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The Washington times., 1919-09-28
PROTECTS
INSURANCEPOLIG.ES

The Bureau OF War Risk Insuranca
has to date protected BY guarantees
of premium. 7,T30 Insurance policies
held by service men Gu commercial
companies. representing q total face
value Of S12.5l1 456.2o on these poll
cies, and annual premiums amounts
ing 70 1851, ,058S&. Id
The protection OF these insurancd
policies, which are held In 152 come
mercial companies and fraternal or
ganiEations, i8 ample evidences thn9
Government insurance o. not On com
petition with commercial insurance
The commercial companies, on the
other hand according 70 the Treasury
Department, have lent support % Cow
eminent insurance and are aiding the
campaign % keep active the 5000
100000 worth OF war risk Insurance.
now held BY service men. The OLE
line companies have not only in-
dorsed Government Insurance. bat
have instructed their agents % urge
its retention By former service mon-
The insurance companies and assoc
Citations coming under the benefits oR
the soldiers and sailors civil relief
act are those which are required by
law 20 maintain a reserve. or which
n not 50 required. have made proVi-
siOns for the collection from all 81
their insured Of a premium 90 cover
the special war risk Of those Of theiF
insured persons who are en- the mlli-
tary service. The policies protected
are those on the lives OF persons in
the military service OF the United
states, and on which az least one
premium had been paid prior to Sep
tember !, 1917.
The Washington times., 1919-09-28
Psychic SLeuth'S Trance
Leads Police to Stained
Clothes In Cooper Case

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 2s.-WiH
the mysterious killing OF Robin j.
Cooper, prominent Nashville attor-
ney, whose death on the night OF Au-
gust 20 has bannIed Pinkerton and
city detectives alike, be solved by a
psychO-ara lytical investigation?
Gabriel Hansen, mystic sleuth"
from Memphis. startled all Nashville
with the production of strong evil
dence causing the arrest Of Dennie r..
MetCalf, white gardener, and Nora
Lee Jones, negro cook, at the Cooper
home. They languish in Jail cells to-
day awaiting the action OF the David
son county grand jury, and Hansen's
confidence in his ability to clear up
the case has been strengthened with
the discovery Of blood -bespattered ar
ticIes of clothing in what ne claims
is a secret room under a local rail-
road crossing viaduct-
Saw TruEedy in "VisIOn."
Hansen claims TO have seen in a
psychological vision before his
coming from Memphis several days
ago, the whole bloody tragedy en-
acted. He accuses the gardener with
Turing Cooper from his country resi-
dence to a garage in the rear, and
there in the garage, shortly after
Q o'clock on the night Of August %
killing him, with robbery as the mo
tive. taking his Hfeless body, with
skull crushed and face manglcd al
most beyond recognition, away in an
automobile to Richland Creek a
swift stream which whips through
the beautiful and picturesque resi-
Dental section OF BellemCade.
While tho accused gardener stood
trembling before the bar Of mis- 'el,
Hansen sat just outside in the cor
ridor Of the bastilc and went through
what he calls the psychological
trance" relating 10 the gardiner in
cidents connected with the murder
a. fast as they were cUnJurcd up IN
his psychic mind
At the conclusion of this strange
performance Metcalf expressed his
The Washington times., 1919-09-28
HANSEN'S VISIONS
DELIVER THE GOODS

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 2s,-Gabriel
Hansen. seIf-styled psychic detec-
tive" has been a familiar character
around Memphis for several years.
About three years ago, Hansen
claimed to have found some lost
Mexican government bonds in the
vault of a local bank. Bank officials
who had misplaced the bonds several
years before are said to have corrO-
bOTated him.
Once he claimed to have found a
pair Of bloody shoes that led TO the
capture Of a negro slayer. and an
nouuccd this in his newspaper ad-
veTtiScments.
Hansen lives just outside OF the
city limits. and does a business some
thing similar to that Of a fortune
teller offering 10 recover lost VAL
uubIcs and locate missing persons.
Fortune telling in this city is
prohibited by a city ordnance.
The Washington times., 1919-09-28
WILL ASK GARY
TO MEET STRIKERS

4 plea 10 Judge Gary, Of the United
states steel Corporation, to confer
with conservative labor leaders in
order to stave of radicals getting an
upper hand g. the steel strike situa-
tion. was under consideration here
today.
Members Of thc Senate Labor Com
mfttce. which is investigating the
strike. believe that acceptance Of this
Doint Of view by Gary would lead 10
meeting between employers and
strikers and perhaps a settlement OF
the strike
At tho same time members Of the
senate Committee Jet 10 be known that
thcv are carefully going into reports
that tho steel strike is being used as
a means OF unscating Gompors from
his place as head or the American
Federation of Labor. and following
tthis tho conversion OF tho federation
into a labor party.
The Washington times., 1919-09-28
NEW SCHOOL LATG u
OPENSNEET MONTH

