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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-15
SHE SAYS USE HYP0COO
FOR BAD PERSISTENT COUGHS

The pains in my chest and side left.
and l began eating like starved
person. / gained seven pounds, and
K was only a little while until I
was strong, well, and feeling fine.
My stomach doesn't bother me in
the least, and I eat anything ] want"
declared Carrie =. Lee. 2236 18th st.
n. W., Washington
People who have Bronchitis and
upon entering a close, warm room,
like church or movie, start a At
ness In the chest. shortness OF
breath, and u wheeling while asleep
at night, should stop in at the mar
est Peoples Drug Store tonight and
get couple OF bottles OF th!s now.
modern and powerful tonic. = / really
does do the work. Read what an
other Washingtonian says In the ar
ticles on left. above and below this
one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-15
FOUR KILLED In MAIL
PLANE CRASH IN BRITAIN
Machine on Way From London
To Paris Hits House.

LONDON, Dec. 15.-Four persons
were killed near Cricklewood yesterday
when a huge Handiey-Psige airpiane
carrying malls between London and
Paris, crashed in n thick haze.
The airplane, which was carrying
eight passengers as well as mails
struck a tree and then crashed into
a house, which was demolished. The
wreckage caught FIRE. The airplane
had Just started for Paris.
The catastrophe occurred at Goldcrs
Green, near Circlewood aerdrome.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-15

By Mgr Carlo RsspiEhL pontifeai pre-
feet OF ceremonies.
CARDINAL Mercier, primate OF Bel
siumsSas received by Pore Benedict
yesssrdsy. the meeting being OF 4
most touchins character After the
oardinAi bad kisssA the pope's hand.
the poatir raised him and embraced
him. During their talk they recalled
the .yicissitpdes through which they
had gone during the last six years,
aud exchanged expressions Of hope
for the desperation OF the world.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-15
PORT CARROLL WILL Be
USED FOR LIGHTHOUSE

The War Department yesterday grant
ed the Department OF cOmmerce per-
mission to use the entire reservation
OF Port Carroll. Nd. near Baltimore.
for lighthouse purposes. subject only
TO the condition that the reservation
will be vacated any time that IL Is
needed for military purposes.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Girls Faces Dirty.
Says Father Suing
For Their Custody
IL Year Old Daughter
Stamps Foot as She Re-
sent Parents Charge on
Stand in Nyack Court

George Howe, New York real estate
man, in habeas corpus PROCEEDINGS
brought in the Supreme Court at Nyack
against his wife to obtain custody of
his tour young daughters, charged that
they weren't being properly fed or
clothed and that their faces were often
dirty.
Mary Howe, however, who is twelve
years old and the eldest of the girls.
stamped her foot on the witness stand
az "hlte Plains yesterday and said it
wasn't true. The case began December
= at Nya'k and was continued at White
Plains yesterday in open court. Howe's
wlfc obtained g. separation decree from
him IN december, 1918, on the ground
of abandonment.
Mary, Evelyn, ten years old; Dor
othy, seven years old. and Ruth. five
years old, arc the daughters for whom
the father is fighting. They are now
living with their mother on Alta Ave
nue., Park Hill, Yonkers
Mary became vehement as she tcs-
tihed. Eve always live as my girl
friends live" She said. II know abso-
lutely I've never been dirty, because I
have always had enough clothes to
change to. wash my face and hands
five times a day. 1t is ridiculous to say
that they have been dirty
'In order to be up to the mark to-day
a girl has got to have at least clean
face and clean hands,
Howe told tho court that he wanted
Mary, Evelyn and Dorothy put in q
good boarding school for girls and said
that the youngest, Ruth, might be cleft
on probation with her mother" He
said that in event the girls were placed
in his custody he thought the alimony
of $3.50 being granted Mrs. Howe might
be reduced, as it would cost about
81, 900 a year each to send his daugh-
ters to a school he considered proper.
Mrs. Howe denied her husbands allega-
tons The case was adjourned until
Tuesday.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Wilson Presents TURKEYS
TO " hite House Attaches
President Also to Remember
Children Living Along Road
to His Golf Club

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Prepara-
ticns were made to-day at the White
House for another quiet Christmas eel
ebration because Of President Wilson's
condition.
Distribution Of turkeys to ali White
House employees by the President, a
precedent first established by Pres dent
Arthur, began to-day, nine barrels Of
turkeys haveng been received for the
purpose. The usual decoration with
holly and greens also was in progress.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of
the President; DR.. Stockton Arson,
brother of the Presidents first wife,
and few of Mrs. Wilson's imme late
relatives viii be at the White House
during the Christmas season. The
Presidents other daughters, Mrs. Fran
els 5ayrc, and her three children, and
Mrs. W. G. McAdoo, and her two chill
dren, viii not be here this season.
On account Of the absence Of ch.l-
dren there will be no Christmas tree at
the White House. The President and
Mrs. Wilson are expected to follow
their Christmas Day custom, however,
and distribute gifts personally TO chill
dren along the road which the Presi-
don't followed when in good health on
his visits to d golf club in nearby Vr-
<, pls.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Sisters Sue for $5OO,OOO
On Release From Asylum
Misses Brush Ask Damages of
Doctors Said To Be Respon.
Sihle for Commitment

