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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-03
Bokhdra Main Book Market
And Center of Religion
(From the Detroit News


Bokahara has for ages been a center
of learning and religious life. Accord
ing to the late Prince Kropotkin, the
mysticism which took hold on Persia,
in the Middle Ages, spread also rc Box.
hara, and later, when the Mongol inva-
sion of the Thirteenth Century laid
waste Samarkand and other Moslem
cities, Bokhara, remaining independent
continued to be chief seat of Islam
itic learning. The madrassa Libraries,
some of which were very rich, have
been scattered and lost, or confiscated
by the emirs, or have persisted ii con-
flagrations.
But there are still treasures of lit
erature concealed in private libraries,
and Afghan, Persian, Armenian and
Turkish bibliophiles still repair to Box
hara to buy rare books Bokhara is,
in fact the principal book market OF
Central Asia.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-03
Heart Problens

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l had a date
with a boy for last Saturday night.
We were going to dance and / got
all ready and he didn't come. | just
sat there and waited and was so
angry and hurt ! thought l could never
look any of my friends in the face
again. All my girl friends went to
the dance and they expected to see
me there.
The boy did not phone me why he
couldn't go and he has not explained
since. Do you think / should write
him a letter and ask him why he did
not come? G. F.
Do not write and ask for an expla-
nation. The boy owes you an apol-
ogy without you seeking it. 1t seems
to me his conduct was objectionable.
and you should forget you ever knew
him
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, of France, with servants attached to
them all
But the banks and the money lend
ers could not keep her supplied with
enough money. She cast around for
other sources of revenue and estab-
lished the Rente Viagere This was
an annuity company, which on pay
ment OF lump sum of money guaran-
teed to pay four times the interest of
any other company of the same sort
1t was supposed to have a capital of
S2,O0OO00, and it's first directors were
Madame Humbert's cook and her
stablemen. Its Offices were in her
F, stables in the Rue Pergoise, but after
wards they were moved to a more
/ fashionable quarter, the Rue Auber.
From all over France as people
heard of its inducements the Rente
Viagere received money To old
maids, bachelors and childless couples
It's offer was most alluring. Hundreds
/ or these who had apartment houses
sold them, to invest the proceeds with
the annuity company, which under
took to pay greater interest than any
renting property would yield
| FROM all over France little fortunes
| got together with years of saving
poured into the hands of Madame
Humbert through the Rente Viagere.
Years went on. Time after time
Madame Humbert won her case in
the courts, but as often, the Craw-
| ford brothers appealed. Lawyers
| seemed to be making a fortune out OF
the estate. The banks and money
lenders too, found nothing to complain
about. They had Madame Hurnbert' s
notes, and the securities were still in
the safe under seal The thousands
who had their savings invested in the
Rente Viagere, drew their interest as
it fell due
The only one who did not seem sat
isfied was Madame Humbert. She was
for ever seeking more money from
either banker or money lender She
even applied to London bank for an
advance of SS00,000 But on its repre-
sentative coming to inspect the secur-
tiles she would not permit the seals
to be broken, and she had to do with
out her loan.
Twenty years went by, and still
the suit was unsettled Some of the
creditors made demands. They were
shown the sealed securities, again. and
! told nothing could be done until the
court decided about them
In % years Madame Humbert had
borrowed millions without repaying
a cent. No one had seen a penny Of
the Crawford millions or the two neph-
ews for that matter, an attorney for
the creditor said one day. His re-
mark got around Paris, and people
passed on the suspicion Soon all
sorts of scandalous things were being
said about the Humberts. To stiu
them, their lawyer insisted on apply
| ing to the court for permission to
have the securities opened.
| That day Madame Humbert's Chin
ney caught fire, and she and the fam
lily had to leave Paris. On May 9th,
1902, the lawyer, the creditors and the
court officials crowded about the safe,
all eager for a sight of the much
talked of securities. The door was
swung open, and there lay the enveI-
opes, seals all intact Then, hurridly,
one after another they were broken
For all the wrappings and the seals,
the Crawford millions were $1,000
bond, a brass button, and two copper
coins.
The revelation caused more excite
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-03
0chsssWall F1oWer[7
veg BY Marion. Rutincam SS6