Formal exercises to mark The open
ing Of the School or Foreign SerVice.
Georgetown University, viii be held
at o'clock on the evening Of October
z. On CASTOR Hail. Thirty seventh and
o streets northwest. Senator walsh.
OF Massachusetts, win be the principal
speaker.
Glasses win be started in the new
school, which has been housed AZ sixth
and j. streets northwest, on the even
ing OF October 2. it was announced 20
day BY the Rev. Edmund "a. walsh,
S. j.. former dean Of the arts and
science department OF the university
and now regent Of the new Foreign
Service School.
Father walsh today announced
that william. s. CuIburtson, OF the
lecture in the new school, on tariffs
and commercial treaties. Dr. Ernest
L. Bogart, special adviser OF the state
Department, win lecture on moneys
the professoFship Of Far Eastern
afEeirs VIII fan TO Prof. ". ". VIZ
loughby.
Wesley Frost, United States cougu1
at Queenstown when the Lugltanl1
was sunk. win lecture on sPromotion-
Of Foreign Trade Other membefs
OF the faculty wiz be appointed this
week.
Robert Newton, q student IN th0
foreign service school last year, wen
the $500 cash prize Of the shippin8
Board and the Federal Board for We
cationaI Education Tor the be1t
treatise on shipping.
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MOTTO OF LEGION
ATTRACTS YANKS

NEW YORK. Sept. 2s.-'LeFs stick
together, the fraternaI motto OF the
American Legion, has attracted to
date a membership Of $500 United
States war veterans, IL was announced
here today. The organization is only
six months old, but by November at
least a million men viii have Joined
the ranks, 1t is believed here. Five
thousand local posts in every part OF
the country have received charters.
The Washington times., 1919-09-28
SHARON PLANT TO
RESUME TUESDAY

SHARON, Pa. Sept 2S-OfHciaIs OF
the American Sheet and Tinplato Com
paHy announced that tine plant viii
resume operation Tuesday
Announcements sTas made by the Of
Grisls 0T tho Carnegie Steel Corpora
tioU that large numbers were return
ing To work. Another blast furnace
was placed IN operation last night
The ShrUaUEo Valley Is being flooded
with printed statements from the Of
fee OF ". 4. Foster leader Of the
strike iu pittsburgh, declaring that
statements Of mill officials that many
plants are working are untrue.
The Washington times., 1919-09-28
DISBAND FAMOUS
ENGLISH 'WREVS''

LONDON. Sept. 28.--AfteF I've
years OF war service ne Womoa'8
ROYAL Naval Air ssFVies. the famous
'sWrsns," O. being demobidEed. All
will be out OF the service By Octo-
1er 2
It is explained by admiralty o11-
eials that there Is no room Ter
women in the navy in peaes times.
Director Katherine Furss, OF t1D
rWrsns," hopes to have an honorary
reserve corps formed to -maihtai1
the spirit and traditions of the -
ganization."
The Washington times., 1919-09-28

home economies education; Miss Ma
ric Mount, from De Pauw University,
professor Of institutional and home
management: Neil l.. Gordon, from
Johns Hopkins University, professor
or physical chemistry; H. B. McMur-
tray, assistant professor Of physics;
Donald Hennick. assistant in me-
chauical engineering; NJ F. Welsh,
from Michigan University, assistant
professor of pathology and bacteri-
OIOgy, and M. NJ. Profit. from Wash
ington University, st. Louis. prOfes-
sOr of trade and industrial education.
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disgust. and repeated his declaration
u innocence.
IF they fasten the crime on me-
the blood will be on their hands, but
mine are clean" angrily declared the
accused man to officers and reporters
who questioned him today.
At the preliminary trial of Metcalf
and the Jones woman, they were
bound over to the criminal court with
out the introduction of any evidences.
Upon leaving the office of the mag
istrate. where the hearing was held,
Attorney Roscoe Bond. Of counsel for
the defendants. remarked:
The days OF witchcraft and spells
and mystic incantatiOns are over. No
court in the United States would con-
vict a man on such proof.
The Washington times., 1919-09-28
DEPUTIES RETURN
FIRE OF STRIKERS

NEW CASTLE. Pa Sept. 2S.-After
brief outbreak Of sniping in the
ShenangO tin plant district, deputies
returned the fire, but so far as known
there were no casualties. The depu-
ties were shot At as they were gath
ering around a fire in the open.
This was the only trouble reported
in New Castle.
The Washington times., 1919-09-28
BANK LOOTED OF
$4,000 in BONDS

