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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
RAPS ASSESSOR
IN TAX HEARING
Herbert ]. Browne, Tax Ex-
pert, Says Citizen Groups
Aid Real Estate Men.

Hearings before the House Commit
tee on the District Of Columbia On the
Mapes bill to abolish the haIf-and-
half plan of financing the National
Capital were continued yesterday
afternoon and pe end is expected to-
day.
Col. A S. worthington. . member
of the executive committee Of joint
committee Of the Citizens Associa-
tons. viii testify.
Herbert J. Browne. expert ON Taxa
ton. attached the methods II the dis
trict assessor and charged the Ciu-
zens' Associations were organized to
control public sentiment so that Il
would respond to the interests Of real
estate dealers and landlords.
DefenAs Associations.
William NICK Clayton. an attor-
ney, replying to the charge. de-
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
RANSOM CAPTIVE
REPORTED FREE
American Citizen on Mexi-
can Ranch Released.
Hope for Friend.

Frederick Hugo, one of the two
American citizens. who was cap
tured by Villista troops when they
took the town of Muzquiz, in Goa
hula, has been released. the State
Department announced last night
The hope was expressed that an
other American of the name OF
Pf illips. had likewise been released.
Ths announcement says:
Earlier reports to the department
had said that Hugo was held for 10, 900
pesos ransom.
The department was without word
from Mexico City on its request for
the immediate release of William o.
Jenkins. American consular agent.
The departments advices con-
cerning the capture of Muzquiz said
that Villistas evacuated the town
December IS. and under the personal
of Francisco Villa left for
the Palomas Mountains. All live
stock on the American ranches in
the vicinity of the town were taken
by the bandits, and a number of
wealthy Mexicans were said to have
ben carried off. Mexican Federal
forces. under the command of Gems.
Ricaut and Peraldi entered Muzquiz
after the Villistas evacuated.
Hugh was manager of the Hacion-
da Las Rucias in Coahuila. and Phil
lips is understood to have been an
employe of that hacienda.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
few IN Mines;
TRIBUNAL WATTS
Ten Per Cent of Coal Men
Return to Work In ILL
nois Fields.

The coal miners are slow in return
ing to work, according to a statement
issued by the executive committee OF
the operators OF the central competi-
tive district last night
In he Central Pennsylvania neld-
one OF the largest in the country, not
over 20 per cent Of the men on strike
returned.
Reports from the Southwesern
fields show a very small percentage Of
men are working In Ohio and West
ern Pennsylvania half Of the men
are back.
Indiana makes the best showing.
with practically all OF the men on
duty.
IN Illinois only 10 per cent OF the
men who went on strike have re-
turned"
The appointment Of the special COM
mission to adjust the coal controversy.
which is to be made by the President,
is stin unannounced.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
SLOW FREIGHT MEN
TO RECEIVE RAISE

Agreement has been reached by tnc
four railroad brotherhoods and the
Railroad Administration on the ques-
ton Of wages to be paid employees in
the slow freight service, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Under this agreement time and one
half will be paid for time required
to make runs in excess of what would
be required if an average speed Of 12h
miles an hour were maintained. This
system is now placed in operation.
it was stated. and made effective as
of December I.
Under the settlement. however, all
special allowances formerly applicable
between terminals are dispensed with.
The agreement provides that special
allowances for switching and similar
work at terminals shall remain in
effect at the old rates.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
LYNCH NEGROES
Who KILL MAN
Mob Follows Train Carving
Two Arrested for Chap
manvlle Murder.

Huntington. W. Va. Dec. l5.-Two
negroes alleged to have killed Edward
Meek Of Logan County. last night,
were taken from train and nnchee
by a mob at ChapmansviTle today. The
bodies OF the negroes were then
thrown into the wyandotte River.
The negroes were arrested fnne-
distely after the killing and placed on
train for this city for safekeeplns.
At Chapmansvirle. the train stalled.
and the mob which was reported to
have gone there in automobiles over
took it and seized the negroes after a
short struggle.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
Another Canal
Across Eshnaus
WMBeNeeded
United States Must Build
Second One if Business
Continues to Improve.

