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The Washington herald., 1920-01-23

MAYLOSE JOBS
Face Discharge in
Case Congress Delays
Appropriation.

Fourteen thousand skilled laborers
at navy yards and elsewhere will be
out OF jobs il Congress does not act
promptly on a letter sent the Speaker
OF the House yesterday by Secretary
OF the Navy Daniels. in which he asks
for 100000.
The discharge Of laborers necessary
for the upkeep of the navy. Secretary
Daniels says. would be matter OF
grave concern. The House saw the
necessity Of the appropriation last
summer. but 1t failed of passage in
December in the Senate. Congress is
warned that the navy should be kept
in good shape for an international
emergency. II is expected that Con-
gress will act Immediately. Mr.. Dan
iels has fortified his request with let
tiers from his chiefs urging action.
Among these letters is one from Ad-
miral Robert +. Koontz, who has sue
ceeded Admiral Benson as chief of
operations of the navy Admiral
,Koontz says: The number OF ships
now capable of operating effectively
in case Of emergency is dangerously
small. This condition is the direct
result OF A lack of funds with which
to prosecute vigorously the required
repair work on vessels whose mate
rial fitness has been lowered through
the excessive and continuous demands
OF war service"
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23
GIVEN $4,000
SUES FOR MORE
Daughter of Philanthropist
Alleges Mother lnAu-
enced Against Her.
(By Herald Leased wireD

New York, Jan. Mrs. Mabel
Spang Crome. whose father. a Pitts
burg steel magnate. left her a life
income of $4,000. today started the
active contest of the will of her
mother. Mrs. Rosa f. Spang. who be-
queathed her an additional $1,000 an
nuity. Mrs. Crome, who is in Copen-
hagen, Denmark. alleges that undue
influence prevailed upon her mother
to devise most of her 100000 estate
to the founding OF the Rosa E.
Spang foundation, to the detriment
of the daughters interest"
Mrs. Spang, who died at the Wal
dorfAstoria Hotel last year, after
providing for her daughters annuity,
that the residue of her
large estate be turned over to three
trustees to establish the foundation.
The men named are George w.
former United States
attorney general; DR.. Henry Dwight
Chaplin. and Col. Michael Friedsham.
The Rosa E. Spang foundation was
designed to afford relief to persons
afflicted by poverty and to care for
young children and babies who be-
come objects of charity through pa
rental desertion or other causes.
Henry W. Taft, a brother of former
President William Howard Taft and
law partner of Wickersham, repre-
sented the three trustees today when
they appeared before Surrogate CO.
halan to defend the will.
Undue influence" was denied by
Mr.. Taft He called attention to a
provision of Mrs. Cromes father's
will, limiting her annuity from his
estate to $4,000, declaring that the
father thereby had indicated his
wish that her enjoyment of the estate
should be limited to that sum. Mrs.
Spang. he said. had taken the same
attitude. definitely fixing an annuity
of $4,000 for her daughter Mrs.
Spang had been interested in well
fare and charitable work through her
friendship with DR.. Chaplin, Mr.. Taft
said, declaring no effort whatever
had been made by DR.. Chaplin to in
fiuence the making of her will.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23
URGE ACTION
ON WATER BILL
Sanitary Commission Pro-
poses Two Variations
From Project.

Two variations of the Patuxent
River project for providing WASH
ington and certain nearby Maryland
communities with an additional
water supply were advocated yes
terday by the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission in an extend
ed report made public
The necessity for early action by
Congress on the PatuNent project
or some other proposed relief
measure was forcibly pointed out
in the report, which stated that un-
less rights are granted during the
present session of the Maryland
legislature little hope for the pro-
ject could be held out for about two
years.
Push ZihIman Measure.
The commission, which is conn
posed of William T. S. Curtis of
Chevy Chase, T. Howard Duckett of
Hyattsville. and Emory II. Bogley
of Rockville. has made a compre-
hensive survey of the water supply
problem in the District and also of
the sewer system being constructed
to connect with the Washington
sewage disposal plant.
The commission will urge the
Senate to pass the Zihlman bill. al
ready passed by the House. author
izing the appointment of a special
commission to study all the pro-
posed plans for giving Washington
an adequate water supply.
One new project proposes obtain
ing an immediate supply of water
from the PatuXent and northwest
branch and the other provides for
the additional use of 10000. 900 gal
Ions daily from Rock Creek by con-
struction of a dam.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23
BAKER SET AGAINST
PROMOTION OF WOOD

