An American visitor wishing to go from Vienna to Budapest telegraphed daily for a week, receiving daily the reply, "Nothing available."
An American woman, wife of a consul, arrived the other day, and it required all the influence of four American officials to obtain for her a bathroom in which to sleep.
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Fort Wayne, Ind.—Girl high school students here are prohibited from using rouge and wearing skirts more than ten inches from the floor, wearing square necked dresses and puffs over their feet. The girls object, J. F. PAPINEAU
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Ridgeway, Pa., Probes Woman's Alleged Cruelty Toward Adopted Daughter.
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Bldgway, Pa.—At an meeting of more than 1,000 residents of Ridgeway a branch of the National Humane society was organized and a committee appointed to investigate the story of brutal treatment at the hands of the woman who adopted her, said by the authorities to have been told by 20-year-old Julius Hector.
Mrs. Rhines George, defendant in the case, was charged with assault and battery with intent to maim, at a hearing, and  Bail was increased from $1,500 to $3,000. Miss Hector, who is recovering from the effects of the alleged ill-treatment at the home of Deputy Sheriff Joseph May, told authorities, they, said, of being tortured by Mrs. Georgel with hot irons and boiling water, and in other ways. 