stood-the old quarry his background
and his theatre-and read one of Web
ster's orations in fine style, his voice
raised TO cover the distance so Dora
could hear. Dora unconscious of eth
er humor or pathos in the situation,
watched his funny gestures with admir-
alton, and liked his sandy hair blown
around his head. She liked his home
~, freckled, placid face, it was so earn
est and kindly
Only half hearing him, lost in her
thoughts sometimes-it came to her
suddenly as he stood with one large
hand clenched dramatically, that she
was in love with him
Tomorrow-Buddine Romance
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ment in Paris than the earthquake
disaster in the French island of Mat
unique. Bank after bank was found
70 be involved. Her offers of interest
from so per cent to 1900 per cent fo-
a loan had been too much for even the
most cautious of bankers. Altogether
her borrowings were found to have
amounted to $11,000,000. At the dis
grace and the ruin, ten of her credi-
tors committed suicide.
Rich and poor, no class had escaped.
For Madame Humbert had left little
In the Rente Viagere annuity compa-
ny. OF the savings of the poor paid
INTO 1t, $4,000 had gone with the
Humbert family. across the seas to an
unknown destination and the $4,000
600 capital was as much a myth as the
Crawford millions.
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-03

All inquiries addressed to Miss Forbes
in care of the Beauty Chats" depart-
ment Will be answered in these columns
IN their turn. This requires consider
number received. So if a personal or
quicker reply is desired, a stamped and
elf-addressed envelope must be en-
closed with the question.-The Editor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-03
Beauty Chats
HOT WEATHER FEET
BY Edna Kent Forbes


This is lifetime of year when ones
feet seem to give the most trouble. In
the hot weather they seem to swell so
every pair of shoe is too small and no
pair is comfortable. The feet tire easily
and the ankles ache. Here are some
suggestions for cooling and refreshing
foot baths.
Generally there is nothing so re-
freshing as bath of salt seawater.
Bags of rock salt or sea salt can be
purchased at almost any shop and are
never expensive. A very strong solu-
ton of sea salt and hot water should
be made whenever you reach home
tired, with aching feet. This should
be put in basin on the floor and the
feet soaked for Is or 20 minutes. They
should then be rinsed with cool water
and low-heeled slippers or heeless san
dals worn.
If you have any tendency to rheu-
matism soak the feet in a strong hot
solution of epson salts, then rinse and
dry and wear heeless slippers for a
time. If you haven't the time for this,
when you come in tired. and 1nth ach-
ing feet, rub the soles and toes with
a cut lemon, wipe dry and wear loose,
lON S14pPClo LII a Wilt IL yOu nav 2
plenty of time give your feet the hot
salt bath, then lie down with the feet
still bare, turn on the face and stretch
the feet out on pillow soles upward
This is particularly effective if there
is great pain in the insteps.
1t always rests and protects the feet
to give them a pedicure. which is of
course always more easily done after a
l1Nf Ii
rubbed and massaged the more rested
they will become and the more
strength they will have to resist fati-
que. Spraying them with toilet vine
gar or toilet water is also very refresh
ing. Talcum powder is always cooling
and soothing.
Bobby: At IA you have, at least six
more years in which to grow taller
Freckles can be bleached but you cat
not get rid of them, since they are
natural to you and will be coming out
on the skin during the spring and sum
mer months.
A Male: With dark blue eyes and
auburn hair your selection of colors in
ties will be first-green, then brown
especially in a henna shade, violet,
- ooI4i COIol anu dILCI lASoS any ColOIS
except vivid shades in red. The advice
given, for selecting colors of a darker
shade than the eyes, is for the purpose
of Strengthening the color in types of
people that need this help
Mrs. J. A. R.: Your request for a
list of foods suited to a person with
diabetes will be included in a Chat
in a short time
All inquiries addressed to Miss Forbes
in care Of the Beauty Chats" depart
ment viii be answered in these. columns
IN their turn. This requires consider
dpIe time, however, owing to the great
number received. So if a personal or
quicker reply is desired, a stamped and
selt-addressed envelope must be en-
closed with the question.-The Editor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-03

and would take possession at once.
was made by real estate dealer here
today
President Harding is expected to Wis
it Mr.. Mellon at his new summer home
some time this month, it was added.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-03
MELLON LEASES ESTATE
NEAR PRIDE,S CROSSIn

