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The Washington times., 1919-08-23
5000 PIPES IN
HER COLLECTION

SYRACUSE, N Y, Aug. 23.-How'd
you like to be able to smoke q diff
ferent pipe every day for eight years
A Syracusan, owner OF the worlds
largest exhibit OF pipes, could, but
doesn't, for the Syracusan is a nom
smoker, and a woman TO boot She
is Mrs. Gard Foster, widow Of a we'll
known central New York physician,
who today completed cataloguing her
unique collection, started by her hus-
band and completed by her since his
death.
The collection now numbers 1000,
and includes pipes from every coun-
try under the sun. Among the rare
specimens is a beautifully carved
meerschaum. with an exquisitely
shaped hand holding the bowl OF the
pipe, the carving Of the lace at the
wrist being perfect in detail. meer-
schsum skull pipe and a cigarette
holder, representing "Leda and the
Swan" from Salisbury, also are reck-
oned as priceless.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
LYNCH NEGRO FOR
ATTACK ON WOMAN

TOWNSVILLE, n. c., Aug. 22.-
While her husband, W. L Medlin, a
prominent farmer Of Franklin county,
was away curing tobacco, Wednes-
day, Walter Tyler, a nineteen-year-
old negro, entered the bed room Of
Mra. Medlin and assaulted her.
Mrs. Medlin had recently returned
home from the hospital and was 90
weak she was unable to offer much
resistance
Less than twenty-four hours later
Tyler was taken from the constable
by q mob and lynched. His body was
riddIed with bullets and suspended
from a tree within sight OF the Med
lin home.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
GERMANS EAGER
TO LIVE In AMERICA

HARTFORD. Conn, Aug. 23.-Gov-
ernor Holcomb has received a letter
addressed to the Government" from
T. Stable, German emigration ofFicer
at Duisburg, German, asking informa-
ton concerning immigration laws of
the various States, and whether re-
strictions had been placed on Ger
mans.
The letter stated that a large num-
Der OF Germans were ready to come to
this country. The latter emphasized
the value Of German labor, good
education, and decent customs" and
also asked for detailed information
as to the manner in which arabic
land could be acquired and at what
cost and under what restrictions"
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
ACURALDO SENDS
DAUGHTER UU.S.

SEATTLE, Wash, Ang. 33,-PItos
eess TurhStA Klram. aaaghtsr q tAs
sultaa os saiu. aAd 1Eiss carmsn
AlFdtnalac, whose father LED tAs Eiis-
pino InsuTreetion. were sDeeding Ea1s-
ward 70 Chicago today Aetsr one aag
spsnk in the Unttsd stAtsa.
i was . day cf WOndsflAnd ~
them They asR thslF Ergt dspaFts
msne store and went On q tour of g.
plorattoa within, gaang IN oDSA-
eyed aStonlahmanE
sJust IKE heapsp,s murmured tn
princess, sd 1Eisg Agulnaldo agrssd
Ths princess - ssVentSsn, her eou
ranion. nin6Gsen.
Win them are fiVs other Ffiipil
girls, al going 70 Chieago. They u
study ak The University of Illinois
the expense Of their government
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288-HOUR FLIGHT
WILL WIN $4,000

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Regulations
for the rans-Pacihc flight for which
Thomas F. Ince, OF Los Angeles, Of
fered a prize Of $50 900, were made
public today by the contest committee
of the Aero Club Of America.
The flight must be from Venice,
Cal. to a finish point in either Aus
tralia, the mainland OF the Japanese
group Of islands, the mainland OF the
Philippine group. or on the continent
of Asia, and must be completed within
2SS hours from time Of starting.
II no contestant completes the
trans-Paclfic flight, a prize Of $4,000
will be given the first to reach the
Hawaiian islands. The flight will be
conducted by the Pacifc Aero Club.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
Con- That Ate GunpOwder
May Halt Consideration
OF Treaty in Congress

