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the flaws in him, is and will
work hymenially in all cases, by long shot
To illustrate, and the illustration will apply the majority
of engaged couples; and don't you forget it, girls
Years ago. the writer after much ice cream, dime
tickets gum the fathers old
buggy became the accepted young of Miss Polly Beck Of
WayBackEas The prenupta accomplished with
Miss Polys family knowing any about it than could
be avoided and the 50 gold ring Po finger prompted her
to invite her young weeknd soourn in the
family midst for better acquainance sake He sojourned
flaws and ALL
The girl all right Domesticaly she a She
could make pie you forget your mother She
tidy She could set forth fried salt pork baked potatoes and milk
gravy make you wish for breakfast three times She
could make threeoo thick feather bed like
the immortal gods She could eggcup
hand while you held the other She certainly superndueed
Doubtless her family discovered the flaws him.
her folks before his eyes just deadly
to be endured
How did it out? On, WELL Polly married a horseshoer
who licked old Beck during honeymoon
maybe her you find this poetic gen. written
by young wasted effort despair
getting close-acquainted
Polly Beck Polly Beck!
I've spanked you n every shape, by heck
I've spanked you sittin, standin, kneelin' down.
I've seen your folks and jumped the town
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SOUTT7S GREATEST MYSTERY IS BEFORE
SUPREME COURT OF UNITED STA TIES
Attorney Freed Twice and
Convicted Once, Charged
With HeinouS Crime.
TLANTA- Ga Anril

A TLANTA, Ga, April II.
"A Winding it's way
through the weirdest legal
labyrinth on record in Amer
lean courts, the mystery of
the strange disappearance of
the helms girls, Atlanta heir
esses, has been appealed to the
United States Supreme Court.
That is the status today of
the South s most puzzling mys-
terry which for ten years has
baffled the most astute of de-
tectives and which has brought
Victor E. Innes three times
before the bar Of justice, twice
to be convicted and once ac-
quilted.
The learned justices at Washing
ton. far more accustomed to deal
with dry-as- dust cases with great
corporations as litigants, soon will
be asked to consider
WHETHER Innes slew Mrs.
Eloise Nelms Dennis and her sister
Beatrice Nelms. ground their bodies
to bits in a meat-chopper, boiled the
mass in potash-fllled caldron and
then disposed of the residue.
WHETHER the Federal Court at
Atlanta did right in admitting evil
dence Of this alleged murder in an
effort to convict Innes of a Federal
charge Of using the mails TO defraud
Mrs. Dennis.
WHETHER the conviction of
Times on that charge in the Atlanta
court and his sentence Of five years
in the penitentiary. just reached
after a spectacular trial. shall stand
or be annulled,
Atlanta Excited
Meanwhile Atlanta is settling
down after the excitement attending
the revelations at the trial Of Times.
former United States district attor-
ney in Nevada More than 100 wit
nesses were summoned-from De
toit. Portland. Ore. Los Angeles
and San Antonio. Texas.
Here is the. strange story the
prosecution brought forth:
Mrs Dennis. in 1912, went to Ne
vada TO secure divorce from her
husband. There she met Times. a
brilliant lawyer. handsome. Of
charming personality. He took
charge of her case.
And when Mrs. Dennis, freed from
marital bonds, returned to Atlanta,
it was only natural she entered into
a correspondence with her attorney
friend
Times Visits Her
lines then came to Atlanta The
prosecution introduced evidence
tending TO show Innes visited the pa
latial helms home at Smyrna seven
miles from here. and stole several
documents, including letters he had
written TO Mrs. Dennis.
When Innes left Atlanta. Mrs.
Dennis Is said to have accompanied
him. At Memphis Miss Beatrice
helms, sister Of Mrs. Dennis. joined
them. All went to San Antonio.
There Innes and his wife rented a
house. Mrs. Dennis and her sister
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- HARRY w. FRANTz

