Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 222, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1920 — Page 2

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VIENNA JOLLY CITY IN SPITE OF DISTRESS Cold and Hunger Fail to Put Out Ardor of People Freed of War. l MANY CHANGES SEEN By FRANK E. MASON, Special Correspondent International News Service. VIENNA, Jan. 24.—Vienna, cold and hungry, is still doing its best to be j jolly and gay. When the Berlin populace Is underfed it is Irritable and cantankerous; if you brush against a man in the street or crowd against him In the subway he will turn and growl at you or curse. But the Vienna resident smiles and j is unendingly courteous. He cheerfully ! informs you that the last week he has i had only bread and coffee. You can not go from Berlin to Vienna without being forcibly reminded of the fable of the thrifty nnt who labored all sumr er providing for winter, and the cricket who chirped carefree and ; happy, with no thought for the morrow. ! Berlin, with a stern hand and unim- ! aginative precision* gathers and doles j out her quantum of food. Vienna feasts j and makes merry when her resources ! permit; when the provisions are gone ! she fasts, but is still merry. OILCLOTH SPREAD lOK ROYAL PEOPLE. In Berlin I have sat between a princess of international name and a countess at i dinner in the home of a prominent Ger- I man at a table laid with oilcloth. In Berlin restaurants you eat from the board table top; the luxurious hotels have paper tablecloths. Cloth is not used because the available soap quickly transforms a tablecloth into the appearance of a fishnet Vienna has less soap than Berlin, yet you will find the best table linen in use in even the little cheap restaurants. Food is to be had In Vlenaa if you have money to pay for it. Foreigners do not etarve, because with the low value of the crown a meal costs you lees here than In New York. You pay fifty erowns, about 40 cents, for the meat conrse in the best hotel. But CO crowns is more than the average man in Vienna earn* in a day. The rich have both variety and plenty. The poor find it difficult to get even their card allowance of bread. The children of the poor are the most pitiable objects In Vienna; the American Children’s Belief has saved the lives of hundreds of them. Beggars accost you ■ unceasingly with tales of sick and starv- j ing parents or dying children. PEOPLE OF VIENNA CAN’T KEEP WARM. One is most miserable In Vienna because he can never get warm. As they have not been heated for weeks, the hotel rooms are damp, which makes them seem colder than the street. The city is crowded to overflowing and it Is almost impossible to get hotel rooms. When the tri-weekly Prague j train arrives, a taxi and carriage race starts for the Grand hotel. The word j has been passed over ecntral Europe that ! the Grand hotel Is in spots heated. Because I hadn’t offered what be considered ! an adequate bonus for getting there ! first, my coachman was slow, and nine carriages and two taxis were lined up before the Grand when 1 arrived, all from the same train. Not even a bath- ! room to be had. The drivers waited for they are accustomed to the nightly j program of their charges from midnight until dawn, stopping at hotel uffer hotel in search of a room. Vienna is filled with foreigners, of j whom the Italians and French are the ! . most numerous, taking advantage of the { low value of the Austrian' currency. Leather goods, for which Vienna is famous, has Increased 1,000 per cent in price in the last three months. The merchants are withholding their best stocks; the crown Is depreciating re rapidly from day to day that it is better to have their capital in merchandise than in money. AMUSEMENT PLACES NCONSTANTLY CROWDED. The opera house and the theaters are rold out days In advance. Five or six symphony concerts and recitals a day are crowded to the doorß. Vienna requires music as well as food to live; heslres, a room always gets warm when it is crowded full of people and a waren place In Vienna needs no further attrae tlon. The theater perfornfanoes begin between 4 and 6 o'clock and they are all Hosed before 8. By 8:30 or 9 o’clock you will find block after block of large apartment buildings totally dark; every one In bed. You have electric light and may turn It on. But woe to the family whose meter shows that they have burned more than the very limited number of kilowatt hours rationed to them. Their wires are cut and they get no more current until next spring. Vienna has not lost her pride; she Is threadbare, but still chic. Hungry and cold, he meets her troubles like a thoroughbred, with patience and a cheerful smile.

