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PAGE TWO IOWA CITY JfOKDAY, JANUARY 30, 192 PERSONALS Mr. M. S. Bontrager of Frank Pierce, has been summoned to Indiana, by a message announcing the death of brother. Dr.

F. 0. Burk has returned to Davenpert, after a brief visit with old frienda in Iowa City, Dr. Bohumil Shiinek Is in Des Moines today to deliver a lecture on "Beauty Spots of Iowa ami Native Planting in Our Parks," betore the Des Moines Garden club, whose year he thus opens. pital, on "The Fundamental Thesis, of Freud." i Miss Elsie Hemsted has returned to Centerdale, alter a bnei in Iowa City.

Mi. and Mrs. Edward A. Chappeil have left lor Sioux City, where they will spend several days visiting at the home of Mrs. Chappeli's brother, Dr.

Martin Burge. Mrs. Jane Leighton left last evening for Scotland. South Dakota, for a visit with her son, Dr. I.

Leighton, and family. Mr. and Mrs. A. Pilkington who were Iowa City visitors the last week have returned to Centerdale.

Miss Hattie Goody, chief operator of the local telephone company, has returned from Davenport, where she spent several days receiving instruction in local service observation. Mrs. Audrey Sailor has return- ed from Cedar Rapids, where she visited with her parents for several s. Mr. Jenks Moore is visiting friends and relatives iu Audnbon.

Attorney Ollie Clause has returned to his home in Beaver, Iowa, alter a short visit in Iowa City J5ii business. He will open a' law office in Grand Junction during the current week. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph havei returned to Grinnell, alter a visit, with t'riends.

They were here to see the City-Grmnell game, I and remained for a short stay. The I.ambs- are parents ot the Lamb brothers, stars on the lloor. Mark Blair, a member of th3 Grinnell basketball Hve, is a victim of diphtheria. Quarantined, lie could not come to Iowa City, to mingle with Iowa City high. SUICIDAL ACT IN OFf.l ISN SEL MIL i Dr.

B. E. Russell has returned 10 Waterloo, after a. short visit Mr. and Mrs.

L. B. Edwards with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. have returned to Albia, Arthur Russell, of- 730 east Col- a visit here, in behalf of the health i SUICIDE Death by suicide, via the bi- chloride of mercury route, was sought by Fred.

C. Hartsel, in the county jail, charged with forgery. Takes Many Grains Protesting his innocence to the last; declaring he was not Hart, but Hartsel, he took perhaps four tables, containing between 20 grains of the deadly stuff, this forenoon. i May Live or He may live or die--surgeons low a City is to face no ice Jam- do not feel ready to predict, ine, Mr. Will Vitosh convinced.

Both W. Bennett, city He has about Sim men busin health officer, who engaged, cutting ice. near Coral-; quantities the man's to- ville, and hopes to have 5.000 tons little their THE OLD HOME TOWN By Stanle lege street. -1 of Mr. Edwards.

Mr. Joe Gartner of the Gartner Registered nurses fiom Iowa motor company, left last evening city attended the Fourth district for Chicago, to spend a few days at the annual Chicago automobile convention at Mercy hospital. Cedar Rapids, during the weekend, show, where he expects to meet MJag Elizabetll Johnston was elect- president; and Miss Gyda i he officials of the home office of the Dodge Brothers motor com- CT pany, and to inspect their nwr Bates, vice president. Miss Eloise of cars. was named treasurer.

Mrs. George Pickering is verl ill G. B. Wilbure of the psyco- at her home at 829 north Dodge pathic hospital, lecture a week street. i from tomorrow night, at the hos- j.

stowed away, before the army of workmen complete work up the river. It is a choice quality ice, with J2-inch thickness not all all uncommon. early-season feais of shortage here no longer exist, Mr. Vit- osh declares. IS DEGUNER5 1 January White Sales Continue All of This Week WHITE GOODS Buy by th'e Bolt for Many Needs Nainsook for dainty underthings, Batiste for lovely handmade blouses, fine Long Cloth for haby's cunning dresses.

