St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 10, 1921

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Col- | ins He Had Led Dual Life for 44 Years. | Fi ' GIVEN IN SUIT DEPOSITION ————$_—_$_ Died Last Year After an Illness in Which Larkin i at Bedside for Weeks. : ral ~ ies (Copyright, 19915 c seat & the unsual itional details of » of Eli Hilles Larkin, re chemist and philanthropist, for 44 years lived a double life, known in his business as a while at the same time he, i with Harriet Belle Thompson her husband and was known as B. Thompson, were related today | Charies Cummings Collins of 20, nox place, an attorney, and oth- | "Mrs. Thompson's" true name was. d, and Larkin met her when she! between 15 and 17, and he was | ut 35. She came from Louisiana. rkin died April 16, 1920, in his | ity-first year. He was vice presi- | of the National Ammonia Co. was the designer of an am- ja shipping cylinder. His dual was disclosed yesterday in the of Attorney Collins’ deposition the Circuit Court in the contest the Larkin will brought by Bar- pmew N. Larkin and Mrs. Annie F. Oliver, nephew and niece of Lar- Larkin’s will made large be- quests to the David Rankin Jr. shool of Mechanical Trades and the . Louls Children’s Hospital. | Collins seid it was 156 yeurs ago. en Larkin confided to him that | 30 years he had ied a dual life. | lie life continued unti) the deeth | Miss Thompson, Feb. 24, 1920. br six or seven weeks before her | h, Collins testified, Larkin leave the house except to go to barber's. When she died he “My faithful helpmeect has de- | i, and spoke of how lonesome | mil- ' ’ : ‘ i house would be without her. Met Her as Young Girl. woman's true name, Larkin Collins, was Floyd. She was a iber of a Louisiana family who ered hardships during the Civil and lost their plantation and nearly wiped out. She was ieft in the world and came to St. and Larkin met her when she a very young girl. Collinge described her * was short of stature and ed delicate and weak. She was handsome. Her hair was light rather sparse. She was illiter- . Bhe could read, but could write ju littie,”’ larkin, Collins said, introduced as his wife, but they led a se- bed life and not many met them. ins mother knew her and was eful to her for her loyalty and Mion to Larkin His brother, Mas, Was at the home frequently. | woman had a limited number | Other visitors. Collins and his: fand daughter frequently visited Collins always called her Mrs. “sf f as follows: } pson Larkin Physically Rugged. Larkin was rugged and made few ‘plaints of physical ailments. He. med much and went daily to his) at 3600 North Broadway Collins testified that Larkin was. fond of Christ Church Cathe- | and did a great deal anony- isly for it during his life. He responsible for the {Installation | the lighting system. Collins ht there was a tablet in the rch in commemoration of Lar- * mother, who was a member. Fave $10,000 to the endowment 7 and $5000 to St. Stephen's mis- » $10,000 to Holy Cross House, | mission of Grace Episcopal arch in Marion piace, and $19.- to the Episcopal Orphans’ Home 1711 South rand avenue oo 1 Home and Business. ‘aid today at his home that | Double life maintained by Larkin POsBible bec, use of the complete | tion of his home life from h'‘s | mess life In business he was Pasa bachelor. His business | Yates knew nothing of his jiiome j In the vicinity of his home at forest Park boulevard, which tabout 10 years ago, _ rd be- that when lived at 4030 Mreet, he was known as Mr es and the woman was has Mre Th mpson and the, look ed UPON Aas a quiet ecotpl SM pir but he was not zed us the wealthy che —= Collins said Mies Thon.peon ’ & “FWeet, likable little mouse, not “ularly prett:." Larkin’s moth- | Weed them marry tarktny | ted to marry her but she refuse! Une she thought it might «m- him. One da, sitting on the Larkin sid to Mre ‘ollone: | n't ¥o out and do things as oth People do because of this, tut tT) Comtineed on Page 2, Coleman 2. + , . he Mentha is:. to STELL OF [ms ‘ards it ments at this time. assessment own lighting. did ‘- Field & hair would not be permitted,’ Armeastrong explained. ‘White House Luncheon Agrees on Recess of Congress on Aug. 20 30-Day Lay-Off Contingent on House Passage of Tax and Farm Credits Bill. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. By the Associated Press. GREEMENT for a 30-day A recess of. Congress beginning Aug. 20, contingent upon passage by the House before that date of the tax and administra- tion argicultural credit bills, was reached today at a White House luncheon conference between President Harding and Senators Lodge and Curtis. CITIZENS TO SPEND $6700 IN ERECTING LIGHT STANDARDS Garments Obtained by Fraud Director Announces He Is Fact That Only Half Dozen in East Sold at 35 to 50 Going to Continue Award- Are Sent Out of Country | Permission for Improvement on Longfellow and Haw- thorne Boulevards Granted. Director of Public Utilities Hooke today granted permission to a dele- gation from the Compton Hill Pro- it of property owners residing on Haw- ective Association, an organization thorne and-Longfellow boulevards, erect 14 concrete electric light standards along those streets at a of $6700. The subscription among to was the cost raised by owners. John F. 3453 Haw- thorne boulevard, chairman of the money Queeny of board of the Monsanto Chemica! works, was a mover in the enter- prise, and announced that the stand- was desired to erect would be identical with those in the parks. The move was started because the owners thought the streets insuffi- ciently lighted and the city had no funds available to make improve- Permission had to be obtained for the work, as the boulevards are listed as city thor- oughfares, and not, as in the case of 'some ofthe inclosed places, as pri- vate streets, where residents pay an for a portion of ee em ee eel tw GIRL FIRED FOR REFUSING TO WEAR NET OVER BOBBED HAIR Marshall Ficlad & Co. Begins to En- force Rule. Against “Dollse.”’ Special to the P'ost-Dispatcna. CHICAGO, Aug. 10.—‘*The dolls must go." They are going. Marshall (Co. yesterday enforced the ultimatum of big retail business. Miss Helen Armstrong, a bobbed hair enthusiast in the carnet department, was fired to start it. “Orders were dssued bobbed Miss “And we girls with bobbed hair were all told we must wear nets until our hair grew. l won't wear a net. because I knew I don’t look well with ‘my hair fas- tened undc a net, so I was told that that ‘1 could leave.” Thus began the Chicago campaign against the short hair fad that some years ago Greenwich Village put in vogue. Instead of dying out it had ‘got new impetus year after year. A escore of short-haired damsels ‘were to be seen behind the counter in Field's. Yesterday they all wore nets. —_- -- ~>--_-- CARUSO'S WILL, MADE IN 1919, } 100,000 BUSINESS HERE BY ALLEGED I ; ' _ Men Now Under Arrest in New York Operated in This City. | SYNDICATE DEALT IN WOMEN’S CLOTHING . Per Cent Under Wholesale Prices. How an alleged swindle syndicate dealing in women’s ready-to-wear | clothing, which operated in several large cities, did business in this city, | disposing of goods valued in excess MKELVEY’S SON IN ' ’ ; | ‘Hirsch & Co., |of $100,000, was related today by Edward K. Schwartz. an attorney the Odd Building. fol- lowing the arrignment yesterday ‘pe- fore a United States Commissioner in New York of four men alleged to have used the mails to defraud. The men under arrest are Herman Shaw, who formerly lived at th» Delmonte Hotel and did business as the Shaw Garment Co., 314 North Sixth street; Harry Lovett, who is said to have done business with of- fices in the Arcade Building as Jaco | Zuckerman, and Samuel Stein and _Morris Cohen, who were partners in _business of Shaw and Lovett in the Clever Dress House in New York. Their hearing has been set for Aug. | 22. in Fellows’ Left St. Louis Hurricdly. As published exclusively in the Post-Dispatch July 7, Shaw and two ' their /other clothing jobbers left j after | against | ’ } the city were levied Schwartz on attachments their stock by | This behalf of. Eastern crediters who re- | ported they had been defrauded by Shaw and others who represented themselves as connected with con- cerns of good rating. Show with him an expensive automobile, which had not been paid for. took | and | ihis was recovered in a Chicago ga-. rage. Schwartz, the pointed receiver in a bankruptcy proceeding against Shaw and sold the assets Shaw left here a tpublic auction receiver, Schwartz made a thorough investigation of Shaw's operations here, and this tion with Lovett. who assumed the name of Jacob Zuckerman, a reputa- ble merchant in this city, and W. J Zuckerman, who operated as the Fitwell Garnrent Co.. with offices in the Victoria Building. W. J. Zuckerman is not under ar- rest He suddenly left St. Louis attorney, when the assets of Shaw were levied HAS NO MENTION OF WIFE, CHILD ee According to Italian Law, They Must Receive Greater Part of Estate, Regardiess of Document. By the Associated Press. NAPLES. Aug. 10.