JOHNSTOWN. Pa, sept. @s.-The
First National Bank Of HOlsopple.
near here. was robbed carly today OF
10000 i'm Liberty bonds and other Sc
CurSiCs.
The robbers effected an entrance
by saving the bars in the window.
They then blew the safe.
The Washington times., 1919-09-28
MRS. CARNEGIE TO
LIVE IN SCOTLAND

LENOX. Mass, Sept. 2s.-Mrs. An
drew Carnegie, widow OF the iron mas
ter. will close Shadow Brook. her
summer villa here. late in October,
and say goOd-by to LenoX for a period
Of years.
She plans. instead Of returning here
next season. to go to SkibO Castle,
Scotland. where she probably will re-
main for at least two years.
The Washington times., 1919-09-28
SYLVIA DERISIVE AS
POLICE ACT KILLING
CONTINUED nom First PaEs.l

discuss the investigation until zone
or two other details had been checked
up" He said that the investigation
was satisfactory.
Time has been the most battling ele-
ment in the investigation Of the crime.
II was in an effort TO definitely place
the time Of the murder and connect
this up with the movements Of the
suspects in the case that Inspector
Grant staged his psychological test
this morning.
In the main-it was learned-SiIvia
persistently clung TO the story he had
told during previous questioning by
the police. Commenting on this
statement today Inspector Grant re-
iterated his assertion that sylvia IS
lying. Even where the truth might
help his case, Inspector Grant says
the prisoner ib adamant.
syIyvia's stoFy ContFadieted.
Sylvia declares the last time he saw
Wood was at 1875 a.. m. September
Is, the day Of the murder, and that
at this hour Wood was talking to
Starr, who was subsequently, arrest
ed on a charge Of embezEiug 8532
from the Seventh street branch Of the
Liggett Drug Company.
Witnesses say that Sylvia was seen
in the cellar under the store talking
TO Wood at 1855 o'clock and that
later Sylvia came up into the store
but Wood was not seen alive again.
Were starr BY any possibility guilty
it would have virtually been impos-
sible for him to have reached the
Union Station and checked q handbag
at 1917 2. m, which he did, and at
the same time have been seen talking
to Wood outside the store thirtT-twO
minutes before.
Wood was paid or between 11:30
and noon on the day he Waa killed.
Soon afterWard he was busy among
employees in tthe basement of the
store collecting a fund with Which 20
purchase a remembrance for Sylvia.
who had announced that ne was leav-
ing that day for San Frnacisco. In
reality Sylvia went to Columbus.
Meanwhile Sylvia sat nearby on q
weighing machine, witnesses say, and
the two were talking when Wood last
was seen alive.
Weed Failed 20 Report.
Wood was detailed for duty on the
soda fountain at o'clock, but failed
to appear for work. No search was
made for him, however, as he was not
considered reliable. and the store
manager concluded that he had laid
on
"EVerfy action Of Sylvia after the
time when he was seen talking to
Wood shows him to have been over
anxious as to the whereabouts OF
wood" Inspector Grant said "This
is on feature that we have been un-
able TO explain and further we have
been unabl to determine why he was
so anxious to have Us capture Starr,
a man unknown to him except by
sight"
Promise DeVeIopment8.
Inspector Grantn said today that he
hoped to be able to throw a great deal
Of light on the mystery before night,
but refused 20 discuss the matter
further.
Sylvia is a bigamist, the police say.
He does not deny the charge, but says
he had been told his wife in Meriden
Conn, had divorced him. He left
Meriden last April, the police learned.
On July Il he married Florence Hart.
Of Greater Capitol Heights, Nd, after
three-day romance which began
with a stage Irritation at a local bur
lesque show. She is held at the House
Of Detention.
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Advertise Strike Ended.


