.
The disease has also spread to Rosa
and she lies in semi-conscious state.
Two physicians are attending them.
Rosa is a widow. She has II year
old SON. The sisters were brought to
this country for theatrical engage
ments.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-28
Weather Forecast
FOR RICHMOND AND VlcINr'

FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY
Rain tonight, probably turning to
snow Wednesday or Wednesday night;
much colder.
The eastward movement of the
Rocky mountain storm indicates rain
again tonight, followed by decidedly
colder weather which. will arrive dur
ing the next Sc hours Rain will be
N the form of showers and thunder
storms and probably turning into snow
after the storm center passes.
Temperatures for Yesterday.
Maximum ..'........... C'i
Today.
NOON G2
Weather Conditions-The rainstorm
of the past 48 hours is moving east
ward into the Atlantic ocean and an
other storm is following close behind
An extreme cold wave for the season
covers southern Canada and northern
plain states. 1t was 2S degrees below
zero at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
and the zero line extends southwark
into Montana and North Dakota The
center of the cold wave will move east
and southeast, but it's influence will
be felt as far south as the Ohio valley
states and southwest.
For Indiana, by the United States
Weather Eureau-Rain this afternoon
probably turning to snow tonight; coll
wave in north and central portions
Wednesday; generally fair and colder
and fresh to strong northwest winds
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-28
GOVERNMENT INTERVIEWS
IN PANAMA BANK AFFAIRS

PANAMA, March 2S.-The govern
ment has intervened in the affairs Of
the Panama bank. 1t has ordered, as
a measure of protection to local de-
positors, that no funds be sent out of
the country.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-28
W|RTH SAYS ALLIED
DEMAND IMPOSSIBLE

BERLIN, March 2S Chancellor
Wirth told the Reichstag today that
the demand of the allied reparations
commission for an additional tax levy
of 60,000,000,000 marks transmitted to
the German government last week
was absolutely impossible.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-28
BARTHOU TO HEAD
FRENCH DELEGATION

PARIS, March 2S.-Louis Barthou,
vice premier and minister of justice.
was designated today by the cabinet
to head the French delegation to
Genoa The delegation will be COM
posed of M. Colrat. under-secretary to
the premier. and three others who will
be named by the cabinet tomorrow
evening.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-28
FIRES BREAK OUT
IN BELFAST TODAY
(Rv Associated Pressl

BELFAST, March 2S.-Several fires
broke out in different parts of the
city early this morning. A bomb was
thrown into a crowd watching the
burning of a jam factory in Unity
street, and three were wounded.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-17
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK
BULLETIN

Market compared with last Mon
day Cattle 25c higher. Hogs 40c
higher. Lambs 60c higher. Sheep
steady. Prospects steady market
balance of week.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-17
ALL BUSINESS HOUSES ADOPT
STANDARD OPERATING HOURS

Hereafter, instead of u committees
having to go around town and get
business houses to sign their names
agreeing to close up at specified
hours on specified days, the retail
ers of the city have undertaken to
standardize on the matter, and to
name the days of the year when busi-
ness shall close, name the hours of
these days when they shall remain
closed, and fix and agree upon the
closing hours of all businesses to gov
ern the whole year.
signatures to the plan and little op-
position is encountered.
The agreement provides the follow
ing closing schedule:
On July 4, November IL (Armis-
tice Day., Thanksgiving and Christ
mas, all Hardware, Grocery, Dry
Goods, Furniture and Drug Stores and
Lumber Yards will stay closed all
day; Drug stores and Confectioner-
les will close at noon on July 4th
and open at 600 P. NJ, and will close
at 10:30 A. M. and open at 500 P.
NJ. on November 18th, Thanksgiving
and Christmas.
Furniture, Hardware, Dry Goods
and Clothing stores will close at 500
p. M. winter and summer. Grocery
stores will close at $50 P. NJ. winter
and summer, Drug and Confectionery
stores will close at 1000 p. M. in
the winter and 11:00 p. m. in the
summer.
On Saturday nights Hardware and
Furniture stores will close at 900
P. NJ, Grocery, Dry Goods and Cloth
ing stores at $3.50 p. NJ, Drug and
Confectionery stores at HOO p VI.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-17