Because she had the proclivities Of q
goat and partoOk OF a portion Of gun.
powder and rust, a part Jersey and
shorthorn COW is about to tie up Con-
gress and temporarily halt considera-
tion OF the league OF nations and mat
ters Of more. or less Importance.
The COW in question, before her de-
mise last year in the county Of Ska
mania, State of Washington, was
owned by one E. Willard. a rancher.
From evidence submitted to the
House Claims Committee. which has
filed a seven-page printed report on
the subject, 1t appears that agents of
the forest service OF the Government
three years ago left several tin cans
Of gunpowder on the ranch Of Willard.
y Cow Ate GunPoTTdeF.
On May 13, 1918, Wilard's Jersey
COW was grazing along the route
passed over by the forest reserve
agents. She discovered a rusty can
pied it. In fact, she ate most OF the
contents Of the can.
willard, in an affidavit filed with
the House committee, says the Cow
was found lying PROSTATE on the
ground in great agony, and in such
condition that, although every posi-
bic effort was made to save the ami
NAL, il was necessary to kill her to
alleviate her suffering"
The COW in question gave two gal
Ions Of milk in the evening and trifie
less in the morning" and was con-
sidered a valuable unit Of the dairy
herd.
Starts Lengthy Action.
Rancher Willard was greatly per
turbed over his loss. He took the
matter up with the District forest
ranger. Correspondence followed.
The Department Of Agriculture be-
came interested. Acting Secretary L.
r. Marvin had to lay aside other
weighty matters and devote cOnsid-
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erable time making inquiries and die
tatiTg letters on the subject of the
Willard cow
When the case went to the United
States Court OF Claims, it was found
that a claim would have to be made
with Congress. Members Of Congress
were interested in the matter.
Then followed the Introduction OF
bill to pay Willard the sum of 500
for his COW.
When the bill was considered by
the House Committee on Claims a
few days ago. it was pointed out that
because Of the high cost OF. beef, the
carcass Of the COW. had it been used
for beef purposes would have been
worth about $50 to SIS, or about 800
for dairying purposes
Recommends $50 Payment.
The committee. after going through
mass OF evidence, reports that
while il is not shown directly that
the powder was negligently con-
demned and thrown away, your COM
mittee believe that evidence sufficient
TO justify a presumption to that ef-
feet has been presented"
The committee recommends that the
bill do pass and that $50 be awarded
Willard for the COW.
- The bill has been committed to
the Committee of the Whole House
on the State Of the Union and will
be called up for action next week.
After passage by the House the bill
will go TO the Senate. II there is
concurrent action, il will go 70 the
President for his signature
The Treasury Department will
Issue the check for $50 and before
Willard shall have finally been COM
pensated, nearly every department Of
the Government will have had some
part in the transaction.
One member of the House observed
en- reading the report on the bill: "Is
ii any wonder that we need a recess
now and then to recUperate?"
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
JUST PLAIN KICKS
TO COST $l2APAIR

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, Aug. %
Shoe retailers at the convention Of
National Shoe Retailers Association
in session here today, denied profit
eering charges. Five thousand shoe
retailers are represented.
Officers Of the association denied
that shoes would cost $25 per pair
this winter. They announced that
winter styles in footwear would be
devoid Of the fancy features which
add cost to production, and said that
"just plain kicks would be offered
TO the public at prices ranging from
IS to f12 per pair.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
R. R. SHOPMEN
EXPECT HINES
. ANSWERSOON

Leaders OF 100000 organized rail-
way shopmcO today expected an early
answer from Rail Director Hines on
their demands for wage increases, ac-
cording to Secretary Conlon OF the
railway department Of the American
Federation Of Labor.
Indications that Hines may have
an answer prepared were seen in
the fact that yesterday he conferred
with President Wilson for the sec
: ond time this week. Hines has re-
fused to say what will be his an
swer
Should Hines grant the wage in
ereases asked, freight rate increases
may follow, officials Of the Railroad
Administration believe. That the
Railroad Administration has no other
permanent source Of revenue II has
been made clear by Hines in a letter
to President Wilson, although the
situation might be met temporarily
by a new appropriation from Con-
gresE.
Shopmen Are Determined.
Shopmen are determined to force
granting of the demands, according
70 early returns received here in the
national strike vote now being taken.
About es per cent Of the votes al
ready counted are for standing pat on
the original demands presented Janu-
ary 1, for an increase from Sc to S5
cents an hour" said Conlon today.
The demands also include provision
that the increase be made retroactive
from January 1. This item alone now
would mean the immediate expendi-
ture Of millions"
Vote Indicates Strike Plan
Voting TO enforce the original de-
nandE means the men want a strike IL
Hines refuses to accede, Conlon said.
Thirty days notice must be given
before a strike begins, according to
Conlon.
Conlon said the men are voting on
proposal by President Wilson that the
whole matter be left to the decision
Of a board to be created by Congress.
Less than 2 per cent Of the votes
already counted favor this" said Con
lon;
To Announce Results Monday
"Ail votes must be in headquarters
here Monday morning. Within a few
hours the result Of the total vote
must be announced from here. At the
same time the national officials want
70 announce the answer OF the rail
road administration to the demands.
That is why the national officials
made clear TO Mr.. Hines that his
answer must be forthcoming iInmedi-
ateiy."
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
GETS LIFE TERM FOR
BURNING MAN TO DEATH