BEVERLY, Mass, Aug. d An
nouncement that Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon had leased Avelon, a
summer estate near Pride's Crossing,
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be held about the middle OF August,
possibly on the IS or II, the exact
date not yet having been determined
by the committee in charge.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-03

The great diamond mines owned by
the British in South Africa have thus
far produced S1,000,000,000 worth of
the precious stones.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

Mrs Harold Putnam and Mrs. Rich
ard c. Averill entertained eight tables
at auction bridge yesterday afternoon
at Mrs. Ayerill's home on Main street
The prizes were won by Mrs Helen c.
Brasor, Mrs. Harrie b. Chase, Mrs
Winfred II. Lane and Mrs Laurence G.
sherman. Refreshments were served
Mrs Ella V. Upham. IS, of Hinsdale.
\. H.. died last evening in Mrs w. E.
Richardson's private hospital on Pros
pect street of cerebral hemorrhage She
had lived at Mrs. Richardson's the past
two years. The body was taken last
evening TO Hinsdale. where the funeral
will be held Monday afternoon at >
o'clock in the Congregational church
Mrs UIpham was born in Hinsdale. She
is survived by two brothers
From the School Notes department of
the current issue of the AuStine School
News the following is taken: I'VE
were all very sorry TO hear of the death
of one of our pupils. Lillian Stark She
had not attended school since last sum
mer. as she was suffering from heart
trouble. She passed away at the home
of her uncle at Orwell. VT on Friday
Jan. Is. She was buried on the follow
ing Tuesday. The sympathy of the
whole school goes out to her deaf sister,
Pearl. also a pupil here. for she was
very fond of her frail little sister. and
watched over her with motherly care
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
SPY
.4.t UNDER ARREST
Ignatius T. Lincoln Captured In Man
hattan-SerYed as German Agent
In Late War

NEW YORK. Jan. 2S.-IgnatiuS I.
Lincoln. international spy and former
member of the British parliament, was
taken into custody in lower Manhattan
yesterday by an agent of the department
of justice at the request of the immigra
tion Service of the department of labor
for surreptitious entry into the United
STATES in November last.
Lincoln was arrested i'm Brooklyn in
1916 at the request of the British govern
ment but escaped from his guards. lie
was later recaptured and after unsucceSS-
fully appealing To the court, was returned
to England as an undesirable.
Recently he was reported TO have been
in the United States. United States Mar
shall James NJ. Power. in Brooklyn, said
then that if Lincoln's presence in this
country was established he would request
the government to deport him on the
ground that he had served as an agent
of Germany here at the beginning of the
war.
When Lincoln was arrested in Brook
lyn Marshal Power said it had been re-
vealed that he had also served as a spy
for other countries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
FEDERAL
BANKS WITH USURY
President Hears They Charge to 10
Per Cent In Stock Prices West
and Southwest.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S. - President
Harding, it was said yesterday at the
White House, will investigate reports
that banks in the west and southwest
have been loaning federal funds pro-
vlded BY the war finance corporation at
rates which are above the legal percent
ages allowed and have been declared
usurious.
The usual rate charged for federal
loans to farmers and stock raisers in
u was said, but the stock raisers have
been charged rates varying from to 10
per cent and in many instances a COM
mission has also been charged.
Secretary Fall, in the cabinet meeting
Yesterday, II was said by White House
officials, made report on the situation
to the President who Immediately com
municated with Eugene Meyer, jr.,
managing director of the war finance
corporation, who verified the report
MIR. Meyer, Immediately came to the
White House and told the President
personally that most of the loans TO
stock raisers had been made to the
banks handling the loans at the general
rate of 5 l-2 per cent. and that in only
a few instances had the rates been 6
per cent
Mr. Meyer told the president. it was
said, that he had learned that banks
in the southwest had been charging as
nuch a. per cent on SIX months
loan and charging an extra per cent
commission for each renewal
The legal rate banks are allowed TO
charge the stock raisers over the fed
eral rate of - per cent, it was ex-
planned, Is only , per cent. That is to
cover the cost of the insDecting. and the
risk on the loans and other similar
charges. .. -...
IT was not indicated at the White
House Just what steps would be taken
against institutions found violating the
laws, in that respect, but it is said the
first move might be 20 refuse further
federal money to such banks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
PLANS CONFERENCE
ON EVANGELISM
Windham- Union Association to Be Ad-
dressed Monday by DIR. Byington
and Others-First i'm Series.