On the petition of his attorney,
the case against J. f. Keltner, charg-
ing him with shooting at J. Q.
Adams in a local cafe nearly three
years ago, was dismissed by Justice
of the Peace w. S. Archibald this
week. The county attorneys office
Immediately appealed the case to
the district court. This case came
up for trial more than two years
after the crime is said to hav, been
committed
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-17
NeU Time Card GiUes
Durdnt The FeUest
Trains In Years

sunday morning a new time card
went into effect on the Katy linz.
through Durant. There are Sigh,
changes in the trains left u. bu; a
great change otherwise, az the new
card gives Durant the fewcst number
of passenger trains over this Ir,
which anyone can remember How.
ever, in justice TO the dear rair.na
l"t II be aid that of the trains taken
Oft, jkc company did take off 81.
least dc.irahlc pair Of them
Tn" now time card. a, furnl .,i
thi- papcr TO day by j u. Stcrh.l
Oh. ticket agent. J. a. follows:
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-17
Bankers Association
To Hold Meeting In
DMr0nt FebrU0rV %

Group Five, Oklahoma Bankers As.
sociation will hold It's annual grour
convention here on Thursday, Feb
ruary %, at which time it is expect
ed that there will be at least two
hundred bankers present, as well as
quite number from other states
and cities
The program for the day is fur
nishcd this paper by the local bank
ers' Committee on program. as fol
lows:
Morning Session
$3.50 Il. m.--ReEistration at Cham
Der Of Commerce.
$3.50 n m.--Bu-iness session, Lib
erty Theatre
Invocation--Rev J. G. Miller
Address Of Welcome W T. Utter
back, Durant, Okla.
Response Judge G. +, Dudley,
Antlers, Okla
Music-Girls' Glee Club, S. F.. S.
Teacher College, under direction of
Miss julia Stout.
Address-Dr. Chas. Evans.
Reading-"Cuttings From Hiawa-
tha," Mrs. A. T. Dickerson, in cos
tune.
Address-"The Cotton Situation" :"
Carl Williams.
Appointment of Committees.
Adjournment.
Noon Luncheon-First Presbyter-
ian Church,
} Afternoon Session
At Liberty Theatre, 2:0o P. NJ.
Music-Boys' Glee Club, s. E. s.
Teachers College. under direction
Miss Julia Stout.
Address-B. A. Mckinney, Cover
nor Federal Reserve Bank, Dallas,
Texas.
Entertainment Features. E. s.
Teachers' College Juvenile Band.
Address-"War Finance" P. A.
Janeway.
Address-"Reducing Tax Levys,"
Il. w. Branch.
Open cussion-Informal, on cur
rent topics.
Report of committees and election
Of officers. Adjournment.
Evening
Dance-Elk's Club.
Feature Picture-All Theatres.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-17
COLLECTOR WILL BE HERE
TO HELP FIGURE TAX

l am directed by the Collector Of
Internal Revenue for the district of
Oklahoma, to be in Durant. Oklaho-
ma, on February 22nd and 23rd,
1922, at the County Court House, to
assist tax payers in making their in
come tax returns. This service is
free and any one desiring assistance
may secure my aid by calling on me
on the above dates.
c. +. CULP,
Deputy Collector of Internal Reve-
nue..
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-17
LEGION TO RULE CITY
FOR ONE DAY

According to officers of the Green
Bryant Post No. 80 of the American
Legion, something is going to happen
to all service men who have not
Joined the legion and paid their dues
on or before Washingtons birthday
February %, on which date the big
membership drive ends.
On that day a Legion judge will
be holding court at the city hall;
Legion cops will patrol the streets;
q Legion hoodlum wagon will be
available as will be legion Jail. On
that day the Legion cops expect to
catch all ex-service men not mem
bers, load them into the hoodlum
wagon, carry them before the Judge
and have a trial. All recalctrants
will be thrown in the lookup until
prepared to pay one years dues. to-
wit, $3.50.
The campaign for members started
Thursday. Already there are l22
members in good standing. Legion
officers and members believe and as
sert that all ex-service men should
belong and that excuses don't go.
On the night of the last day of the
campaign, February %, the Legion
will hold big free banquet and
smoker to which all former service
men are invited, free.
Any man who was regularly in
Quoted into the service in any branch,
prior to the signing of the armis-
tice is eligible to membership.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-17
Feeding lambs
GREGORY TO REMAIN

A few weeks ago, Rev. n .
Gregory, pastor Of the First p,..s
terian Church, announced from /,
pulpit that he had received from /
other church, a call to be its n,l3
and that he was considering tbs y,
lie announces this week that bs i
declined the newest offer and will !.
main in Durant.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-17

The f. Z. Baum Construction n.
a Durant concern, commenced wi
this week on paving job at SrJ
nhrr Ol lahoma, which the comma
/ Gently BIZ in at figures sometb;,a
over $93,00J00. The pairing is "a \
asphalt concrete.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-17

Bout the only different tween u
naggin woman an buzZsaw sez Al
Snyder. is that Il fellow en- stop a
buzz saw
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-17
North Hound
south Bound

