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Evening star., 1919-05-02
-FOUR ARE ALLEGED
. MAIL BOX ROBBERS
Three D. C. Men in Quartet
Charged With Numerous
( Post Office Thefts.
LOCAL MYSTERY SEQUEL

Arrest in Baltimore yesterday Of
numerous post office and mail box
robberies recently is believed by pos
tai authorities to clear up the mys-
terry surrounding the thefts.
The arrests were made by post Of
nee inspectors. secret service men of
the Treasury Department and Depart
ment of Justice and Washington and
Baltimore detectives. The men taken
into custody gave their names and
addresses as James Phillips, eighteen
years old. Alb G street: Rudolph
Drury. alias Kenneth Birch. alias
Francis Reed. sixteen years old. S25
4th street, and George Crouch, sixteen
years old. 720 4th street.
A fourth man arrested at the same
time was Edward Thornton, 876 Fay
ette street, Baltimore.
"Tip" Leads to Arrests.
post office thieves. it was stated to-
day, was due to information obtained
from Charles A. Thompson, otherwise
known as Indian who was caught
in the act of robbing letter carriers
distribution boxes in the city post Of
fice and who was arrested April Is by
post office inspectors. Thompson was
indicted April "a and is now out on
$1,000 bail following preliminary
hearing before United States Com
missioner Hit.
The police and detectives say Thomp-
son was the ringleader of the gang
which. they say, has been robbing the
mails here for several months. The
non arrested yesterday in baltimore
we're brought to this city and lodged in
jail to await hearing before Commits
sioner Hit.
The detectives. secret service men and
post office inspectors believe there are
others of the gang still at large, and
plans were made at a conference today
to effect the arrest of these.
Evening star., 1919-05-02
Alleged Loot in Possession.

When Thompson was arrested in this
city many letters containing soldiers
allotment checks, war risk insurance
checks and pension checks were found
in his possession.
1t is believed the members Of the gang
have obtained as much as $4,000 in
such checks. The plan was to forge
the name of the payees and cash checks
through innocent persons.
Members Of the gang of which Thomp-
son is declared to have been the head
were familiar with the working hours
OF mail carriers and post office clerks.
also with the distribution system. When
carriers and' clerks changed shifts one
or more members of the gang walked
boldly into the distribution and carrier
department, acting as regular employees,
and would help themselves to letters
believed to contain government remit
tances to soldiers. Many local banks,
department and retail stores were vic
Tins of the gang. The police believe
that they have in custody the principals
in the big robbery and say they have
the names and will arrest the other
members Of the gang who acted in the
capacity Of seconds
Evening star., 1919-05-02
Case Of W. B. Chambers.

The arrest April 80 of Walter B.
Chambers. white. twenty years old,
753 10th street southeast. by Detective
Sergts. Armstrong, Morgan and
Alligood on a charge of robbing
the post Office at Ritchie, Md, March 81,
when. it is charged. he stole 100 blank
money orders and the necessary
stamps to make them valuable, is said
by the post Office inspectors to have
been one Of the best cases ever made
in a post Office case by the police and
the only case in which all of the
unused money order blanks were re-
covered. All of the blanks used by
Chambers have been accounted for.
He secured large sum Of money on
the orders. which he filled out to suit
his needs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15
Rupture Kills
OOOAnnuaHy

Seven thousand persons each year ars
laid aEay-ths burial esrtifeats beng
marked "Rupturs.- Whyf Because the
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15
Ask for HoOOer Sweeper Demonstration floor

eraI or considerable acceptance Of
any part OF the American doctrine
as expressed by the American rep
resenrnfives At Paris. / did not
find any belief in the league Of
nations. and II was plain that
neither the British. the French,
the Italians. nor the japanese were
ready to adopt the Il points save
where these did not impern n na-
fional interest.
The Frenchman was not prepared.
in view OF his recent experiences, TO
surrender any security to be derived
from the consequences OF victory. The
Briton was not ready to turn his fleet
over TO international control or re-
turn the German colonies, whatever
his enthusiasm for the league Of na-
tions in the abstract might be- The
Italians cared more for a wharf at
Eiume than for a reserved seat in the
league Of nations The Belgians, the
Italians. the japanese and the
Rumanians all packed their trunks
and threatened to Quit. more than
once as a direct consequence Of Ameri-
can activities. All the European na-
tons were constrained to make every
unesseRtial sacrifice TO preserve such
relations with America as would in
sure a continuation OF American
assistance. But not even the danger
OF losing this could persuade Europe
TO adopt all the American principles.
Now it, seems to me that Europe.
slowly struggling TO her feet once
more. Is both consciously and un-
consciously seeking to free herself
from the control OF American policy
and more and more to get back to
those conditions which are the result
OF centuries OF history and al least
a working knowledge OF the facts as
rontrasted with the theories OF Euro
pean life.-Copyright 1913, Mcclure
NcWsnaner Syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15