Phoebe NJ. Brush and her sister, Ada.
two splnsJers who obtained their re-
lease from the State Hospital for the
Insane at Kings Park, L. l., after being
coafned there for ten years, have filed
SUITS, 1T WAS loalned yesterday, against
the physicians who they allege are
responsible for their commitment.
The physicians are DR.. W. B.. Gibson
and DR.. Walter Lindsay, of Huntington,
l. l., where the sisters formerly lived.
Each sister is seeking to recover $780,
600 damages from each physician The
suits have been filed in the Supreme
Court of Westchester County, the sis
ters now having n home near Yonkers
With former nurse in the Kings Park
hospital, who was instrumental in OBJ
talning their release.
They allege that though the two phv-
sicians made affidavit that the sisters
were violently and homicidally insane
neither of the physicians ever had ex-
amlned them, that the affidavits were
false and the proceedings illegal.
= Douglass Conklin. president Of the
Bank of Huntington, who was trustee
OF the Brush sisters estate during
their commitment, is preparing. to re-
turn to them the $4,000 property Of
winch he was custodian.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Barbour Smrenders in
Models $5OO,OOO Suits
Paterson Millionaire Returns
From Europe; Gives Self Up;
SAYS Plaintiff Has Husband

Robert Barbour, millionaire thread
manufacturer, of Paterson, n. j., sur
rendered himself yesterday to Sheriff
David H. Knott, on an order of arrest
that has been outstanding against him
since last September, when Miss May B.
Rollins, a Brooklyn artists model,
brought two suits each for $250.0O0
against Mr.. Barbour, one action alleg-
ing breach of promise and the other
assault
The order for the arrest of Mr.. Bar.
bour was issued at the time by Justice
Aspinall, in Brooklyn, but was turned
over TO Sheriff Knott, in New York
County, because counsel for Miss Rollins
was informed that the defendant was
about to sail for Europe
Charles s. Pryor. attorney for Mr.
Barbour, said the latter was unaware of
the order at that time, and went to
Europe on business. Mr.. Barbour re-
turned from Europe on Wednesday on
the steamship Olympic A bail bond was
arranged soon after Mr.. Barbour sur
rendered and he was released.
Miss Rollins alleged that Mr. Bar
bour promised five years ago to marry
her. She went to his apartment in Pat
erson on July 13 last, said the model,
and the millionaire severely beat ber.
Mr.. Barbour appeared to not take the
suit seriously. He said he intended to
prove that at the time of the alleged
assault Miss Rollins was out motoring
with another man. AS to the alleged
breach OF promise to marry her, Mr..
Barbour said that the plaintiff already
had husband
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Court Reserves Decision
In Blosveren Divorce Suit
77th Division Officer, Son of
Baron Accuses Former Model
in Fathers Shon

Justice Van Siclen reserved decision
yesterday in the Supreme Court Of
Queens County after hearing testimony
in support of an application for divorce
filed by Benjamin Blosveren, of Flush
ing, son of the late Baron Blosvercn,
proprietor of d fur shop at SO West
Thirty seventh Street, Manhattan.
Lillian Gleason Blosveren, from
whom the young man wants a divorce,
formerly was q model in his father S
shop. Benjamin Blosvcren was an Of
tlcer attached to 18th Division Head
quarters and married her shortly be-
fore sailing for France.
He was cited twice for gallantry in
action. After his departure his bride in
formed his parents of their marriage
and went to live with her family, giving
up her position in the Blosveren fur
shop. On his return from France, her
husband failed to ash her to share
his home, and about a year ago she
started action against his father for
alleged alienation Of his affections.
TIE elder Blosveren was i'll at Sara
nae Lake ct the time and died before
the suit came to trial. The younger
man alleges that private detectives OBJ
tanned evidence November 20 warrant
ing him in seeking a divorce.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Police Union Head Held
AS Spurious Bill Passer
Rhode Island Man Proffers $40
Notes in Payment for Xmas
Present for Priest