ST. LOUIS, No, Aug. 23.-A SEN
tencs OF life imprisonment in the State
penitentiary was imposed in Circuit
Judge Taylor's court on Mrs. Minnie
Ryan, forty-four years old, who was
found guilty Of murder in the first
degree.
She killed Fred Roetger, aged forty
three, by drenching him with kero-
sene while he slept and setting q
match 20 the oil. She Is said to be
the first woman 70 be sentenced to
life imprisonment in st. Louis In the
past thirty-hve years.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
FIGHT MARCH GENERALSHIP,
BUT 0.K.RANK FOR PERSHIRG

Objection to the recommendation Of
President Wilson to make Chief of
STAFF March a full general for life was
evident in the House yesterday, when
six members OF the Military Affairs
Committee filed a minority report
against the bill authorizing the rank
for March.
The six members indorSe giving the
rank to General Pershing. The sign
ers OF the report are Congressman
Anthony Of KRsnas, Sanford OF New
York, Kearns of Ohio, Caldwell, and
La Guardia Of New York, and Fuller
of Massachusetts,.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
AVIATOR STARTS
PLANE FROM ROOF

NEWARK, n. J., Aug. 23-Within ten
minutes after landing his airplane or
the roof OF a building here. Aviator
Z. z. BsllOUgh took the air again
and made a successful getaway. This
is said to be the first time the feat
was accomplished in this country. AL
though a landing on a roof has been
made, the flyer, however, has failed
TO arise.
Hundreds Of persons watching the
flyer thought he had met with an ac-
cident when he started to swOop
down toward the building.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
SOLDIERS CHARGED
WITH MONEY THEFT

Herbert p. Warren, q discharged
soldier, and Frank f. Hart, Btin in
the army, are being held for the ac-
tion OF. the grand jury today. on .
charge OF housebreaking. When ar
raigned before Judge Hardison IN
the United States branch Of police
court, they waived preliminary hear
ing, and bond was placed At 81 900
for their release.
They were arrested by Policeman
J. NJ. Peterson, on q charge Of en-
tering the home Of Adolph Nelson,
at 3O67 N street northwest, and steal
S21.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
STRIKE OF HAGERST0WN
TOOL WORKERS FEARED

HAGERSTowN. Nd, Aug. 23.-Ex-
pecting a strike demonstration here
similar to that in Grsncastle, when
striking employees OF the lands Tool
Company, at Waynesbore, went to
that city and practically forced the
employees OF the branch OF the Landis
company there to strike, the police au-
thorities here were notified to be on
the lookout for a visit from the Way
nesboro strikers ct HAgeFtown-
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
FORTRESS OF REDS
TAKEN BY POLES

LONDON. Aug. 25.-PoIisb forces
are advancing rapidly against the
DoIsheylkl' a news agency dispatch
from Copenhagen said TODAY. The
Poles are reported to have reached a
line formed by Ighumen on the north
and Dortyn on the south, capturing
the fortress Of RoVno.
lghumen, one OF the points in the
Polish offensive, is thirty-eight miles
south Of Minsk, in the province OF
that name. Rovno is south of Minsk
in Volhynia
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
FIVE INDICTED FOR
BREAD PRICE BOOST

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 23.-AIIeE-
ing they violated the Valentine anti
trust law by conspiring to raise and
control bread prices. the special grand
jury probing the high cost of living
here returned indictments against
hve of the leading baking companies
OF Columbus
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
GIRL KILLS FATHER
WHO BEAT MOTHER

TRENTON, n. J., Aug. 23.-En-
ragged when her father struck his
wife during a quarrel in their home
at Roelofs, Pa. today, Clara Bartel
fifteen years old, seized a shotgun
and killed him. State police have
gone to the scene of the tragedy.
The victim was Charles Bartel
torty-fiVe years old, an electrician
for the Philadelphia and Reading
railway.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23

PEATNG FIVE other sub chasers all Of which had seen
- foreign service the United States submarine chaser
No. 131 is shown entering New York harbOr after SEQ
mile run from Bermuda The little boats leaving Ber-
muds at the time raced the entire distance at fun
speed the No. 131 completing the run in ffty-seven
hours and six minutes The insert shows Lieut. Comdr
J. L. Day, Of the chaser 131.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
JAPAN DECIDES ON
BIG NAVY PROGRAM

TOKYO. Aug. 23.-The Japanese
navy departments program Of new
construction for the ensuing year in.
cludeE:
Two battle. cruisers, three light
cruisers. three first-class destroyers
ave second-cIass destroyers, several
submarines, several gUnboats. The
program is expected to be completed
by 1923.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23

Prof Gaia, AmsTica's foremost DGneinE
Master, can teach yea In . few issnOna Y
you can b taught. Teaching ezclu1iValy
HIGHWAY SCHOOL or DANCING,
1918 New York Ave.
OF -s3-to-date dancing academy s9uth ct
Wte.sfa York. Private lessons anF hsuF ak0
80 mt have appointmGul
PHONE FRANKLIN FEgG
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
Morley PLEADS FOR AUSTRIA.