the conference OF Paris. and stayed
there as long as she chose. meantime
mobiIizing other armies TO drive her
serb neiEhbors out Of that portion OF
the Banat awarded TO the serbs al
Paris.
Meantime. with ever increasing
clarity. there was manifesting itself
in Europe an Impotence with Amerl-
can policy which is becoming one OF
the most significant and dangerous
circumstances in the European sltua-
ton So far as the British are con-
cerned. American policy has in each
separate instance yielded 10 British
desires. We have waived the issue Of
the freedom Of the seas, permitted the
British TO annex the greater portion
OF the German colonies recognized a
British protectorate in Egypt and
looked with complacency upon British
possession Of the larger part Of the
Arab world. But II there has been no
clash as a consequence there exists in
Great Britain a very considerable and
very influential element which looks
with dismay upon a British foreign
policy which in a large measure has
supported America in long series OF
conflicts with European nations who
were recently the allies OF Great Bril-
tain and may, as a consequence Of
recent events. be driven into ne"
German alliance. Moreover. as far as
the league OF nations is concerned. the
British government has only accepted
II when il has been so denatured as
to carry no threat to any special
British interest
on the part OF the French. American
policv is viewed and has been from
the start with ever-increasinE sus-
picion. American opposition futile in
the end. to French demands Tor
reparation. American hostility 10 the
French OCCUPATION OF the Rhine
barrier and the annexation Of the Saar
basin. have provoked deep resentment.
while more and more thoughtful
Frenchmen have viewed with alarm
the fashion in which France, by con-
senting to various American decisions
contrary TO the desires OF Italy,
Ruuauia and Greece. has been piling
MP dangerous hostility to herself on
the part OF these nations
Rumania Resorts to Arms.
Meantime, the RumaniGns, quitting
the Paris conference. have resorted 70
arms 10 enforce their claims and in
this course they have the tacit
svmpathv OF many Frenchmen, and
the open approval Of the Italians
We have, then. in II months, during
which we have endeavored to impose
upon Europe an American conception
of what just peace terms should he
and OF how the world should be re-
the case OF Great Britain. France.
italy and the japanese, to coerce the
or persuade the people
TO accent our views We have sur
rendered completely to the British and
70 the Japanese. We have COM
promised with the French by under
taking TO send our troops 10 aid in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15

as he now presented them to the Paris
conference. The English people were
in no mood to consent to the aDol-
ton or the regulation Of that control
Of the sea which had been the basis
OF their independence and greatness
for centuries. They had speclIlcall4
excluded this point when called upon
by the president to accept his whole
The French people were in no mood.
nor was their government, TO consent
to any reduction in the reparations TO
be demanded Of Germany that the
cause Of international peace IN me
future might be advanced Inelr
northern regions in ruins, their fac
tories wrecked. their mines destroyed,
their sole resources against perma-
nent ruin was discoverable in the
price to be demanded Of Germany.
As to the Italians, they had entered
the war only when they had received
from Great Britain. France and RUS
STA specific promises enabling them
to acquire territory, which they had
long looked upon as rightfully their
own. No acceptance Of the Il points
suggested TO any Italian, high or low,
remuneration Of Fiume, and the mil
lions OF Italians who cheered Mr. VIII
son in January were capable as the
event showed Of cursinE him in April
when he called upon them for their
performance under his Interpretation
Of their acceptance Of the II points
Germans Denth-Bed Conversion.
As for Germany. she had subscribed
to the Il points as a drowning man
seizes at straw. She had hoped that
president Wilson's desire to achieve a
peace Of Cancellation might be used
to reduce the Just claims OF France
and Belgium against her. to deny the
Poles their right 10 liberty at the ex-
pense Of the Prussian edifice reared
by Frederick the Great Theirs had
been a death-bed conversion pred
fcated only upon their hope to escape
dissolution and subsequent perdition.
And If the great powers. associated
and enemy alike. never did more than
lip service to that American policy.
represented by Mr.. Wilson. there was
not even this degree Of adherence by
the smaller races The Poles, the
Czecho-S1ovaks. the Rumanians and
the Greeks, the southern Slavs. never
for a single hour conceived the posi-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15
ALLIED AND ENEMY COUNTRIES
RESENT AMERICAN INTERFERENCE
Europe Wants to Get Away From Domination of It's
Affairs by q. S.; President Wilson's Policies Never
Really Accepted at Peace Conference; Nations
Could Not Afford to Fight Them Deliberately.


