Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1921, Page 15

Y Seventh Street For Every Day in the Year For a good all-around—all-season furniture there’s noth- ing quite so good as reed—or wicker ware, It is strong, serviceable and can be finished in so many fine colors to match your furnishings. Take a long sofa—a fortable rocker and a_high-back wing chair—finish @&, a soft frosted brown. Put on sofa cushions and back pads of a fine heavy tapestry in a color to harmonize, and, with a table and floor lamp to match, a most beautiful effect.can be had. Come to the Lifetime Furniture Store—tomorrow. Let us show you the newest ideas:in Reed Furniture—and it may solve a big problem for you.- Prices? Why, quite rea- sonable. There are Reed Chairs and Rockers from $14.75 up. Mayer & Co. gt il Get Out of Your Hot Kitchen! Every moment you can save from kitchen work is a mo- ment gained for rest and recreation.: The Hoosier is making many a woman in this community happier than she has ever been in the summertime. It enables her to do her kitchen work with greater ease— therefore in greater comfort. g But above all, Hoosier saves steps and saves TIME. ¥y Have a Hoosier sent home and you will find that you will get out of your hot kitchen in half the usual time. i Evening will find you fresh and happy. e Both you and your family wnll be the better fo:- 1t Come in and let us show you why Hoosier is America’s favorite Kitchen Cabinet—and. woman’s greatest summertime servant. A Between DEE ' Mayer & CO. i S.fvenfi: Street Between D and E Siberian Girls BY JUNIUS B, WOOD. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1021. CHITA. Siberla, July 9.—Siberia's grim tragedy Is an unwritten drama and it may be witnessed on every side. There is a “barakholka,’ or sec- ond-hand market, in every town. not go, but now all do. Those’ who once had plenty come to sell their re- maining belongings for a few centa, So that they may be able to sustain the terrible struggle a while longer. They are mostly women with rings, bracelets, trinkets, hand;woven bas- kets, dishes, laces and' worn hats. Thoy stand in the pitiable, line, Which also includes soldiers carrying watch- es, shoes and undergarments, and rail road men with coats, boots and tools. Boys with playthings and- school books wander around showing. their wares. The first time I came to a “barak- holka” I stopped in front of an aged woman of refinement with a black lace cap on her white hair. She had for sale a little silver creamer that had been used for many years. On it was engraved in Russian, “To our loving mother from her children.” By her side was a pretty girl of twenty, sclling & pair of shoes to a Chinese peddler, who offered 18 silver rubles (33). e need 30 rubles” said the girl. “Father is 1l.” The Chinaman refused to give more and the girl handed. over the shoes. Glancing at the girl's feet I saw that she wore | patched canvas slippers and darned stockings. “It is summer now,” she sald, with an attempt to smile. “One week later I returned to the same second-hand market. The same aged woman was again in the, line, only now: she had a black handker. chief over her white halr and_held the little lace cap in her hand. When a Russian woman sells her cap she has no more to sell. “Where is the gir1?” I inquired. “She has wo more clothes to sell,” the woman's calm reply. ‘Her dresses and shoes were gone. Ehe was unwilling to sell herself, so she jumped into the river yesterday.” Such an event is an everyday trag- edy in Russia. 'his is mly last article.” added the woman. “My sons were killed.in the war. When the food is gone I do the same as the girl did. A _young woman was next in line, holding out a silk shawl. Her eyes were cast down bashfully and her rounded figure suggested that there SAID GIRL BEAT HIM IN SUICIDE PAGT Forrest Higgins Lost Nerve as Fiancee Drank Poison, According to Witness. By the Associated Press. CORUNNA, Mich, July 9.