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The Washington times., 1920-06-04
WILSON APPOINTS
MINE WAGE BOARD
Report of Three Mediators to
Be Basis of New Pact With
Operators.

President Wilson today appointed
William o. Thompson, OF Columbus
Ohio: Neal J. Ferry, of McAdoo, Pa
and william l.. Connell, of Scranton,
Pa. as a committee to hear and de
eide the wage differences of the
anthracite coal operators and miners
BY tho terms OF the Presidents
proclamation, the report OF tho new
commission will be made within sixty
DAYS, IL possible; will be retroactive to
April ], 1920, and will be made the
basis of new wage agreement be-
tween the anthracite operators and
the operators and the miners in such
manner as the commission may deter
minc,"
Tho Presidents proclamation called
attention to the fact that the present
wage scale expired on March 81, 1920;
that the operators and miners wage
scale committee has been fn confer
ence since early In March. and that NJ
the beginning of the session ~ deter
mined that any agreement finally ar
rived at would be retroactive to the
time of the expiration OF the previous
vaae cnntracf-
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
VIM. P. SURGEON
DIES OF TYPHOID
Managing Editor of the Wash
ington Post Succumbs After
Brief Illness,

William T. Spurgeon, managing edi-
tor of the Washington Post, died just
after noon today. of typhoid fever. at
his residence, 1886 Irving street
northwest He had been i'll since last
Friday.
His brother, John Spurgeon, editor
Of the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
was at his bedside when he died.
Mr.. Spurgeon had been with The
Washington Post for thirty years
He was connected with the paper as
city editor, news editor. and man
aging editor. He was managing
editor Of the Washington Herald for
a few years.
He was born in Norwich. England
in 1866, and received his early news
paper training in that country. He
was in the newspaper business In
New York for some time before com.
ing to this city.
Besides his brother, Mr.. Spurgeor
is survived by his mother. daugh'
ter. Miss Marie Spurgeon. and a son
Robert Spurgeon.
Shortly before ne lapsed into un'
Spurgeon expressed a desire to dit
a Catholic. At 4 o'clock this morn
ing the Rev. Father Jerome Winters
of the Church of the Sacred Heart
admitted him to the Catholic Churcl
and administered Extreme Unction
Later in the morning when the prizes
again called at the residence, Mr.. Spur
Eeon regained consciousness for ;
few minutes and conversed with tn
priest.
L. B.. Mclean, publisher OF the
Post was in telephone communica
ton from Cincinnati with Mr.
Spurgeon's residence. and Gav'
orders that everything possible
be done for him. John Major
Mr.. McLean's secretary, summoned
specialists to the editors bedside an
got into communication with Dr
Llewellyn Barker, of Johns Hopkin
University who was travelling cas-
from Todelo to Baltimore. He me
DR.. Barker at Union Station ant
rushed him to the dying mans side
| for consultation with the othc
physicians, who included DR.. Rarr!
Parker, Dr. u. l. Hardin, DIR. Lestc
Newman, and DR.. b. f. Weems.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
Former Family Servant
AndWar Veteran Held
In Coughlin Kidnapping

by the Coughlin family for the safe
return of the child, and $1,000 by the
Montgomery county commissioners
for the apprehension and conviction
of the abductors, has added stimulus
to the search for Baby Coughlin.
Searching parties are securing the
countryside within a wide radius oi
the Coughlin home.
Pictures of Baby CouRhlin, together
with a detailed description, have
been posted along the lines or the
Pennsylvania anad Reading railroads
in this section. and all employees have
been instructed to be on the lookout
An unusually tall man and woman.
seen by a neighbor in the vicinity OF
the Coughlin home just before the
kidnapping, are being sought
Search also Is being made Tor the
writer OF a letter. who confessed To
stealing the child The police are
inclined to believe. however. the let
ter Is fraud
The Washington times., 1920-06-04