\ conference on evangelism, the first
of a series of 10 to be held in the state
in the next two weeks. win take place
at the Centre Congregational chapel
Monday in "a meeting of the Windham-
Union association, which will open at
30 O'Clock and continue through the
afternoon and evening.
The conference will be under the aus
pices of the committee on evangelism of
the Vermont Congregational Conference
and during the first week the principal
speaker will be Rev. Edwin H. Bying-
ton, ID. d., pastor of the West Roxbury
Congregational church of Boston and au-
thor of the leaflet. Filling Empty Pews-
Rev. Charles c. Merrill of Burlington.
secretary of the Vermont Congregational
Conference, will attend the entire series
and speak. The principal speaker dur
ing the second week will be Rev. Austin
Rice, ID. d.. pastor of the Congregational
church in Wakefield, Mass.
The meeting here will be conducted
by Rev. c. c. Clarke of Springfield (Vt.l
and Rev. Arthur V Woodwork of West
BrattlebOro.
The other conferences will be held in
Rutland, Bennington. Middlebury. Bur-
hngton, White River junction. st.
Iohnsbury, Newport, St. Albans and
Montpelier.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
BLINDED BY HOOCH,
SUES FOR $4,000
TugbOat Engineer Is the Thirteenth Re.
cent Victim i'm HobOken-
Vendor Held

NEW YORK. Jan. 2S - Somehow
bOotleggery ana uninfOrced prohibition
did not seem very funny to the crowd
in Recorded CaTsten : court room in
Iioboken yesterday They saw a blind
man led into court by his wife-a man
who holds a license as a first class engin-
eer, who has a baby and mother as we'll
as a wife to support, and who went
blind after taking one drink of whiskey
III Hobokeu saloon. Wood alcohol has
knocked out Is men in Hoboken in the
last few weeks. Twelve died. The
thirteenth has merely lost his sight
The tugbOat engineer is Eugene Finkle
He lives in a clean third floor flat at
40 Second street. His baby. a boy is
two years old The man who SAYS he
sold him the wood alcohol is Louis Wenz
proprietor of saloon in 100 Garden
street. Nenz was arrested and held
IN 81 800 bail on a charge of atrocious
assault. Then when he and the blind
man stood together before Recorder
CarSten he was charged with willfullv
supplying another person with deadly
poison. NenZ was held in - 500 bail
for the grand jury. This is the first ap-
pllcation of the regular anti-poison law
IN the case OF man accused of selling
bad liquor. 1t hardly could have been
tested in the other cases of wood alco-
hoI poisoning, for dead men are not
competent as complaining witnesses.
Flnkie also SAYS that he has asked a
Hoboken lawyer, William Hanley. to
start civil suit against Wenz for Sl0,-
zoo damages for loss of eyesight
tinkle SAYS he has never been any
thing more than a casual drinker. His
wife, agreeing with him, says he has
always been good provider. On Sun
day evening they took a walk down
First street. On the way home Finkle
said: 81 feel a sort OF cold coming on.
think. | II 90 in here and get little
whiskey.' Mrs. Finkle waited outside
Wenz 5 salon. Finlle paid 30 cents for
his whiskey and reioined his wife. They
went ON home. In half an hour Finkle
was very i'll. He yomited.
On Tuesday morning he could not see
the medicine glass which his wife handed
10 him. Mrs. Finkle led him on Wednes-
20 an eve specialist That is his eondi-
tion now. DIR. Sullivan said last night
he didn t know whether there would be
Improvement or not, but he had homes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
TIE FOR SECOND
PLACE IN CONTEST
Miss Curry and Mrs. Goodwin Have
Same Number of Votes i'm Mardi
Gras Feature-AIiss Long Leads.