—The will of the late Enrico Caruso has been read in court before Mrs. Caruso, Cioviahno Caruso, his brother, and one of the singer's sons. It was an instrument written in 1919, and al- though it was his last will, it did not mention Caruso’s wife and deughter. According to Italian law, they must receive the greater part or the estate. Only the remainder, after they have been provided for, would be at the disposal of the tes- trtor. Attorneys are proceeding to make an inventory of the catate. ——— ——— et = ‘PROOF THAT DR. STONE REACHED SUMMIT OF MT, EANON. FOUND _ —— anne Educator Had Climbcd Peak Hither- to Unscaled Just Before He Fell te His Death. the Aasociated Press Ry that Dr. W. E. Btone, former presi- dent of Purdue University, reached the summit of, Mount Fanon, an achievement not hithert® accom- plished. a moment before he fell to his death has been found by the party which recovered his body, de- clared a dispatch from Banff re- ceived by the Calgary Herald Couple Married 71 Years. Ry the Assoctated Pres ROODHOUSE, UL. Aug. 10- -The seventy-firat anniversary of their wedding was celebrated here yester. day by Jo W: Chapman and his wife. ‘Mr. Chapman was 15 and his bride was 16. when they were married in 1850. , the | Eastern ' 1 $756,000 ' | Bhaw dle street, on, and the receiver found evidence in Shaw's assets that Shaw, Lovett and W. J. Zuckerman worked hand in hand here in tre disposal of clothing at prices ridiculously low. in many instance 35 to 50 per cent under wholesale prices. These goods were sold to local retall houses, who have told the receiver they did not suspect the goods were obtained by fraud. How Oredits Were Obtained. The original Fitwell Garment Co. of St. Louis was a concern of good standing and was liquidated last December. Jacob Zuckerman of St. Louls, who has a store at 1306 Bid- has been in business 24 years and has a good rating. The alleged swindlers used the names of Fitwell company and Jacob Zuckerman to obtain credits at houses and are said “by Schwartz to have obtained at least in their operations here, while it is reported from New York that they obtained a total of approx- imately $500,000 in their operations throughout the country. The first evidence of fraud was detected in this city when Schwartz was retained by Eastern wholesale elothing houses to investigate the affairs of the Shaw Garment Co. He filed a garnishment against Shaw on | behalf of a creditor and learned that had been operating in con- | junction with W. J. Zuckerman of ‘the Fitwell company, and Levett, in (the Arcade Building. It appears that /' Lovett also heard of the investiga tion being made by Schwartz, and he also left the city. Attachments were levied by creditors against th> assets of Zuckerman and Lovett and CALGARY. Alta... Aug. 10. —~Proof | ¢neir stocks were placed in sterage. bring to ' The assets of both will not more than $1009, according | Schwartz. At the Franklin Rank. where Shaw had an account, Schwartz | learned that his cash transactions in the latter part of May and first part of June ameunted to $9115.33, which he is presumed to have obtained for merchandise. It was that Shaw had deposited and with- drawn about $3000 in transactions with the Broadway Savings Trust Co. “We know that Lovett would go East and purchase goods on credit as Jacob Zuckerman of St. Louls, representing himeelf as being the ——— A A A ea a ee be ee oe —— - ~~ Centinved on Page 3, Coleme +4. learned also was ap-| and floor at the Armory. realizing less than $700. As | lisclosed his connec- ' FIRM THAT DRAWS PRISONERS FREED SWINDLE COMBINE MANY CITY JOBS BY THE RUSSIANS St. Louis Attorney Tells How $1651.25 Is Paid