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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-07-02

Miss Sue S. White Of Nashville,
Tenn. chairman Of the National
Woman's party, has been placed
in charge Of the campaign for rati-
fication of the suffrage amendment
by Tennessee in the special session
Of that states legislature. Gov
ernor Roberts is said to have called
the special session in response to
the presidents request largely upon
the basis of legal opinions gath
cred by Miss White in spite of a
provision in the Tennessee consti-
tuition which requires an election
to intervene between the submis-
sion and ratification Of an amend
ment.
Miss Whites Washington assign
ment has been until recently as ma
tional research chairman Of the
party. She was formerly execu-
tive secretary of the Tennessee
commission for the blind, and is
now the youngest head of a state
suffrage organization.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-07-02

Pastor. Sunday school, 9:45 a. m
Preaching at s p. m.
Whitewater M. Z. Churchill F. Ul-
mer. pastor. Sunday School. $50 a.
m, Glass meeting. 1890 a. m. Prayer
Meeting, Wednesday 8 p. m.
Arlington Union Church-E. e. Hale,
pastor. Sunday school, $50 a. m. NJ.
L. Meek. superintendent. Report of
delegates to state convention.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-07-02

a m, Morning worship; 1880 p. m.
Evening service. Come thou with us,
and we viii do thee good" w. c..
T. U. will meet July 7 at p. N. with
Mrs. Emma Hunt.
MiddIeboro M. e. Churchill F. Ul-
mer, Pastor. Sunday School. $3.50 a
nj. Preaching at O:30 a. m. Prayer
Meeting, Thursday 8 p. m.
Chester M. e. Church L F. Ulmer,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-07-02
Masonic Calendar

Friday, July g King Solomon's
Chapter No. R. A. NJ, work in the
Royal Arch degree
Saturday, July 3-The ladies OF
Loyal Chapter No. 40 o. E. S. will en-
tertain the Masons and their families
of Richmond and vicinity at an all
day picnic to be held at Jackson park
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-07-02
Everything In Our Entire Stock dt o.
lO% TO o. 800 Discount

Young married coupes those who about start housekee
Sale and these low prices Buying furniture for the home
always important OCCASION but just imagine how much easier
every single piece of furniture you select And also there the
satisfaction knowing that your furniture will be cheap
Rather will up the highest standard and have that
character that will make proud The choicest values
will go first! Consequently would earnestly advise you
possible The July Sale spells real opportunity
for you!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-07-02

Our entire stock of home furnishings included 1t sale
of merely odds and ends In fact the very finest period
may be purchased large and savings
Look for the special price tickets which tell the story Of
special reductions While the general level of prices shows
saving of from 1919 700, many have been reduced
much 3O Think of the opportunity this July Sale presents
view of these facts And back every stands regu
lar guarantee that your full Of complete satisfaction.
1t wonder that thrifty minded people adding much
new furniture to their homes at prices like these
The Washington times., 1920-08-13
ENGLANDF|RM
|NRUSSPOL|CY
Continues Friendly With Soviet
to Avert New War-Warns
Poles to Make Peace.
by EARLE c. REEVES.
InternntionRI News Service.

LONDON. Aug. 13.-Great Britain
is continuing friendly relations with
the Russian Soviet government in an
effort to prevent Europe from being
engulfed in a new conflagration or
war, despite the decision of France
to throw our military aid to the anti
Bolshevik government in southern
Russia
The Daily Express revealed today
that the British government has ad-
vised Poland to accept the Russian
peace, terms when the Russo-Polish
parley opens at Minsk, presumably
tomorrow, il the conditions are rea-
sonable and bona fide.
Great Britain, according to the
Daily Express, has warned Poland
that it is impossible for her to de-
clare war on Russia to obtain better
terms than those which the Soviet
government has intimated 1t Will
offer.
Great Britain and France are split
wide apart on Poland, according to all
indications, France is advising Po-
land to continue the war against Rus
sia and French officers are said to be
virtually in control of the Polish
army
Premier Lloyd George, whose chief
efforts are directed toward steering
the British ship of state away from
the reefs of war, is getting the solid
support OF labor.
"The action of labor has kept
Great Britain from the slippery slope
of a new European conflict, but the
dangers have been renewed by the
Chauvinistic French government and
the dollar-making instincts OF the
American government" declared Will
liam Adamson, a laborite member OF
the House of Commons.
Adamson evidently referred to the
American note which said that the
United States would not recognize the
Soviet government.
The Daily News quotes an unnamed
diplomat as declaring that the with
drawal OF France from Anglo-French
unity on the Russo-Polish situation
will substantially accelerate trade
negotiations between Great Britain
and Soviet Russia. The Daily News
says there Is every prospect of satis-
factory Anglo Russian settlement
soon.
The Washington times., 1920-08-13
ULSTERSH|FT
TO HOME RULE
Covenanters Breaking Away
From Carson's Last Ditch"
Order, London Hears.