Syrian Classes Pledge Themselves to Unity BEIRUT, Rvrla. Jan. 24.—Lnrge numbers of demonstrators presented themselves recently before the palace of Emir Raid, at the Seraleh. the residences of the “officers de liaison,” In order to acclaim Syrian unity and the Independence of the country. The members of “Nadi-ul-Arabi." followed by a lnrge crowd, then proceeded to the patriarchate of the' Greek Catholics or Greek orthodox where discourses were delivered. Then the people, amongst whom were many Christians, turned their steps toward the premises occupied by the “Nadi-ul-Arabi.” There Omar Rey Chakir, Toufio Effendl Mefrege, Tonfic Effendl Chamje, director of the political bureau, Sheikh Abdul Knder Mnzher and the R. P. Boulone Khourl sacks In turn. All the addresses had sos their object the unifying of .the communities and the elimination of religion from affairs of state. The speakers declared that the nation could uot progress without perfect harmony and Indissoluble unanimity amongst all iseetions of the community without free religious distinction. Marine Embfem Is Charm in Turkey CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 24.—The uniform and the globe, eagle and anchor emblem of the United States marine corps is a charm In the streets of Constantinople. During all the tlme'the U. R. R. Galveston has been stationed here not a single marine has been attacked in the streets, although they are sometimes ashore late at night. So far the marines have been uniformly correct In their behavior, and their officers ascribe their Immunity from molestation to their reputation as fighters and the “husklness' of the detachment from the Galvoston. WWR/NF * Wholesome, Cftaothtgi CRdrb,D 9 <n <* BeoHel // Lotion—Murine for Re<J. foft GG&zJL'gP* ness, Soreness, GranuVnlin tvC^L ation ’ Itching and L.l CO Burning of the Eyes or ' n ropß After the Movies,Motoring "“too fiyo Remedy £©., Chiceg# V .> * '

Mercy! Pastor Says Neighbor Lady Was Bare Third Glimpse Too Much—She Is Arrested But Flatly Denies Charge. “Did she, or didn’t she?" Mrs. Flossie Essex, 2734 Walker street, says she didn’t. Rev. Fred Osterwald, 2730 Walker street, and Robert McKlndley, anothe? neighbor, says she dlfl. Anyway, Judge Walter Pritchard in city court must decide If Mrs. Essex stood nude In front of a looking glass near her window primping. Then, too, another witness declared he was shocked when he saw Mrs. Essex empty a wash tub In her back yard clad only in her underwear. It was Mr. McKindley who had her arrested on a charge 6f public indecency. * Mrs. Essex, about 25 and pretty, modestly tried to hide her face as her accusers told Judge Pritchard ‘'what they had seen." “It’s all a lie,” she said, with a defiant dip of her head, as she took the stand. Mrs. Essex, wearing a neatly tailored suit and a small hat, sat beside her husband, Charles Allen Essex, Big Four freight conductor, as she was being arraigned. THIRD GLIMPSE TOO MUCH FOR PASTOR. Rev. Osterwald, a Pentecost minister, said that on three occasions he had seen Mrs. Essex in front of windows at her home without clothing on. The. first time was In June, 1919, he said. “I saw her tn front of a window peering into a looking glass,” he said. “Was you shocked ?” questioned the court. “Yes, I was offended,’’ he said. Rev. Osterwald declared that on two other occasions he was walking through the alley when he saw Mrs. Essex in her home without any clothing on. “Yes, I was offended on both these occasions, too,” he admitted. Ora Steen, 2820 Walker street, said he had seen her nnde as he passed through thp alley. But he wasn’t offended, he said. After Rev. Osterwald told of a visit to the Essex home at which time he was shocked. The minister was questioned on how much of Mrs. Essex's body could be seen from the window, which he later said he saw her from. He wasn't certain about that, he admitted. MAN AND WIFE CHARGE PERSONAL ANIMUS. Both Mr. and Mrs. Essex claim the arrest and charges are the result of personal animus. Mr. Essex said Mrs. McKindley became angry, at her when she forbade her to use her telephone. Mr. Essesf said he had some sort of a controversy with Rev. Osterwald over the purchase of lumber. ’ “You’re not in the habit of taking cold air baths are you?” the court asked the defendant after a witness had told of seeing her In her yard, “No, I’m not,” she answered Indignantly. Mrs. Essex offered nineteen witnesses to testify as to her character. Among them were Mrs. McKlndley’s brother and sister. Ira Holmes appeared for tb woman. He drew “dagger eyes" from Policewoman Sweetman, who figured in the case, when he asked the court to order her to talk only when called upon. The final episode in the case will be writren Monday whan Judge Pritchard has promised to hand down a decision.