They had never effected Judgment
IN tile minds Of the statesmen or the
soldiers controlling allied affairs, nor
were they generally known or widely
accepted by the populations Of the
several western nations.
In point Of fact. therefore. neither
Of the European groups Of powers ac-
cepted the American proposals IN lne
sense in which they were made To
the Germans these proposals held out
a promise Of reduction Of the
penalties they had incurred. mltiga-
zion Of the extent Of their punishment
To the allies they meant little more
than words OF the precise sort which
had been uttered from the very begin
ming Of the struggle, not in insincerlty
Hut with a frank recognition Of the
limitations which actuality always
places upon abstract idealism- It was
not I'm the minds Of those who SUD
scribed TO Mr.. Wilson's proposals for
our associates that those proposals
would be applied against them nor
were they yet able 20 think Of any
hing except the single objective on
which they had concentrated their at
ention for more than four years
namely, the defeat Of Germany.
Wilson CONVINCED Points v Guild Win.
When Mr. Wilson went to Europe.
he carried with him the conviction
that the application Of the Il points
and the creation Of the league of
nations would insure q peace OF
understanding between continental
peoples and future safeguard
against war He found, In the well
come which awaited him from all the
Dublics Of the countries which had
been associated with US in the
struggle, a further proof that the
principles which he advocated had
effected lodEment in the minds and
hearts OF the millions Of European
citizens Of various nations He was
convinced that the French people. the
italian people the members OF the diff
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15
Today Is Interest Day. Uncle San,
Pays Out More Annual Interest NotO
Than 1t Cost To Run Nation In 1914
By FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

9SLS1 that Uncle Sam pays to holders
Of these securities today
The fifteenth Of October is another
pleasant day. in the same fashion. and
so is the same date in Novemb Der. and
in December The government has
chosen the fifteenth day Of eight
months 10 honor as interest dates for
the Liberty and Victory loans The
first interest date Tell on March Is
Others are April Is. May Is. June Is.
and then no one until September Is.
Totalling all or the amounts paid
in interest by the government on the
various issues Of bonds and notes, the
sum Tor the year makes the nations
operating expenses Tor such old fash
toned years as the three which pre-
coded the war look rather picayune
In 1919. Uncle sam will have 10
pay SS1O,OOO.OOO Of interest on
SOVerument securities. In 1914,
congress appropriated S6S4.7J7.-
2s6.26 for the running OF the gov
eminent Uncle sam was even
more frugal in 1915. spending a
few million dollars less. and in
1916 IL cost about the same to run
the country.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15

ferent races newly liberated. those
who lived in countries only yester-
day hostile, would rally behind him IN
his deliberate purpose to translate the
Il points from language into fact.
How It is essential 10 recognize that
when Mr.. Wilson went 20 Europe, Ger
tain material factors assured him the
position of commanding influence in
the peace conference Every aSsO-
ciated nation around the table was
our debtor. Not only this. but every
associated nation was. by reason Of
its recent losses and war expenditures.
bound 10 seek in America still further
loans. still greater aids Mr.. wilson
represented the greatest nation in the
world in effective military resources
and in unimpaired financial reserves.
His country was at this precise
moment still feeding millions Of
French. Belgians. Poles, Italians,
while each month saw further extern
sion Of American credit TO various
nations.
It was not possible in the cir
cumstances for the governments
Of the various associated nations
deliberately to oppose Mr.. Wilson.
The material consequences of such
"a break would be obvious. More
over. the break itself would he
seized upon infallibly by the
radical and BOlsheTisf elements
seeking TO overthrow the several
governments. while the masses
themselves. seeing their govern
ments quarrel with that rich and
generous America on whose
bounty many of them were now
living, might easily he persuaded
to join in the wave of anarchy.
which was breaking with danger
GUS violence over western Europe
On the other hand-and the point
is capital-there was no public. there
was no government which was pre-
pared to. or could without Immediately
falling. accept Mr. Wilson's proposals
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15

Underlying all this situation.
not without its danger for the
future IL seems to me there must
he discovered n Fundamental mis-
take 7 did not find in the six
months I spent in Europe any gen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15
OFFICER OF MEDICAL CORPS
TRANSFERRED TO FORT BLISS

Washington. D. c.. Sept 15.-First
Lieut. Ralph Homer Boice. OF the
Medical corps. Camp Stuart. has been
transferred to Fort Bliss: Lieut. Col
Walter Goodwin, ir.. infantry to
Seventh cavalry. Fort Bliss; Capt.
Theodore W. Stemmler. jr- quarter
master corps, to Nogales, Ariz.; Maj.
Benjamin A. Dubois. quatermaster
corps. Whipple barracks 70 Fort sam
Houston
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15