LONDON. Aug. 13.-That the Cove
Carson's last ditch" order. thus pre-
cipitating great political crisis in
Ireland. was the word received last
night by Lord Northcliffe's Evening
News from its correspondent in
Dublin. The message says:
81 am able to announce on unim-
peachable authority that political
crisis of the first Importance to Ire
land and the empire is in progress in
Ulster and that a big breaking of
the Covenanters from allegiance to
Carson's Qast ditch) orders Is under
way"
strong and representative depu-
tation will go to Downing street i'm
mediately TO inform the prime min
lister that large proportion Of
Ulstermen are prepared to sink all
their old prejudices against men in
the South and advocate an immedi late
offer to Ireland OF Dominion Home
Rule. Subject to Ireland remaining
within the empire, they arc willing
to pledge themselves and their sup
porters to worL for united ireland
with one Parliament.
The move is regarded as most i'm.
portant step toward peace in Ireland
For the first time in Irish history
1rishmen are agreed as to the form OF
government they want
"Irishmen of all shades of opinion
are amazed at the governments
failure to restore peace in Ireland by
good will instead of by the sword.
They are convinced that IL the Brit
ish government would come into the
open and make a Arm offer to Ireland
of Dominion Home Rule. the Sim Fein
would come on the fence and, with
the free support of an overwhelming
majority In the four provinces, accept
a settlement and guarantee its COM
plete success.
THE Sim Fein, thcy say, has stated
its terms as including "A republic. The
government has never yet accom-
panied rejection of the republican idea
with an offer Of the Same freedom in
ireland which n republic would bring.
This freedom would be granted in
Dominion Home Rule"
CORK. Aug. 13.--Soldiers yesterday
descended upon session OF the
Sim Fein court and arrested a num-
ber of tho principals.
Tho raid WIS quietly arranged and
when the military arrived they found
the Lord Mayor of Cork and a group
OF Nationalists gathered.
The Sim Fein were taken with the
mayor and locked up in the military
barracks.
The Washington times., 1920-08-13
PON1 FLEECED 5000,
SAY POSTAL OFFICIALS

"Ponzi's ! iab ilities
probably are a little less
than $S,OO0,OO0. His as
sets are only about $3,-
100000.
"This means that the
people who invested their
money through Ponzi will
lose about So, 900.
"It is the most gigan-
tic scheme ever put over
on the American people
through the agency of the
Postoffice Department"
This com ment was
made last night by a
high official of the Post
Office Department follow
ing the announcement of
Ponzi's arrest.
The Washington times., 1920-08-13
MAKE
FINAL STAND
Hand-to-Hand Fighting Along
100-MiIe Front Near
Polish Capital.
STATE OF SIEGE EXISTS
Fling Masses of Volunteers Into
Last Lines of Defense.
MIava Falls.