TF not the League of Nations. then
st least let's have the World Court,
say many Of our friends in South
America.
No step at Washington since the
World War has been more in accord
with the sympathies and policies of
the majority of South American re-
publics than the initiative taken by
President Harding in favor of United
States entrance into the International
Court of Justice.
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NELMS, VICTOR Z. INNES ANE
MRS. ELOIsE NELMs DENNIS
several times were seen about the
premises
Meanwhile. evidence shows Innes
bought a meat-chopper. caldron and
caustics.
Suddenly the helms girls disap-
peared They never since have been
seen.
hines Seized
a few weeks later Innes and Mrs.
Innes went 10 Portland. Ore. There
Innes was seized. brought back to
San Antonio and tried for murder
He was acquitted.
But Times was brought back 10
Georgia. tried on a charge of lar
ceny and convicted 1t was shown
he misappropriated funds entrusted
TO him by Mrs. Dennis. He was sen
fenced to seven years hard labor.
The prosecution at that trial tried
70 introduce evidence bearing on the
alleged murder. but it was ruled out
as irrelevant.
Barely had Innes completed his
prison term than he was again
brought here for the trial-this time
on a Federal charge Of having used
the mails to defraud.
Murder Evidence Up
Again the prosecution sought to
introduce the murder" evidence
and this time it was successful. The
caldron and meat-chopper bought
by lines were actually brought into
the courtroom.
a jury in the Atlanta court found
him guilty OF fraud through the
mails. after having heard the "mur-
der" theory.
What will be the action Of the Su-
preme Court?
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South America in Sympathy
With Harding's World Court Idea

The author OF the following article
is Latin American news editor of the
United Press. and close student of
South American affairs
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II USSIA. however, seems likely
"a to get less recognition than
some people favored according
TO her, because of the execution of
Msgr. Butchkavitch. Roman Catholic
vicar general there, on a charge or
opposing the soviet government.
The understanding was that Msgr.
Butchkavitch, though condemned.
would not actually be executed, but
the Moscow rulers appear to have lost
their tempers over the storm of pro-
test they received from other govern
rnents, and to have put him TO death
against their original intention. to
show they could do as they pleased
regardless of the rest of the worlds
wishes.
The result is that many people in
ether lands who had been in favor
previously of giving them at least
commercial recognition. have switched
ever to the side of those who oppose
any relations whatever with such a
regime.
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CLICK! YOUNG ladies who type for living will be in
CLICK! terested to learn that the typewriter was
CLICK! - invented fifty years ago this month The
inventor Christopher Latham Shoes
and he perfected his device in lion. n Y.
Like all other important inventions, the idea of typewrng
machine had been buzzng inventors heads for
tons Probably
ventlon and the idea of typewriter must have thou
sands OF years ago when the making of records slow
laborious task As far back 1714 Henry patented
crude typewriter in England.
The typewriter has brought many advantages but
have disadvantages worth thinking about typewriter
has certainly aided in the facility of expression
ton lease and speed but has also contributed the
pcy of unnecessary work by making expression and
cation too easy.
1t has been boon to the eyesgh otherwise
would have had to penned letters But
human and admirable of letter writing ayed the nerves
Of multitudes.
helps business through advertising but at
the time aids the flow of worthless literature without end
All around the typewriter forged link great
chain of mechanical devices that us However YOU can
have the pen and ink, we III take the typewriter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-12

What is the longest State in the
Union?
Texas; length, 800 miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-12

On what day of the week did
June g.. 1880, come?
Sunday
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bats, wheat or any Of the commercial
feed, il it is fresh.
How can one tell whether or not
an egg is fertile before putting it
into the incubator?
There is no way. After an egg has
been in the incubator from five to
seven days, however, it is possible to
distinguish the fertile from the in
fertile eggs. At that time, when held
up to the light. the infertile eggs will
be clear and more or less transpar-
ent, while the fertile eggs viii have
small spot in the center. surrounded
by a spidery web of blood vessels,
showing the germ of the chick in the
center
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What is good food for baby
LILA

chicks?
For the first six weeks there is
nothing better than good fresh milk
The following mixture is excellent:
Equal e. s Of bran. meal. middlings.
rolled oats and best quality meat
scraps. well mixed. Mix milk with
his and feed it to the chicks four or
five times a day until they are two
weeks old. After that feed twice
lay. Ather food they need is good
clesn dck. feed, such as cut corn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-12