HOUSE PASSES NAVY PAY BILL Increase of 30 to 50 Per Cent Provided by Measure. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The house today passed the bill granting pay Increase of 30 to 50 per cent to enlisted men of the navy. No effort was made to Include Increased pay for officers In the b'U, although the naval committee will consider this feature later. The enlisted men’s Increases are made retroactive to Jan. 1, and in addition a bonus of four months’ pay “Is given for re-enllstments.” The vote was 311 to 10. ‘Mules’ Make Fortune for Shoemaker BOSTON, Jan. 24.—K. M. Stone of Now York, who is attending the shoe eonven- ■ tlon here, has made a fortune in ’’mules.” j but not the braying variety. The mules j in which he deals are the backless bou- j doir slippers that have been popular the last four or five years. From a ‘‘shoestring’’ of less than a thousand dollars when ho started ini 1012, Mr. Stone has built four factories, | two in Brooklyn, one in New York City, j and one in Gloversville, lnd. ‘‘lt all came from the mules,” lie said, i “for It wa upon them that the business was founded." Brocade? which are procured largely from Japan are now difficult to get, owing to labor difficulties in that country, according to Mr. Stone. Works Board Orders City Water JExtensions An extensive improvement In the water mains of the city was ordered by the bonrd of works this morning. The Indianapolis Water Company was ordered to Install the following mains in keeping with public improvements: Tecumseh street from St. Clair to Tenth streets, 530 feet. Forty-ninth street from Pennsylvania street to College avenue, 2,500 feet. Dexter avenue from Fifteenth street to Twenty-second street, 550 feet. Euclid avenue, Michigan street to second alley north, 050 feet. Broadway from Garfield drive to Shelby street, 1,300 feet. Thirty-fourth street fsom College avenue to Fall creek, 1,450 feet. Bernard avenue from Boulevard place to Cornelius avenue, 450 feet. New York Assembly to Enforce Dry Law ALBANY, Jan. 24.—The prohibition enforcement bill, substantially Identical with the Volstead law, and the answer of the drys to Gov. Alfred E. Smith’s request that the legislature rescind ratification of the national prohibition amendment and provide for a referendum on it, was introduced in both houses of the legislature last night. The bill omits any provision for a prohibition enforcement department. The drys believe that such a department would give the anti-prohibition governor an excuse for vetoing the entire legislation. The bill is designed to place upon state officials the same obligation to enforce j the amendment as the Volstead act ; places upon federal officials and to eni able this state to concur in enforcement power. Steals Cabbages to Prevent Spoiling CAMBRIDGE, Jan. 24.—-“ Just a passi Ing thought, Judge,” explained a business man oij trial for stealing a head of cabi bage. ‘jit occurred to me that they would ■ rot If someone dkin’t. take t^em.”

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U. S. HAS HUGE TRADEBALANCE

Exports $4,017,000,000 More Than Imports in 1919. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The United States piled up a foreign trade balance of $4,017,000,000 during the calendar year 1919, the commerce department announced today. Exports totalled $7,922,000,000 and imports $3,901,000,000. !®>h figures show Increases over 1918. Gold Is now being exported at the rat” of more than $1,(XX),000 a day, the de pnrtment announced. The for 1919 was $368,000,000, as compared with $41,000,000 in 1918, Gold imports In 1919 totaled $77,000,000, Exports and imports during December showed a falling off as compared with November, but remained greater than those of December, 1918. Exports in December, 1919, totaled $681,000,000, while imports amounted to $381,000."00.

