Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1921, Page 16

O'Donnell, were among MICHIGAN TROOPS WATCH HUNTERS SUPPLIED WITH BIBLE FOR CARLOAD OF WHISKY |2 ACCORDING TO ROOSEVELT CUSTOM { CAMP HOOK POINT, Metta- i wamkeag Lake, Me., August 16.— Theodore Koosevelt, during hunt- ing trips in this region, was wont to seek seclusion beneath a tree at the mouth of First brook to read the Bible, and those who now wish to follow his example will find everything in readiness for them. Herman Hagedon, a member of the faculty of the Roosevelt School for Boys, in New Jersey, learning of the late ex-President's custom, to have been confiscated in place. DETROIT, August 16.—Michigan stite troops today were watching for a car- load of Canadian rye whisky reported to have reached -Windsor from eastern Canada for shipment into the United States across Detrolt rive No trace of the reported shipment hagd been found on_ this side of the river tdiay. State officers redoubled their efforts to stop the flow of liquor early today when they made numerous raids in De- | 105" Yy has attached to the same tree a small tin box containing a Bible. Along with the book is a request that all who come this way pause long enough to.read a few pas- sages of the Scriptures. * A movement is on foot for the erection of a smali monument to the memory of Col. Roosevelt at Pratt's cove, one of his favorite camping places. It is proposed also that other spots in the Maine woods frequented by him in his early quest for health be suitably marked. other _cities by automobile Dixle highway. It was that automobiles searched al the highways. - ‘Windsor breweries yesterday some time. A re] the border ——— a n and their bartender, John words. LT You Don’t Have to Buy the Whole Suite No indeed—not a bit of it!'—you may buy just what you ¥ want. We’ll “break” most any suite on the floor if you only want a part of it. For instance—what would be the use of your buying a whole dining room suite when you’ve on}y space for ; the buffet, table and chairs? No use at all! That’s why you can buy what you please and as much asyou please during The August Sale of ' Life Time Furniture When you can buy the very best furniture in the world at prices that are lower this month than you usually pay for the ordinary kinds ” Just Take a Look Today at the Prices on Overstuffed Furniture $295 And a big, fine pillow arm suite in fine tapes- try and of Karpen make, at..... $395 For instance—there’s a three-piece Karpzn Suite, with loose cushions in tapestry, at. Then there is the prettiest three-piece suite in $265 velour—6-ft. sofa, of course, Karpen make And—here’s a bargain—a three-piece over- $ 42 5 stuffed sofa—in mohair—Karpen make, at And When Did You Ever See Such Values in Dining Room Furniture There’s the nicest little Suite in walnut or with Bo-neh Bttt -+ D20 Then there’s a Jacobean Oak Suite—a dandy, too, in William and Mary $27 5 style, with 60-inch Buffet... 'And there’s a Queen Anne Suite in finely fig- ured American walnut with 64-inch E menent G20 Table ....... - For a great big Suite with 60-inch Buffet and massive China Closet, four $350 , pieces, NOW.......... And—we could go on for page after page telling you of more values—but we couldn’t even begin to tell you how beauti- ful these fine suites are—you must come see that for your- self—and do come—won’t you? You’ll find unusual values —and Life Time Furniture—you know—is “built to last your children’s children. Co. Between \D & E Seventh Street M ay er & N o = e o e ey se arrested. A quantity of beer and 'W‘Il.:.ky is sald e boes e were pe iR today. . . a8 Mn{ ught across the river was finding its way to Toledo and over the announced wd.nx city that the brewerles were contemplating enlargement of their out- The latest English dictionaries con- loon | tain nearly haif a million duic i T T REPORTS WASTAGE and Gifts of Public Property Revealed in Britain. ] By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 16.