When did the House of Repre-
Sentatives elect a President of
the United States?
Thomas Jefferson. 1901; and John
Quincy Adams, 1926. In 1887 the
Senate of the United States elected
Richard NJ. Johnson Vice President.
What is the forest area of the
United States at present?
Approximately $50 .O0O. 900 acres.
What does "caTnahau" mean?
Cornish for valley OF rocks"
Which is the most beautiful har.
Dor ia the worIds
The hcensus of opinion is Rio de
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What is done with the corn cobs
at corn canning factories?
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They are run through water, Gu
up, stored in silos, and later used 70
stock feed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-12
TURKS, RUHR AND
RUSSIA KEEP IN
PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT
Situation in Land of MoSIems
Badly Scrambled, De-
CIareS Writer,
BY CHARLES P. STEWART

Il" HE Turkes always have been
clever at keeping others whom
n they fear divided among them
selves.
They didn't succeed as well as usual
at the last Near Eastern conference
at Lausanne. However, they got the
conference postponed. to gain time.
Now it's about to reopen. they've got
things scrambled thoroughly
Americans have been fixed with an
oil land concession in Asiatio Turkey,
to rival England's.
The Bagdad Railroad questions been
reopened. Germany. beaten in the
war, is out of it. but the United
States has been brought in.
Trade with Persia's at stake.
There's talk Of connecting Turkey
and western China by rail.
Besides her oil rights. England's
been set to worrying over the safety
of her back door into India. from
the north. France, with Near
Eastern footnold in Syria, doesn't
want to see the United States get
better foothold yet. Japan, close to
China on the east side. sees her trade
endangered if another power builGs
a railroad in from the west. Rus
sia's interest in the whole disputed
area is enormous.
SO the next meetings. liable to be.
not so much a conference between
Turkey and the powers" as
squabble among the powers" them
selves, with the Turks bargaining,
here and there, wherever the trad
ing looks best. and maybe getting
pretty much anything they want
TIME iron. steel and coal magnates
continue to discuss settlement
of the Ruhr question. +. II.
Garys talk with Hugo SHINES makes
it look as II America were taking
part-as between magnates, not as
governmental matter.
Sir Allan Smith. the English cap
tain of industry, wants an economic
alliance including his country.
America Germany and Russia.
other Britons who favor his plan
say combination like this would be
too strong for France.
They declare England wants 10 re-
habilitate all Europe. They think
America wants the same thing.
They believe Germany wants it too.
as a means of rehabilitating herself.
In Sir AIlan's opinion, even the
soviet rulers can see that general
improvement would be for Russia S
good.
But Sir Allan complains that
France cares about rehabiIitating no
body but herself That's why he leaves
her out of his scheme
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What city has the highest paid
high school teachers?
Newark, n. J. Salaries range from
81. 100 to $4,000 a year.
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Questions
ASK THE TIMES
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When did the second match be-
tween Dempsey and Brennan
take place and how many rounds
were fought?
December, 1920, scheduled for 20
rounds, but Dempsey scored q knock
out in the twelfth round.
Does the noise coming from an
internal combustion engine pro-
coed from the exhaust, or what
causes it? Does the muffler i'm
pair efficiency?
Noise emnating from an internal
combustion engine is of several kinds,
and does not issue wholly from the
exhaust. Some noise penetrates the
walls Of the cylinders, the valves may
be heard independently of the exhaust.
the crankshaft produces a certain
amount Of friction and consequently
noise. The muffIer does not entirely
eliminate noise from the exhaust: 1t
does so only partially. The muff1er
impafrs efficiency of engine operation
because a certain amount Of energy is
consumed in muff1ing the explosion;
any energy consumed in other ways
than in direct effect upon the driving
mechanism impairs speed. Only a
comparatively small amount Of total
energy produced is actually trans
snitted into propulsion, the rest being
absorbed in friction and in various
ways.
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BILE starts When police stop argument father has been
knocked down by the cash register by SON And pa
IN rage has rushed about his Edrdge with bic pair
of tailor scissors hundred suits of clothes b
shipping holes in them
How do you act by comparison when you get mad? per
son IN TO childhood usually
and due to petty inconsequen things The wise a
tude is that is worth getting angry at
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E0UBIIsHED except Sunday " Co.
- - Cent a
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What does "caTnahsu" mean
Cornish for valley OF rocks"
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WHEN A LETTER in feminine handwriting is delivered
YOU'RE ~ to New York merchant in his clothine
ANGRY \ store His wife, peeking over his shoulder
dc +boe
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Bv HERBERT QUICK