Secretary Newton d. Baker, YES
terday advised Representative Julius
Kahn. Republican, Of California,
chairman of the House Military Af-
fairs Committee. he would oppose
the proposed promotion of Mai. Gen.
Leonard Wood to the rank of lieu
tenant general.
The Secretary expressed his opin-
ion in blunt reply to n letter from
Mr. Kahn asking his views on the
bill introduced by Representative
Dyer, Republican, of Missouri. pro-
viding for the promotion of Gen.
Wood. The text of the letter fol-
lows:
Receipt is acknowledged of your
letter of January II. enclosing a
copy of n bill which provides for the
promotion of the senior major gem
eral on the active list of the army
tMaj. Gen. Leonard Wood to the
grade of lieutenant general.
Gen. Wood is one of a number of
officers of the Regular Army of long
and distinguished service 1 recon-
mend that 4 the proposed bill be not
passed.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23
SWIFT DENIES FORCE
IN PALMER AGREEMENT

Chicago. Jan 2.-Louis f. Swift,
head of tho Swift Packing Co, today
denied the packers were forced into
an agreement with the Department
of Justice to discontinue subsidiary
lines.
We entered the agreement with
the distinct understanding that we
had done nothing Illegal" Swift said
Referring to an address before the
Consumers League of Newark, n. J.,
by Chairman W. B. Colver. of the
Federal Trade Commission. Swift
said:
we are in sympathy with the
general aims OF the league but we
feel it is endangering its own use
fulness when it sanctions the vici-
Gus and sensational methods of the
Federal Trade Commission and when
It endorsed legislation. which would
tend to increase prices rather than
reduce them"
Swift said packing products in
creased only 50 per cent in price
since 1913. while all other commodi-
ties had advanced 1o3 per cent.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23
Goal Of ''Y" Campaign
Reduced to $25,000

No move made by directors of a
financial compaign In the District
met with greater approval and a
subsequent wave of relief and graft
tude from those concerned than the
decision of the Washington Y. N.
| g. A. yesterday to reduce the amount
'of its general appeal for funds to be
made January - to February from
$125. 900 to $500.
Notwithstanding the urgent neces-
sity of maing expansions to the edu-
cational and boys departments and
paying OF the Indebtedness of the
association so as to place 1t on a
hrmer financial basis. the board of
managers in charge of the campaign
decided to ask friends and Supporters
OF the "" solely for an amount that
Is annually made for current 'ex-
penses to maintain the non-seIf sup
porting departments, such as the re-
ligious and boys work. the housing
and the employment BUREAUS and the
Twelfth street branch for coIored
ruen and boys.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23
REBELS, SAYS.
POINDEXTER.
Senator Describes Men Who
Assert States May Curtal
Dry Enforcement.