—The report of the committee on public accounts, just made public, calls attention to the widespread practice of the treas- ury in sanctioning payments of large sums for purposes not authorized by parliamentary grants. Gifts of pub- lic property to allied powers and to the dominions are particularly refer- red to. The report mentions the { warship Encounter, with guns and stores, and three mine-sweepers as having ‘been given to fhe Australian commonwealth, two submarine en- gines with spare purts to the Aus- trulign navy, two submarines with torpedoes and stores to Canada and ceriain hulls to an allied govern- ment. Big Gift to Poland. The report adds that £2,000,000 in Surplus urmy stores were given the Lolish government without charge and neariy £1%,000,000 worth of stores issued to the Hussian forces irom 1918 to 1920, together with £6,500,000 in cash Surplus airpianes wita spare purts were presented to Greece, the dominions and India. On the latter two girws the charges of packing and vther custs were defrayed by the treusury. Deuling with the departmental treding account covering various Periods up to March 31, 1920, some cases dating from the beginning of the war, the report asserts that in the cuse of the sugar sccount it is expected a loss of £24,000,000 will Accrue. The report says the expenditure of the government hospitality fund meeds to be curefully watched. It remarks that there Is want of finan- cial grasp over expenditures in con- nection with the foreign office and speciul mirsions. 84,000,000 Lost in Shipyards. With regard to the ministry of shipping the report mentions that the estimated gross cost ot national ship- yards totals £6,500,000, while the amount reaiized trom sales and dis- posuls wus £2,600,000. The committee i8 not satistied that the ministry of muritions in January, 1919, took adequate steps to ascertain whether there would be sufficlent demand abroad for rallway cars of the con- tinental type to justify their con- tinued construction. 1f these stcps had becn taken, it says, it would Eave heen possible to build cars more chewply for the use of the English lines, where they were badly needed. AMUSEMENTS B. F. KEITH'S—Vaudeville. A fair all-around bill is offered this week at Keith's. Hal Forde and Lieut. Gits-Rice are the topliners, but sev- eral acts run them a close finish for the assignment. Both Forde and Rice are big favorites with Kelth patrons, but these two clever performers are In need of new material. The fact that Gitz-Rice wrote “Deat Old 1'al” may now be considered as firmly cyublished, everal encores reward- eir singing an ln;t Biuht. ging d story telling new sketch, with new faces, was \{3hown in the playlet, “22 Washing- ton 8quare,” presented by Dixie Nor- ton and Carol Melnotte. It was a success. ‘The lines, costumes, sing- ing and dancing are original and very enjoyable. Bert Fitsgibbon, the orig- ‘daffy dil” had everything new and, as usual, furnished continuous laughter for the augtence. His clever assistants are his wife and brother. The bill opens with an excellent sleight-of-hand performance by John and Nellie Olms, the palming of the former being remarkable. Harry and Grace Ellsworth, newcomers, quickly -sored with nifty songs and dances. Frank Wilcox is back with his old skeich, but it went over with the usual laughter and hurrah. Rice and Newton, in songs and funny patter, and Reddington and Grant on the bounding table, with the News Pie- Lorlal und Pathe rounded out the pro- Gl COSMOS— Circus Day in Toyland.’ Mlle. Jewell's latest novelty in vaudeville, “Circus Day in Toyland.” Wwhich heads this week's bill at the Cosmos Theater, is a show within a show, the stage presenting maller stage, with an applauding audience in the boxe and marionette playe; in quite a ies of lntzreall:g yll:: amusing acts. The figures seems to be almost human and their move- ments are not at all the disjointed, haphazard jerks of the usual marion- ette show. It is an act Interesting and attractive, especially to the children. Nat 8. Jerome and company present a pretentious and at times amusing playlet, “Our Children,” whose theme indicates a daring not usual in vaude- ville. The audience yesterday seem- ed to like it and applauded vigorously. The Hennings open with a club-jug- gling and h popular, es) ly for the comedy of a youn r of the team, who made his appearance from the audience, Jo- sephine Davis, assisted by Jack Smith, 18 a pleasing entertainer, with new and varled types of Smith assl: tossing number that is ongs, Mr. both in the singing and with a plano solo. Katheryn Dexter also furnish an at- tractive offering combining instru- mental music, songs and dances, with rly effective type of comely Dexter, which has a strong McCormick and Regay enter- Julian HaMl and ith songs and dances and Hu- bert Carlton, “the black laugh,” as he is billed; with catchy new songs and a monologue. Wallace Reid’s new picture, “Too Much Speed,” with its pleasing little romance and its exciting automobile races, 1s_the matinee feature, While “Roman Romeos,” a novelty from the Universal studios, the news pictures .