to Con- Men Released by the Soviet = Concern Since Authorities Have Arrived tracting July 1 on Work Allotted Without Public Bidding. : TOTAL IS $4002.16 ing Contracts and That Paper Can Say So. | Having James G. McKelvey, 22- year-old son of Director of Public Safety McKelvey, as a junior part-. ner is proving profitable for H. O. contractors, with of- fices in the Wainwright Building. | Since young McKelvey resigned as chief engineer in his father’s depart- ment at $3600 a year, on July 1, the firm has drawn from the city treasury, with Director McKelvey’s approval, $1651.25 for work given to it by Director McKelvey without competitive bidding. Since the beginning of the year, April 12, during all or a of which time it was known young McKelvey was to become member of the firm, the payments to Hirsch & Co. have been $4002.16, all on private lettings, whereas dur- ing the last fiscal year the payment, tu the firm aggregated only $2742.27. Largest Job Was Alterations. The payments this fiscal year havs fiscal | part that | ‘ ’ ; ; ’ (CAPT . KILPATRICK INSIDE FOUR MONTHS AMONG THOSE FREED | Russia, reached been made for work done on city) buildings. The biggest job was mak- ing alterations of the basement of the | Sheriff's offices. wus paid for July 11 and amounted to $998.85. The itemized bill showed 268 hours of carpenter work at $1.25 an hour, moving safe | from Times Building, $39, and ma- terial and supplies, bringing the to- | tal to $908.05, to 1@ per cent for profit, grand total to $998.85. | A good many repair jobs have | been done on engine houses. July 9 the firm received $98.75 for plae- ing sash and repairing the skylight June 2 it) was paid $37 for labor and material | in placing wire in screens at the morgue. A voucher dated June 11, for $98.21, for repairing sash and floor- | ing at Engine House No. 25, shows that young McKelvey was function- | ing then as a potential member of the Hirsch’ firm, although still draw- ing salary from the city. On the back is this indorsement: the order of H. O. Hirsch. Hirsch & Co., per J. G. McKelvey.” Director McKelvey was defiant | when asked by a Post-Dispatch re- porter if his son's firm was not get- ting a good dea! of privately let city work. “It always did get a good deal of work,” he said. , Here are three more requisitions. The firm is going to get that, You had a lot of scare heads about the Mayor's brother getting plumbing work. Now you can have scare heads on this. Because my son is a partner in the firm is no reason why the firm | shouldn't get business, and it is go- ing to continue to get it, and you can put that in the paper. too. The firm also gete business on public lettings. Why don't you print that?’ No Estimates Were Made. The Director said he got estimates | Courthouse for the bringing the too. ('on most of the jobs, but he coulg not | tthan ’ on the alterations of the courthouse basement for the Sheriff. because it was not certain what amount of work would be required. but the ‘work was well done and he _ ap- proved the bill. “Tam not going to deprive the firm of any business because my son ig connected with it,” he repeated. He was asked how it happened | that the firm was getting more pri- vately let city work this year. with young McKelvey a member wf it. last year. when he was not connected with it. “I don't know anything about that.”’ he said. “I guess it’s because we are doing more work this year It's all right, though. The firm is going to continue to get work. We are doing more plumbing work. too.” | PRESIDENT AND MRS. HARDING MAY TAKE EXTENDED VACATION is at 686 West Twelfth street, San) which was added | planned chiefly ‘for the prposed negotiations, reached | whose representative, Capt. Evan E. ‘ing to replace their discarded cos- , biliments. Most of them said they were going | |‘ abouts | American engineer, other than that | If Congress Recesece Late in Month, Harding May Visit Some Place Not Far From Washington. the Associa‘ed Press WASHINGTON, Aug. fongress receas late this month | President and Mrs Harding may leave Washington for an extended vacation. No definite pians have been made, however, it was said today. The President has hoped that he might make a trip into the Pacific Northwest this fall, but it is not con- sidered likely that he will get that far away from Washington. If he does find opportunity for a vacation, it is probable he will eelect some Ry the Capital. 