Organdie for neckwear that gives a dainty touch to frocks How easy all these things are to make and how nice on afternoons spent indoors. Fine materials as attractively priced as these are the first requisite of pleasant spring sewing. 'Also great quantities of beautiful table linens and napkins. Nainsook, We're showing a fine 40 in. wide, yard 49c, a box of A 10 yards-- 40 in.

wide, yard 45c, a box of 10 yards-36 in. sheer Nainsook, yard 39c, a box of 9O.75 36 in. fine quality Long Cloth, yard 29c, a box of PO 10 Jf tJ 36 in. Long Cloth, yard 25c, a bolt of 10 yards-- cotton damask in new patterns, at prices ranging from, yard-- 75c to $1.69 72 in. all linen Table Linens are unusual a ranging in price from, $4.98 linen, dinner size napkins are splendid values, ranging from, a i finished bed for 49cto79c $4.48 $9.50 10 yards- special, each-- 45c We're Showing UNDERMfJSLINS that are smart and practical to the last degree.

Our stocks are especially complete, prices are unusually moderate, and we invite your Inspection of the display. Iowa City will entertain the Big Nine declamatory contest entrants on Friday. February 10th. The Athenian contestant is Miss jorie Kay. Competing will" be Iowa City, Oskaloosa.

Davenport. Fairfield, Clinton, Grinnell, Burlington, and Muscatine. Later. Iowa City will debate on the city manager plan with Giin- nell and Oskaloosa as rivals. Oskaloosa will meet Iowa City's neg- ative team here in March; and same night Iowa City's affirmative clashes with Grinnell at Grinnell.

Another $25,000 damage suit has been instituted against the Rock Island Railway company, Mrs. Fred Carr, of Montezmna, being the plaintiff. She alleges she was badly hurt, being crippled lor lite, when a train hit her auto, about two years ago while she was driving at Prairie City, wrecking the machine and wounding her in many ways. 2 IOWANS HURT IN CATASTROPHE AT WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Jan Two lowans, June Bergman, of Newton, Iowa, and Inez Woodruff of Cedar Rapids, were injured--when the roof of the Knickerbocker theatre collapsed Saturday night. Both are in Garfield Memorial hospital.

I A contents; and Dr. D. F. Fitzpatrick, county physician, who joined Dr. Bennett, as soon as he could reach the county jail, after being summoned by 'phone, declare it unprofessional to go into details of the case, unless they are officially called, are unwilling to make any forecast.

Leaves Two Letters Two letters were left, sealed. by Hartsel, before he took" the deadly dose. One was addressed to Lieut. Ed L. O'Connor, one of his attorneys, Lieut LeRoy A.

Rader being the other. Mr. O'Connor deems it unprofessional, ethically, to divulge the contents of the letter, at this time. The other epistle was addressed to a splendid young woman, who has not yet received it. Taken" to -Hospital Hartsel was taken to the Mercy hospital, where he is under guard, two men watching him in order that he may not repeat his effort in self-slaying by some other means (the other tablets, numerous in number, having been' retained by the state, after Harteel gave the box to a fellow prisoner, Eugene Campbell, asking him to deliver it to men.

whom the would-be suicidf deemed were hostile to him. Hartsel is believed have put in the letters, whose contents have been withheld, as above indicated, renewed protestations of his innocence. Before he took the poison, at 10.30, and befora he told Campbell that he had done so he had frequently denied being a criminal here, or at Marion, Qhio, Cincinat- ti, or elsewhere--the latest chatge coming from Pottsville, to Detective O. E. Carroll and County Attorney C.

M. forgery, but larceny being alleged. He pictured himself as being not and it seems quite likely that he may have written the same things to his la'wyer and to his fair friend, in the still sealed letter. Death Is Possible Although Dr. Bennett emptied the contents of the would-be felo de se, by way of a pump, on the' floor, it is not known whether bichloride of mercury came out, or not.

In the event that it did not so come--or only part of the great quantity came--the poison or part ot' it may have been absorbed. i At Hospital. The state permitted the removal ''of Harlsel to the hospital, and there Hartsel's statement could not be secured, as the officials of the institution, nurses and others declare it improper to permit a to disturb PREPARATIONS FOR CONCLAVE ROME; Jan. prepara-j press-Citien "reporter 10 ais tions were being made today for I jj im) in quest of an interview, the convening on Thursday of the He may live or die, as he has conclave at which the cardinals had enough in him to kill many of the Roman Catholic church men. will hoose a pope to succeed Ben- Scientist say the deadly stuff edict XV.