FLU BAFFLING TO SCIENTISTS Research Fails to Isolate Germ of Disease. BOSTON, Jan. 24.—One of the most desperate murderers In the history of the world Is at large, and scientists thus far have been unable to locate him. This terrible truth was brought out by Prof. T. M. Rivers, of Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, who addressed the of American Bacteriologists in annual convention at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This criminal is the germ responsible for inflttenza, according to Prof. Rivers. According to statistics presented by Prof. Rivers In lf>o3, a certain bacillus was identified and classified aa an influenza bacillus, but It has been found that' the germ nourishes In the bodies of perfectly healthy' individuals, while others, stricken with Influenza, are not visited by the germ. The theory now is that an organism so small that it eludes the most powerful microscope, is the real culprit; and, furthermore, scientists declare that the human eye is so constructed that it will probably never see through a microscope the actual guilty germ which has slain many thousands In influenza epidemics Midget Ex-Soldiers to Clean City Streets NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—0n account of the small number of men who apply for work as drivers and sweepers with the street cleaning department, the municipal civil service commission has been compelled to lower the requirements regarding height. A few days ago James F. Drum informed the commissioners that there were very few unemployed soldiers at the Longacre hut of the Kuights of Columbus who could qualify ns to height. They were physically fit and capable of manhandling a broom, he explained, but they could not make the height. The commissioner won the point and now candidates are to be accented If they measure five feet. The job pays $4.35* a day for eight hours. Barrett Says Union Prevented Six Wars NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—The Pan-Amer-ican Union, composed of twenty-one American governments, including the United States, was' credited by John Barrett, director general, with having prevented no less than six wars, including the conflict between the United States and Mexico in the past thirteen years. Lemon and Garlic Supply Cut Short by Flu Epidemic The flu epidemic throughout the country, particularly Chicago, is causing a scarcity of lemons and garlic In Indianapolis, dealers on ■"ommtsslon row* say. For the first time In the memory of veteran dealers, Chicago bought, lemons in the Indianapolis market this morning. Price of lemons at Chicago has jumped to $7 and $S a box. Dealers here advanced their prices today to $5.50 and $6 a box, from $4 and $4.50. “There are no lemons to be had, that is all,” said a prominent commission merchant today. “Chicago Is scouring the country to supply the home trade. This is an unusual condition.” Duriug any epidemic the foreign element uses garlic in large quantities, ; it was stated. .

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1920.

SAYS MEXICANS SHOT U.S. SOLDIER, CUT OFF EARS FOR SOUVENIRS SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. 24.—Horrible atrocities were commUted upon an American soldier taken prisoner oy Mexicans in one of the border raids in 1915, according to testimony produced yesterday before the Fall investigating committee.

Tom Mayfield, former deputy sheriff; of Hidalgo county, Texas, declared before the committee, that In one of the border raids an American soldier was taken prisoner on this side of the border. He was taken across the Rio Grande, shot four or five times, his ears cut off and given as souvenirs t.o the commanders of two Carranza garrisons, after which the head was severed, mounted on a pole and carried In a parade. Mayfield said'the body was finally throw,! Into the Bio Grande and later recovered by American authorities.

GERMANY MAY GET IN LEAGUE OF NATIONS

LONDON, Jan. 24. -Germany may he admitted to the league of nations within a comparatively short" time and be given a scat In the council If the sentiment developing In British circles Is reflected by other powers. In this connection it was pointed out that the only vacancy on the council is thnt Intended for the United Htntes. Furthermore, according to the best opinion obtainable at the league secretariat here, Premier Venlzeloa of Greece may succeed President Wilson as the dominant spirit of the league in the near future. (The league covenant provides that any self governing nation "not named in the nnnex may become a member of the

SENTENCING OF NEW PUT OFF UNTIL JAN.2B

DOS ANGELES, Jan. 24. —Sentencing of Ilarry S. New, alleged son of Senator Now of Indiana, convicted of the murder of Freda Lesser, was delayed again today. On motion of the district attorney, passing of sentence arguments on the