—Forrest Higgins and Lucy Wittum, his flancee, for whose death he 1s charged with first degree murder, had entered into s suicide pact that the girl carried out, according to a statement attributed to Higgins Joseph Sheridan of Detroit, & s trooper, who took the stand for the prosecution at Hig- gins’ trial hers today. The state rest- ed at the conclusion of 8heridan's tes- timony. Stayed in Cell With Higgins. Bheridan remained in a cell with Higgins for four days, leading his companion to belleve he also was & prisoner, in order to coll ‘Wittum had taken poison and col lapsed in hi rms, and fled from the scene. Seeing Miss Wittum die caused Higgins to give up the idea of suicide, he is said to have explained. Sheridan stated Higgins told him he had met Miss Wittum in Duffleld March 29 last, when they made plans to _elope the following night. They met by agreement the next night in the Higgins woods, Sheridan quoted HIggins as saying, and de- cided to kill themselves, instead of|B.B. eloping. According to Higgins' pur- ported statement, their decision had just been reached when Miss Wittum hastily took a bottle of acid from|R her pocket, and, lowing the poi- son before Higgins could interfere, fell into his arm: Kept Girl's Death Secret. Bheridan said. Higgins told him he at once returned home, and fearing he might be suspected in connection with Miss Wittum’s death, kept silent as to what had occurred. James Dingwell, a newspaper man of Owasco, who. preceded Sheridan to the stand. told of conversations with Higgins after the arrest of the lat- ter. - Higgins, ‘he sald, asked for coples of the papers which dealt with his case, explaining he intended send- ing them to & girl ini Iron Mountaln, with Whom he had begun correspond- ing through the medium of a matri- monial agency. The third week of the trial ended today. The opening statement of the defense will be made when court con- venes Monday. WOMAN OUT FOR OFFICE Mrs. Yancey Enters Race for Vir- ginia House of Delegates. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va.,, July 9.—The golitical - campaign in democratic quarters has been enlivened by the. advent of Mrs. W. P. Yancey into the arena as a candidate for democratic nomination for the house of delegates from Bedford- county. Mrs. Yancey is a resident of the town of Bedford and is the first woman to become a political candidate in this part of the state. Her platform is an opposition to the issuance of state bends for road improvement now; improved rural schools; co-operative marketing for farmers; compulsory education; a child court commission; more econ- omy in state affairs, and an opposi- tion to what she terms “a one-man commission” in the management of the state highway system. Rev. A. M. Padgett, Baptist minis- ter. of Campbell county, has declined the invitation of the Gladys Law and Order League to be a candidate for the house from Campbell county. CHILD OFF FOR ITALY. Ambassador Ricci Wishes Him Pleasant Voyage. NEW YORK, July 9.—Richard ‘Washburn Child, newly appointed am- bassador to Italy, sailed for that country today on the Presidente Wil- son. The Italian ambassador, Roland nlccl lcoemspnlefl by a delegation untrymen, wished Ambassa- dnr Chflfl & pleasant voyage. 'WINS ATHLETIC POINTS. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., July $.—At_the general track meet of the Mount Her- mon Boys' School at Northfield, Mass., held July 4, nine of the eleven points ‘won by the Crossley Blues, one of the ties contending, were credited to Lawrence, son of ‘the Rev. A. Lawrence, pastor of Second | M an Church, Staunton. ‘worth, act: flmnm 3 wlnn'.l {ltlflon in flv(nt hll flities as !fl.l A wl!n Formerly the reputable citizens did ) Sell Last Rag, Last Trinket and Then—the River would soon be another mouth to feed in the poverty-stricken home. Next in line was a middle-aged woman, holding out a frayed corset. A soldier with a silver watch chaln dangling from his hand stopped be- fore her. “My wife does not get enough to eat and now she does not need cor- set he safd with a boisterous "%/t have had Kolchak, Semenov. the Japanese, retorted the woman spiritedly. *The lord only knows what we will have this winter.” “Thank God, the American Red Cross was here