PARIS, Aug. 23.-Viscount Morley
one Of the British delegates, has told
the supreme council that IL Is in the
interest Of the allies to alleviate the
burden on Austria, and has asked for
a revision Of the economic and inan-
eial clauses OF the treaty, according
TO the Echo de Paris. It is believed
that the treaty will be signed on Au-
gust 90
The Washington times., 1919-08-23

IT'S queer place for angels to perch but there they
are-sO what would you? They are angels of peace,
embroidered on miady's silk stockings, both Of EN-
perched the ankle. It's the very latest fad From
Paris, of course
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
cHANGE RELA ~ PRIsoN.

VIENNA, Aug. 25.-Bela Kun, DR..
Lander, and Herr Pohn, Hungarian
communists, have been removed from
their prison in the ThEya valley ia
q secret place because OF the pro-
tests OF the peasantry.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
USES GAS MASK no FIX LEAN

DALLAS, Aug. 23.-When an am
monia pipe was broken in a large
office building here, @. T. Gregory
borrowed an army gas mask and re-
paired the leak.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
MDFCP - As MOONSHTNERS.

HWUAOI = - MUUNBNLAIIhIL8s
RoNCEVERTE, W. Va. Aug. a.
The Greenbrfer county grand jury in
session here has returned indictments
against more than forty persons for
',moonshining."
The Washington times., 1919-08-23

GERMANS CUR LTTHuANIA.
BERLIN, Aug. z3s-EVacuAfion o.
Lithuania has been begun, according
to an announcement sent the entente
powers yesterday by the German gov
eFnmeht.
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Any Reservation Regard
ing 1t Wholly Unneces-
sary, He Asserts
LABELS DIRECTORS
AS LATE JOINERS'
Simply Don't Want To
To Come in Now, He
Says

OMAHA, September 8.-(By Asso-
ciated Press. )-Discussing for the
first time on his tour the proposed
reservations to the League of Ma
tons, President Wilson replied in his
address here today to arguments ad-
vanced by tho who favor reserva-
tion.
"a reservation is an assent with a
big but, we agree but" said the Pres
ident.
Any reservation regarding the
Monroe Doctrine was unnecessary, he
said, because the Monroe Doctrine
was accepted by the peace conference
and authenticated by the big powers
of the world for the hrst time.
Those who wanted a reservation
to article 10, he said, simply did not
want to come in now, but wanted to
be '1ate joiners,"
So far as reservations about do
mestic questions were concerned. he
declared it to be work of superoga-
tion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-08
MAKE COTTON
PAY OR QUIT IT.
URCESSENATOR

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 8.-Blunt.
ly diagnosing the cotton situation and
advising the Southern producer of the
staple that he should turn to other
crops unless an adequate price is re-
ceived, Senator Hoke Smith, of Geor-
gia stirred here today the delegates
to the convention of the American
Cotton association.
II earnestly hope that the farm
ers will quit raising cotton in America
unless they receive a better price
for it," was one of the vigorous and
frank statements of the senior Geor-
gia senator. A momens previously he
had declared that "the Southeastern
states today would be in a vastly
more prosperous condition if they
had never raised bale Of cotton"
AS startling as these statements
seem when isolated from the balance
of Senator Smiths address, he elab-
Grated upon them to show the
Southern cotton farmer he must con
tinue to conduct an uphill fight for a
better price for his product, and must
let the world know that fair prices
are imperative, or the South will quit
producing cotton.
Senator Smith declared that the
farmers should stand together collec-
lively, organized by counties, and
hold their cotton until It brings a
price that compensates for the labor
put into it's culture, and that means
a reasonable profit to the producer.
Independent Now.
Senator Smith energetically as
serted that no longer must the South
ern farmer feel compelled to rush
to market with his cotton as soon as
it is produced. Instead, he advised,
the producers should let the world
know that next fall they twill meet
the situation independent and own
ing their own, cotton"
Il view the situation with conf
dence,' Senator Smith said near the
close of his address, because / be.
lieve in the nerve, the courage and
the intelligence of our people when
once aroused. 1t is for the American
Cotton association to bring them into
action"
Diversification of crops was urged
by Senator Smith as chapter in the
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BIG WAREHOUSE FIRE
is NARROWLY AVERTED