sistance Of tho United States steel
Corporation officials.
Advertise Strike Ended.
steel Corporation officials declared
Wednesday would see resumption OF
full operation in all plants. In the
meantime newspapers carried large
advertisements calling upon workers
TO return to work tomorrow, as the
strike had proved a failure.
The formal order calling out the
40 600 to $4,000 men Of the Bethle-
hem steel Company tomorrow morn
ing was issued yesterday afternoon
by the national organizing committee
Of the Iron and Steel Workers Union.
The Bethlehem men are 100 per
cent organized" said Secretary VIII
liam u. Foster Every plant will be
tied up. There is no doubt about our
winning now
The order will not affect the men
lin the Bethlehem shipbuilding plants,
but will call out the workers at Beth
and SparrOw's Point The company
has granted its men a form Of col
lcctive bargaining, but has refused to
recognize the union.
other Developments.
DlueI QChfloplilEAlAo dl
Carnegie plant at Homestead re-
ported working force increased by
500. Alice Furnace at Sharpsville re-
opened.
American Sheet and Tinplate Com
pany announced reopening of Fort
View plant at McKeesport and plans
to open Farrell plant on Tuesday.
American steel and Wire Company
announces Farrell plant will resume
work tomorrow.
Coal miners at Johnstown go back
to work with understanding that out
pat shall not go to nOnunion plants.
Fricz mines at MOrewood and
Standard shut down.
General walxout OF sailors and fire.
men on Great Lakes in sympathy with
steel strikers reported impending.
Union men reported planning to
prevent reOpening Of plants in Chi
cago district tomorrow.
Threaten w. Va. Mills.
Several thousand steel workers are
still threatening TO march from Steu-
benville. Ohio, into West Virginia to
force shutdown OF WeirtOn Steel
Mills.
Union men getting ready for long
siege in Colorado plants.
leaders confer in New York on steel
strike situation.
There are few reports OF violence.
Both sides apparently are anXiously
awaiting the developments OF the
coming week.
EIbert H. Gary, chairman OF the eX-
scutive board Of the United States
Steel Corporation and chief antagonist
Of the unions, is to testify before the
kenyon committee OF the Senate
Wednesday. and both sides agree that
his testimony will have an important
bearing on the result.
The national committee made an
other aggressive move yesterday BY
insisting that the Kenyon Senate
come to the strike region
and investigate the methods the cor
Dorations are using TO defeat the
strike.
In many instances" said the tele-
gram. ''the civil authorities have
entirely outlawed organized labor"
The Washington times., 1919-09-28

from : 10 10 p. m. Part OF the Prince
Georgees county fund. given by the
state Agricultural Society for the use
Of local agricultural exhibitions this
year has been promised for the pay
ment Of premiums and prizes have
hecn donated by others.
The Washington times., 1919-09-28
HYATTSVILLE NEWS
Prince Georges County to
Honor HeTOeS-AgriCuIturaI
Show This Week.

HYATTSVILLE, Nd, Sept. 2s.-Res-
idents OF Prince Georges county will
pay homage to the memory OF the
county's war dead anad formally well
come home all others who did their
bit for the cause at Upper Marlboro
on Tuesday, October T. Judge Fill
more BcalI, Of the county circuit
ODUrt, heads the committee in charge.
The main street and the residences,
business houses, and courthouse will
be deliberately decorated by q com
mittee headed by Mrs. r. Irving
BCalI as chairman.
The ceremonies viii begin at II
a. m. when the parade will form on
the grounds OF the Marlboro Hf,-h
school The line Of march will be
from the high school grounds. along
the Marlboro pike, via the pike
through the town TO the Farmers
Hotel. John NJ. Bowie viii be mar
shall Eugene s. Burroughs. super
intcndGut or the county board Of ed
ucation. is chairman Of the parade
committee.
Upon reaching the hotel. the heroes
viii march back 90 the courthouse
where the cornerstone Of the monu-
mcut will be laid. This feature will
be- in charge Of the Masonic Order
Of Prince Georges county. The in
vocation will be by the Rev. p. T..
McManus. rector Of Trinity Church,
Upper Marlboro. An address OF well
como Will be delivered bv Judge
EcaIl. Former United States Senator
Blair Lee will mako tho address 10
the heroes and replies will bc made
by representative Of each branch Of
tn service.
Following the layIu- Of the corner
stone the tablet TO the dead will be
unveiled. Former Governor Colds.
borough will make the address and
benediCtion will be pronounced by
the Rev Father Francis J. Loughran.
Of the local Catholic church
The Rev ID. NJ. Brown, pastor OF
ST. Paul NJ. r. Church South, Wash
ington, tonight at S o'clock, will de-
liver a stereoptiCan lecture on mis-
sion work in the Congo. in the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South here.
The annual home and garden ex-
hibititon under the auspices OF the
Hyattsville Horticultural Society
will be he'd October and ( in the
Masonic Hall here. The exhibition
will be open on the FIRST day from
s 10 10 p. m, and on the second day
The Washington times., 1919-09-28
CARNEGIE PLANT
TO REOPEN MONDAY

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Sept. 2s.-
Preparations for the resumption OF
work at the Ohio plant Of the Car
negie steel Company are under way.
Officials declared a vast majority Of
5000 men paid or expressed their in
Jention OF returning 10 work Monday
Union leaders expressed confidence
"a their men remaining away.
The Washington times., 1919-09-28

CIR ARTHUR W. BROWN, who was Inighted after
- he and Capt. Sir John AlcOCk had made the first
nonstop fight the Atlantic and his bride, who
arrived In New York recently on the Mauritania.
The Washington times., 1919-09-28

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