Show LAW fi I amm edg T 0 fill A A ML am R I 1 now meet elsie smith smithy typewriter din CLA CIlI CHICAGO CAGO the indy city Is hav hay ing a reform spasm of sorts and all sorts of municipal graft stories me are coming to light just now the common people aie are laughing over elsie smith it appears that elsie s name first appeared upon the pay roll of the municipal oal roal contagious D sease hospital in october 1921 abes she s been drawing 80 a month as a typewriter ever since her address was aas 2313 fed eral street which aich turns out to be an automobile salesroom the superintendent of the hospital Is dr arthur E gammage who draws drans 0 a year A E webb is a stew ard at the hospital detectives engaged in looking into various matters in the interest of effi clency and reform report that dr grammage last january signed a that he had formally vacel ENVER M and mme alexin alex in fc clr tip S s adder der banlos of pans paris are having i the time of their lives visiting all over jt the united states they were here ti to see J 11 meyers they arrived in new york september 11 and have vis cited acquaintances of wartime days in newyork new york boston pittsfield syracuse boffilo chicago green bay st paul and omaha from here they went to colorado springs and then go to salt lake city san francisco los ange les las vegas kansas hansas city st louis and charleston at each city they i expect to meet the boys whom they knew in n france P M badios is a paris lawyer he ile speaks no and his wife inife speaks but little eless eles they have tau had no difficulty in following fol lovins loNing their itinerary you ice lee the french samial woman explained if vie me get into a assif railroad station and do not know what to do ve me start to talk french as loud as me a can in a minute me e see some young fellow grinning and then vie me 4 know he I 1 as been in the in ex ftc forces so we get alm to help us out 1 in america q has been so kind to us that we feel at home wherever we me go J 11 meyers is one of the ameri amert bated elsie against smallpox pox the signed personally persona bv by cain mage was nias the only signed by him in his five years at tl ti e hosp tal the investigators say tie tl e detectives investigating elsie and hei liel work found that the pay checks were mere indo ind rued orbed with that name and that below the name A U webb both names m were ere in the same handar ting tl TI ey had been put through a bank at wilch nv ebb does business according to an official of the staff and what do you suppose this caal goes on to say about elsie why merely this vie IN e hav have e the state ment of several employees who ho say they were mere ordered to carry the name on the pay roll and to mark marl else els e present every day lay elsie smith did nut not exist she was simply an L C smith type ariter used in if tie e office mr U V ebb was peen ed about tl e mat ter at first but his old bothel prevailed upon him to less tess up about lisle dr gammage denied all knoAl knowledge edge of any kiy roll padding eless health commissioner abundes n who is new to the job aed dr gammage to take tale a leave of absence till els e could be completely di gammag ge refu ed so health corn coin bundesen suspended him no wonder eyre having a good time 6 a r tans cans who enjoyed d the dillos 1 hospi in france he says tl if at the r coui chui try place at Mears meusnes tres in the ten ter of the st SL dignan rest res tarea tarea is a brigl t spot in the memory of any A P r man mail anlo was mas fortunate enough to have haie been billeted there madame banlos he be says was a nurse par excellent and that dozens of amerle Ame in boys received tender care at her hands since gince their mart wartime laire guests l returned to ti t e united states madan e danloe I 1 as kept up regular correspondence with CO of them she knows just which ones have married which one haie have children and what the new ar rivals names are she has invited them all to come buds back wiz zee a wife an ze babes 8 s do not overcrowd the poor eliger is T S to 4 0 9 th ar I 1 nil wc CO pt w DES ID ES MOINES la IA the next 4 in order gentlemen Is vou ou must not allow your our lady friend to sit on your lap in the privacy of the parlor yes if ale sl e is willing but cm em not in the seat of an auto mobile twenty women le presenting the woman s christian temperance union the tenn yeung women s christian tion the woman s club of this city the travelers Trai elers aid society the ministerial association the girls community club 1 and the young men a christian assoc a k 4 tion met with chief of police john R 4 hammond I 1 ere and demanded in a resolution that the city council pass an ordinance prohibiting the load ng of ar automobiles to the point that me girls have to sit on the men mens s laps the meeting was called by mrs ida lda B wise smith state president of the woman s christian temperance union A petition addressed to the city coun cil ell nov being circulated states that immoral conditions in des moines are largely due to practices in automobiles and taxicabs we call your attention to the rap d iv giogi glowing ing evil of young girls riding in automobiles seated on the laps of men the petition reads ibis leids to undue familiarity and the parked p car evil we believe that these dangers to our joung young manhood and our youn young womanhood can be very largely pre vented by the adoption of proper ardi nances bances with mith adequate penalties prohibiting hi the practices relented ried to members of the city council have have not vet yet indicated wl at action they will take upon the proposed ordinance and arid nobody seems to have taken the trouble to inquire what hat the flivver gen tiemen flemen and their la III ly friends think about the prospect of such an erdl nance and wl at are the chances of en forcing it it passed 0 paddle your own canoe and get 0 MADISON WIS Is he a white man what the freshmen 46 are asking of course in time I 1 is tan will kill wear off and the question will fit be answered well anamay an way by pad adling a canoe 1200 miles this summer it a traveling alone and his way may f p t studying to occupy his time in camp milton 11 frickson FrIc Lson of beaver din a student in the university of biscon wiscon bin sin found a way vay to bu id up his health b and himself to continue his college course y 1 I 1 ale underweight convalescent from infantile paralysis and almost too weah weak to walk any distance he decided last june thit th it he must do so ing for or I 1 Is health starting out ilone in a it canoe u with iab 4 DO in cash and a small supply of fod food he be paddled until late in august down donin the rock and Mis sprit ahers and bad bael up the illinois Henn hennegin epin canal and rod rock he returned robust strong and ready rend for college 11 work ork he ile earned his food along the way aay by cooking for campers worl wort ing for farmers helping in a fish mar marl et and doing anthlny an thine tl at elt turned up he ile rp turned with gaire pore money thin he bad ca at tl if e start ills daily dilly average mileage mu fl irs faige staige one any day he tie covered 90 miles along the wiy N iy he read pigs of pages of psychology psycho loy to imo german books asle As he Is a pre medical student stu derit tl if e efti edtia a re id ng gave him a long start in h s academic studies filce aon attracted much attention along the way nay because he paddled in si s it ming trunks ind soon was so tanned that lie uns scarcely recognized d as a ff wan man campers simpers Aim pers could not agree vh m it ther he AN atas as an air in llari ic ne gio or J i me inc e but every people melc welcomed omed jim and I 1 elded I 1 fin al at ng the way an aal I 1 he found tl ti e trip dellai taul s |