The "army," now rampant in Mex
leo, is made up Of the old revolu-
tionary bands, gradually whipped
into the outward appearance Of regi-
ments and led by former guerrilleros
newly baptized as colonels. When
such regiments are stationed in Mcy-
leo City or one of the large towns,
they are equipped, after a fashion,
with uniforms, though the privates
never quite succeed in all looking
alike. On holidays, the officers make
a more dazzling display of scarfs and
gold lace than any other soldiers on
earth, and this bellicose splendor is
often in grotesque contrast with the
oily skins and unkempt boards that
it adorns.
But in the outlying districts, the
soldier is an ordinary peasant, with
that enormous Mexican sombrero
which everybody knows; two well
filled cartridge belts stretching
bandoleer-fashion from shoulders to
waist and crossing at the breast;
and finally rifle. Bayonets are not
used in the Mexican army. The city
battalions sometimes carry them to
piece out their uniform" but the
soldiers do not know what they are
for. They are, in fact, of little sig
nificance in Mexican warfare, a mat
ter Of long-winded fusillades at limit
range, the outcome of which each
general can interpret to his particu-
lar taste, reporting grand strategic
conceptions or happy tactical ma
neuvers a la Napoleon, as he sees fit.
The general with the most cartridges
and the greatest endurance in firing
them is the one who gets away with
the victory.
Obregon, against Villa, was a
Joffre or Foch, so long as he had
his back to the port Of Vera Cruz.
Cartridges came in there every day
from the United States; for the
American Government was backing
Carranza. ungrateful and unappreci-
The Washington times., 1920-06-04

PHILADELPHIA, June flames
Malone, twenty-seven. a Philadelphia
world war veteran, was arrested this
morning following the detention last
night in Conshocton, OF Mrs. Cath
crime Dundon, thirty-eight, former
servant OF Mr.. and Mrs. George IL.
Coughlin, of Curren Terrace. whose
thirteen-month-o old son, Blakey, was
kidnapped Wednesday morning, while
his parents slept.
In the preliminary questioning or
Mrs. Dundon. she mentioned the name
OF Malone, his arrest in his room In
Philadelphia followed.
According to detectives, the womsn's
account OF her movements about the
time of the kidnapping are unsatis-
factory. Both Malone and sno arc
being detained here until the police
can check up their movements Wed
nesday night. The couple declare
they know nothing OF the KIDNAPPING.
The $500 reward offered-so'ooo
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
BRITISH FIGHT
IRISH 3 HOURS
Sim Feiners Beaten OF by
Soldiers at Cappaghwhite
Barracks.

LONDON, June A threc-hour
attack with bombs was made against
the barracks at Cappaghwhite, Ire
land, but the attacks were finally
beaten off, said an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Tipperary this
afternoon. Several men were ar
rested by soldiers.
Cappaghwhite is seven miles north
of Tipperary.
DEVONPORT, Eng, June A.
The first battalion of the Devonshire
Infantry embarked today for service
in Ireland.
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GOVERNOR LOWDEN ILL,
BUT WILL SEE SCRIBES
By MARLEN Il. PEW.
International News Service.

CHICAGO, June 4.-They're of in
the great q. o. p. classic, and tight
Tipped desperation seized politicans s
here today. Both Wood and Lowdcn,
having discarded like soiled gloves
the wicked partners" to whom is
attributed the bareback from dele
gate-buying, were today in command of
their respective camps. No ono denies
that their booms have been scorched.
Governor Lowden Is Ill in his room
at the Blackstone, but his secretary
said this morning he hoped to see the
reporters at this afternoon.
Senator Harding is coming to Chit
cago tomorrow night, probably. He'll
step in duietly--no brass bands, no
cheering clubs, no talking for him,
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
COP. MOVES TO CHECK
COLOR DISCRIMINATION

CHICAGO. June Aroused by
continual charges that negro Repub-
licans in Southern States were dis
criminat>d against and denied admis-
sion to party conventions, the national
committee has directed Chairman
VIII II. Hays to notify all State or
CARNATIONS that party conventions
and conclaves must be held in places
of easy access to all Republicans. re-
gardless of color.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
WH|SKEy FORGER|ES
FL0ODU.S. OFFICES
Federal Agents in Eastern Dis
tricts Under Suspicion as
Probe Starts.

Wholesale forgeries of permits for
withdrawal OF whiskey from bonded
warehouses; in several Eastern districts
have assumed such huge proportions
that prohibition enforcement person.
mel In the districts involved are being
cou,bcd for evidence of completely by
prohibition agents. s.r-g.5 ...
Disclosure of permit forgeries is
only one Of a series of irregular prac-
tices which prohibition enforcement
headquarters here finds difficuit 10
explain. Charges of Senator Calder OF
New York, that the forgeries are the
result of an "inside job" with prohl-
bition agents acting in collusion with
outsiders, cannot be denied by Com
missioner Kramer's office, in view or
certain very circumstantial reports.
In defense of prohibition enforce
ment II is said that some of the dis
trict offices, now under suspicion, are
under-manned and that wherever IN
efficiency may have developed Is the
result of a lack of adequate force to
handle the work. Some offices are
months behind in their work. Reports
of every kind have piled up in these
offices and the few clerks employed
for the purpose have been unable 10
check returns required to be mace
by permit holders.
Despite the fact that this branch
of the Government service is spend
ing huge sums for squads OF whiskey
detectives, headquarters here con-
fesses that It has been in total ignor-
ance until recently of startling facts
concerning the forgeries, which have
been perpetrated without detection
over a period OF several months. The
service is being combed for further
evidence, and until this investigation
progresses further officials refuse TO
discuss the disclosures.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
Senate VOTES FOR SALE OF MERCHANT Marine
PENR0SE WON'T GO TO
CHICAGO, LATEST NEWS