Describing as "rebellious" the at
titude OF state officials OF the fed
States" who advance the claim that
the prohibition amendment docs
not curtail the Jurisdiction of the
State on the subject, Senator Miles
Poindexter. candidate for the Re-
publican Presidential nomination,
declared himself to be entirely out
Of sympathy with any such view
point. In a letter made public yes
terday. he asserts that the States
have no power now to interfere with
the exercise of the enforcement
power conferred on the government
by the Eighteenth amendment.
Amy such attempt on the part OF
any State" says Senator .Poindex-
ter, "or on the part of any individu-
al. is an attempt to oppose the exc
cution of the law of the country
and should be construed and treat
ed as criminal"
Senator Poindexter's letter was
addressed to Miss Julia f. Dean,
managing editor Of the Union Sig
nal of Evanston, Ill. 1t says in
part:
Dear Miss Dean: am heartily
in favor of the recent act of Con-
gress for the enforcement of the
prohibition amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States /
have no sympathy whatever with
the rebellious attitude of state off,
cials in a few States. judging from
their recent declarations. of a pur-
pose and intention to hold that this
law does not curtail the Jurisdiction
of the States on this subject. The
amendment to the Constitution
vests the Jurisdiction in the Fed
eral government. 1t is true that
prior to the passage Of this amend
ment the entire subject was under.
perhaps, the exclusive control Of
the States in the exercise of their
police powers. The people of the
United States decided, in a consti-
tutional way by their free suffrage,
to vest this jurisdiction in the Fed
eral government.
The States have no power to inter
fere in any way with the exercise
of the power thus conferred upon
the Federal government. Any such
attempt on the part of any State, or
on the part of a community, or on
the part of any individual. is an at
tempt to oppose the execution of the
laws of the United States and should
be made as such criminal, and so
treated"
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23
REALLIQUOR,
FBILLPASSES
Measure Proposed Would
Permit 9 Per Cent Wine,
3Per Cent Beer.

Manufacture and sale Of wine
Containing less than nine per cent
Of alcohol and beer. ale and porter
containing less than three per cent
will be permitted. II a bfll intro
duced in the House yesterday by
Representative SABBATH. Democrat.
Of Illinois. becomes a Law.
Mr.. SABBATH also introduced .
joint resolution under which vhis-
key could be prescribed and OBJ
tained for medicinal purposes dur
ing the influenza season without un-
necessary hindrance and delay.
Under the SABBATH bill. the Nation
al Prohibition Act Cthe volstead
law) would not go into effect until
sixty days after the United States
Supreme Court shall have held fl to
be constitutional
II would permit the Withdrawal
from bonded warehouses Of whis-
kies manufactured before Septen-
ber 10, 1917, and purchased for per-
sonal use before wartime prohibit
tion went into effect
The SABBATH bill also would permit
physicians TO prescribe in lieu Of ono
pint Of whisky every ten days, one
quart every fifteen days Further.
il would permit the storage in United
States bonded warehouses only Of
such liquors as were manufactured
prior TO September 10. 1877. and would
strike out Of the National Prohibition
Act certain regulations which are not
required for the sale of wine and
beer, as permitted under the provi-
sions OF the proposed bill.
The SABBATH resolution declares an
epidemic OF influenza now Is exactins
a toll Of hundreds Of lives and is
alarmingly increasing. and the health
commissioners Of various cities ar
complaining that patients are unable
to secure whisky for medicinal pu--
poses when prescribed by physicians
who believe IL TO be the most effecfi.e
remedy for influenza
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23
St. Elizabeth Seek, Books.

School books. new or old. are
needed at once by the patients At
st. Elizabeth's Hospital who are at
the classes established bv
the District Chapter. American Red
Cross. under Mrs. Evelyn Hursh. All
of school books should
be made to Mrs Ida VI. Galloway.
OF the comforts section.
District Chapter. American Red
Cross. 1s Jackson place.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23

the twenty-eight forges now being
used for welding iron will be dis
carded to make way for added equip
ment for welding by the oxy-acety-
lene method. The oxy-acetyIene
process performs all the work that
can be done by the old fashioned
forgc-and-anvil method with the ex-
ception OF certain shaping jobs.
Instructor Piggot was recently in
formed that therei a large local de-
mand for proficient oNy-acetylene
welders and he expects to be unable
to supply the wants of manufactu-
rSrs in this connection. Torch men
receive large salaries.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23

