Medford mail tribune., January 26, 1921, Page 8, Image 8

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MEBFOTIT) UTATTj TTtrBTJOTC, M"EDFOTtT). OTJF!OX, "WEDNESDAY, .JANUARY 2(1, 192T
THREE YEARS AGO. TO BE PROBED AGAIN
MADISON, Wis., Jan. 26. An inves
tigation Into tlio death of Richard S.
Lawrence, South Madison broker and
jewel connoseur. who was believed to
have had $300,000 in cash, bonds and
jewels in his possession when last
Been alive three years ago, has been
started by Theodore O. Lewis, district
attorney. A fourth exhumation of the
body may bo ordered in connection
with the inquiry, it was said today.
'According to evidence .produced thru
previous investigations, Lawrence,
March 21, 1918, counted his money and
bonds In' his homo on Lake Monona,
arranging them in idles with his
Jewels. Included among the jewels
was a stomi known as the "orange dia
mond," valued at $100,000 and said to
have been brought from Africa in
1881 as a gilt for Queen Victoria of
Knghmd.
HAVE COLDRM CHEEKS
; Be Better LookingTake
"" ' Olive Tablets '";
If your skin is yellow complexion
pallid tongue coated appetite poor
you have a bad taste in your mouth
a lazy, no-gorxj feeling you should
lake Olive Tablets. ' .
I)r. Edwards' Olive Tablets a sub
stitute for calomel-Mvere prepared by
Dr. Edwards after '17 years of study.
! pr.Edwards'OlivcTabletsareapufelr
veaetablecompoiinrl mixed witholiveoil.
VoO will know them by their olive color. '
i .. Tohavea cjeari pink skin, briRlitcyes,
no niniplev a fcelinft of buoyancy like
fhifdhooddayByon mustRetatthecausc.
Dr Edwards' Olivo Tablets act on
the liver and bowels like calomel yet
have no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con
stipation. Millions of boxes are sold
Lawrence went to a lawyer to make
a codicil to his will leaving part of his
estate to a step daughter, a motion
picture -actress who died later. He
was never again Been nlive. That
night a body was found on the Chicago
and Northwestern tracks. It was bur
ied as that of Lawrence but it was so
badly mangled that only his nephew
was allowed to see It. The nephew,
Kdward J. Lawrence, said it was the
body of his uncle. '
Later' the body was exhumed by the
state. Instead of tho mangled remains
buried, a niiilo body identified by sev
eral persons as that of Lawrenco was
found, Physicians testified that death
had come from a blow on tho head. A
mark on the head was tho only Injury
rovealed, nlthough the body originally
buried was said to havo been badly
torn. '
Another exhumation later rovealed
that tho body had been tnmpored with
again, according lo physicians, several
bruises having been Inflicted
Tho three undertakers who handled
tho body found on the railroad tracks,
testified In previous inquiries that the
body was mangled beyond recognition.
Bloodstained bills woro circulated
horo shortly after Lawrenco disap
peared, It is said. 1
U. SI FALLING
Tho Aztecs had a subllo , poison
which was said to destroy the. mind,
but havo no effect pn tho body. . ,. .
It was estimated In 1901 that 30,000,-
000 persons received papers with the
sermons of Thomas DcWltt Talmailgo
every week.
None but tho wealthiest ot Romans
could asplro to tho offlco of quaostor
or payniivtter In tho army.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The
United Htates was declared to rank
hinth among the nations of the world
in tho general educational level of its
people, in u report of the house com
mittt'O on education, lunde public to
day, recommending passago of the
Bnilth-Towner bill to establish a fed
eral department of education with fed
eral old in Increasing educational fa
cilities. The country is trailing be
hind "most of tlie clviiized world,"
tho report said, from the standpoint
of its uducatloiial udvautages.
The proposed measure offers tlio
only means, tlio report declared, of
collecting tho present inequality of
educational opportunities among the
various communists and preventing
waste of public funds and inefficiency
duo to luck of co-ordination' among
federal agencies dealing with educa
tion. : - .