TRAVELERS in Europe who talk
with public men are hearing all
- the time a new phrase. The
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Which is the most beautiful har-
Dor in the world?
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Ageald Page of Special Sunday Features For Boys and Girls
THE SAVING TRICK

through that leg. He tired to stand
up but could not. His leg was broken.
Bob realized at once that he must
get to the cabin. A few feet distant
there was notch In the cliff and he
painfully pulled himself up through
this notch and then crawled to the
cabin, whore he lay half fainting on
the floor. Dan, who had barked about
him in great excitement, now stood
looking at him in wonder, occasional
ly thrusting an inquiring muzZle into
his masters hands and clothing.
Bob was reused to further effort
by the piercing cold. He was chilled
through and his clothing. wet by the
snow, was freezing stiff. He knew
that he must do something or he
would freeze to death.
There was large wood fireplace
in the cabin with a small pile of
chopped wood beside it. Wincing
with pain, Bob dragged himself to
the broad hearth and lay there on
his back. He fumbled in his pocket
for his knife and matches, cut some
shavings and slowly kindied fire.
Soon he had blaze that provided
grateful warmth. He would not
freeze for the present any way. Dan,
too, found the fire comforting and
lay down beside Bob as close to 1t
as he could.
But Bob's situation was bad
enough. There were only few sticks
Of wood in the cabin. Outside It grew
colder all the time and the wind
drove the snow through the partly
opened door. He could hardly ex-
pect help before daybreak when
searchers started through an alarm
given by his grandmother, who had
expected him, would probably come
to the cabin. His fire would go out
in an hour or two unless he could
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Interview With My Husband


formally as if l were not talking to
my husband at all.
MIR. Creel what do you think about
the education of children"
Everything that you don't"
This made me laugh for Gemem-
bered the day our mtle girl was
born. l had said very firmly to
George:
'She shall be named after my
grandmother. Frances"
To which he had replied with equal
firmness:
mo. she, shall be named after my
grandmother. Virginia"
We baptized her Frances Virginia.
We'll, go on Mr.. Creel," | urged.
you believe in growth as a thing
doesn't fri the moulds provided,
squeeze lit, jam it and prune it,"
Two opinions and only one set of
children" answered Yes Mr.
Creel, | wish our children to have
mental discipline as soon as pos
sible."
Mental discipline is all right" my
husband replies, but not at the price
of individuality, originality and i'm
agination."
George is an individuaIist, you see.
Actors and Unions
But Mr.. Creel, since you so be-
| lieve in freedom why do you at the
same time believe in actors belonging
to a strict organization like the
American Federation of Labor? Why
do you believe in people with minds
and imagination, in other words.
brain workers belongin gto an or
ganization of people who work with
! ndc1 IND f,tr
| Creel, here l spike gaily for | felt
that I was making a good point, .if
you believe in brain workers belong
| ing to union why not have the Au-
thors' league join the American
Federation of Labor?"
The organization does not make
terms about the way peoples brains
/ s-.ould work, or their imaginations
either" my husband replied. But
about the terms on which the work
shall be done. Creation is individual
and always will be. but marketing
under modern conditions has to be
COLLECTED. The authors league is a
union in every sense of the word,
and if events compelled we would
affiliate with other unions as a mat
ter of course. You left. equity be-
cause it became unoin, yet fidelity
is union itself in everything except
labor affiliation.'
Because" l replied, I'VE felt that
equity had everything it's own way
with joining the A, F, OF, l.. And that
it harmed us very much to belong or
be affiliated with an organizati on
that had fallen into absolute public
disfavor.''
i i felt very strongly in this point
and George feels just as strongly on
the opposite side of the question.
Nonsense" said my husband, sit
ting UP in bed and getting up some
of his antidiphtheria enthusiasm
Harding was elected to crush organ
lied labor, and for two years Daugh-
erty and the federal judiciary tried
their best to crush 1t in the cam
: paign pledge. With what result? The
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-04

