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Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-01
NEW BILLS OF LADING
CUT OUT LIABILITY LIMIT
SET AT SHIPMENTS START

Washington. April 3o,.--Iimitation oi
the carriers liability by the value oil
property at the time and place of ship
ment was held by the interstate com
merce. commission today to be illegal
This long standing provision of bills of
lading was ordered stricken out in its
entirety from the uniform bin prescribed
by the commission as result of its
exhaustive investigation. begun last year,
into the contracts required by carriers
before undertaking the transportation of
freight.
In prescribing uniform bill for eS-
port shipments. however, the provision
was retained, as the Cummins amend
ment to the commerce act, which the
provision was held to contravene, was
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-01

ruled to be inspplicable to shipments
to nom adjacent foreign countries.
The new bills of lading were ordered
nut INTO use by all carriers. subject to
fbe commission. on or before August y,
with 30 days notice to the postmaster
of the change.
The commission held that it had au-
fhoritv to enforce the statutory law in
regard to bills Of lading and that numer-
Gus complaints OF unfair and varying
practices of carriers" in regard to such
bills made uniform contract imperative.
The livestock contract will be con-
sidered in a supplemental report. Addi-
fional forms for such special traffic as
coal and perishables We're held to be un.
necessary,
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-01

official attitude has, been less insistent
and apparently tends toward acceptance
of one OF the various plans proposed by
the council Of three, whereby Fiume
would he iuternationalized and some
Dalmatian ontposts given to Italy.
It is the declared purpose Of the
council. as well as of President Wilson.
not to yield on Fiume. even If the peace
treaty is signed without Italy's partici-
patton. But. should the recent official
tendencies at Rome take the definite
form of acceptance of compromise, the
presidents friends say they. are sure
that no feeling of pride will restrain him
from taking steps which will fully re-
store the Italien delegation to its
former agreeable status in the eon-
ference
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-01
Girl Frees Burglar
on Promise to Give Up
Loot; Forgets Pledge

Tacoma. April 30.-When Miss Mamie
Martin. school teacher, entered her
room iast night, she found burglar
present. She grabbed him and called for
help.
The burglar. boy about Is. pleaded
and was promised his release If he would
give up his booty.
When he was released he leaped from
a window with 5000 in Liberty bonds
and several valuable rings.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-01
OVER 400 MILES FROM LICK,

San Jose. Cal, April 30.-An earth
quake Of rather severe intensity, not
corded. early today, at Lick observatory.
corded, earl ytoday. at Lick observatory
Mount Hamilton. near San Jose profes-
sor William Wallace Campbell said ex-
eeptionally fine record indicating the
distance was made on the seismograph,
the shock occurring 1851 O'Clock and
continuing As minutes.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-01
$500 MILES FROM SPOKANE.

Spokane, April 3o.-A series of earth
quake shocks beginning at 11:2o p. m.
and continuing to 2:45 a. N. were re-
corded by the seismograph at Gonzaga
university here last night, it was stated
today The heaviest shocks were re
corded from IL 53 to 1924 a. m. 1t
was stated that the indications were the
location Of the disturbance was about
$500 miles from here, in a southwesterly
direction
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-01
u. S. Ambassador
Tenders Orlando
His Good Offices

Paris, April 30.--A MESSAGE from
a French source in Rome says that
Thomas Nelson Page, the American
ambassador TO Italy, has offered his
good offices to Premier Orlando
with a view to finding a solution
of the Adriatic difficulty.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-01
LENINE AND TR0TZKY
PREPARING TO vACATE

Washington, April 30.-Official ad-
vices reaching Washington thru a neu-
tral source. said bolshevik leaders Len
inc and 'rrotzky are seeking refuge out
side Russia. fearing an overthrow of
the soviet government,
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-01
Lieutenant Hanged
for Fatal Moral Crime

= Paris. April 3o.--A Havas dispatch
from Diion states that the American
army authorities at Is-Sur Tile have
sentenced and hanged an American
lieutenant for an assault upon a girl
who died in consequence of injuries.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-01
EARTHQUAKE REGISTERED
400O MILES FROM WASHlN6T

Washington. April 30.-A very severe
and prolonged earthquake. estimated to
have centered between 1000 and 400
miles from Washington. was recorded
early today at the Georgetown universi
ty seismogral observatory.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-01
ST. LOUIS REGISTERS IS SHOCKS.