Another Isthmian Canal will be-
come necessary. In the opinion Of Sec
retary Baker. to handle the ever-in-
creasing business now developing
through the Panama Canal
The United States holds all avail
able routes across the Isthmus SO
that when the time comes to build
another canal to accommodate the
worlds commerce the United States
win control the new waterway: This
new canal however. will not be
matter of the near present.
1t is the understanding that the
War Department is to push as rap
idly as other business will permit
the theoretical defenses of the Pan
anna Canal A perfect plan of de-
fense. which would make it impreg-
nable. was worked out by the
Board of Fordncations before the
war, the main project being TO send
to the Eastern and Western term
inals eight 1s-inch guns each. and
o. full complement of 12-inch
mortars. These 16-inch army guns
are being made and are known to
be the most powerful land guns in
existence. They have a range of
more than twenty-one miles and
are effective at eighteen miles.
Mr.. Baker has just returned from
Porto Rico and the Panama Canal.
He stated that the canal revenues
for last year were 100000 in ex-
cess of the operating expenses and
that the business was increasing
and would be- increased by new
lines of steamers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
AKEPASSPORT
PLAN IS Barred
Reds in Berlin Planned In
vasion Here With Plenty
Of Gold.

A Bolshevist plot to expedite the
entry OF radical agitators into
France. England and the United
States has been exposed by the
Secret Service.
According to the State Department
the scheme was TO have passport
forms engraved by German Social
lists at Berlin This fact was COM
municated to the military intelIi-
gence OF Eastern Russia and in ST.
bcria- Couriers were iutercepted in
those areas who had on them the
papers which uncovered the con-
spiracy.
As a result the vice ONCE of the
Citizenship Bureau here will prevent
the entry of Bolsheviki with al
legged passports into this country.
and doubtless the same will be done
now in all countries. The plan in
volved forgery. but that might not
be detected if the forgers had couu-
terfeit forms such as are being en-
Craved at Berlin.
A recent statement by a State
Department official was that the
State Department had positive proof
that the Bolsheviki had entered
on campaign of getting agi-
tators into this country to assist
those here with large supplies Of
gold to upset the United States gov
ernment
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
NEWBERRY'S MOTION
DISMISSED BY COURT

Grand Raids, Msch., Dec. b.
United States District Judge Car-
ence W. Sessions today dismissed
the motion of attorneys for the de-
fense in the conspiracy case against
Senator Truman II. Newberry and
l4 others for a list Of witnesses who
appeared before the grand jury.
The Judge stated a great majority
of the indicted men themselves were
witnesses before the jury and there
fore the defense was in as good
position as the government to know
what charges were made
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
Admission Charge
To the Battlefields
Frances Scheme

Paris, Dec. I5.-The French
government is considering
charging admission fees to
tourists desiring to visit the
various battle6elds in France,
it was stated today.
Financial experts are said
to have figured out that the
revenue from this source for
one year would practically
equalize the loss incurred by
the fall of the franc on the
exchange This is but one of
the many curious money-rais-
ing schemes being considered
in the efforts to bolster up
Frances badly crippled fnan-
ccs.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
Veterans Back Suffrage
For District; Organize
OWn Ballot Committee

Veterans of every war in which the
United States has been engaged. from
the civil conflict In the SOS to the
world war. met in the red parlor Of
the Ebbitt House last night and
formed the Veterans Suffrage Com
mittee Of the District Of Columbia"
Our soldiers and sailors fought to
free the peoples OF Cuba and the
world. We will night with our infiu-
ence and efforts to free the people Of
Washington" was the shibboleth
sounded by the veterans in attend
ance.
Jones' Made Chairman.
Col Winfield Jones. a veteran of
the war with Spain. was elected tenn
porary chairman. Capt. j. Walter
Mitchell. OF the Army and Navy Union
was elected temporary secretary.
A resolution pledged the commit
tee to work in cooperation and af-
filiation with the National Press
Committee for District of Columbia
Suffrage in the plan to secure for
the people OF Washington repre,en-
tation in Congress and the Eiec-
toral College"
1t was further resolved that the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
Hodcarrier Stumps
High Priced Lawyers