PHILADELPHIA June 4.-Ac-
cording 10 all indications today.
Senator Boies Penrose will not at
tend the Republican convention at
Chicago. He is still obdurate in
his determination to be on hand
AT the big caucus" although IL is
believed he finally will capitulste
to insistent urging by attending
physicians and remain in Philadel-
phia.
The nrst moor OF the Penrose
residence has been fitted up as an
ofncc, with preparations said to
have been made for the installs-
tion OF a long distance wire direct
TO the convention floor.
Governor Sproul or Pennsyl-
vania confers with the senior
Pennsylvania solon late this after
noon.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04

ative though the first chief proved
to be. Villa, on the other hand,
without any support across the bor-
der, received no fireworks at all.
Eventually he had to decamp,
routed" by the great one-armed
strategist of Celaya.
Men and Women in Army.
The Mexican army is composed of
men and of women.
No one has ever decided conclusive
ly which of the sexes makes the bet
ter soldiers.
The Mexican takes his wife every
where. He is sentimental chap,
readily susceptible to feminine
charms and quite likely to be unfaitn-
fui to the woman he has sworn to
love and cherish. But he cherlshes
her all the same. His spouse goes
with him into sorrow and Joy. She
shares his comfort and his hardship.
When you are travelling on a Next
can railroad, you can give odds that
more or less concealed somewhere on
the train are the wives Of the engi-
neer, the fireman, the brakemen, and
the conductor. II you feel inclined to
prove IL, just start a row with one
Of the traiumen. You will at once
have an hysterical woman on your
hands, shrieking at the top OF her
voice and defending her "man" lit
orally with tooth and nail. IL an
accident ever happens to one Of the
crew, the most heart-rending scenes
result inevitably. A Mexican refuses
to go anywhere without his "old
woman" This epithet Is a term of
endearment- The "old woman" may
be twenty years old.
Take ChiIdren Along.
To count the women. you count the
soldiers. Every one of them has a
wife, following the regiment every
where. Most often, also. he has a
number of children along.
In peace times in the capital. you
may see detachment with shoul-
dered rifles, on the way TO relieve
guard or on an expedition into the
Continued on Page 8, Column -
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
Y. BLASCOs IBANEZ
Tells
What's Wrong With Mexico
Armies Are Ragged Hordes of Both
Sexes-Fatalsm of People Makes
Life Cheap-Villa Gets What He
Wants by Observing Conventions.
BY V. BLASCO IBANEZ
Author of "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"
Copyright 1920 by v. Blasco Ibanez.
1.-THE MEXICAN ARMY.

Mexico had regular army that well organized
quite comparable to the military establishments of other
countries This army demorazed first, by the revolu
ton of Madero During the long civil struggle led by Car
rama, it fell to pieces completely. The socalled federal
army then abolished dangerous institution created
by Porrio Diaz Even the officers training schools the
military academies, closed. Anybody who had
held a commission a federal officer regarded with
lsuspicion by the triumphant revoutionaries.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
WILSON NAMES ADMIRAL
GOV. OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

The President sent the following
nominations to tho Senate today:
Governor of the Virgin Islands:
Rear Admiral Joseph w. Oman.
United states attorney, Eastern
District of Michigan: John Il. Kinane,
OF Detroit, n reappointment
The Washington times., 1920-06-04