A carelessly thrown cigarette butt
came near causing a serious fire at
the Commercial warehouse, in the
rear of the Commercial City Bank,
Sunday afternoon, shortly after 8
O'Clock. The odor of burning COT
ton coming from the rear of the
bank caused a fire alarm to be turn
ed in, and the fremen found a
smouldering fire in the bagging of a
bale stored in the driveway between
the bank and the warehouse proper.
1t had not gotten headway, but was
spreading and soon would have been
blazing. Chief Naylor, in searching
for the origin, found the ashes of a
completely burned cigarette butt,
which evidently had been thrown
from an upstairs window.
A few months ago several bales of
cotton were damaged by fire of sim
liar origin. The warehouse now con-
tains approximately 1000 bales.
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COTTON RALLIES
CLOSE AFTER
Low GIN REPORT

Despite a very low ginners' re-
port this morning, as compared with
past years, the cotton market failed
to respond early as had been expect
ed, and, instead Of rallying sharply
on the strength of the figures, exhib-
tied weakness that resulted in
slight decline. However, sharp
rally set in before the close. Cotton
men declared the market had gotten
firmly into the hands of the bear
crowd of gamblers in Wall Street,
who were hammering it to the limit,
bent on their speculation profits,
which they were taking from many
small farmers who are forced to sell
their crop at picking time to liqui-
date debts against it.
The government gfnners' report,
showing bales ginned up to Septem-
ber / was 138,993 bales; the report
for the same period last year was l.
038,O87 bales. The latter, however,
was one of the largest reports on re-
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notification to the consuming public
that the Southern farmer does not in
tend hereafter to be entirely depend
ent upon the cotton crop. Unless cot
ton brings a remunerative price, he
said, it were better for the farmer to
turn his land to other products.
''The culture of cheap cotton inn
poverished the Southern farmer and
deprecated his lands" said Senator
Smith. II hope they will quit rails
ing cotton unless they can receive a
better price for it"
The Georgia senator then related
how the farmers of the Middle West
had grown rich by producing food
stuffs. Their lands, he said, mounted
in value to $4,000 per acre, while
Southern lands remained at less than
$4,000 per acre, because the South
was welded to the production of cot
ton.
One of the striking and epigram-
attic expressions used by Senator
Smith in his speech here today was !:
"It is useless to cry back from the
cities to the farms unless the prices
for farm products offer opportunities
of farm life reasonably equal"
Better To Quit Cotton.
Although the Georgia senator con-
vincingly asserted that the cotton
question is not sectional, but ma
tional, he brought the matter home
when he said to the applauding dele
gates "The Southeastern states
would be today in vastly more pros
porous condition if they had never
raised bale of cotton. Their farm
lands are splendidly suited for raising
food crops. In no section can cattle
and hogs be raised at less cost. In
these states pasturage is good nine
months out of the year. Corn can be
produced in limitless quantities. Pea
nuts and velvet beans fatten hogs and
cattle at nominal cost"
Senator Smith hade a plea for the
Financial freedom" of the Southern
farmer. The hostile influences of
war time, he added, werd now at an
end. The cotton producer has only to
desire his independence, stay away
from markets that offer unsatisfac-
tory prices, and serve notice on a
world waiting to be clothed that the
producer of cotton must be compen-
stated.
He explained that before the war
began 12-cent cotton meant an in
come of about $325.00 per year to a
family consisting of man, his wife
and three children. Three times that
price today, with after-war conditions
prevailing, would mean with the in
creased cost of production, an income
Continued on Page 81
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MISS FINLEY HEAD OF
DOTHAN, ALA, HOSPITAL

The following, from the Dothan,
Ala, Eagle, discloses the fact that
Miss Ada Finley, formerly superin-
tendent of the Americas hospital,
has been made superintendent of DR.
Frasier's hospital at that place:
Miss Ada Finley. former superin-
tendent of the Americus, Ga, and
Sumter Co. Hospital, has become the
superintendent of DR.. Frasier's Hos
pital.
when Miss Finley resigned at the
Americus hospital in the early sum-
mer she Immediately went to the
Lake Side Hospital, of Cleveland, o.,
with which DIR. George Grille is asso-
clated, and took postgraduate
course.