Uncle SAM is going to pay out
- more money in interest alone this
year to the thirty odd million holders
OF Liberty bonds than it cost him
to run the government before the war.
During the next twelve months. he
viii have to hand over nearly a bill
lion dollars to the great army Of
American citizens who bought his war
bonds.
Before the war. the coupon clipping
individuals of this country constituted
a small and exclusive class. Now, one
out Of every three persons in the
United States has the coupon clipping
habit
Twice every year each Of the thirty
million will go 10 the safe, or some
other place where the bonds are Sc
curely tucked away. clip off the
coupon. present it at a bank and re-
ceive the interest
Today is clipping day. This IS the
day when you get out the liberty
bonds. pick out those labeled Third
Liberty Loan" take EN- to the bank
and get your share Of the SSs,'5O'-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15
STOP ITCHING ECZEMA
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For clearing the skin and making Il
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15

Ana buliu Up me system.
Take the Old Standard GROVES
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is printed on every label. showing i'll
is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless
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60 cenrE-AfV
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15
MARSHAL FOCH ASKS HUNT
BE MADE FOR SONS Rod

Paris. France. Sept. 15.-(Corre-
spondence Of the Associated Press-)-
Foch has asked the Belgium
government TO have a search made for
the body OF his son who was killed in
August. 1914. in the Bel Efan Ardennes.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15
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Douglas Island news., 1919-08-15
PROMINENT MAN
 DROWNED IN TAKU
Surveyor General Davidson Loses Life in Taku Inlet on Last
 Friday Night

Word was brought lo Juneau last Saturday morning that Surveyor General Chorlos D. Davidson war drowned in Taku inlet at 70 o'clock Che evening before by falling oyor- board from Ono dock oi tho gas boat Jaka Dan.
 Mr. Davidson had been on am out- ng trip to Turner Lake and was ac- companiod by Mrs. Davidson and Dr. and Mr. Robert Simpson of Ju- menu. Mr. Davidson wac on thc deck of tho boat whom about oppo- sito Annex crock watching for noat- ing fec when he must have slipped and fallen overheard. Dr. Simpson heard him cry out Bob, O Bob' Tho boat was turned around and the watcrs searched but no signs were found of him.
 A sub-chascr was sont to Che sceno and One waters dragged that night. but tho body was not rocoy- cred. Many boats has assisted iu Che search since and @ man ia now on Che beach patroUing In Che hopes of finding Che remains Boats contain inr deputies from Che mauhora of- Hco wcrc alao on One scone within a few hours of thc drowning. but an efforts to recover tho body have ao far been fruitica
 Mr. Davidson was ono or Ono pio- uoor mon of Juncau. coming to thot town more than twenty yoau ago. when he workc dat his profession of engineer Hc camo Co Chat placo from California. where he was born and raised. Hc icft Juneau some years ago and went to Fairbanks. whore no was living whom ho TO- ccivcd thc appointment Of surveyor general and secretary of Che Torr.- tory by President Wilson In 1918. He has uctcd as governor Of Alaska o1 numerous umos when Che goycr- nor was absent iu thc states.
 Mr. Davidson is survived by a widow and three children.
Douglas Island news., 1919-08-15
NEW TEACHER
 SOON BE HERE
Man Engaged as Superintendent of Douglas Schools Wires He
 Is on His Way

J Arthur Young who waa cn- rared last May os superintendent Of tho Douglas city schools has wired Che achool board Chat hc is on hIa way here. rho wiro was scnt from Seattle and it s moro thm likely that tho gentleman win come North on Che amt boat on which he con secure accommodations.
 Mr. Young. who is @ graduate of Che University of Washington has had considerable experience aa a teacher and lost year was principal of Che high school ot Ontario 0ro- gon.
 Tho same standard as maintained lost year In Che local school win hc maintained ths term. iu fact Che school should bc better thia ycor. Last year there were but eight rcg- uiar teachers and a manual traIn- Ing instructor who gave two days O week Co the work This year thoro win be nino regular teachers. the superintendent giving manual train lug.
Douglas Island news., 1919-08-15
FROM TRIP

With John pcnglaso. UT. as as- a.stant K. Lawrence. ol tho hlg gas boat Pilot. returned from tho Hiut Chichagof minc last Tuesday morn ing. Ho had taken a load of freight to Che mine. Mir. Lawrence says Chat as soon as Che tO-stamp min Chat is at Wndhom bay can bc transport ed to thc now minc and erected. ace 1.-Two mining win hc carried on at tho Hmt Chicharof At present there is crew of mon doing devol- opmont work i'm Che tunnels aud they win have enough rock broken to start Che min as soon as it is up.
 The Hiut ChIchagof Is on thc
 same lead os Che famous Chichagof mine. which is now producing mil- lions in gold. and lt is said chat Che assay values of thc quartz In sight arc fully as great as woro thoso of tho older mine whom it was drst opened up.