once, otherwise we should be entirely naked,” said another wom- an who was offering an olive drab sweater_that had been knit in the United States. A Mongolian passed with a handful 10,000 ruble notes. asked a man carry- ing a conductor's uniform coat. “Four tents per 10,000," replied the first. “How much sugar will 10,000 rubles of that kind buy?" inquired the rail- Fodd man. Everybody was laughing at_the colioquy. Two barefooted, .bareheaded boys, one pulling a cart and the other strok- {ing a blinking rabbit lingered at the edge of the crowd. I asked the boy what he wanted for his rabbit. “Papa will .not kill him because he is mine," replied the boy with tears coming_to his eyes. “But we have bread, He is oniy four silver rubles. The second-hand market offers e erything from used sewing machin phonographs to second-hand toothbrushes, hair braids, padlocks of all shapes and sizes and even door hinges. Everything at home i5 sold. Locke and doors are nio longer need- ed. Bavkets of articles offered for imale contain collars, cuffs, shirts. dresses, paintings, toys, shaving set! sHverware, shirt waists. window cur- tains—in short everything cherished in the poorest and richest homes. An aged couple sat on a battered iron bedstead holding out a brass samover —a necessity in every Russian home— polished to pristine brightness with sand from the river bank. “We'll sleep on the ground. for It 1s_summer now," explained the man, whose shoulders were bent from years of toil. Howaever, the summer f{n Siber} where the sun rises at 4 in the morn. ing and sets at 10 in the evening, do. not last long and unless a change comes soon many of those frequent- ing the second-hand markets this year will sleep underground before amother summer comes. Bronx Kids March in Strike Against Cream Soda Price By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 8$—Pro- claiming themselves on strike ] -nl-n the high price of ice ®odns, more than ome ; | thousand Bronx boys and girls paraded today with the hope | of bringing their favorite drink down to the old-time nickel price. ‘They -marched to the office of | | Borough President Bruckn who operates a large 0 ‘water plant, but they were told ke was out and could not hear their protests hefore Monday. “Help the kids of the Bronx met nickel modas,” read one of the signs in the parade. An- ather declared the youngsters would refuse to pay more than & nickel. The children visited several soft' drink places, but mome promised to take the lead in cutting the price. O — RURAL LIFE CONFERENCE. Meeting to 'olun at Fredericksburg, Va., July 22. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July $.—A | rural life coonference will be held at the State Normal School, Fredericksburg, July 22, in two sessions, from 9-12 am. and 2-4 pm. The program is as follows: “elcome. Pre!ldeut A. B. Chandler, jr.; “Relation of Good Roads to Good Schools,” Senator C. O'Conor Gool- Munford; “Community Le Experience in Spotsylvaniz ' Miss Eula D. Atkinson Henabilitation of the Rural Cl . R. h . J. H. lay and Asaletics ln "Rural Communities,” Miss Pearl M. Hicks; “The County as the Educational Unit,” Supt. Blake T. Newton; “The Rural Schools of Virginia, upt. Harris Hart: “The Sociul Nature of the Rural Problem,” Prof. Willlam Gee: “Provisions of the West La a Factor in Rural Ennion G. Williams, Girls,” Miss Bessie L. Dunn Work for Boys,” W. L. Kirby, and “Commodity 'Organizations Among Farmers,” J. H. Quisenberry. $50,000 INVOLVED IN DEAL. Meyersdale Milling Company Takes Over Large Concern. Special Dispatch to The Star. FROSTBURG, Ma., July 9.—Onq the most important business de in recent years in Meyersdale was con- summated, when the Meyersdale Milling Company, incorporated, over the large flour and fe: bottling works and other interssts of C. E. Deal. The deal involved a price of over,$50,000. The new pro prietors are & number wf local capi- talists, headed by M. W. Culler of Baltimore, who will serve as general manager of the new concern, and will ;t lonea remove his famiy to Meyers- ale. ‘The mill property is located along- side of the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohlo rallroad. NEW.LINER SHOWS SPEED. Passenger and Cargo Ship Ready for South American Trade. CAMDEN, N. J.,, July 9.