ance attached to his five or six
pounds of silk and impertinence and
rules the Calhoun home on New
Hampshire avenue with a firm hand
excuse me-paw.
"WOo- TOIerntes Prince.
When the Prince of Wales paid
his now historical visit to the CAT
houn home. woo" inspected his
highness graVely and then. after n
few shifts at the royal heels. set
tied himself at the princes feet.
Prince Edward was rated ace
high" by the particular little aristo-
crat.
When the camera man caught
Miss Margaret and her THY pet as
the two were leaving the Calhoun
home for an afternoon stroll up
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23

are almost always her close COM
panions, though the older. Bob"
is beginning to feel the strain OF
too long a walk with his energetic
young mistress.
Both dogs have won prizes at dog
shows in the Capital and out Of
town.
Miss Marcia Chaplin, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick e. Chaplin.
and one Of the seasons prettiest
buds" is original in that her
favoritas are a merry little green
and gold parrot and a big Persian
cat. Strange to say, the cat and
parrot are the best of friends and
seem content 90 share their charm
ing little mistress's heart peace
fully.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23
" Y -

- It's all the same to the
Washington society girl, whether
her pet happens to be graceful
wolfhound from the steppes of Rus
sia or a tiny green and gold parrot
from the forests of South America
the way to milady's heart is
through the good graces of her pet.
Dainty little Mrs. A. F. Connolly.
wardman Park Hotel. is invariably
accompanied on her Out-of-door
rambles or shopping trips by 'one
of her beloved dogs. either her
frisky little King Charles or the
latest addition to her kennels, a
big white Russian wolfhound. In
the shops downtown sonny" is as
well known as his mistress, both
to the shop people and the shop
pers, who usually stop few min
utes at the door where he awaits
little Mrs. Connolly to pay their re-
spects to his 1.-THE. white beauty.
"sonny" Holds First Place.
Mrs. Connolly. who before her
marriage was Corrine Hunter,
loves Sonny" above all her pets.
though his long, silky hairs will
come off on her dainty frocks and
shopping with him is like travel
ing with a circus" as she laughing
ly protested recently when. return
ing to claim him at the door of an
F street shop. she found him sur
rounded by a throng of admirers.
who pelted her with questions.
Next in fame. if not in statue. to
the regal Sonny is dainty little
Woo Ting Fang. the aristocratic
little Pekingese belonging to Miss
Margaret Simonds, daugher of c.
c. Calhoun. and a bud of last
year.
Woo" fully realizes the import
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23

Connecticut avenue, "Woo" was un-
decided whether or not he should
submit to being photographed, but
finally consented when his mistress
agreed to pose with him. The in
suit to his royal dignity. however,
he avenged by a few well directed
nips at the camera mans heels.
Not that he meant to bite him, real
ly. only to insure recognition of his
position and authority.
Settlers Her FavOrite.
Two sleek, red-brown settlers
with soft brown eyes are the pride
and JOY of Miss DeIphine HeyI,
daughter of Col. Charles II. Heyl,
and a debutante of this season.
When Miss Delphine starts out for
her morning stroll the two dogs
The Washington herald., 1920-01-23
Coughs Up Bank Note.

London, Jan. OO.-The trial of a lad
here ended when he sneezed in court.
He literally coughed up the truth, and
the one-pound note projected by the
sneeze was identified as one stolen
from the accusing witness pocket.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-18
Mrs. James to Testify
French Dispatch Boat Lost