16.—-Should ; ‘forced Harry Kiegler, the manager, | ‘place within a few hours’ ride of'to rob the manager and the cus- tomer, OK AMERICAN AND XCESS PROFITS — TAX REPEAL VOTE at Nowa Esthonia, in Fair Condition of Health. THREE KILLED IN MEMPHIS PAYROLL HOLDUP AND CHASE: _ By the Associated Preas | MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 10.—How- ard L. Gamble, a special agent em- | ployed by the Ford Motor Co., Polk | E. Carraway, a policeman, and Vin- By the Associated Press. cent Lucarini, RIGA, Letvia, Aug. 10.—Six Amer-/| are dead, and three other men are ican prisoners in Russia have been | wounded, as a result of an unsuc- released by the soviet authorities | cessful attempt by four masked men and have arrived at Narva, Esthonia,| to rob a clerk of a bag containing in fair condition. The six were Em-, $8500, as he was entering the Ford mett Kilpatrick, Weston B. Estes, assembling plant here today, and John Flick, X. B. Kalmatiano, J. J. the subsequent pursuit of the bandits La Mare and Russell Pattinger. ‘in which a police automobile was The fact that only a half dozen fired on by mistake by a Sheriff's were sent out is said here to threaten | posse as it was passing through Col- a long delay in the famine relief; lierville, 4 suburb. negotiations. 3 Lucarini was shot The prisoners, released under the promise made by the soviet author- ities at the time an offer of help was) accepted from American relief or- ganizations for famine suffering Narva last night. Of the released men Capt: Emme Kilpatrick, of Uniontown, Ala., was captured while on duty with Gen. Wrangel’s forces in South Russia. William Flick and Dr. Weston B. Estes, of New York, are moving picture photographers, who went into Russia and were imprisoned last year. Xenophon iano, of Racine, Wis., Godinen prisons for years. Henry J. La Marc is a New York man, and, Russell Pattinger's home Taken at Riga to Threaten ‘Delay in Food Relief. through the the police car were wounded when, according to advices received here, ANOTHER DEC al Lieut. Henneken, Who Aided in Killing Charlemagne Peralte, Slays Haitian Outlaw. Kalma- been in: three Piumentha! has nearly the Post-Dispatch. Francisco. WASHINGTON, Aug. Brown Reaches Riga. Walter L. Brown, European direc- tor of the American relief adminis- tration, Herbert Hoover's organiza- tion, through which it has been to administer the proposed famine relief. arrived in Riga while the six Americans set free and sent out of Russia through Esthonia were on the way to Reval. Maxim Litvinoff, the soviet envoy 'neken of St. and two decorations. ken was awarded the Congressiona | “extraordinary heroism, gallantry and intrepidity’ at the head of a |detail of marines who killed |'Bandit Leader Charlemagne Peralte and dispersed 1200 of his followers. here about the same time. Director Brown, it is understood, will insist that every bona fide Amer- ican in Russia, whether in or out of prison, must be given an opportuni- ty to leave Russia before the nego- | tiations can begin. Brown is acting unofficially, but in touch with the State Department, of the island. Peralte was succeeded Joseph. who set out to terrorize Haiti in similar fashion. How he was disposed of is told in the cita- tion which has just been officially attached to the record of Lieut. Henneken, as follows: ‘The Navy Cross is awarded to Lieut Henneken for extraordinary heroism displayed on the night of March 31. 1920, by advancing into the camp of Orisis Joseph, a noto- rious bandit leader. disregard of danger, Lieut. ken, leading a small detail, advanced by Osiris of in handed him a list 190 Americans still Young, has more than Russia. M. Litvinoff said this morning: “We are prepared to go ahead with the negotiations.”’ Negotiations Are Opencd. Preliminary negotiations between Director Brown and M. Litvinoff opened this afternoon, the American representative asking M. Litvinoff what the soviet Government's inten- tions were regarding the freeing of the other Americans in Russia. The conferees were introduced by the Letvian Premier. ‘seph, who was surrounded by followers and shot thereby ridding the country of a ban- ern Haiti. In addition to the courage Red Cross Sapplics Released Ameri- cans With Clothing. the Associated Press REVAL, Esthonia, Aug. 10.