man giving his name as Thomas
Smith was arrested in Macy's yesterday
FOR proffering two alleged counterfeit,
$40 Federal Reserve notes in payment
for Christmas present
George Winship Taylor, Assistant
United States Attorney. SAID that Smith
had been on the police force of Provi.
dence, r. l., for twenty years and was
president of the policemen's union
there. Smith refused any further in.
formation about himself He would not
say how the alleged spurious notes
came into his possession When ar.
ralgned before United States Commits
sioner Hitchcock he waived examina-
tion and was held in $4,000.
According to Mr.. Taylor, Smith was
buying wallet for a priest in Brook
lyn 1t was to be a Christmas gift and
Its price was $11. Smith gave the clerk
two $40 notes. The cashier called .
house detective Smith was arrested
and an operative Of the Secret Service
was sent to investigate. He said that
the notes had not been raised" anG
we're excellent counterfeits
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Blonde Wins Her q Divorce
Court Announces Mrs. Barry
VIII Be Awarded a Decree

Justice Plat announced yesterday
in the Supreme Court at White Plains
n. Y, that he would grant divorce
TO Mrs. Frances A. Barry, of Pleasant
vile, after the testimony in the case
bad been written. She is the wife Of
Walter II. Barry, an auctioneer, who is
member Of the 7th Regiment and of
the Union League Club. He made no
defense to his wife's action, although
his attorney was present
Private detectives told of following
Barry one night last May to the Hotel
knickerbocker, where he met a blonde
young woman, who was described as
"scmc pretty chicken" They went to
a restaurant, the detectives said, and
then returned 10 the knickerbockcr,
where the young woman got suitcase.
She waited with her suitcase for Barry,
they said, in the Grand Central Station,
while he went to the Union League
Club
Then, the detectives said, both went
to the Hotel Comm odore, where they
registered as W, B. Henry and vito
and we're found together in q room.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
No Snow, Santa Must
Visit L. S. i'm His Aero
Northern New York Among
Few Sections to Enjoy
.Cood Old White Xmas

WASHINGTON, Dec. G3.--Santa Claus
in his visits to the homSs of American
children tomorrow night will be com
PEELED to resort almost completely to
an airplane or similar new tangled
conveyance, for the Weather Bureau to-
night forecast a snowless Christmas
for almost the entire United States.
Fair and cold" was the weather fore
casters prediction for almost the en-
tire portion of the country accustomed
in "the good old days" to white
Christmas" The only snow Of suf-
ficient depth for the sleigh of the
Christmas saint, the bureau said, would
be in Wisconsin, northern Michigan,
northern New York and northern New
England, where snow fell early in the
week and has not melted. There may
be some new snow in the northern
Rocky Mountain region, it was said,
but elsewhere the fall will be confined
to furrics.
The Pacific Coast was excepted from
the forecast for fair weather, the cha rts
and maps Of the Weather Bureau show
ing that rain and generally unsettled
weather might be expected ohcst OF tho
Rocky Mountains.
The South. where snow seldom ap-
pears as early s Christmas, if at all,
will have weather slightly below the
average for this time of the year, the
bureau said.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Battle HonOrs Protested
Goth Claims Credit Given tt
I'd Division in France
Sp-cici Dispatch 10 The Tr.buu.

BOSTON, Dec. eS-The report
brought from Europe by Colonel Ed
waro A Logan that monuments have
been erected at Naux and between
Nigneulles and Hatton Chattu. to COM
memorate the recap.ure of those viii
ages from the Germans by two regu-
ar. army divisions. has awakened =
storm Of resentment among officers
and men OF the 26th New England Ms
tional Guard, VINO Say that they took
those towns and ought TO get the
credit.
Colonel Logan reported that at Vaux
is / monument saying that the I'd
Division there drove back the Ger
mans. Yankee division men recall that
they took the village and that the I'd
Division at that time was in reserve.
Likewise, at the two towns in the
St. Mihie sector is monument which
gives to the lst Division credit for
their capture. Men of the 2eth recall
that they entered both places six
hours ahead of the 1st Division.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
CoOdwin's Gift Stands
Miss Gardner, Who Was En-.
gagged to Actor. Gets Effects

Surrogate Cohalan decided yesterday
that Miss Georgia L. Gardner, who, it
was said, was engaged to marry Nat G.
Goodwin at the time of the actors
death, was entitled to the furnishing
Of his apartment, a sol West l15tl,
Street This gift made by Mr.. Good
win, both verbally and in writing, was
attacked by Klaw & Erlanger, who have
a claim of $1,000 against his estate
They sought to have the articles
claimed by Miss Gardner declared d
part of the estate.
At the same time Surrogate Cohalar
decided that Nathaniel G. Goodwin
father of the dead actor and admin
istrator of his estate, must account fol
s15,974, the amount of a judgment OBJ
tanned by Nat Goodwin against a mo-
tion picture concern for breach of con.
tract and turned over to his father
The question of the elder Goodwin's
right TO retain the amount of this
judgment must be presented to the
court in another form, the Surrogate
ruled
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Lee Funeral i'm Church
Despite Suicide Theory
Priest Insists Nassau County
Police Are Wrong i'm Their
Exclamation of Death