|and laughable cartoons are shown at all performances. — UNPAID TROOPS MUTINY. Peru Taking Steps to Quell Revolt restore order in the city of Iquitos, capital of the department of Loredo, eastern Peru, where members of the garrison revolited on Friday. Advices from Iquitos are meager, but it ap- pears the .troops, headed by Capt. Cervantes, mutinied, presumably be- cause of discontent over their failure to receive pay. Confirmation of reports from Iquitos that the branch the Peru and Lon- don Bank of thaf city was compelled to turn over funds to the soldiers has been received by La Prenza. The sol- diers are sald to have seized about £23,000, of which £10,000 belonged to the yvernment vigilance committee whlcflnrenlne- the issuance of paper curreney. Advices do not state whether there were any easualties. The other gar- risons in the department are said not to be involved in the grouble. —_— VISIT PLANS ABANDONED. REAHESMLLONS the arpent Aomand '“fl“'&fi‘fi Payments Without Authority ment, special remedies. - Baby Specialists. 'HAT there are Physicians who specialize on Infant ailments you know. All Physicians understand Infant troubles: all Physicians treat them. It is his profession, his duty, to know human ills from the Stork to the Great Beyond. But in serious cases he calls in the Specialist. Why? He knows as every Mother knows, or ought to know, that Baby is just a baby, needing special treat- Can a Mother be less thoughtful? Can a Mother try to relieve Baby with a remedy that she would use for herself? Ask yourself; and answer honestly! Children, Pckrgmep Phrer_= Ahelpful Remedy fos At Omonths old 35 DosES ,40C Ezxact Copy of Wrapper. Net Contents 15 Fluid Drachng ¥ Gonstipationand Di:fl‘ hoed, GOMPANY. ENTS e Do you recall anything that that beat the hare. smiles to their little-one. The False and the True. Advertising by the use of arge space, the expenditure of huge sums of money have placed on the market, have put in you» home, perhaps, many articles that today have been discarded, as you will readily admit. Always remember that Baby is just a baby. And remembering this you will remember that Fletcher's Castoria is made especially for Infants and Children Cry For has more modestly appealed to the public than has Fletcher’s Castoria: modest in all its claims, pleading at all times—and truthfully—for our babies? The big splurg, the misleading claims may win for a time, but the honest truth-telling advertiser is like the old story of the tortoise Mothers everywhere, and their daughters, now mothers, speak frankly, glowingly, enthusiasticalty in praise of Fletcher’s Castoria. Speak of it lovingly as a friend that has brought comfort, cheer and To them: to these true mothers no argument can induce them to set aside their bottle of Castoria, their-old friend, that they might try even another and unknown remedy for babies. Then, would YOU think of going to YOUR OWN medicine ches: to find relief for Baby’s troubles? Can you not separate the false from the true? MOTHERS SHOULD READ THE BOOKLET THAT IS AROUND EVERY BOTTLE OF FLETCHER'S CASTORIA GeNUINE CASTORIA ALways Bears the Signature of THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. SIOUX CITY, lowa, August 16.