SOUTH SIDE NEWS Persons having items for the South Sido News Column may tall L. W. | Pruett, Prospect 32”. TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT. A free entertainment will be given at the Communal building, 17 West Morris street. Sunday evening under the auspices of the Jewish federation. Rabbi M. M. Feuerlieht will be the speaker. Moving pictures will be shown. There also will be a mesleal program. This Is to be one of the series of entertainments that has been planned by the federation, all of which are to be free to the people of the community and i are to be given at the Communal build- j ing. which is owned by the federation, j Thene nre seats for more than 600 peo- | pie and it is hoped to have them all filled. LIBRARY NOTES. McCarty street branch patrons are enjoying a treat of new biographies, as interesting as fiction, and are proving as popular to the people of the south side. They are “Qourt Life From Within," by the Princess Infanta of Spain; “Years of My Youth,” by W. D. Howells; “My First Years as a Frenchwoman,” by jVI. K. Waddington; Mark Twain’s Letters'; “Out of the Shadows," by Rose Cohen; “Adventure* and Letters of Richard Harding Davis; “Son of the Middle Border,” by Hamlin Garland; “America In the Making,” by M. E. Ravage. E. D. Slattery, 615 East McCarty street, | has departed for an extended trip j through the east. He will first go to ; Washington, D. C. i Mrs. J. F. Mayer, 1257 South West j street, has returned home from Cincinj nati, 0., where she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Stengel - . i St. Patrick’s Social club will give a | card party at Fountain Square hall | Jan. 30. The Young People’s club of St. Patj rick's parish will give a card party in ! their clubrooms at Fountain square Sunday, Jan. 25. Playing will start at 8 o’clock in the evening. The Y. M. H. A. and the Y. W. H. A. plan to hold a joint meeting at the Communal building, Jan. 31, to discuss matters tending to promote co-operation between these two kindred organizations. The Theta Chi sorority plans to give a dance at the Communal building, Feb. 1. 1 Anew parish organization was organized by members af St. Catherine’s parish

The sworn statement of s Mexican witness who participated 1n the affair aud who later was captured was introduced to substantiate Mayfield’s testimony. Evidence that Germany was actually engaged In Mexican emhrogllos also was Introduced. Mayfield Identified a German Iron cross taken from a dead raider, German Mauser rifles and boxes of ammunition bearing German inscriptions. They were captured with some bandits, he said.

league if its admission Is agreed to by two-thirds of the assembly, provided that it shall give effective guarantees of Its sincere Intention to observe Its International obligations and shall accept such regulation* ns may be prescribed by the league in regard to Its military, naval and air forces and armament*. This was aimed at the enemy powers, since the annex names the original members and a group of neutrals.) The opinion was expressed todny that it would be a “miracle” If the United States Joined the league before the end of the year, but If It does, cither Wilson or William Howard Taft will Inevitably become the International leader, according to general belief here.

motion for anew trial were continued until Wednesday, January 28. The district attorney said he was not yet ready to proceed. New appeared more haggard and seemed ill when he came Into court for today's proceedings, but Jail attaches said he had not been sick.

at a meeting at St. Catherine's hall Wednesday evening. The new organization will be known as “Bt. Catherine's Welfare association." The Bible school of t'le South Side Christian mission, at Dim and Pine streets, is making a special effort to in- ' terest boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 16 in Sunday school work. 10,000-Gallon Still Found in Georgia / COLUMBUS, Ga . Jnn. 24.—An Illicit distillery with a capacity of more than 10,000 gallons and a plant equipped to manufacture moonshine whisky on an enormous scale was destroyed six miles | from Phoenix City, Ala., Tuesday night I by Sheriff Betts and two deputies. Two negroes were arrested, but steadfastly j refuse to divulge any information which might implicate others. The still was j in a brick furnace and had only made | one run, It is said. Two thousand five ■hundred gallons of mash beer, thirty-four barrels and four boxes used for fermenting were destroyed.' Harvard to Award Bronze to Scientist CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 24.—A beautiful bns relief bronze medal, the gift of M. Douglas Flattery to Harvard university, has just been received by the university authorities and will be awarded later In accordance with the terms of the gift, “to the person the president and fellows of Harvard college may adjudge to have made a dls-\ covery in any branch of science that j would result In the greatest good to | humanity in the prevention of disease or | conservation of health in the broadest sense." | The medal, by Frye, is a work of art wb extraordinary as It is beautiful. The facet bears the words, “The Maurice Douglas Flattery Medal for the Aid of Science and Health,” and the figure of the muss' removing the veil from the Tree of Knowledge. At the right of the figure are the words “Awarded to—.” On the reverse side is the Tree of ! Knowledge, while on the panels are ! Cariaplus, Laeanie, Harvey and Pasteur.