—The com- bination passenger and cargo steam- er American Legion, bullt by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for operation by the Munson Steam- ship Company in the South Ameri- can_trade, returned to her' dock here late this-afternoon after a trial trip off the Delaware capes. It was officially announced by the| trial board that the new.vesse all tests satisfactorily end:shat she developed a speed of 20.92 knots an hour, whereas her contract calls for 173% knots. The average xur'uma hign runs dyring, the tr 8.5 noti The ship will probabiyidesse Mon- day for New York, and sail for Rio Janeiro, Montevided and Bugtos Alres July 27. The new vessel {8 535 feat loog, displaces 21,000 tons and has accommodations for about 400 pas-y sengers. . . GIRLS FIGHT FLAMES. Summer School Students Bcvt 4,000-Acre. Forest 'l‘nct. STURGEON Y, Wis.," Ji gL e & summoer ‘wechool, fought flnmu ‘which !hrea*lened to consume the E h“‘h uge. forest tate ep and fiu. uu ‘Mt‘mp !nr‘h he ?-ho § 4 s jm-med » Dutiet ‘m. £ nu‘ wae ]! T TS CHURCH TO-COST $22,351. | SIGHTS SCHOONER AFIRE. Asks Friends Name e 19“, Child us Own Proposed Edifice for Trinity Metho- (Ship at Newport News Report Blaze Off the Bermudas. By the Associated Press, Specinl Dispatch to The Star. NEWPORT NEWS, Va, July 9.- LYNFHBURG, Va., July S~— LYNCHBURG, Va., July 9.—Work [The British steamer Otterburs 0. Shaner, father of 'Wlll be started here at once on & new | which arrived here today from Ber : E | nineteen children, eighteem 'of | |.p,rch building for Trinity Methodist | muda, reports sighting a burnin Church, contract having been let yes- | four-masted schooner, near the Ber terday for a building to cost $22,351.| mudas. All twe Doats were gone am The auditorfum will seat 500 Persons ! ye s geaumed that the schooner and, in wddition, there will be & mod-f A CPRHIEE L erniy appeinted Sunday school de- partment. The Otterburn went as pear th The contract price does not.include| copoonor a8 possible, but confd no the cost of heating or seating. “The building 18 to be ready for use about [ meke out the name on accowhit o the flame and smoke. whom are living, had, he says, run out of mames, and he is anking his friends here to sug- name for the last, a h-old boy. The eighteenth child was named Thomas Jeflerson by List Is Exhausted ‘ dist Congregation, Lynchburg. | the close of this year. No matter how high the thermometer climbs you can serve your Sunday dinner—or any other dinner, for that matter—without the terrible discomforts of a hot kitchen if you use a Thermatic Firel=ss Cooker. Put your food in—prepared just as you woul'd for an or- dinary stove—and just for- get it. It will cook perfectly without watching and will be ready to serve when you return. No bother or trou- ble. Thermatic Cookers will do anything that your stove can do and make it better—more wholesome and appetizing. ~ Cuts gas and grocery bills, too. Let us show you the difference between the Thermatic and the ordinary cooker. . Mayer & Co. Seventh anet Between D G E L p '] The Cflarm, of the Four-Poster Like the Windsor chair and the gateleg table, the four- poster Bed has been handed down from the time of . our great-grandparents, and will continue as an aristocrat thru many generations to come.. .- - And why should it not hold ts populanty? Certainly, - -when it comes to grace and beauty of desxgn, there is Anothmg in Bedroom Furniture that approaches its class, and as for comfort—well, thete are:some four-posters in The Lifetinte Furniture Store that, fitted-with: o famous De Luxe spring ans Style A mattress, w pt even old Morpheus himself, tze fabled God of S]eep. A Four-poster, you Kriow” can appropriately be used almost i anywhere and with.furniture you already have, because it is a thorbughbred all'by itself;, amd doesn’t have to be matched : up with anything.. ‘A dozen des:gns to choose from, and prices are—well, very attractive.