Illiteracy is a national and hit n
sectional problem, tho report said In
citing statistics to show It was almost
equally pievalcnt In every section of
tho country.
, "Thero is-nothing of more Impor
tance in our Hchor.io of government
tluur tho education of tho people," it
qontinued. " Whatever else may be
left out, education cannot safely he
excluded. If thero is ono thing that
Justifies a tax on tho country it is
that: which strengthens and supports
our public schools,"
A. O. Brown.
The light of IJddystono lighthouse
lit the Hngllah Channel is vlslblo in
clear woalher for miles.
, Lew Wallace, author of "lieu Hur,"
was a member of tho commission
which tried tho assassins ot Abraham
Lincoln. '
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OrVRIOMT KlYIIONI VIIW CO, HW VQlt
Now Governor of New Hampshire.
EARL ISAACS BUYS
.G.
Karl Isaacs, for many years' mana
ger of Mann's department store' fn
this city Jias purchased tho C.'-.H.
Vaupol dry goods store at Ashland,
and will, take possession March 1st.
The store closed yesterday 'for j. In
ventory ' preparatory ' to changing
hands. . . Tho establishment ' iB thq
leading dry goods store of Ashland.
Mr. Isaacs left Tuesday evening for
Portland on business in connection
with tho deal.
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It's a Top-Notch Show From
the Overture to the Chasers .
and You'll Say So, Too!
STARTS TODAY-
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EUROPEAN
RELIEF
Saturday, 10 a. m. .
Page Theatre
ENTIRE PROCEEDS
GO TO CHARITY
BUY A TICKET
SAVE A LIFE
"CIVILIZATION HAS FORCED MAN TO ACCEPT THE
PRINCIPLE OF MONOGAMY, BUT HIS MIND IS STILL
"THE DEVIL'S GARDEN" A MIRE OF UNTRAMMELLED INSTINCT
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A Production Worthy of Star Profound in Thought
SUNDAY
SHIPWRECKED
AMONG CANNIBALS
Paramount in Entertainment
16-YR. OLD NEGRO .
SLAYER SPIRITED
AWAY TO SAFETY
MEMPHIS, Teun., Jan. 26 Matthew
Houston, 16 years old negro, alleged to
have confessed to the killing of five
years old Frank Dally, whose mutilat
ed body was found in a field near bis
father's farm on the outskirts of Mem
phis late yesterday, lias been removed
to Nashville for safekeeping. Mean
while, detectives are endeavoring to
establish the accuracy of a statement
credited to theTnegro that the slaying
of the child was witnessed by a white
youth who, according to Houston's al
leged confession, aided in dragging tho
body to the field In which it was found.
A fourteen year old white boy was
arrested early today for investigation.
The -Daily child disappeared Monday.
His Ijody,'- partly covered with leaves,
his head bruised, throat cut and body
slashed and mutilated, was found by a
searching party yesterday. . -
Houston was arrested last night and,
according to officers, ' confessed that
he slashed the child's throat with a
knifs after the little Tellow had fallen
from a second story window of the
negro's homo. The only explanation
offered by. the negro, according to tho
sheriff, was that he was "afraid the
whlto folks would kill mo," because
the child was hurt. Houston Is said
to have denied that he mutilated the
body.
The. negro was taken from tho jail
lato last night tinder guard of a detail
'of police and sheriffs deputies and re
moved to tho Btate penitentiary at
Nashville. . '
BISMARCK, N. P., : Jan. 26. The
audit report of the Bank of North Da
kota and other state owned industries
which has been submitted to the state
board of audit and the North Dakota
house and Benate, .ays that, 'except
for criticism of the proportion of. as
sets outn long term farm loans and
advances to state institutions. and ex
cept for some minor adjustments mado
by us. the accompanying balance sheet
is in accord w'ffh the general 'ledger..
balance at Bald date." - ; : ; '
, The Bank of North Dakota's assets
aggregated in excess of $18,830,000,
says tho audit report and liabilities are
$16,500,000. . .
