Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-03-28
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Electricity is not II thing to be
tampered with. Mrs. Grace Fucker,
wife of Des Moines business man,
was electroculed last Monday BY a
hair dryer shortly after she came out
of community bathing pool. Her
hair was wet and caused an abnormal
shock from the dryer which usually
carries only small voltage.
Recently a Champaign officer
touched an electric light fixture with
one hand and a metal chain with the
other. Both hands were wet. IL is
safe 10 predict that he will not per
| form the same stunt again. BE care.
| ful how YOU handle anything that rs
connected with dynamo. 1t sure
has kick.
Edsel Ford Is in receipt of threat
ening letters from persons who are
entirely too anxious TO obtain some
of the capitalists surplus change.
Recently two people, man and a
woman were arrested at Ford's insn-
| cation, on suspicion of being respon-
sible for letters mailed 10 him in which
he was ordered TO deposit over u
million dollars where the two might
| get ii easily.
A handwriting expert fastened the
guilt upon the man who was finally
| forced into a confession. Like Adam
he laid all the responsibility upon the
woman, Both the man and woman
are foreigners. and have little knowl-
edge of the English language.
The Chicago Tribune demands that
| President Coolidge cleanse his cabinet
of Attorney General Daugherty IL u
lengthy editorial last Tuesday. The
Tribune believes that Daugherty Is
already embarrassing the adminislra-
ton and that he should yet out
voluntarily before the Republican
hopes are utterly blighted.
| The Tribune scents danger to the
president, though 1t vindicates him
completely so far as any connection
with the Teapot Dome scandal Is con.
cerned, and clearly explains that
Daugherty, and all other members OF
the cabinet, were wished onto the
president by his predecessor
| But the Tribune's patience with the
president is nearly exhausted and 1t
urges him TO take immediate action
in eliminating the Attorney General
if that worthy persists IN holding ms
office against the will Of the voters.
1t is easy 10 endorse the Tribune 3
iargument. 1t is difficult TO endorse
the Tribune's motive.
A United Brethren preacher is In
serious trouble at Attica, Ind. He Is
charged with taking fifteen year old
girl out for ride and returning wltb
her the day following.
He told his wife, the authorities and
the girls guardian that his automo-
bile had mired In the mud near Ross
Vile and that he was compelled u
keep the young woman out all night
He had had difficulty in explaining
why he registered the girl as his wife
at a Rossville hotel, and why the two
occupied the same apartment durlnp
the night. Because he has had trouble
to explain all the circumstances satis
factorily the authorities have lodged
him In an Attica jail 10 await tria
on a charge Of violating the Manf
act. Josh Billings said: "Neyei
don't do nothing which isn't you
J forte"
, Pacifsts are in bad at Northwest
ern University. Thirty-eight Of then
9 have banded together and hav
agreed not TO fight for their eountr
? even in defense. Students who ar
not in sympathy with pacifsm are de
s termined to make war on the band {
5 see il they are really sincere or
they are willing to fight in defense 0
D their creed.
Patriotic students link the names q
! Jane Adams and Henry Ford with
movement to scatter pacifist props
: ganda throughout the nation. The
remember the manufacturer peae
S ship exploit during the recent wa
S and do not want such a Joke PEI
= petrated again. They think it pui
y America in a bad light.
: Pacifsm will probably not hu
d America. There were pacifists in II
o early stages Of the war, but most
) them vanished when the war clot
began to hover over the America
:. flag. Talk is cheap. Action speal