Paris. Dec. 1S.-(By A. PD-Thp
French dispatch boat Bar le due ran
aground the night Of December Il nea:
Cape Doro. and it is believed twenty
members of her crew We're drowned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-18

night, or Friday night, Isuess that I
right and Thursday night Is the nigh
Q. "well, what were you doing? ID,
he stay all night, do you remember
4. No, sir he came back to this hous'
around ~ o'clock"
Q. did he stay there until the nex'
day, Friday?" "A. "Yes."
Then on Friday, what did yOl
dor" A. II don't remember, an,
more than staying at this house. Frlda,
Afternoon, sometime Friday afternoon
then we hired q ta1icab and met one
eirl at Broad and Oxford. think II
was around there. and we drove down
town and got friend Of hers, and then
we went to the Colonnude later in the
evening""
Used False Names
9. Did you both register at the
Colonnade1" A. "Yes."
Q."Do you remember under what
name you registefed7" A. II registered
as Frenk Johnston; that Is my middle
Q. did schuck register under his
own name or some other name?" A.
wbu, th'nh nl,ss some a. other name" From 1
think ! put Clayton. New Jersey"
No. don't; I am not sure about that.
either, whether I put Clayton, or what
nis2S,1 1oS 4. 's{ :{..y, you sir. stayed there all
q. What time did you leave on Sat
srday p A: ~ think It was quite late:
around 10 o'clock, something IKE that"
-. Did Schuck leave with your" A.
Took Taxi Ride In Morning
@. After you had breakfast. where
did you go" A. 1--WE didn't have
Q. Where did you so?" A. 1--WE
had a small lunch brought up to the
room; think II was coffee and crul-
lers; something like that"
Q. did you both have the same
room, or adjoining roomsT" A. "No ;
they weren't adjoining. don't know
where he was; another part Of the
hotel"
Q. I'm whose room did you have the
lunch p A. my room"
q. Where did you 60 when you left
there on Saturday? ?" A. Eve got a
as for ns S,xtysecond and Market '
whore Schuck vot ont ond mont homo -
.. IBID YOU make any arrangements
to meet his again?" A. The same
place, Saturday night. at half past I.
q "And d,d " roM S" n,s"t s;,n INV ,horo;,. '"a
A "1 J;d. vns ''u '"''' "'''' '"''''
~ n W., '.s, ., o.,
, Vuv Mus ,neie any one WIN you
a. na,.',s' s' m sr MS .h,s sir' 'h"' 4 hnd met
''"I"'"nS ~ ..T OF riuhs. ,,,,,
w. ', p'u sne zee you meet MIN a.
49,,
Wv INA ne hsVe any one with MIN
a. w. S'r'
Got s50oo Moro
= ..,>,,
,o"";" b'o ..va. ne ,cr'hs any money U"
you % :.I,o, ~ res .,, :, ,,.
iio" nhuch "a don
Ano"' .n,, 80 ,..,,
W, ~ you ,s', MIN 10 or'ng lux
a. ...n Inlhk l oia'
"naI KING OK money was IN
"na' torm a. think t~enties,
'ehs anu nVe- -doiiar bills' .,
-. how mnch-haven you counted
~! A. NO, sir; haven't never
counted il; 1t must have been $1,000" I"
" iud the girl zee you get the
money A. NO, sir.
~. Did You Stay together or did
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-18
TEXT OF FRANK JAMES, CONFESSION OF PAUL MURDER