CHICAGO, June 4.-With the bat
tie slogan mo compromise Senator
Hiram johnson will lead the entire
Senate group Of "irreconcilables" on
the floor of the Republican conven-
ton in a spectacular fight against
the Wilson League Of Nations, it
was disclosed here today.
The fight is expected to be the
greatest platform combat in the his
tory of the party, and may result
in splitting the G. o. P.
~. Against Pussyfooting.
Smashing at the fence straddlins
plank which Senator James L. Wat
son will bring to Chicago, Field Mar
shall Johnson will direct the .'irrecon-
ciiables" in a drive to cast into the
dump heap all "pussyfooting" meas
ures affecting the league. and to
force the Republican party to rivet
Into it's platform a plank committing
the party to definite. unalteratle OPP
position to the Wilsonian world
brotherhood idea
II the battle goes to such a point
that it becomes necessary, Senator
Johnson will appear personally on
the floor of the convention. to launch
final drive with the objective OF
ripping the League Of Nations tc
smithereens.
Senator Borah. who is scheduled to
arrive here today, will be Senator
Johnson's chief tactical general In the
anti-league fight, the outcome OF
which, it appears today. will decide
who is to be the party's nominee.
Has Strong Backing.
Others OF the "irreconcilables" who
| i'll occupy a front place on the John.
son firing line---aligned with him on
this one big question, at least-will
be Senator Philander c. Knox of Penn
sylvania, Senator Medill Mccormick
Of Illinois, Senator Laurence Y. Sher-
man Of Illinois. and Senator Bran
degee of Connecticut. Mayor Thomp-
son, Of Chicago. and the seventeen
Illinois delegates under his control
are in the fight on the California
Senator's side tooth and nail
L
that Johnson is in Chicago. His pri-
mary purpose, expressed by him in a
speech to the cheering thousands
from the balcony of his hotel, and
repeated later to group of news.
paper correspondents. is to see to II
that the Republican party in it's plat.
form takes a strong position on the
league of nations issue.
The Californian declared In his
most vigorous manner that the pHrfy ,
will not he permitted to take n "skulk
ing, pussyfooting, hiding position on
| the league question" He will make
IL his principal business here TO see
| that n plank utterly condemninG and
| repudiating the Wilson league plan IL
adopted.
Johnson's statement of his purpose
with respect to the formulating OF
the party platform is interpreted
plainly as direct challenge to
party leaders to listen to him on the
league question
Talk of ratification or Of the In
diana plan OF of my other plan that
means ratification OF the treaty un-
CONTINUED on Page 10, Column A.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04

" 70. contemplate = trip 70 New
yevk. the WashinGton Timss Hesel
Rsress viii, with~st charge. re-
serve rOoun fer - Can Main go.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
Total Is $1,2s2919.

Stebbins presented to the commit
tee financial statements which cor
roborated the accounting previously
rendered by Albert A. Sprague. a
wealthy Chicago wholesale grocer,
and the Wood national treasurer, OF
the expenditure of total of $1,l74,-
919.
Stebbins gave various amounts to-
falling hundreds of thousands of dol
lars which he said had been handled
by him at New York city for the
Wood campaign and, most of which.
had already been accounted for by
Sprague.
To the sprsEue total. S1I71.sls,
Stebbins. however. added an add
tionaI $4,000 Of Wood eKpenditures
which he explained brought the conn
plete total Up to S1.:52,S10.
Stebbins declared he did not know
Continued on Page 10, Column 81
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
WOODS FUND
IS S$1,252,919
Horace Stebbins, Generals
Campaign Treasurer, Gives
More Details of Fund.
BY J. BART CAMPBELL.
Internationu News Service.

A total OF s1,252,9l0 has been
spent thus far in financing Gen.
Leonard Woods presidential boom,
Horace Stebbins, a New York city
business man, and Eastern treasurer
OF the Wood campaign, testified to-
day before the Senate committee in
vestigating per-conyention presi-
Dental campaign expenditures and
contributions.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
PARTY FACING
+. BITTER FIGHT
mo Compromise" Will Be
Slogan Of lrreconcilables
Led by Californian.
BORAH is FLOOR GENERAL
Senator Will Appear Personally
and Tear Pact to Pieces
If Necessary.

CHICAGO, June 4.-N ood-
pledged delegates from south
erp states who brought contests
against the regular organization
to Chicago fell thick nnd inst
before the national committee
today.
In both MississIppi and south
Carolina the Organization sinfc~
were upheld and the insurgents
organized and pledged for the
candidacy Of General Wood were
denied seats.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
WEATHER

gAsxNSz<Axs Ss@tksE
asS pals tsslSAt sss ts-
nsrr~wp essier tesisht.
Teaperstsre ~ ; a M,
- degrees.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04