—A special Bolshevist automobile carry- ing the six Americans who had been released from Russian prisons, ar- rived here at 6 o'clock this morning, where the American Red Cross will supply them with comfortable cloth- to accomplish his mission are worthy ‘of the highest praise.” SHOWERS PROBABLE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW; COOLER PERATURES. Rv THE TEM sack uniforms and other queer ha- ee ate ‘ ° - sf This nondescript garb gave them 9 strangely foreign appearance, 80 they could not be recognized as Americans as they rode in the Bol- shevist conveyance. | All six of the Americans were in fairly good health and appeared to, be delighted with their fréedom. | Highest terday, 87, at 5& p. m., lowest, 68, at > a. ™. | NO CASE OF BEER FORA CASE OF SICKNESS -~ cast for M@. Louts and vwi- cinity: Increas- ing cloudiness tonight and to- morrow, prob- ably with thun- dersh owes; cooler tomor- to Riga, whence they expect to sail | for America as soon as possibile. | None of them knew the exact where- of Royal C. Keeley, an) he was “running a factory some- where for the Bolshevists.” $50 STOLEN BY TWO MEN IN 82ND KROGER ROBBERY The eighty-second Kroger store holdup since August, 1919, was com- mitted at 11 a. m. today, when two men armed with revolvers entered. the store at 6500 Welle avense and | | row. Missouri: T h t ndershow- ers tonigh', cooler in the northwest and extreme north portions; tomor- row, fair to lie on the fléor and compelled) non portion, probably showers in Mra. Freda Shapiro of 140@ Belt av- south portion, cooler. roy " mer? to stand with her) Stage of the river at 7 ace to a wall. feet, a fall of 1 foot. One of the men took $60 from the | cash register and both then ran out | Pres B ; Cc , Tonight. They made no effort Re en the ie At Lafayette Park, 1:30 te 36 eclock. a. m., 8.3 ’ | , head and two of his companions .n ) Se By the Washington Correspondent of | won him renown as a fighting man. | He now has two bandits to his credit Lieut. Henne- | 'Peralte had long been the bad man With admirable | Henne- | dit who had long terrorized North- | displayed, the resourcefulness shown | and the careful planning necessary | ae) yes- | Official fore- | they failed to heed a command of a | Sheriff's posse at Collierville to stop, ‘and their automobile was fired int. ; : ' Policeman and Ford, Special Agent Slain by’ Robbers, Posse Kills Policeman by hI Mistake. : | ) | | Carraway and Gamble were shot | : in a running fight with the bandits | at the Ford plant after E. E. McHen- | a police Lieutenant, | ry, the clerk, who had the money | satchel in charge, darted into the , company's office with the bag after he had been accosted by the men and | | ordered to hand over thre satchel. _ W. 8. Harris, a patrolman, was |shot in the shoulder in the fight at the plant. Edward -L. Heckinger, who sat /next to Lucarini in the police car fired on at Collierville, was struck in ‘the head by a bullet and is reported in a critical condition. Harris will recover, physicians sta¢- ed. The money the robbers nfissed was to meet the company's payroll. timates ‘“‘Khiron’s” Ability to - Cause Success in Life. Pur. AGREEMENT LSD TRANSPORTA tae 7 + Federal officers last night arrested : a clairvoyant of 6221A Easton ave- ar es nue, Wellston, St. Louis County, who, \dead bandit chieftain and one dec- | in a circular he has distributed in joration for gallantry proved not to Missouri and Illinois towns, deseri be enough for Lieut. Herman Hen- | pinigelt as “H. Khiron, Louis, whose exploits | with the Marine Corps in Haiti have | otherwise. Khbiron the Great, Oriental ordained spiritual minister, and high-degree| .greeq to increase the normal in- master of the Sacred Yogi Spiritual .ome tax on corporations 6 - Society of Bombay, India.” The ar-| maxing a total : ;| rest, on a charge of using the mails in a scheme to defraud, was upon in- White House tax conference Medal! of Honor about a year ago for) _formation furnished by the Postof- | night. A $2000 exemption on corpor- ae | : pene Sona : ON CLAIRVOYANT 1S HELD. FOR ST. LOUIS MARINE BY POSTAL OFFICIALS: Circular Sent Through Mails In-: WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—Repéal of the excess profits tax and | Surtaxes above 32 per cent, ective as of last Jan. 1, and-of all of the ‘freight and passenger 0 taxes as of next Jan. 1, was | upon today by Republicans of the 4 ' ; | By the Associated Press. ~~ Chairman Fordney announced. committee majority als The per cent, of 15 per cent instead | |of 12% per cent, as suggested at the last fice Inspector's office, which had re-' ation income is understood to have | of Edwardsville, Ml. the | celved one of his circulars in an @¢Nf-| heen retained. | velope addressed to J. A. Ammann |Mediums’ World Association, states , that Khiron has just returned from | India, “more wonderful than ever,” and is able to give the very best | readings of the past, present or fu-. ture in all matters pertaining either, Jorge to the living or dead for the sum of! He emphasizes the fact that — his Easton atrenue residence is ‘very private and is free from signs.” He declares that he has given inspira- tion to many and that his advice has cent. resulted in “the happiest of mar- riages, creating in women the ten- 'dency to love only one man and in but one woman.” | Khiron's circular states that to be successful in love, spiritual develop- ment, legal or business affairs, the best thing to do is to see Khiron at once. He tells how to win the love most desired, even if the object of that loye is miles away, the circular declares; how to keep a wife's or husband's love, how to tell if friends _are true, how to conquer enemies, how to marry the one desired, how to change luck, how to end troubles, how to settle quarrels, how to get a letter and even how to win lawsuits and locate oll or mineral strata. All investments must be fortunate, the circular points out, if Khiron first is consulted. . SAGINAW AND BAY CITY CAR SERVICE TO BE SUSPENDED Street Railway Company Goes Into | Bankruptcy. Blaming Hate of | and Jitneys. | By the Associated Press. | BAY CITY, Mich., Aug. 10—The | Saginaw-Bay City Rallway Co.. op- | erating local systems in the two cities land an interurban line, went into bankruptcy today, and announced ‘that service will be suspended at ‘midnight tonight. The action was ‘taken on creditors’ petitions. Otto | Schupp, president of the Bank of ‘Saginaw, was appointed receiver. (Lew rates of fare insisted upon by the City Councils of Saginaw and Bay City and fitney bus competition were declared by John A. Cleveland, vice president of the company, to ‘have caused the situation. | The company's lMabiiities are given ‘am $3,588,851, while the value of ite | assets ia placed at $5,000,000. | B.C. Cobb, president of the Sagi- -naw-Bay City Ratiway Co. in «& \ statement today blamed “unregulat- ed and unfair fitney competition.” “The street care have been kept run- /ning not only without any return on | ' ' ; ' ’ ’ the investment but with ectual and large deficits.” he said. - to within about 15 feet of Osiris Jo- |™°" the desire to win the love of | draft a revenue bill to yield his | and killed him, | ning at « ‘eit attended by ~*~ _ While agreeing to repeal all thd freight and passenger taxes the . His circular, in which he is fur-| mittee members decided to retain the ther described. as president of the | tax on Pullman accommodations ,on express shipments. Repeal of of the transportation taxes had : agreed upon at the White House meeting. : — Representative Bacharach ot Néew y is understood to have pra posed that the exemption on - Ley » both single and married men, or the tax rate on incomes below be reduced from 4 per ces Action was deferre Conference at ; The Ways and Means € Republicans’ have set to ! : » f 000, as upon es . - 7) >, as er Gillett, Representative of Wyoming, the Republican be. reduced to 25 » Chairman Fordney and other per cent. reached, it was stated At the same time decision cut $520,000,000 from ‘officially, estimated ing the total at $4, : 3 ie. teh * oc. — ihe ‘oo rd House Ways and Means ; ~ 9 Sela rf * <- Fe ag vidual incomes be increased $600 to ie Bese ia penditures for this fiscal year, leny-~ oe