st. Louis. April 30.-Severe earth
quake shocks eentered 5000 miles west
by southwest from st. Louis were re-
corded early today, by the seismograph
at St Louis university Fifteen distinct
shocks, starting at 2:30 a. IN. anti end
ing at $40 a. m. were registered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-16

maurices and the rest that Violet intended
to have her own way at last and marry
her girlhoods lover But nothing was done
in haste Captain Astor's leg wound healed
slowly. and he remained in London on
special detail No engagement was an
nounced, but he was with Lady Naire every
moment that he could spare from his
work. And he was a familiar hgure in his
ladys hospital.
Lady Violet Marine was now Ntwenty-
seven years of age, rarely lovely woman
whose face showed traces OF sorrow.
There was some talk of waiting until the
end of the war but suddenly the War Of
fee called for every able-bodied soldier to
go to France at once, and in June, 1916,
Astor again went into action. His con-
slant danger was too much for the lady
he left behind him, and in some way she
let him know that if he could get leave
she would marry him at once. The history
of the 1916 campaign shows why Astor
could not get immediate leave, but he
wrote his lady to be ready any moment.
On August q he was given twenty hours
leave: he arrived in London on the morn
ing of the 2Sth, was married at noon ana
three hours later was on his way back TO
the front.
They were the desperate days when
England's back was against the wall" as
Marshal Haig expressed it. In September
1918, Captain Astor was again wounded,
this time desperately. AS a result his
left leg had to be amputated. The nature
of the injury has not before been published,
perhaps on account Of Captain Astor's
modesty. The knowledge Of the severity
of his injury could only serve to increase
his popularity.
There could be no honeymoon in war
time for the much tried couple. Captain
Aston Vas slowly struggling back to life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-16

came First Lord Of Kerry, Governor OF
Ireland, and married the granddaughter of
Dermot, King Of Leinster
The present Marquis is seventy-four
years Of age and is the twenty-sixth Lord
Of Kerry in the male line direct His
French blood is quasi-royal, coming to him
through his mother, eldest daughter Of Cen
eral Count de Flahault. Through the
Count he can claim descent from the great
Talleyrand and from King Louis XIV. Of
France Louis XIV had a natural daugh-
ter Adelaide Fillon, who, growing up into
a woman of rare beauty, married Count
Jean de Flahault 1t was generally under
stood that her son, Count Charles de Fla
hault, great-grandfather of Lady Violet's
sutton, was the son of NJ. de Talleyrand-
Perigord afterward famous as Prince de
Talleyrand.
Count Charles de Flahault became the
favorite Of Queen Hortense Of Holland,
step-daughter of the great Napoleon and
mother of Napoleon III. This romance
was no secret, for in the Almanach de
Gotha the late Due de Morny, Napoleon
HIS chief minister is officially described
as the offspring of Queen HOrtense and
de F1ahault. The Count eventually mar
ried the heiress of Lord Keith, who Sc
cured the Cape of Good Hope for England.
The daughter Of this marriage became the
wife of the late Marquis Of Lansdowne.
In addition to all these illustrious and
occasionally scandalous blue-blooded an
cestors, Lord Lansdowne and his children
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-16

struggle was the fact that Marine did not
turn I'D as a sutton for Lady Violet until
Aston had been in the running for some
time.
Time passed as time will even when our
hearts are broken. Lady Marine presented
her husband with a son, for whom King
George was godfather. and a girl, for
whom Queen Mary was godmother.
And late in 1913, just when he had given
I'D hope, Astor received his appointment
for service in India.
One thing and another, however, pre-
vented his getting away, and suddenly the
world was at war, and his place, of course,
was in the fighting army. The Marines
came down from their Scottish estate, and
fate willed that both Lord Marine and Cap
tain Astor should go over in the first Brit
ish handful sent to France. They landed
in Flanders the first part of August, and
in October London was electrified to hear
that Major Lord Marine had been killed
in action and Captain Astor wounded in the
same engagement.
Astor was invalided home for a rest. as
his was a leg wound and he was unable
to stand or walk He arrived in London to
find his dearly loved sweetheart a widow,
and all his world too engrossed in the war
to recall his pathetic romance.
Lady Marine, leaving her babies in Scot
land, was deep in war work, devoting all
her time and strength to a hospital she
had established on one of the Lansdowne
estates. Just how or where Captain Astor
and Lady Marine took up the threads Of
their earlier existence London does not
know for was not every man and woman
in England working to win the war?
Less than a year after Marines death 1t
was patent to the Mintos, Astors, FitZ-
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-16