FORTY CASES OF FLU REPORTED Situation Not Alarming, but Precautions Are Necessary. There has been a slight Increase In the number of Influenza cases in the city, Dr. Herman C. Morgan, secretary of the < ify board of health, declared today. During the last ten days forty cases have been reported and though this number is not alarming, it is an Indication of tte -presence of the disease here. Members of the health board are urging the public to fhke precautions. The Increase- in the number of cases was attributed to the inclement weather by Dr. Morgan. He said there is now a prevalence of respiratory infections which make individuals susceptible to influenza. Health officials are urging the public to be very careful In following hygienic rules. Individuals are especially, cautioned to be careful of damp feet and wet clothes. The proper heating of homes and public buildings is also essential In keeping down an epidemic. Heat without moisture drys the mucous membrane and makes St susceptible to flu and cold germs, according to Dr. Morgan. Ipspectors of {he health department were given en hour's Instruction this morning as to method of procedure in guarding against a spread of influenza. Dr. Morgan said today that many cases of influenza reported turned out to be nothing more than* colds or mixed infections when examined. He said that there has been from 30,000 to 40,000 cases of colds and mixed infections in the city during the past four weeks. These cases are not reported to the health authorities. It Is necessary, however, that all eases of influenza be reported, he said. VICTIM CLEARS OLD MURDER Mystery of 35 Years Ago Is Solved by Return. CLARION, Pa., Jan. 24 A “murder” mystery of thirty-five years’ standing was cleared uu here recently. It would form the plot tor a good fiction story. In 1884 a farmer named Keaster married a widow with two sous, 12 and 10 years old, respectively. Shortly after the marriage the boys disappeared and no trnefc of them could be found. Word went around thnt Keaster disliked the stepsons, had killed them and made away with the bodies. The stories so worried Keaster that his mind gave way and he was placed In the county Insane asylum. During his wild moments he told the keeper that he had killed one of his stepsons and fearing that the other would tell of the deed he had likewise killed him. The bodies, he said, had been buried In the garden. Search was made for the bodies, but they were never found. Soon after this Keaster died. During the recent holidays a stranger arrived In Clarion. He inquired for Keaster. When toldyOf the tragic end of the farmer he announced that he was the older of the sous who had disappeared. The two boys, be explained, decided to run away from home. They worked their way To the northwest, where they found employment. The younger boy was killed in an accident five jicars after leaving home.