LONDON, Aug. 13.-DOwning
street expects Warsaw to fall TO.
day or tomorrow, according to re-
liable Information just received by
the international News Service.
WARSAW, Aug. IL. (via London,
Aug. 13).-As violent battle, on
which the fate of Warsaw depends,
is raging over a 100-mile front
northwest and north of this city.
Terrific -to-hand fighting is in
progress.
The Poles are retreating along the
left flank.
a state II siege has been pro-
claimed in Warsaw.
PULTUsk REPORTED TAKEN.
The Russians are reported TO have
captured Pultusk, twenty-six miles
north OF Warsaw.
The Polish defenders of MIava, on
the Warsaw-Dantzig railway, have
surrendered without fighting.
The city was surrounded by Red
cavalry and the Poles could make no
defense.
Russian detachments that outfiank-
ed the left wing OF the Polish army
northwest of Warsaw are advancing
toward Plock on the Vistula river.
~ in 10
were thrown into the engagement on
the northern front in a desperate ef-
fort to break through. Two thousand
fresh Polish cavalrymen are being
rushed up to the front to attempt to
stem the Red onrush.
ORGANIZE NEW POLE ARMY.
new Polish army is being organ
lied at Posen.
The government Is anxious over the
situation. but has announced it will
remain in the capital to the very last.
All possible volunteers are being
flung into the battle by the Poles.
They are being massed into the last
lines of defence on the northwestern
and northern fronts.
At points where the Polish left
flank gave away, the Poles retired
so precipitately that they lost con-
tact with the Russians. At other
places the Poles launched savage
counter assaults and succeeded in
stemming the Russian advance.
FIERCE FIGHTING AT PULTUsH.
Fierce fighting is in progress
around Pultush, where the Reds are
swinging southwark in the direction
OF Nasielsk, ten miles south of Pull
tusK.
Fighting is increasing in violence
on the southern front, but there have
been no important developments on
the center. according to dispatches
from field headquarters.
General Budenny's Red cavalry
army is acting as the advance guard.
Ii has reached the line of Radzie-
chow -Cholojow, leaving the infantry
to follow.
The Washington times., 1920-08-13
SUREC0UGH[|N
BABY|S SLAIN
Police Abandon Hope Of Finding
Kidnapped Child Alive-Slay-
ing Charge Probable. -

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 13.-Suffer-
ing from a wasting. virulent disease
which seems to have completely sap
ped his strength. Augusta Pasquale,
THE Crank" may die in jail without
revealing the true fate of Blakely
Coughlin, the child he is accused OF
stealing from the home of his parents
in Norristown June ..
The officials at work on the battling
mystery yesterday threw up their be
lief that the child is alive. and admit
ted that they now hold the baby has
been slain.
MAY FACE SLAYING CHARGE.
Because OF this latest belief Pas
quale probably will be charged with
suspicion OF murder when he is taken
to Norristown to be arraigned ani
held without bail.
But the possibility OF Pasquale's
death without an honest confession
has been a source of anxiety to the
detectives since he was first captured
at Egg Harbor week ago last Mon
day. Since his Incarceration he has
lost fully thirty pounds, and the fire.
quent grillings which he has received
have left him in a pitiably weak con-
dition. So wasted has the man be-
come that Captain Souder yesterday
said he felt the man would probably
die in Jail.
SEARCH TO BE CONTINUED.
While the officials are satisfied that
Blakely has been slain. they are seek
ing out new clues that may lead to
the discovery of the man and woman
who are supposed to have been Pas
uuale's confederates.
As a result of letter which Ben
Goodman, counsel for "The Crank"
received yesterday, detectives will go
to 1'rapbe. a little hamlet several
miles from Norristown, and make in
auiries regarding a man and wom-
an who were guests at hotel there
the day after George II. Coughlin.
fathef OF the missing baby, placed
the $4,000 ransom under the trolley
station at Swedcland.
The letter was signed ~. II. NJ -
and suggeSted that an investigation
he made into the Identity and wherc-
abouts of the man and woman who
were at Bemors Hotel there. Trappe
Is a small village of less than 400 per-
sons and the authorities yesterday
tried to get in touch with the hostelry
by telephone. They found that the
wires were in trouble and that no con.
ncctiop could be made. AS result OF
this, two of the state police were sent
10 the hotel to conduct their inquiries
RECEIVE ANOTHER CLUE.
Another clue was furnished to Philip
Reinhard. chief of police OF Egg Has.
bor, and given by him to the State
police. Reinhard had been conduct
ing his own investigation into. the tip
for the last two days, he said He had
found a tent in the woods about Ave
miles from Pasquale's farm at New
Gretna, ~ J.
He learned that an 1nkempt man
who continually smoked a briar pipe
had been there, but none OF the neigh.
bors remembered ever seeing a wom-
an with him. Eight detectives are
now searching for tho man to ques-
tion him. The tent was on the edge
OF the swamp where The Crank" was
trapped and captured.
The Washington times., 1920-08-13
DEATH CLOSES
LOVE
Pretty Waitress Believed to
Have Had Gripping Affection
for Elderly CIubman.
THOMPSON CAREER HECTIC
Double Tragedy Motive Furnish
ed in Objection to Union Of
Youth and Middle Age.