Hartford. Conn, Dec. 15.-James
O'Brien, New York hodcarrier,
created a sensation in the United
States District Court today by arguing
his own case in two Bridgeport re-
ceiverships against high-priced law
yers.
Judge Garvin, of Brooklyn. was so
impressed by the hodcarriers' knowl-
edge Of Federal rulings that tonight
he helped o'Brien in his case after
he had discharged his Bridgeport law
ger.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16

Bitter condemnation Of the made
district featured the meeting last
night of the Monday Evening Club in
the assembly hall of the Cosmos Club.
Without exception the speakers urged
the adoption of new laws which would
fully protect the health and education
of those who find it necessary to leave
school at an early age.
Mrs. Louis Brownlow, wife of the
commissioner, voiced the sentiment of
speaker, cited the need for an ade-
quate child labor law and also a law
compelling children under IA years of
age to attend school.
Citing fragrant violations of the
child labor laws in New York. Miss
Pauline Goldmark, director of the
States Railroad Administration, told of
having found eighty children huddled
together in one small room in a button
factory.
Further she said that many children
were so eager to "earn some money"
that they often falsified IS to their
ages. So prevalent did this practice
become that it was necessary to COM
pei children to bring their birth GER
tiacates when applying for permits to
work. In some fe9 deserving cases
children had been given scholarships.
thus enabling them to continue their
education.
There is no excuse for not having
adequate child labor laws in the Dis
trict." said Miss E. Natalie Matthew,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
LEAK ON WET
DECISION BEING
fR0BED HERE
Department Of Justice Co
ing to Bottom on Story
$ OF Advance Information.
MENTION D. c. LAWYER
Newspaper Man Told JUS
: tice of Friend Who Could
Anticipate Ruling.

The Department of Justice is go
ing to the very bottom" of the al
legged Supreme Court Teak. by
which certain persons are supposed
TO have received advanced informa-
tion of the courts ruling yesterday
sustaining the constitutionality OF
the wartime prohibition act
This was emphasized last night
by Capt Burke. of the departments
bureau of investigation
+ The alleged leak Burek said. was
being Investigated at the direct re-
quest of Chief Justice White The
matter was brought to Justice
whites attention. he said. by. a
newspaperman
This newspaper man came 70
Washington" said Capt Burke. -and
saw Chief Justice White He told
the chief justice that a friend Of his
had volunteered the information
that this friend had been approach
&c by a Washington lawyer who
claimed to be in a position to an
iticipate decisions of the court and
that a lot of money might be made
In this way"
The Washington attorney refer
red to, according to Capt Burke.
was b E Moses. with ofices in the
Munsey Building here
Moses is alleged to have told this
friend. whose name was not dis
closed that he was having much
di1iculty TO fnd anyone with enough
money to go into the proposition
on q large enough scale Moses at
the same time is said to have in
volved an attache of the Depart
ment of Justice, whose name was
not disclosed
Both Moses and the Department OF
Justice attache were questioned BY
Chief Flynn, Of the bureau of inves-
tigation, this afternoon
Moses admitted said Capt Burke
last night, that he had been trying
to get money to finance such scheme.
but denied fiatly that he was in any
POSITION TO get advance information ON
Supreme Court decisions. He said
that he used his ability as q lawyer to
draw his own deductions from the
records and testimony Of cases before
the court The department attache
said that he did not know Of any
leak or anyone in a position to know
of any leak. And there Is nothing to
show that he did"
The Department of Justice has
established. said Burke. that on No
vember 16. Moses and the depart
Tnent attache were in New York and
sold Southern Pacic short. This
was the day the court handed down
its adverse decision in the Southern
Pacific case, and the stock dropped
three points. They are said to have
roomed together at the Waldorf
Astoria. with only Moses register
ing.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
Gerard Seeks Democratic
Presidential Nomination

!, Pierre. 8. D., Dec 15-James W.
Gerard. former United States ambas-
'sador to Germany. has signed a peti-
tih announcing his candidacy for
endorsement as presidential nominee
by the Democratic party in the CON
ing state primaries. The petition was
hled with the secretary of state to-
day. .....
The keynote of DR.. Gerard's national
principles as contained in the docu-
ment is: Make and keep the country
safe for democracy" His slogan for
the state campaign Is True democ-
rscy."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
HOUSE CLEARS WAY
FOR GRAHAM REPORT