The ceremonial-will be may kill in an hour, from'shock-- preceded by three solemn requi- or that patients may linger a day, em masses, the first of which took a week, four weeks, or even eight place this morning, with the car- weeks and then die. dinals participating. The beautl ful and historic Sistine chapel in which the conclave will meet has already been fitted with the long stalls in which the cardinals will sit while theh balloting proceeds, invited. CARD PARTY BOX SOCIAL Feb. 1st, at St.

Mary's. Assembly Hall--given by St. Mary's Boys Athletic Socle.ty--Everybody 1-31 ONS In a Rainbow of Charm and Colorings Beautiful New Ribbons That Have Just Been Received 'All the new ideas in imported and domestic ribbons. Moire ribbons with Picot edges, two toned satin ribbons, beautiful new fancy ribbons in allover designs. Roman stripe ribbons will be in great demand for the coming sprirfg.

They wjll be used entensively in giving a delicate finishing touch to the new garments. This Store is the ribbon store the store where you will -find large selections of high grade ribbons at reasonable prices. Eight people were imperiled, aiui' four were hurt, or shocked, none dangerously, when an automobile, owned by Mis. Fred Moore, and i driven by her husband, collided I with an auto from Iowa City, en; route home from a farm, near Kiv-' erside, about six miles south oi' that town, Sunday. The at Ellswoilh.

In the Iowa City car was the driver, Charles Bocek, Albert Soucek. Master Eddie Soucek, and Ot-i to Lepic, of Iowa City. These four were flung into a fence, when their machine was hurled into a ditch, wrecked. Only Mr. Sftn- cek- was cut and bruised severely, especially about thtflfead--the other three receiving Billy shocks.

With Mr. Moore, unhurt, when the Moore machine was damaged, not badly, were W. H. Brown, and E. G.

Rabnold, all of Ellsworth; and John Hill of Muscatine. FRENCHMAN SAYS WOMEN OWN TOWN SIDE CHICAGO, Jan. can woman marches down the street as if owned the town, Jules Bois, president ot" the French Society of Physical Research said in an address here yesterday. "She really feels superior to man," he added. "I was astounded when I came -to America a few weeks ago.

"In Europe," he declared, women are handicapped by an inferiority complex, that is they feel deficient when combatting in the world of men. That may be true in. Europe but it certainly is not true here. They have what I would describe as the superiority complexN Women here will go i'ar. IJpises made by elevated trains coupled with the general love for Jazz music and entertainment on part of the modern girl were reasons given by Bois for the dear of Joan ot Arcs today.

TOWNLEY OUT OF JAIL JACKSON, Mich. 30--A. Townley, president of the National Non-Partisan eLague was released from the Jackson county jail here today after serving a ninety day sentence for violation of the state espionage act. Townley who immediately left for St. Paul to visit his wife who is ill there said that NON-SKI FALSE TEETH CVTCH -AS -CATCH YOU AND YOUR MARSHAL OTEY WALKER ATTACKED PROF HlGG IN BOTTOMS ANIMAL SHOW FOR A 'SIX DOL.LAR FEED BIL.L.

STOLEN AUTO Mr. Ernest Haack hunting bis Overland sedan no more. The West Liberty man bas discovered the stolen auto, wrecked, on a little-traveled highway, near DUramr It was almost wiped out by flre, but the number identified it. Presumably, it caught fire accidentally, and the crooks abandoned it, and fled, fearing detection, if they sought as; sistance from nearby tarmers. he 'was eager to "farmers light." return to the Loyal soldier boy and civilians, too, may join hands in Iowa City, i to erect, or otherwise secure a new building in Iowa' City, for an American Legion home.

This has been considered a pos sibility at recent meetings of the Leaguers. REED SUCCEEDS STONE WASHINGTON, Jan. 3U--Assign- ment of a General Prohbltion Agent Edgar M. Reed to the prohibition office to assist Federal Prohibition Director James A. Stone all execu- A DIES OF I Iowa City's Chopek post of the i tlve duties an the designation of American Legion is writing social I General Prohibition Agent Miller history, mingled with military acj as head of the field i'orces in Wis- tivities.

consin was announced today by The soldier boys of the big war have organized an American Legion club and meet on Thursday evenings. Hon. Ray Tenter and Dr. Henry Morrow have already delivered in- CENTRALIA, 111., Jan. 30--Mrs.