When they first started the
street car lines in Buenos Aires,
horses could be bought for five
dollars apiece. They were so
cheap il scarcely paid to feed
them. They were shamefully i'll
treated; now electricity mercifully
replaces them.
There was time when men
were so cheap it scarcely paid to
bother about their being fed or
housed. They are dearer now, ana
unlike horses, they can do un-
comfortable thinking, planning
and disturbing when they lack
decent food and housing. For
that reason the American Woo.cn
Company should find some way to
avoid laying of $4,000 operators
three days in every week.
To raise a mans salary 10 per
, cent-thc Woolen Company did
that-and then cut down his total
earning power SO 1-3 per cent, is
dangerous. ...-.-..-'.-.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-04-29

a critical stage. Soil conditions have
been bad and the seed poorly covered.
There are many reports of the seed
rotJing. Mary farmers will reluct-
sntiy plant some acreage to corn that
they had intended for oats. Spring
wheat is starting very slowly, many
fields not showing green and some
seed has rotted. Winter wheat,
though progressing slowly, is in fair
condition, and will improve with the
warmer weather and sunshine now in
prospect. The same is true of alfalfa,
clover, grasses and pastures.
Considerable loss of spring pigs,
lambs, and chicks is reported, due to
/, the lack of sunshine and warmth.
Flowing for corn and sugar beets
is in progress but the amount accom-
plished is considerably less than usual
far the time of year.
Potatoes that have been in the
ground four week sare not up yet.
Considerable planting was done in
the northern counties. In Mitchell
county not to exceed Is per cent of the
crop has been planted, and about 20
per cent of the onions. Truck and
gardens are unusually late. Fruit
, buds have been beneficially retarded
by the cludy. cold weather and are be-
lieved to be in fair condition general
ly. Peaches and plums are in bloom
{ in the extreme southern counties.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-04-29
WEEKLY WEATHER CROP Bull
LETIN.

Cool, cloudy, wet weather continued,
the, sunshine, being about half of the
normal. The largest excess in pre-
cipitation was in the western half of
the State, where the total rainfall
was above 100 inch at many stations.
Tuesday and Wednesday were warm,
the rest Of the week was cold with
occasional freezing temperatures, ex-
cept in the southeast portion. The
season is from 10 to 20 days late, but
the weather map this morning (27th)
indicates increased sunshine and
warmth.
/ Seldom has the oats crop shown
such range Of progress, varying
from green fields to further acreage
to be seeded if the weather permits
Seeded after this date the crop will be
in grave danger from hot weather a
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-04-29
EUCLID COMMUNITY CLUB.

EUCLID COMMUNITY CLUB.
The Euclid Community Club met at
the pleasant home Of Mrs. VIM. Jones,
April 81.
Club was called to order by the
president.
Minutes read and approved.
Roll call, thirteen members re-
sponded with current events and ia
vorite recipes.
Program came next.
Mrs. selvy, selection, Feminine
Moraliay on the Farm"
Maud Jones, selection, "The Spirit
of Unrest"
Program for next meeting:
Mrs. Minnie Kirlin, selection.
Mrs. Ella Adams, selection.
Mrs. Gertrude Beckley, selection.
The treasurer allowed bill of
$3.50 for flowers.
| Mrs. Hatcher thanked the ladies Of
the Club for the lovely boquet sent
her while she was unable to be will
them.
The afternoon was spent in helping
"Aunt Jane," as she is called by the
entire community.
Refreshments were served.
Visitors for the afternoon were
Cora Suthers, Ellen Selvey and Mar.
and Mabel Acrea. Sec.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-04-29

SECRET OF WALKING THRU
FIRE SEEN IN LATEST
SERIAL.
William Duncan, Hero Of .sThe ST.
lent Avenger," Shows How
Mystics of the East Defy
Flames.

One of the most amazing Sc
crets Of the Hindus and The fire
worshippers Of Japan is believed
to have been discovered by experts
of the Vitagraph. The secret is
that of the method by which HUI
man being may walk unscathed
through flames. It is said to have
been guarded by the mystics of
the East for hundreds of years.
William Duncan, known as "the
Sandow Of the SCREEN" is reported
to have performed a demonstration
of fire defiance in his latest serial
film for the Vitagraph, which is
entitled "The Silent Avenger."
Duncan passes in and out of
great flames that leap around the
walls of a cottage in scenes in the
second episode. Duncan's appar-
ent charm against the effect of the
blaze is declared to be system of
breathing discovered in the Far
East
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-04-29
SHOWER.

Miss Lillian Gunderson, who is to be a
June bride, was pleasantly surprised
by number of friends yesterday af-
ternoon, at the home Of Mrs. Lars
Peterson. The affair was miscel-
laneous shower. and showers there
was of everything. A dainty luncheon
was served, cafeteria style, and a
very pleasant afternoon was enjoyed
by all.
We all join in wishing her a long
life and happiness.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-04-29
Eaoer for information.

Robert was taking physiology and
the subject interested him. One day
he decided to tell his small brother
some facts. Pointing to vein in his
hand, he said: "The stuff in that vein
keeps the heart going; do you know
what's in it?" NO" was brothers
quick reply, 81 don't know; what is
1t, oil or gas"