During a two-day Democratic filli-
buster the House yesterday. by a vote
of III to Ie4. voted TO give precedence
to the Graham report on the select
committee on expenditures in the War
Department
1t is charged by the report that
millions OF dollars are involved in
settlement which the government
made Of war contracts and on which
the government, IL a proper review
of such settlement were made. could
recover millions.
in many OF the cases they seem
to have been obviously tainted with
fraud" the committees report said
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
New Child Labor
Laws Urged Here

director Of the child labor division. Of
the Children's Bureau Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Continuing she
said that there were few manufacture
ing plants here. and that suitable
law was to be had for the asking.
DIR. Royal Meeker was unanimously
elected president of the club to sue
ceed Rev. DR.. John Van Schaick. re-
signed. Fourteen new members were
taken into the club
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
WILSON TREATY
Def HELD BID
FOR THIRD Term
Democratic Senators Great
ly Perturbed by Stand :
Of President.
PRESENTS PROBLEM
Republicans Hail Statement
With Clee-Pact as Is
sue Held Unavoidable.
PRESENTS PROBLEM

Democratic Senators yesterday view
ed with resentment and alarm Presi-
dent Wilson's latest declaration on
the peace treaty in which he asserted
his opposition to any compromise on
the question Of ratification
By these Senators. the Presidents
statement is generally accepted as a
direct motive by the executive that he
will make the treaty an issue In the
1870 campaign with himself as a third
term candidate.
Issue Up to Senator's.
This means that every Democratic
Senator who comes up for reelection
win have to go to his people on the
treaty question. There are fifteen Of
the Democrats whose terms are about
to expire who voted unreservedly for
ratification.
II the President forces the treaty is
sue into the night therefore. every one
Of these fifteen Democrats will be
compelled to defend his opposition to
the reservations proposed by Senator
Lodges committee or desert the lead
ership Of President Wilson and make
the fight for reelection upon inde-
pendent issues
Situation Frausht with Peril.
1t is a situation which all the Demo-
cratic Senators realized yesterday Is
fraught with hazard and peril to their
chances Of reelection. Therein lies
the cause Of the anger and bitterness
and resentment which were reflected
in cloakroom gossip throughout the
day.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
AT WASHINGTON
THEATERS
National-Mrs. Fiske in Mis-
Nelly Of NJ Orleans"

National-Mrs. Fiske in mis-
Nelly of NJ Orleans"
Shubert-Belasco -"Carnival,"
with Godfrey Tearle.
Shubert- -Garrick-Thurston.
Poli's-"Sunrise."
Crandall's Metropolitan -
Eugene O'Brien in Sealed
Hearts"
Moore's Rialto-Mary Pick
ford IN Heart o. the Hills"
Loew's Palace-Robert War
wick in "An Adventure in
Hearts"
CrandaIls-Norma Talmadge
in The Isle of Conquest"
Moore's Garden - Every
woman"
Moore's Strand - Desert
Gold"
Loew's Columbia - Hobart
Bosworth in Behind the
Door"
Cosmos - Continuous vaude-
vile and pictures.
crandall's Knickerbocker -
Mabel Normznd in ~Jinx."
3. F. Keith's-vaudeyille. !.
Gayety = Burlesque; "Step
Lively, Girls"
The coIiseum-Roller ISkat-
ing.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
Boost Governors Rent.

Northampton. Mass. Dec. 15.-Gover-
nor Calvin Coolidge. who lives in the
same modest two-family house which
he has occupied here for twenty
years, has had his rent boosted S a
month. He now pays So instead Of
s27 Former Mayor James w. O'Brien
is the owner of the house. He said
he was sorry to be compelled to boost
the rent. Governor Coolidge did not
think 1t exorbitant.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
BRITISH LEAVE SYRIA,
FRENCH TAKE CONTROL

London, Dec. ia dispatch from
Cairo today reported that under q
Franco British agreement the British
have withdrawn from Syria and the
territory handed over TO the French.
including Lebanon. Beirut and Alex
sndretta.
The Damascuk. Allepo and Hama
districts have been awarded to Emir
Feisul.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
A Fatal Handshake,