A story of love, romance and mys-
terry evolves about the suicide pact
which came to light yesterday when
the bodies of j. Ford Thompson,
forty-nine years old, Washington
clubman, noted traveller and artist
and archaeologist, and Miss Mary
Hannah Sneeringer, sixteen years
old, and pretty, of Waynesboro, Pa,
were found on the banks of Flat Run
Creek, near Emmitsburg, Md.
BOOK LAY NEAR BODIES.
Close beside the bodies of the cou-
pie was an open volume of Omar
Khayyam's verses. which they no
doubt read before each fired bullet
from revolvers into their brains.
Thompson cIutched q revolver in his
right hand. while another. believed
to have been uesd by the girl VINO
was infatuated with the wealthy
scholar, was found sixteen inches
from her right hand.
On the fly leaf Of the volume Of
Omar Khayyam, the girl, before sne
fired the shot which ended her life,
wrote farewell message Ito her
mother.
Thompson was a son of the late
DR.. j. Ford Thompson, distinguished d
physician and also a man of wealth.
From the estate Of his father. he re-
received an income of from $4,000 to
$4,000 year. For several years he
had been estranged from his wife,
who with their thirteen-year-old
daughter lives in Paris. France.
OBJECTIONS FROM AUNT
Thompson's attentions TO the pretty
girl, whom he met as a waitress at
the Hotel Slagle, conducted by Mrs
A. NJ. Slagle. a widow and aunt OF
the girl, had brought objections from
Mrs. Slagle. But Thompson insisted
MARY looks so much like my daugh-
ter, that / love her" and efforts to
end association of the couple failed.
At first the authorities believed in
innate relations had existed between
Thompson and the girl. 1t is re-
ported at Emmitsburg that only a
week ago, Mary confdcd in friend
that she had told Thompson II find l
can marry you. / have learned that
a girl sixteen years old can we'd in
Maryland.
Whatever reply Thompson made
was not related by the girl who was
apparently wildly in love with the
man who was old enough to be her
father. A series of auarrels devel-
oped between Mrs. Slagle and Thomp-
son over the latter's insistence In
taking strolls through the romantic
lanes of Frederick county with the
girl, and over her insistencc that she
loved the wealthy club man, linguist,
and traveller.
CAME HERE WEDNESDAY.
After an ,affectionate goodbye at the
railroad station at EmmitsburG
wednesday of last week, Thompson
left the girl and came to Washington.
He told her he was going to place
her in boarding school where she
could be reared and educated in taste
Continued on Page II, Column ~
The Washington times., 1920-08-13
RED PEPPER" BANDITS
ROB GIRL; GET S2,563

CHICAGO, Aug. 13.-"Red pepper"
bandits made their initial appearance
IN Chicago yesterday and. after TEN.
porsrily binding their girl victim. es-
capped with s2,343 in checks and 1920
in currency, which she was taking TO
the bank. The daring hold-up oc-
CURED at Kinzie and Dearborn streets.
In full view Of hundreds OF passersby.
The victim was Miss Marie Majzl,
cashier for the w. S. ouimby Coffee
Company.
The Washington times., 1920-08-13
FAREWELL NOTE OF
GIRL IN DEATH PACT

Dearest Mother-Gather the
little ones around you. play, sing.
and laugh, for they need you
sorely.
As God loves you. so He does
me, and understands better than
any human mind can grasp. And
remember. He Is an all-merciful.
all-loving. and all-forgiving God.
l love you all, and. shall think
much OF you with Elizabeth,
grandpa, and all.
May the Most Merciful Father
keep you all ever well and last.
ingly happy.
Yours in all,
MARY.
(This note, on the flyLedf of
a uolumse of Omar khayyant, a
gift from her middle-agcd lop-
or Nth WhoM she died in a
suicide pact, Was pef,ned by
sirtscn-year-oId Mary Sheer
niger at Emnaitsburg, Md, a
feW hours before the tragedy.
After signing It she added five
crosses and underneath them
wrote: "Love. to air.
The Washington times., 1920-08-13
.
MAY GET HIM.
Get.Rich- Quick Financier Ad-
mits He Is Wary OF In
vestors' Vengeance.
WRITER BOASTS OF PURPOSE
SAYS He Has Pursued wizard"
Since Montreal Bubble Burst,
Twelve Years Ago.