The popularity contest conducted by
Company | and the Headquarters COM
pany in conjunction with the mardi gras
90 be held in Festival hall four nights
beginning Feb. j shows some changes in
the standing.
\ canvass of the young ladies in the
list shows Miss Marie Long leading by a
few votes with Miss Mary Curry and
Mrs. Helen Goodwin tied for second place
The standing to date is as follows
Miss Marie Long, 1890; Miss Mary
Curry. IL 500: Mrs. Helen Goodwin
IL 800 Mrs. Ruth Gustafson. $500 Miss
Elsie Hammarlund $500: Miss Alice
Sweeney. 5000; Miss Carrie Bacon,
1860.
The next returns will be compiled at
7.30 p. IN. next Tuesday at the Headquar-
ters company's rooms in Crosby block.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
WILL EXECUTE TWO
BY LETHAL GAS
Chinese Will Be First i'm United States
to BE so Put to Death-KilIed
While Asleep.

CARSON CITY. New, Jan. 2S.-The
execution of the first two men in the
country to be sentenced to death by
lethal gas was set yesterday for some
time i'm the week ending April -. The
condemned men. Hughie Sing of Carson,
ard Gee Jon of San Francisco. Chinese
tong men convicted of the murder OF
Wong Lee at Nina, New. Aug. p. 1921,
were brought to the state prison here
Yesterday from the Mineral county Jail
at Hawthorne.
4 motion for new trial was denied,
but an attorney announced he would ap-
peal TO the state supreme court on the
ground that death by lethal gas, as
'cruel or unusual punishment was
prohibited by the Nevada constitution.
The state prison board has not vet
provided cell and apparatus for use
in the lethal gas execution required un-
der the new state law. The statute pro-
vdes that the exact day of execution is
left to the discretion of the prison war
den. who is to put the prisoner in the
lethal chamber for several DAYS and turn
on the gas some night while the con-
demned man is asleep.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
TRESTLE TO GIVE
INITIAL SPEED
Will Be Erected at Top of Ski Jump -
Phil Walton of Saranac Lake Club
Entered-HOtel Reservations.

In order to be absolutely sure of suffi
cient speed the committee in charge OF
the construction of the new ski jumr
has decided to erect at the top of the
Jump a 30-foot wooden trestle. which
will be about 40 degrees steep, and which
will afford an initial velocity. The
trestle may or may not be used. as the
jumpers may decide. The work on the
treStle will be begun the first of the
week.
The committee also contemplates
building stands for reserved seats which
will be located at most advantageous
points on the hin and which will give
the reserve seat ticket holders the adj
vantage of seeing the jumpers from the
best possible viewpoint. Double prices
will be charged for reserved seats.
The work of showing the jump is in
progress today and if Nature provides
top covering. which the weather would
seem to indicate. all that will be needed
TO make the contest next Saturday a
success will be good weather George
+. Sherman. manager of the Brooks
House. said today that about 40 reser-
yations already had been made and that
many persons were coming on the MORN
ing and early afternoon trains who would
be able to return to their homes the same
day. \ party of spectators also is ex-
pected from Rutland.
Another entry for the contest was re-
ceived this morning from l.. r. JudSon
of the Saranac Lake Chamber of Com
merce. The man TO come here is Phil
Walton. a 16-year-old jumper of the
Saranac Lake Ski club In the iumps
at Saranac lake last year he was clasSed
as an Intermediate
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
JUDGE ASSAILS
TRAINING CAMP
Head of Disabled American
Veterans Makes Scath-
ing Report
NO EQUIPMENT IN
ELECTRICAL SCHOOL
Only Two Out of so Students Actually
Working Less Than Half In At
tendance Vocational Training at
Camp Sherman a Farce and a Fraud

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S. - That vo-
cational training at Camp Sherman, O.,
is "A farce and fraud" is the state
ment made by Judge Robert s Marx, ma
tional commander of the Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans of the World war. in a re-
port presented today to Representative
Madden, chairman of the house commit
tee on appropriations. The report is
the result of a personal visit made by
Judge Marx to the camp.
In the electrical school. which has an
enrolment of so there were only 81 men
actually present and of this number only
two We're doing anything" the judge
said. Students told him, he stated, that
the reason they were not working was
that equipment had not come. Not Il
single student was in the plumbing
school, according to Marx.
1t looked like real work was being
done in the tailoring school" the report
SAID. The shoe repairing school was the
busiest i'll the camp.