The trains taken off are No. 9.
formerly running south at l: "a a. II.
and No 10, running north at 7:45 a.
m. These train are discontinued
south Of McAlester.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-05
DIRECTORS OF BANK
HURT IN EXPLOSION
Attempt to Open Vault After
an Apparent Attempt to
Rob the Bank.
(Ry The Associated Press)

( BLOWING ROCK, N. c., April A.
Or. H. B. Perry and NJ. L. Garrenger,
directors of the Bank of Vale Crusis,
a mountain village IL miles from here,
were seriously injured today by an
explosion which occurred when they
attempted to open the vault, follow
ing an apparent attempt to rob the
bank last night.
When the bank was opened this
morning, the vault was found partial
ly demolished. DR.. Perry and Mr..
Garranger, with officials Of the bank,
were attempting to open the vault
when an explosion occurred, believed
to have been the result of explosives
being placed for a second attempt by
robbers to blow open the vault, the
theory being that they were fright
ened away before they set off the
charge.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-05
VIOLATED LAW
ASK POLICE TO
COME GET HIM
tRy The Associated Press)

NEW YORK, April 4-when Joseph
johnson saw the corner Of Lexington
avenue and Ninety-seventh street GO
ing around like a merry-go-round, his
better judgment told him that he
ought to be punished for the way his
worse Judgment had been behaving in
the matter of obeying the prohibition
laws. So he looked up and down the
whirling streets for a policeman. There
was none in sight. He shuffled over
to a police signal box, took down the
receiver and when headquarters an
swered, said:
Sergeant, this is me. Please send
a cop to remove myself. Myself is an
noying me simply awful"
The lights flashed on neighboring
signal boxes. Quickly SIX policemen
came running.
Officers do your duty" commanded
Mr.. johnson. They did. They learned
that johnson, a dealer in malt and
hops, had patronized himself.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-05
PLANNING FOR ROAD
BETWEEN THIS CITY
AND MUSCLE SHOALS
Proposes to Build Branch Lines
to Main ROad-One to the
Naval Air Station.
TO BE CAPITALIZED AT
TWO AND HALF MILLION
Officers and Directors Are
Prominent New York State
Business Men.
(Hy The Associated Press)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, April A
charter has been granted for operation
in this state of supposed railroad be-
tween Muscle Shoals, Ala, and Pensa-'
cola, Fla. The enterprise Incorporated
under the name of the Muscle Shoals,
Birmingham and Pensacola Railway
Company. is capitalized at $2,500,0 900
and under the articles of its incorpora-
ton in this state its maximum indebt-
'edness must not exceed $25,000, 900.
The application for a charter sets
forth that the company plans to lay in
addition to the main line between the
two terminals, branches between Pen
sacola and the Naval Air Reservation
and between Gateswood Junction and
Gateswood, in Colby county, Alabama
John T. Steel, Of Buffalo, N. Y, is
given as president and treasurer Of the
road; Roscoe c. Vaudeville, Elmira,
N. Y, vice-president, and Roscoe S.
Greenaway, treasurer. The board Of
directors includes Messrs Steele and
Vaudeville, and Harold B. Thorne, of
New York.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-05
SAYS LUMBER NOW
PRODUCED CHEAPER
Denounces Idea that the Lum-
Der Supply Is Decreasing
Save Money by Water.
tRv rhe AssoeIatsd Prs..l

CHICAGO, April 4.-Lumber is be-
ing produced cheaper than ever be-
fore, Wilson Compton today told dele
gates attending the meeting of the
National Lumber Manufacturers as
sociation, OF which he is secretary
manager.
Reports that the lumber supply was
decreasing, he denounced as falsity
designed by profiteers to keep build
ing prices up. He explained however,
one reason for the high price of lum-
ber.
Railway rates are too high" he
said, land it costs more to send lum-
ber from the west coast to Chicago
than it costs to produce it, including
cutting, logging and rolling. We can
send it cheaper through the Panama
Canal to New York and back, haul it
to Detroit than we can send it across
the continent. We save $13.75 a
thousand feet by water. 1.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-05
NOTED DIVINE
. PAYS DEAR FOR
A KINDLY ACT
fax rhe Assoelated Press