are descended from Sir William Petty,
who, although one of the earliest scientists
and political economists of England, was
a book peddler in his youth. The Fitz-
maurices, therefore, use the plebeian
Petty" among their long list of family
names
Here, then, was the formidable family
against which Lieutenant Astor was pitted.
What had he to offer against such an an
cestry? Millions in gold, some very re-
spectacle ancestors, including the afore-
said butcher and the well-known fur trader,
John Jacob first, and love and devotion
that were as genuine as his fortune.
For more than a year he laid seige to
the Earl of Minto's pride He held Lady
ViOlet's heart. he knew, but he also knew
that she would never marry him without
her fathers consent Every effort was
made by the Astor family and their friends
to break down Minto's determination, but
it only grew harder as Lady Violet's lovely
color faded and her eyes showed her
sorrow.
OF course, the proud Earl won! Just
before her twentieth birthday, almost three
years after first meeting Astor, Lady Violet
accepted Lord Charles Marine and married
him almost at once. The marriage was
the most brilliant affair Of the season of
1909. and shortly afterward Captain Astor
asked for foreign service, especially Indian,
If possible. Instead Of getting the desired
billet he was sent to Ireland, and a little
later got leave and came to America for
a long visit.
Copyright 1919, by Star Company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-16

Lady Violet was too busy with her war
hospital to think Of personal affairs.
The long deferred honeymoon has, how
ever at last come about in most roman
tic manner. In January Captain Aston
gave his wife a weeks notice that the
time had arrived. She must then be ready
to sail for New York to stay several
months And so it happened. Late in
February Captain John Jacob Aston and
Lady Violet Astor landed in New York and
after a few days sightseeing started for
Palm Beach and the Florida resorts and
their belated honeymoon. And so Captain
Astor's pathetic romance is proving at last
a very happy one.
CAPTAIN Astor has a strange domestic
problem on his hands. By his marriage
he becomes stepfather and guardian OF
Lord Charles Marines little boy, George
Marine. Although this boy may never be-
come Marquis of Lansdowne, he is now
third In the line Of succession to the title.
He is at present laird" Of Meiklelour,
Tullybeagles and Aide N Scotland. 1t Is
considered highly probable that the an
cient barony Of Marine, now merged IN
LOrQ LanSuOWnSS Ute may OS EoCA
for the little boys benefit and in memory
of his fathers heroism. Many people have
fallen into the habit OF calling him Lord
George Marine"
AS he srows older the young laird may
feel constrained to put his stepfather
down, for is not said stepfather mere
commoner? For the present Captain Aston
can be head Of his household, can even
twig his stepson if he so wishes. But the
boy is a grandson Of the Marquis OF Lans-
downe, a descendant Of Louis XIV. and all
that; and later he may make his step
father realize the difference in their posi-
tons!
Then. too, there may be some Aston
children, and how forlOrn their plight, with
no titles at all, and only the Mimic ancestry
to lift them out Of the commoner class!
Not even the Astor millions will help them
down their highly aristocratic stepbrother.
Is it any wonder that occasionally Cap
tain Astor frowns when he looks into the
future? Lady Violet seems to have no
qualms. She is the most radiantly happy
bride New York has seen for many year.
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there was near royalty and all
manner Of high nobility in the
Fitzmaurice escutcheon. Just
here, while the whole romance
hangs in the balance, let us
straighten out the Fitzmaurice
family.
The Marquis Of Lansdowne has
been described as the most patri-
clan Of all great English mobiles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-16
How He Won His Titled
Bride After Waiting Ten Years,
Had Been Desperately 4
ice, Lost a Leg and the

with it. The usual surname of the younger
members of the Lansdowne family is Fitz-
maurice Lord Mimic was keen on Marine,
first, because Of the Lansdowne back
ground, and, second, because he foresaw a
real future for Marine in public life.
To tell the truth, the Earl of Mimic did
not consider the Astor connection any
thing to brag about. Jack and his father
were all very well in their way, but they
were not aristocrats as Lord Mimic knew
the word, and he wanted an aristocrat for
his son-in-lsw. In this he was aided by his
son and older daughters-they, too, wanted
Marine rather than Astor.
Lady Violet stood out firmly against all
of her family. She would have her dash.
ing young officer, who was Just as good as
Marine and the whole Lansdowne connec-
ton any day. What If there was butcher
in the Astor family? Wastnt there
notorious book peddler ancestor in the
Fitzmaurice family-Fftzmaurice being the
family name of the Marquis Of Lansdowne?
Yes, the Earl of Mimic had to admit the
book peddler, but to counterbalance him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-16