Newcastle, Eng. Dec. 15-Alfred
O'Kelly was killed after shaking
hands with his brother. Lieut.. MI
chael O'Kelly, as the latter was leay-
ing for London to be demobilized.
The handshaking was continued as
the train moved out and Alfred fell
between the train and the platform.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
MILITARY SEIZE IRISH
NEWSPAPER IN DUBLIN

Dublin, Dec. 15.-The military de-
scended upon the ONCE and plant of
the Freeman's Journal today. sup
pressing the paper. seizing the type.
and dismantling the machinery.
The street on which the plant is
located was barricaded by police and
military, and copies OF today's issue
wers ssixed
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
Church and Club Burned.

New York. Dec. I6-The First Re-
formed Church and the Admiral BEN
son Service Club were destroyed, and
ten other buildings were damaged by
fire In Hoboken today. The damage
was estimated at sz5o.ooa
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
Prisoner Beats Judre

London, Dec. 15.-Frederick An
derson. a miner. was fined $25 for
assaulting a magistrate who had
fined him on a former occasion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16
Theodore Roosevelt

Hegardless OF whether you were of his
political faith. you cannot fail 60 worship
his memory after reading his letters 20 hfs
:hndrsn They appear every morning In
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16

CONTINUED ON PAGE rHREx
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-11-27

and is now convalescing at her home
in Moriah, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brooks and
family leave on Sunday night for their
new home in Winter Park, Fla, where
Mr.. Brooks goes to assume the duties
of president of Rollins College at
that place. They will be greatly
missed in Manchester. 1t is their in
tention to return to their bungalow
next summer.
Last Friday evening what might
have been serious fire was avoided
by the early discovery of an incipient
blaze at the home of Mr. and Mrs. +.
w. Dunbar at the south part Of the
village. The odor of smoke became so
pronounced between nine and ten
o'clock that an investigation was made
and fire discovered in the floor of an
upper floor near an open fireplace.
The loss of 500 was Immediately adj
justed through the agency of }. W.
Fowler.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-11-27
A. E. MARTIN,
MANAGER
MANCHES TER,v VT

their way to and from the battle fields
and who witnessed scenes tragic,
scenes dramatic, scenes humorous, will
tell some Of his experiences at the
Baptist church on Sunday evening
next. His story is said to be of thrill
ing interest. Come and hear him.
Al the regular monthly meeting oil
Manchester Post No. IS, American
Legion held last Wednesday evening
the following sums were turned into
the Post treasurer: S32.43, the pro
cceds from the soldiers night held re-
Gently at the Colonial Theatre at the
Depot; $34.36, the proceeds from "a
dance held under the auspices of Ado
hiram Lodge No. AZ, f. a. A. NJ. last
year, the proceeds TO be used for the
benefit of the soldiers in the service
but not being able to dispose of the
in this way because the men
from this town We're so widely separ
ated, the amount was turned over TO
he local post of World War veterans.
A contribution of $500 from a Man
hester citizen was also received.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-11-27
Estate of JOHN DOUGLAS
Order of Notice VIII.

State of Vermont. District of Man
chester SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for
the District of Manchester To all
persons interested in the estate of
John Douglas, late of Manchester in
said District deceased, GREETING:
At Probate Court, holden at Man
chester within and for said District
on the 18th day of November, 1919, an
instrument purporting to be the last
Will and Testament Of John Douglas
late of Manchester in said District,
deceased, was presented to the Court
aforesaid, for Probate.
And it is ordered by said Court that
the 18th day of December, 1919, at the
Probate Office in said Manchester, be
assigned for proving said instrument;
and that notice Thereof be given to all
persons concerned, by publishing this
order three weeks successfully in the
Manchester Journal newspaper cir
culating in that vicinity, in said Dis
trict, previous to the time appointed.
Therefore, you are hereby notified
to appear before said Court, at the
time and place aforesaid, and contest
the probate of said will, if you have
cause.
Given Under Ny Hand at Manches-
ter in said District, this 18th day of
November, 1919.
1928 EDWARD GRIFFITH, Judge