NAB FARM HAND IN CHECK CASE

Warsaw Official Gets Papers to Bring Back Brandy Miller. Sheriff Charles B. Moon of Warsaw, lnd., left Indianapolis today en route to New Kensington, Pa., to bring Brandy Miller, 24, alleged forger, back to Warsaw for trial. Sheriff Moon called at the statehotise to obtain the papers to bring Miller back. Miller, who has lived near Ltgonter, lnd., working on farms, has been a man of mystery to the quiet farm folk of that neighborhood. He is alleged to have forged four checks ranging In size from $lO to $175. It is claimed be signed the name of Ainsworth Bassetts to the checks. Bassetts is the farmer at whose place Miller has worked since he was released from the navy last August. Miller was arrested at New Kensington by Pinkerton detectives who protect the State bank nt Llgonler, on whose checks the alleged forgeries were written. Pinkerton agents learned that the man known as Brandy Miller wus also known under the names of Lustellus Fraither and Brandy Shank. Miller saw service on the Mexican border with a national guard company from Albion, lnd., and later entered the navy. He disappeared from Ligonier Dec. 27. British Price Probe to Be Exhaustive LONDON, Jan. 24. In order to appease public opinion. Incensed at the ever-increasing prices, the government lias appointed a “trusts committee" un der the profiteering act to probe prices of fish, quinine, tobacco, thread, harness and horse equipment, transport charges chocolate, soap. The public believes that trusts dominate these industries and are taking abnormal profits. A quick probe in each case is promised. Officials of firms sup- j posed to be Involved In trusts, are com- j pelled to till oflt an intricate questionnaire and submit their books for official examination. The probing committee can ) uummon witnesses. As several probes have been under way I for a month, reports are expected shortly. j Asks Secret Court for Wayward Girls .— NEWARK, Jan. 24.—A secret police court for young girls has been proposed to the city commission by Director of Public Safety Brennan. His idea Is to shield girls avlio fall into the hands of the police from the gaze of the curious ! and men who seek out girls caught In the police upt. Director Brennan proposes to house the court in the trial room at police headi quarters. From the precinct stations the | prisoners are to be taken In an automo- ! bile patrol and led directly to an etei valor connecting with an Inclosed driveway. : ITCH! ITCH! IltH!. It Seems Sometimes As If You Would Fly Out of Your Skin. Eczema or salt rheum not only itches, but it also burns, oozes, dries and scales over and over again. Sometimes'it covers the whole body and causes Intense suffering. You have found.that local applications have no lasting effect, and you want permanent relief. Take Hood’s'Sarsaparilla, give it a good fair trial, because you must thoroughly j purify your blood or the eruption will ! continue to annoy, perhaps agonize you. This great medicine has been, success- ! fully used in thousands of cases. To make and keep the bowels norj maily active, take Hood’s Pills, they are gentle and thorough.- Advertisement.

$5 Per Week to Wife Too Much; Zowie! Divorce Chicago Woman Says Hubby Gave Her Punch on Nose Because of H. C. L. CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—Mrs. Micagnh Woods, formerly of Chattanooga, Tent., has decided that domestic felicity can not be maintained on ,$5 a w eek, especially when the five spot Is accompanied by a knockout punch. She declared in bill tiled yesterday that after her husband brought her to Chicago, following their marriage in 1917, he handed her a $5 bill for household expenses. She remonstrated. “Don’t puli that h. c. 1 stuff on me,” she charges her husband said, punching her on the nose by way of emphasis. She also charges that Woods, who is a branch packinghouse manager, knocked her down when she asked him for an engagement ring he promised before the wedding. SAYS PALMER HAS COLD FEET Congressman Seores Attorney General Over Sedition Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—“A plain case of cold feet,” was the way Representative Rodenberg, Illinois, republican, characterized the apparently changed views of Attorney General aimer on sedition, ns the house rules committee resumed its hearings on the Graham bill yesterday. Rodenberg criticised Palmer's failure tp appear before the committee in support of the proposed sedition legislation. The congressman’s charges against Palmer caused a heated partisan discussion In the committee. Representative Pou, North Carolina, democrat, saying “there were evidence* of cold feet nearer home.” Pou also declared Rodenberg’s remarks were nothing more than political material. “I am at a loss to understand why the attorney general failed to appear,” Rodenberg said. "My understanding was that Mr. rainier was responsible for the initiation of this legislation In congress and that he had previously'approved both the Sterling and Graham sedition bills.” Chairman Campbell backed up statements of Rodenberg that Palmer had asked to be heard. Palmer's previous support of the Graham and Sterling bills was denied by democrats on the committee.