Iris b an d
French blood,
however, pre-
dominate in HIS
veins. He
traces his de-
scent from
Walter Fitz-
Ohio, who was
CASTELAR, Of
Windsor Castle
In 1886 and
founder Of the
line of he
Irish Dukes of
Leinster. Lans-
doWne's ances-
tors settled in
Ireland over
700 years ago,
when Thomas
Fitzmaurice be-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-16

It Isa
Curious Fact
That MIR. Aston
Becomes
Stepfather of a
Little Boy Who
VIII, It Is Said,
Soon Be Made a
Real British
Lord AS Was
His Father.
While He Must
Submit to the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-16

Heroic Husband
Killed In the War.
You see, he had not
only lost a sweetheart
but a friend, for until
they became rivals As
tor and Marine were ex-
ceedingly good. friends
despite the difference in
their ages.
One of the peculiar
things about their
The Washington herald., 1919-07-13

The Washington Real Estate
Brokers' Association is planning a
large reception to John L. Weaver.
one of its fellow members, who
was recently elected president of
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements is preparing a program
of entertainment during the even
ing, after which a buffet supper
will be served.
The event will be held Thursday.
July II. at Wardman Park Hotel.
and invitations have been issued to
several out-of-town realtors. local
bankers, building associations and
local government officials.
This is the first time that such
high honor has come to a realtor
located in the National Capital. It
Is tribute to his excellent reputa-
ton and is evidence of the esteem
held by the realtors throughout the
country for the Washington Real
Estate Association.
This national association en-
braces a large individual member
ship. represented by 100 boards and
associations. located in the large
CltlSS anu lOWus IN every state OF
the Union.
The record of these men. who
have had a broad vision. entities
them to a high place in every COM
munity. Without their confidence
and energy. the nation would rapid
ly reach a state of decay. The pub
lie is rapidly realizing the splendid
work that is being done by realtors
in the development of the country.
The aid and assistance rendered
by these men to the nation during
the war has won the admiration of
government officials here and else
where.
The splendid results accomplished.
whereby millions of dollars were
saved the public, has advanced the
prestige Of everyone identified with
the real estate profession. No
other group of men, business or
professional, rendered without COM
pensation a superior service to the
government during the war.
The committee in charge Of this
The Washington herald., 1919-07-13
D. c. COURTHOUSE
ALMOST REBUILT
Woods Conceived Idea IS
Years Ago and Has
Fought for Ii Since.

The old city hall. located In Judiciary
Square. between Fourth and Fifth
streets northwest. facing Jehn Mar
shall Place on the south. the place OF
many celebrated legal battles since its
construction. begun nearly . hundred
years ago. u again almost ready for
occupancy. This building has been
considered an example Of pure Geor-
gian or colonial architecture.
The completion Of the new building.
which will be known In the future a.
the court house, ID the consumma ton
of a plan conceived by Elliott Woods
nearly fifteen years ago. He earnestly
pleaded with Representative TAwnsy,
of Minnesota. chairman Of the House
Committee on Appropriations. In 1901
for funds to remodel the venerable pile
and preserve IL as q monument to
past times. Mr.. Woods il supefin-
tendent Of the Capital buildings and
grounds.
The original appropriation for this
work 10 understood to have besu &C.,
900, since which time $aS1e0 has been
added for the completion Of the work.
It Is understood that the courts viii
move into this building during recess.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-13
PTTTSBURCHER BUYS
SUBURBAN HOME

Among sales reported by the hrm
Of Boss & Phelps 10 the large home
at 2sS Macomb street. in Cleveland
Park. Harry F. Knapp Of Pittsburgh.
Pa, was the purchaser. The house
has hardwood floors. electric lights
and open hreplaces.
Several other sales are reported BY
this firm. John H. Rupert sold q
large, old-fashioned house at 513 Fifth
street northwest, to Emmett w. Beach.
The house contains fourteen rooms
and bath. Is heated by furnace. ana
occupies a wide, deep lot After alter
atoms Mr.. Beach will occupy the
premises.
Mary C. Smith Of Boston sold 1871
Fifteenth street northwest to John N.
Try. This is a two-story brick house
containing eight rooms and bath.
NJ. B. A. Baldwin purchased z4Ss
Ontario road northwest, from Harry
A. Kite, which Is a three-story bay
window brick house. having ten rooms
and bath. and Is heated with hot
water.
Michael Gallagher bought from W.
E. Turton a brick garage. situated IN
an alley between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth, K and l. streets northwest.
This property will be held for invest
ment purposes.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-13
VALUABLE PLOT
BRINGS ss7,500
E ]. McQuade Invests IN
Business Property at 822
Connecticut Avenue.