— Filing of the will of John H. Burns, aged Sioux City recluse, who died at a local hospital as a charity pa- tient in May, at Hartington, Neb., revealed that the old man had been the owner of nearly a quarter of a million dollars' worth of property, including 7,000 acres of land near Laurel, Neb., and tens of thou- sands of dollars worth of govern- ment bonds and other valuables in a safety deposit vault in Sioux City. Three years ago Dr. J. L. Town- send was called to attend the old 5,000 CHRISTIANIZED INDIANS ARE |xpie, AGED RECLUSE, CHARITY PATIENT, | LEAVES ESTATE WORTH $250,000 man, stricken with paralysis. found the patient in a badly f: nished room. poorly lighted and in a poor section of the city. Upon his recovery Burns paid the mini- mum fee charged. Following an- other stroke last winter, the man was taken to a hospital, where he lingered several months and died. By the terms of the will § 000, to be realized from tk is to be used in erecting a h but_no_stipulation of lo . _Distant relativ, are left $30,000. Burn: v sent to Findlay. Ohio, for burial. SOUTHERN AUTOS TO TOUR TO DIXIE HIGHWAY MEET Will Drive From Miami, Fla., to Cincinnati September 8 to 1C. KNOXVILLE, August 16.—Arrange- ments have been completed for the tour of automobiles from Miami, Fla., | to Cincinnati to carry good roads men from all over the south to the Ohio city to attend the Dixie highway [ meeting to be held there from Sep- tember 8 to 10. Knoxville will be the focusing point for cars from the south, from the and from Chattanooga and e. Cars from Nashville and the south will go to Chattanooga and cars from both cities will come to Cars from the Carolinas Asheville and will then to Knoxville. It is expected come cars to Knoxville on the morning of TO CROSS PLAINS TO CONVOCATION |3 i S cierhs wivics OKREEK, 8. D., August 16.—In picturesque fashion, 5,000 Christian- ized Indians, bearing banners and crosses of the Episcopal Church, will cross the plains the latter part of this week in all sorts of conveyances to bulld a city of tepees on the banks of Oak creek, near here. For four days, begin- ning August 19, the Indians will hold a modern religious convoca- tion, a meeting quite different from the religious rites of tribal days. This modern Indian convocation ill be held in an open-air taber- nacle under the leadership of Bishop L. Burleson of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Phe convocation in the city of tepees’ is designed to bring _to- gether the Sioux and other trib men from the Rosebud and sur- rounding Indian agencies in the aistrict presided over by Bishop Butleson. The convocation will also serve to commemorate the centenary of the Missionary So- clety of the Episcopal Church, {llustrating the advance made by the Indian under the Influence of the rmissionary movement. In connection with the religious services, a business meeting will be held at which the Indians will be addressed by Charles H. Burke, Federal Commission on Indian Af- fairs. —_— e RECEIVER IS APPOINTED. Petition ruptcy Filed for Detroit Times. for the Detroit Times. newspaper, was mad court Saturday. Jam the paper would 1o tion. agent of Chicago, the petitioner. leges $4,000 in commi him for an additional $300.000. admitting the lia was filed also by Mr. Schermerhorn. Some people are indifferent and say Corn Flakes, and get what they ask for. Others want the ' better kind, and demand— - Post Toasties best 'corn flakes Poit Todsties are in a class alone—but youn can’t get in Involuntary Bank- DETROIT, August 16.—Announce- ment of the appointment of the Union Trust Company of Detroit as receiver an evening | sterday aft- ernoon, following a petition for in- voluntary bankruptcy filed in federal Schermer- horn, president and general manager of the Detroit Times Company, stated spend publica- | Earl C_Raymer, an advertising | ns is due liciting advertising; and that the company is also indebted for A petition ties and joining in the request for the receivership | September All cars will leave here at 1 o'clock that afternoon and will arrive in p.m. They will remain over night. The cars will >0 on the morning of Sep- nd will arrive in Lexing- p.m. The night will be xinzton and the party will on the morning ng there in time ceting of the Dixie Highway at 10:30 a.m. day the delegates will The nex leave Cincinnati for Dayton, Ohio, 80 that they may travel over some of Ohio’s improved roads. —_— WILL ERECT TABLET. Plan Memorial to Negro rorter Killed in John Brown Raid. By the Associated Press. s TOWN, W. V; to be erec . August 16. let 1 by Lawson ¥, on the site where Hayward a negro porter in the hotel arpers Ferry, met death in the John Brown raid of 1859, it was an- ! nounced here tod Shepperd. the records show, was the first man killed in the raid. ) TIOT PRIV RVEIS v e L LT L e e e P L SRt Wb e A O 0