Girl, Mute, Leader of Band of Thieves PARIS, Jan. 24.—A slender young girl named Loisy headed a band of deaf mutes, which perpetrated a number of the most clever burglaries that ever came to the attention of the Paris police until the entire gang was rounded up and sent to prison this week. The police took finger prints and by reason of other clews arrested four men named Barn.v, Pierret. Maurel and Ritter, all deaf mutes. They confessed that their leader was the Txdsy girl, also a deaf mute. The girl told the police that the band worked so successfully because they carried on none of the whispered conversations that so often reveal the presence of burglars. Reds Still Trying to Divide Allies HELSINGFORS, Jan. 24.—“ The bolsheviks are playing the German game and are trying to divide the allies." The truth of this declaration, recently made by M. Tchleherin. is proved by the appearance in the Moscow Isvestia of a leading article asserting that anew war is brewing In the Pacific between America and Japan, which will again steep the world in the blood of nations which were recently allies, hut are now mobilizing against each other. Other nations, it is declared, will be dragged into the war between Amerlcg and Japan, which will thus bring about a fresh war between powerful coalitions. PARIS GOES DANCE MAD. PARIS, Jan. 24.—T0 sucb an extent has the dancing craze swept Paris that anew weekly magazine, devoted solely to (lancing, has made its appearance on the newsstands- It contains descriptions of the new dancing steps, comment on dancing costumes, little anecdotes about the best known dancers and advertisements of dancing palaces. Eyes Weak? If your eyes are weak and workstrained; your vision blurred, if you find it dffiicult to read and must wear glasses, go to your druggist and get a bottle of Bon-Opto tablets. Drop one in a fourth of a glass of water and bathe the eyes two to four time3 a day. Stronger eyes, clearer vision, and sweet relief will make you tell your friends about Bon-Opto. . Note: Doctors say Bon Opto strengthens eyesight soft in a week's time in many instance*. " g " s ' - 2,y LEW CODY In “THE BELOVED CHEATER" AU the 57 Varieties of Love-making, j

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DRY DAY LIKELY TO BE HOLIDAY Army Officer Asserts U. S. Should Celebrate Date. BOSTON, Jan. 24.—Need for continuing the campaign against the liquor forces in Massachusetts, in the United States, and throughout the world, was the keynote of a jubilee banquet heldby the state branch of the Anti-Saloon league in Ford hall In recognition of the introduction of national prohibition by constitutional amendment. It was urged that a fund of $150,000 be raised to keep up the work in this state, and $5,000 wu3 pledged at the meeting In SI,OOO gifts. The total of smaller gifts, which were made In sealed envelopes will be made known later. Resolution* were adopted urging co-operation of churches and other agencies In extending prohibition throughout the entire world. Delrevare King,’chairman of the mealing, read letters from governors of several states anti from other., public officials, highly commending prohibition and asserting that it had already proved of great benefit. Brig. Gen, John W. Wilson, U. S. A., asserted that the adoption of the prohibition amendment by forty-five state* was significant. H said he thought that prohibition was one of the greatest thing* the war had produced, and that Jan. 16 would some day be celebrated as a holiday. , Arthur J. Davis, local secretary of the league, told of the efforts made by liquor men to resume the traffic, but said their aim would never be accomplished. Economic benefits from prohibition included great reductions In jail ’population, saving of expense in Jail construction, and the possibility that many local courts could be closed; but more Important than all was the restoration of homes, blighted by drink, to happiness. . Fund* are needed, he declared, to fight the liquor men’s propaganda and assaults on the constitution; he felt that the people would respond. Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon league, who has won several cases for It in the United States supreme court, said that two new organizations had been formed to fight prohlbl-' tlon and were spreading propaganda broadcast. They were well financed. Mr. Wheeler said the liquor men would fail in their effort*, but that the United State* must hell* backward nations to tight the traffic. The issue was one of upholding the constitution, and every American must do his utmost in that respect. Prohibitionists Object to Bay Rum on Hair BOSTON, Jan. 24.—N0 more haircota will be sprinkled with bay rujn at barber shops. It will be perfumed water Instead. This rule ia enforced at the barber abop in Tremont temple, where nearly all the patrons have been strong prohibitionists.' It has also been discovered that in : many other barber shops since the ban upon alcohol, bay rum is sidetracked from haircuts.

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