NEW YORK, April 4.-The kindness
Of heart, Rev. DR.. Charles H. Pank-
hurst, noted Presbyterian divine, cost
him $24,077.71 today, Supreme Court
Justice Geigegich awarded a verdict
in that sum against him in a suit on
a $40, 900 prommisory note brought by
Albert K Kinter.
DR.. Pankhurst, who is i'll of pneu-
monia, said in an affidavit that he
endorsed the note in September 1918
purely as an act of accommodation to
the American Education Alliance and
the German publication society which
were named as defendants. The
complaints against the two organiza-
tions were dropped during the trial
and DR.. Pankhurst was left as the sole
defendant.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-05
PORTO RICAN CASE
GETS MORE AIRING
Resident Commissioner D e.
clares ''Reily Is Morally and
Mentally Unfit to Govern"
tsy The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Controver-
sizes involved in the administration OF
Porto Rican governmental affairs by
Gov. E. Mont Reilly were today given
another airing in congress.
Felix Cordova Tavlia, resident com
missioner Of Porto Rico, reiterated in
the house his demand for congress
sional investigation Of the official acts
of Governor Reilly and declared "Reily is
morally and mentally unfit to govern
the island"
The other side of the controversy was
laid before the senate in a communica-
tion signed by Carlos F'eltion and Saliva
dor Silvesteres, socialist members of the
juntcs, Porto Rico municipal assembly,
extolling the governor ''as just and
honorable administrator and assailing
his opponents. The communication was
addressed to the president of the senate
and laid before that body in the regular
procedure.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-05
DRIFTING MINE IS
|. MENACE TO LINERS
IN THE ATLANTIC
Sighted Directly in Pathway Of
Steamships Plying Between
Boston and Europe.
VAST MINE AREAS OF THE
WAR ARE STILL UNSWEPT
Navy Officers Believe It Will
Be Years Before Danger to
Shipping Is Past.
10y The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, April "A drift
ing mine was sighted yesterday di-
rectly in the pathway charted for lin
ers plying between Boston and Eu-
rope. Warning of its presence was
by. the photographic office of the
navy department to call mariners.
The vessel, which reported the mine
gave its position as latitude 40 de-
grees 18 minutes west, longitude So
degrees, 56 minutes north. The loca-
ton is south of the grand banks and
west OF the junction at sea where
leave the tracy Of the Europe-New
York liners and bear almost due west
into port.
Since January /, 1921, eight float
ing mines which drifted from the re-
manning mine fields Of the war over
seas have been definitely reported to
the photographic office In the north
Atlantic area Immediately off the
American coast. During the same
period, two mines were reported off
the southern part Of the American
coast.
There were reported and charted by
the photographic service from jan
uary /, 1921, to March 29, 1922, no less
than 121 floating mines while six ad-
ditional mines were reported before
the 1921 date. Twenty -seven of these
were in the high sea area and the re-
mainder either off the American
coast In Azores area. t3se European
area, the Baltic or the Mediterranean
In operation with the 1nterna-
Ftional Mine Clearing company, in the
London photographic service fur
nishes regular mine warnings and
charts to all mariners leaving Ameri-
can ports These show that vast mine
areas of the war are still unswept and
mines that break loose drift into the
channels of steamship traffic, occas-
ional destruction Of vessels from this
cause being reported. Navy officers
believe it will be years before the dan
ger is wholly passed or until the ac-
ton Of salt water has finally de-
stroyed the mines.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-05
FLORIDA MAY GET
ONE MORE JUDGE
Senator Fletcher Says Business
in South Florida Warrants
Additional Judge.
DIV rhe Assoclated Pre.al

WASHINGTON April 4.-Authori-
cation of an additional federal Judge
in Florida was urged in the senate
today by Senator Fletcher, democrat,
Florida, speaking on his amendment
to the bill providing 19 more judges.
Business in the South Florida dis
trict, Senator Fletcher declared, war;
ranted a judge which was not recon-
mended by the judiciary committee in
drafting the pending bill. He cited
statistics of federal dockets in other
states to show that there was more
need for another Judge in Florida than
in many other states provided for by
the bill.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-05
BODY OF 'MARSE HENRY" LAYS
IN IT'S FINAL RESTING PLACE

in front OF the pulpit, was Thanked on
one side with scores Of floral offer
ings from many parts OF the country.
James w. Brown of The Editor and
Publisher, New York attended as the
representative of the president and
governing committee of the press con-
gress of the world.
The services were in line with that
simplicity which had marked the life
of Mr. Watterson. A ritualistic read
ing. a hymn, a prayer, an anthem by
the choir and a euology, were the out
ward tributes
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-05
FATTY ARBUCKLE WILL
TAKE THE STAND TODAY
tny Tho Asaoclateu Pfaasl

SAN FRANC1SCOh April 4.--Roscoe
G.. (Fatty) Arbuckle win take the wit.
ness stand in his own defense tomorrow
his chief counsel, Gavin McNab, an
nounced today.
At today's session DIR. George f
Shields, who appeared as an alienist foI
the defense in the first trial of Harry
K. Thaw, testified az an expert for the
defense on disease of the bladder and
predisposing causes to rupture OF the
bladder. The day. was largely given to
the introduction by the defense of ex-
pert medical testimony,