Cresting and helpful talks--re- Fre-d Burpoe, aged 36, is'dead as a spectively. on the State Bonus result Of fright and John Jones and Perry senkent are in custody of the police pending a coroner's in- QUiry, and Senkent are said to have entered the Burpoe home Sunday night- -while intoxicated during the absence ot JMf. Burpoe and threatened to kill Mrs. Burpoe. She fled from the house to the home of a neighbor and fell to the floor and died before a physician arrived.

A I A TO OPPOSE "UNCLE JOE" DANVILLE, 111., Jan. Halliday today announced his candidacy for congress from this district at the forthcoming election. The district is now represented by "Uncle Joe" Cannon. law, and the possibility of the above suggested American Legion building in Iowa City. Brigadier General' George W.

Ball will tell of the Reserve and other military matters at a forthcoming session. HE TO SEEK Commissioner Haynes. Dawson wants an immediate sponse, so plans can be made once. CATASTROPHE AT TAKES BIG TOLL (Continued From Fage one) lapsed, killing several soldi Building Inspector -Healy, ever, has given orders to del ish the walls, as a high would cause them to collapse, feared. The revised list of jured now totals 141: STATE TEACHERS TO MEEJ- Numerous Iowa City and Johnson county teachers will attend the Iowa State Teachers" association convention a Oskaloosa, April 6 to 8, inclusive An unusually -strong program is assured.

The Chamber of Commerce, Ki- Rotary clubs, and the Woman's club and the city officials will assist in the entertainment, President C. F. Garrett writes to Supt. W. N.

of Iowa City. DES MOINE, Jan. 30--Dr. W. Kime of Ft.

Dodge, will be a candidate for re-election as state A I I I I CELEBRATION Mr. H. C. Dawson, of Twen ty-first street, writes to the Press- Citizen that he will be glad to hear from tEe Rainbow Division men in Iowa City and Johnson county who can attend a dinner dance, on March 6th, at Des Moines, where that division's first representative. Kime today took engagement -in France is to be out nomination papers at the of- Governor Kendall tico of secretary of slate.

to be the chief speaker. Mr. OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahern BEARERS DESERTED LEFT ME VirtU 'OWLV OhiE GUKi OWE CAfTfttfDGE IT, AWDTHE BEAST CAME TJOUKTOWG TOWARD ME WHEKI i FELT rrs VtoT BREATM IM KV FACE I PULLED TRIGGER TOST AS rrs MOUTM, AtfD SMAPVIEWT rrs SAWS AMID BULLET u4 i WUSU GUESS ILL BE EXCTTlMG FOR HEART IS TOO VIEAKToWNTRiR VM' BIG HE OUGUTA PULLTHAT Il4 TAIL WERE woBoi5V COULD viAlK iMc R. WOOPLE 9 OMB OF HIS BIG GAMH THRILLERS Aditorials New yor'k, N. It may interest you to kno THAT --we reached here Monday 3:30 p.

and by 4:30 we: xpusy buying dresses that can find in the store convenient to call. THAT --we feel eure you will 111 them. Styles are fine at prices very reasonable. THAT --we have around to see what we cou see and find THAT --this will be a big season sports wear garments of a kinds. THAT --suits will be in big demati and high colors are shown tensively.

Tweeds and Horn spuns are shown and of cours you will want one. THAT --the fine suits have a lot hand embroidery on them an the loose box style with caj and Mandarin sleeves are it new idea. THAT --the beautiful models you ca buy for a very reasonable pric will tickle your purse. THAT --plain tailored suits for th conservative dresser will be i good taste. THAT --every one will want a cap Boy! but they are beai ties, and the prices, "jus wait and see." THAT --skirts are still hoverin around the knees; if a hei was taken ofE they would mak good bathing suits.

THAT really saw one woma wearing high shoes. THAT --eeven abovs zero is as co5 as seven belowMn Iowa. THAT --fresh strawberries tast good, even in the winter timi THAT --we have bought some beai tiful three piece suits. Swel est things shown here. THAT --we can't help noticing tha more grey hose are worn tha any other color.

-THAT --you would think fine fu coats are worth 49c each. "Ei arybody wears 'em. THAT --a neice of mine from sag, attending a universit here went into a store to bu shoes. The salesman looke at her feet and said: "yo live out ot Sh wears 7 tripple A. Som foot, Hal Stewart would sa THAT--we nope you drop in whe gassing to see.

th" new Styles, if ready lo purclias or not, I. Rothschild SPAPFRf.