When Bob Burdette found Dan
both he and Dan were delighted. Bob
wanted a dog and Dan wanted
master. But Bob's uncle, Mr.. Colpitts,
with whom he lived, didn't want
dog. Mr. Colpitts didn't like dogs
and wouldn't have one on the place.
He was on the point of saying so
when Bob brought Dan home. but
seeing the boys desire, he did not
then refuse to let the dog stay, but
he would get rid of the mongrel soon,
he told himself
Bob set to work to train Dan, and
soon Dan had learned many things.
He was a bright dog as mongrels
often are. Mr.. Colpitts delayed get
ting rid of Dan, but did not give
up his purpose to do so.
Then something caught and killed
three of Mr.. Colpitts' fine pullets
There was no direct evidence that
Dan did it, but Mr.. Colpitts blamed
the dog. 1t gave him an excuse to
get rid of him. THE dog will have
to CO. he said, and Bob knew there
was no use arguing.
A few days later Mr.. Colpitts sent
Bob on an errand to his grand
mothers on the other side of South
Mountain. He was to come back the
first thing the next morning. When
Bob started, Dan was not around and
Bob surmised that his uncle had him
tied up and would make way with
him during his (Bob's) absence. But
as Bob was heavy heartedly making
his way along the mountain trail
there was a yelping behind him and
Dan, trailing a broken rope, came
tearing after him. Joyously Bob well
coined him and set about ranging
the mountainside in search OF game,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-04
APPLYING OF FACTORY
METHODS In THE HOME
BY MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK
Household Expert, Author of "HOuse-
hold Engineering.v

Another of the common practices
in many factories and industrial
plants IS what is called the piece
work" plan. This means, of course,
that the worker is paid so much
per .piece"-overalls, child's dress
or whatnot, instead of day wages
or weekly stipend.
Let us see if this idea has any APP
plication in the home. 1t is, of
course, not possible nor even desira-
BILE that the usual home assistant
be paid on the basis of every task,
but there are many homes where
the piece-work idea of houseworS
can be applied. For instance, here
is a family quite willing and able
to get its own breakfast and whose
members all eat lunch downtown.
Here is a chance for piece work"
housework-for a capable woman
(managing her own home and affairs
in the rest of the day) to come at
about 80 or p. m. and cook, serve
and clear up an evening meal. With
this service alone this particular
family may be able to get along ex-
cellently.
Or here is a busy mother who is
able and willing to do everything
necessary during the forenoon for
her children under school age, but
who longs greatly for free time, rest
or opportunity to follow some chosen
work in the afternoon. We now need
young, trained and competent
mothers helper to arrive at about l
p. m. and take the responsibility of
these children from the mother until
5 or 6 p. m. This piece-work SER
vice would save the mothers life"
as it were, and yet by no means
entail too difficult a burden on the
mothers helper.
Or again, this family may be able
to prepare it's own everyday meals
but when company comes, require a
maid to serve or a woman to cook.
This bachelor could live comfortably
and happily if a woman would only
come in for a couple of hours each
day to "straighten" his rooms and
mend his clothing, since he boards
elsewhere. This single teacher has
two rooms and bath, gets her own
breakfast, and dimes out-but even
she, as q busy professional woman,
needs some one to tidy her rooms,