BOSTON, Aug. 13.-A determined
effort TO stop all operations ny
Charles Pon.i and put him In the
state prison was made by Attorney
General AIles today.
This move occurred when he sent
Assistant Attorney General Hurwits
to the municipal court, where he
asked Judge Bennett for warrants
for the srre~t Of Ponsi on forty
counts Of larceny.
LEXINGTON, Mass, Aug. l3.-
Charles Ponzi, whose money-making
system has collapsed, has been
threatened with death, it became
known at-his home today
A black hand" letter has been re-
ceived by ?onzi and as a consequence
armed guards about his home here
have been doubled.
ADMITS HE FEARS DEATH.
The writer of the death threat
boasted that he had pursued Ponzi
all over the country for twelve
years the breaking OF the "get-rich-
quick" bubble in Montreal in which
Ponzi admits he was involved.
Ponzi refuses to state whether he
knows the man.
Ponzi admits that he fears that
somebody else may be laying for
him because of losses suffered in
the closing Of his Boston office.
Gughelmo Bertolotte. of Parma,
Italy and John S. Dondero. of Med
ford. today were named as partners
of Ponzi in an involuntary petition
in bankruptcy filed by three credit
ors.
MAY HAVE TO RETURN GAINS.
Winners in Charles Ponzis get
rich quick" scheme. termed by Chief
Postofice Inspector Mosby "the most
stupenduous fraud in the history of
the country" may have TO give their
money back State officials said to-
day that those who secured pronts
before the crash can be made to give
them up by legal process and that
records relating to the investors are
at the State house.
Por<zi's secret" according to Mos
by, was the game commonly known
as robbing Peter to pay Paul and
many of the Peters were so confident
in Ponzi that they reinvested their
principal and probably their interest
As for the international reply cou-
pons. Mosby said the issue and re-
demption of these coupons for the past
six years for the entire world would
in the aggregate amount to less than
$500, 900. He added that in Italy, the
country in which Ponzi claimed to do
his principal business for the past
twelve months, there were not more
thar $4,000 worth of coupons Issued.
CALLS CLAIMS RIDICULOUS.
This shows" he declared. how
ridiculous are the claims that. Ponzi
made millions and millions of dollars
in International reply coupons
Reports from authoritative sources
that other arrests are to be expected
soon. that the search for the men
"higher up" in the Ponzi plan con
tinues. that an investigation Is under
way of heavy Investments IN
Ponzis company by police officers
Continued on Page ., Column A.
The Washington times., 1920-08-13
TODAY

The hold-up was failure because
Harry &. Hsckettc, clerk, fired
shot that spoiled the plan.
That, as you see, was an educa-
tional enterprise. The colored
man, name unknown, escaped He
learned that 1t does not pay to be
wicked.
The store owner and clerk learn
that dealing In revolvers and car
tridges isn't The best kind Of busi-
ness. And the clerk, Hackette,
who did not Zine up" or hold up
his hands, showed how easy it
would be to discourage hold-up
men and burglars II several would
always refuse to be held up by one.
However, in a country where a
hundred millions are held up by
few profiteers. the hold-up bust
ness will probably prosper for
some time.
The Washington times., 1920-08-13
WOMEN TROOPS MARCH
THROUGH POLE CAPITAL

WARSAW, Aug. 13.-Columns of
armed women marched through tho
streets of Warsaw yesterday, an
nouncing they would fight the Rus
slams to the death. Some had only
revolvers. Others carried rifles and
ssbers.
Many old men and youths have
gone to the defenses being established
near the city. where they are waiting
to come to grips with the invaders.
The Washington times., 1920-08-13
DRY SLEUTHS FORCED
TO TAKE HARD DRINKS

NEW YORK, Aug. i3--Three or
James Shevlin's prohibition sleuths, 1t
Is alleged, were Obliged yesterday 90
drink liduor In, the performances OF
stern duty and the capture OF what
-ee-ed to nc CUR Toss soda fcun~
tain and its man. Julator, Hormaa
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