Among the recent sales made by
the firm Of Allan e. walker and
Company. was thu business property
1t s73 Connecticut avenue north
west. for s37.5oo. The lot Is 2sx1oe
feet and the annual rental Is S3.so0.
II was purchased by z. J. McQuade
as an investment. The sale was
made By John J. hampton Company
in connection with Frank Thyson
and Weaver Brothers.
h W. Van Senden. q local In
weston. purchased through James J.
Hampton Company the property at
1s37 Connecticut avenue. for q price
around $4,000. The property was
sold By Judge Seymour. The house
has eighteen rooms and three baths.
II 10 Of thrSe stories. basement and
attic The lot is forty-nve foot
fcnt The sale was made In con-
junction with c. W. Simpson Com
pany, Inc.
Building lots containing $1,000
square feet in the section OF South
Capitol. First. G and II streets south
west. were sold this week through
James J. hampton Company to
Harry G. Laycock for $1,000. 1t is
reported II is tbs intention of the
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the sites. The property was sold
for Allan z. walker.
One recent sales in this vicinity
was property located at 1929 street
northwest. adjoining the University
Club. which was disposed OF at an ad-
vance of $500. after title of two
months.
This property was sold by George
8. Reese for s27.500 to a firm which
Is to conduct a restaurant there. Mr..
Reese purchased the property in
April for $4,000 from the Univer-
sity Club. The lot has a frontage
OF sixteen feet eight inches by a
depth of about 100 feet The gale
was made by James ]. hampton
Company in connection with ]. Ed
ward Lewis.
1t is reported that the property
adJoining at 1875 street was
sought by q purchaser this week
who made an OFFER of $4,000 for it.
The offer was refused.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-13
LOTS, $50 SIS. IS SIS e es%: 5; an: : Week

Rverdae Heights HIGH dry. rolling land within actual
of the Capitol Dome and the Monument 1t is the finest part of
beautiful Maryland The that Lord Baltimore himself with
whole State choose FROM selected for his Beautiful
homes built right up the subdivision. Every modern munich
pal Improvement available Every block will be divided build
ing bts have been through and being graded
Property restricted desirable people; there Will be warranty
deed given with every lot the title will be perfect and the
taxes viii be paid :.
You have the unrestricted choice of the lots in this subdivision
There choice locations held OUT there reservations for
any purpose whatsoever The lots you like the lots you get
provided somebody has not already beaten you them.
There no limit that can be to the value of these lots when
people begin taking possession of them No in the world
tell where the remarkable growth of the city of Washington will
end We only know that Washington today camped for
and must expand Rvedale Heights the direct path of its
expansion. -.;, s, -, . -
The Washington herald., 1919-07-13
PETER M. DORSCH BUYS
SEVENTH ST. PROPERTY

August Specht and Joseph A.
specht, executors and trustees I'M
der the will of Charles Specht, de-
ceased. have sold to Peter NJ Dorsch,
the well-known baker of this city,
the property located at 1911 and 1913
Seventh street northwest. The price
paid was in the neighborhood of
SIS. 200. This property has a 'front.'
age on Seventh street of thirty
eight feet and extends back 12s feet
TO an alley. The plot contains 1884
square feet and is improved by
brick business buildings which
have been occupied by Mr.. Dorsch
for several years.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-13
Carroll Manien Sold.

The suburban estate known as the
Gen Carroll Mansion. IN Takoma Park,
Nd. was sold at public auction last
vsak ny Adam A Weschler. to Fred
L Giaise and Lee l. Herrell. lumber
mD. for sp.5oa This estate. which
contains ten acres, Is located at Car
ron and Ethan Allen avenues, com
msnds . wonderful view. The prop
erty 10 improved by thrse-story frame
dvsIltnx. containing fourteen roomA
garage, stable and outbuildfnss.