Deposits December 3 totalled tl5,
298,923. . -
Further audits of the Homo Building
association and the Drake Mill and
Klevator association are recomnionded.
All funds are accounted for., ,
House ' and ; ; senate ' committees
planned a thorough digest of the audit
r After some criticisms of the.law cre
ating the bank; the report says:
"It is necessary to direct your atten
tion to the disproportionate amount of
the assets of the tank- which aro rep
resented In thirty year farm loans,
state bonds, advances to state Institu
tions and other non-liquid investments
to establish and emphasize the proprl
ety and importance of tho accompany
ing recommendations.
The report shows these items to be
listed as follows:
;. Thirty year' farm loans,' $2,599,069:
state bonds, . $1,951,450, - represeHtm
ih.. piiitni of the bank, and advances
to state Institutions 882,716. i . . ; : ,; .
' The report comments that tBe,bank
found It advisable to draw on re-depos-its
of public funds in local banks and
said tills decreased the ability "of the
lncni banks Ut assist the local .mer
chants and farmers at the time of the'-..
greatest need. "... -; , ; ...
' The net obligations of the EUBpenaea
linnkn In which the Bank of Nortti Da-
kita is Interested totals'- .$648,394.50,
the largest single amount In any one
tmnk iioincr 72.fl00' The state' bank
examiner .has said that most of these
banks would be able to pay in full anil
in nearly alb cases the BanK of North
Dakota has security. ;. ''
.' The words."in English which begin
with the letter -3 are all. derived from
other languages,' principally from the
Greek.--:. . :. ' - ; ''
GOOD NEWS
'.' ' '" Vyj;
Muuy Mearoril Ilcudcrs Have" Heard
It and Profited Thereby.
"Good news travels fast," and the
bad back sufferers. n 'McSford' are
glad to learn where relief may be
found. 'Many a lame, weak and; ach
ing back Is had no more, thanks to
Doan's kidney Pills. Our citizens are
tolling tho good news qf their, experi
ence with this tested -remedy. Here
is an example- worth reading: . ...:, .'
..Mrs. V,' E., Lane, 227. S, Holly, St.,
Medford, saysi- :'l ihave 'usodPpan's
Kidney rills for attacks 'of kidney
complaint.' 'At these?' times my .'back
would bo -weak and lntrio and T, would
feel dull and run down. My kidneys
would act. irregularly, too.'. -Down's
Kidnoy.y4ri.llB. have - always- relieved
these 'troubles, strengthening." -my.
buck and -lcidneys.' gladly.; rccom
inend Doan'a to. anyono neediijff' ;'
ney.remody." ' .',..M.ir,i--v . ' t .
I'rico 60c at, . all ..(.(Jsalprs. : Don't
simply ask for a kidney remtay 4get
Dunn's Kidney: rills the samo that
Mrs. I.auo
Mfrs., Huffalo,
ney;' Pills the' samo ijha'
had'. Kostor-MUburn ho.
ilo, N.'V: fay
SATURDAY.
MORNING
Ian -!, is mo
tion picture day
fn tin! Ilimvcr'
J--iii-opcaii lieht-f
Moveiiu'ul. .
Be here and help save a life, 3,500,-'
000 children are starving just beyond
the Atlantic. - .
I OH l'HYHIS I
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BRAND NEW SHOW TODAY
Good-Bye
' i Gloom :
-Anew ray
or 'sunshine . ,
C'HSL E S
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and
Mollis
A ROMANCE OF YOUTTH FOR YOUTHS OF
NINETEEN AND NINETY-NINE
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A FIRST
NATIONAL
ATTRACTION
SUNDAY
,VON STROHEIM'S
Supreme Achievement -"THE
DEVIL'S PASS KEY'