TEX
Feiloriug is the complete tctt Of the
confession made by Frank James ot the
murder Of Ddrid S. Paul, the Camden
bank runner:
F, Statement Of Frank J. James, taken
IN Mount Holly Jail. November 8, 1920.
az Z 80 p. m. Present: Prosecutor
: Wo lverton, the witness and the stcnog
rapher.
by Mr.. Wolvcrton: Question
Now, Mr.. James. as have told you
on other occasions when | talked to
you, i am the prosecutor Of the county
whose duty Is to prosecute for crimes
that have been committed in Camden
county, and as such IL will be my duty
to prosecute those who are responsible
for the murder Of David Paul. You are
, one of the persons who are charged with
having committed that crime, and l
desire to inform you that under those
circumstances you do not have to make
any statement II you do not wish to
whatever you say, II you say anything
at all, can be used against you in court,
and will be used against you in court,
the thought being that II YOU have any
questions | might nsk with the knowl-
edge that you do not have 10 do SO, II
must be voluntary on your part and II
can be used against you in court.
"Now, under those circumstances, do
You wish to make any additional state
ment TO what you have previously said
when l have asked you questions at
other times when Mr.. Berry lstenog.
rapher) has been here, concerning the
L. hn 81
Paul?
Willing to Make Statement
A. Eyes, sir
Q. What is it you desire to say
A. "Why, guess you had better
ask me question. Mr.. WOlvcrton. Qucs-
tion me. hardly know what to say.
Q. "On the day you went TO the
ferry with Mr.. Paul in the car, was
Raymond Schuck with youT'
A. "He was.
O. For what purpose did you 80 to
the ferry with Mr.. Paul that day."
A. ITO try to get the money
q. What money do you mean
4. THE money that Paul was
carrying"
money!"
". W men
4. "At previous times.
Q. Had he ever told you the amount
that he Carriedt'
Knew Paul Had Money
A. "Hc told me one day that he car
ried, had with him at that time,
S35 900.
Q. "lIow long was that before this
crime"
A. Two or three weeks.
q. "On the day In question. you say
you went with the intention Of getting
the money!
A. Yes. sir
q. Did you have any understanding
with Raymond Schuck IN the matter"
A. Il did"
Q. When had the arrangement been
made
A. The day before"
How Plot Was Framed
Q. What had you snid to him and
what did he say 70 you about it,
A. "Well. had talked to him several
times previous about getting the money.
and think on Monday We were to take
him to the ferry.
.. "On the day before this?'
A. "Nps. think It was.
Q. did you have in mind the taking
Of the money on tn" day before you
took him to the ferry?
A. "Ycs"
Q. "Why didn't you 20 it,
4. ~ don't know why, amy more
than don't know why We did it the
day we did"
q, "What arrangement had you mad"
the day before with SchuCk, as to what
you would do the following day:
n,,,u. oF, o., Th,,co
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Called Up Garage
=. DO you remember him asking
you whether you had the money with
you or not and you said no. you had
1t buried?" A. II couldn't answer
you truthfully about that"
Q. did you have any conversation
with any on" else on Thursday?" A.
Thursday evening I called the garage,
yes, sir"
@. And whom did you talk to?''
A; II talked to Jim Brandolini, or
whatever his name Is. E"
Q. What did you talk about?"
a. 81 asked him II anybody had called,
and he told me Mr.. Doran."
Q; "nid he say who Mr.. Doran
q, who was IL" A. "A detective,
n Camden detective"
q. Ibid you ask the young man who
wanted?" 4. Then this John Plum.
mer came to the telephone.
q. did he tell you about Doran
also?" A. He told me Mr.. Doran was
there, yes, sir."
q. Ibid he say what he wanted to
see you aboutT' A. "No. he did not "
Q, did you know at that time there
had been any -publiCit given to Paul's
disappearance" A, "Ycs."
Talked Only to Schuck
q. How did you learn that" A.
'In the newspapers.
O. Did you talk of II to any one that
you were with on any Of these eve.
ningsT' A. only to SChuck."
q. did he also see it iI the paper?"
A. Eyes, sir"
O. "Did either OF you make any com
meats to each other when you saw IT,
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., "What kind Of collar?" A.
"A Dudley collar. 14H "
q. "Whnt did you do after you had
obtained this suit from the tailorf" 4.
II think we went back to Schuck's
house again; | think that is where
changed. -
.. "Nou arc sure il was at Schuck's
house that you changcdf" A. yes :;
the first time ! went TO the taior's he
didn't have it pressed, and went to
tn" office and changed my shirt there.
aud ! went back to the tailOrs again
aud he had it pressed and ! went down
to Schuck's house and changed my suit
there.
Q. WAS any one home Mt that
timeT' A. mo, sir; not either time
., After changing the suit. what
did you do" 4. II wrapped the suit
up and wrapped the curtains up at the
same time and drove out Kaghn avenue