Nassau County officials held to their
theory Of suicide yesterday in the
death of Mrs. John A. Lee, widow OF
Brooklyn surgeon. whose body was
Found in the surf at Long Beach Mon
day night, although the circum stances
of her death do not wholly agree with
that theory, and funeral services we're
held for her yesterday in the Church
Of Oar Lady Of Victory, in Brooklyn.
"Under no circumstances" said the
Rev Joseph Woods, pastor of the
church, would funeral services he
permitted for Mrs. Lee in a Catholic
church if she had committed suicide. -
Examination of her lungs showed
that Mrs. Lee had not been drowned,
as was at first supposed. 1t was found
also that she had in her purse half
Of return ntrip ticket to Long Beach,
emitting her to passage back to New
York. The footprints she left in the
sand follow wavering course, as
though she made them while fleeing
to escape from Il pursuer.
"While friends may be reluctant to
accept the theory of suicide,' said
Captain Walter Barriscale, of the Long
Beach police, "wc have been unable
to find any one else in any way con-
nected with her death or any indica-
tion that she was murdered Chief T
p. j. Tracey and I have not changed
our opinion that it was q. case Of self
destruction. In the absence of posi-
tive evidence | want TO make it clear,
however, that it is merely an opinior."
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Policemen Said to Have
Raided Jail, Hanged Man
Grand Jury to Sift Lynching
of Patrolman's Alleged Slayer
by Masked Mob

FORT WORTH, Tex, Dec. GA
special session OF the grand jury was
called to convene tomorrow to nvcs-
tigate the lynching last night OF
Thomas W. Vickery, who was in jail
charged with killing Policeman jeff
Couch. Reports that policemen made
up party who removed Vckery from
Jail will be investigated, it was under
stood.
twenty-five masked men entered the
jail and overpowered the jailer and
his assistants. The prisoner, clad only
in night clothes, was removed from,
his cell, taken to grove near the
packing house district, and hanged to
tree. After firing a few shots into
the body the masked men dispersed
Sheriff Smith and Chief Of Police
Porter, warned anonymously by tele-
phone that Vickery was being hanged
reached the grove shortly after the
mob had disbanded.
Nickery was thirty years old and 4
service car driver. He had been in ia;l
since Monday night, when Policeman
Couch was killed. The latter was on
duty and had answered call from a
garage TO arrest an intoxicated man.
The officer was shot when he arrived AZ
the garage.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Plans Industrial Democracy
Chicago Gas Company to Share
With Workers

CHICAGO, Dec. 23-Tho People
Gas aud Light Company. one of the
largest public utility concerns in the
country, plans to establish an "indus-
trial democracy" among its workers, so
that the employees will have an equal
voice with their employers in deciding
questions affecting them, it was an
nounced to-day by Samuel insult, presi-
dent Of the company. He wrote letter
to every employee outlining the plan
which must first be approved by the
employees.
The principle ofTtLe plan will con-
sist of joint councils in which the en-
ployees will have equal representation
with the en- nlovers
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Summons in Suit
For Goodyear Co.
Receiver Quashed
Action in Franklin County.
Ohio. .Nuiliied; Meeting of
Stockholders To-day; New
Financial Program Sought

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 23.-Judge
Kinkead, in the Court of Common
Pleas, to-day sustained q motion to
Quash summons in the suit filed by
Frank S. Monnett, former Attorney Gem
eral of Ohio and 3 minority stock
older in the Goodyear Rubber Com
pany, asking appointment of receiver
for the company. This nullihes the ac-
tlon in this county, it was said, unless
service can be made on an agent.
AT the same time, the court su3-
saned q demurrer filed by F.. V. Free
man, local broker. named in the Mon
nett suit as defendant. Freeman as
serted that he had no connection with
the case and should not have been
named in the suit
There arc no company agents in
Franklin County, it was asserted by
counsel for tho rubber company, on
whom summons could be served
The annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company is scheduled to take place to-
day at Akron. Much interest in the
meeting is manifested in New York, as
it is believed that q decision may be
reached there on plans for putting
through q new financial program to
take care of the pressing needs of the
corporation.
Certain Of the leading creditors Of
the Goodyear company have been con-
ferring in New York relative to what
course of action to pursue. J. p. Nor
gan e. Co. have been approached on
the matter of helping 20 finance the
company, it was learned yesterday.
Bankers who have been working on
Z plan whereby the Goodyear company
would be provided with s40.000,0oO
through the public sale of securities to
take care Of bank loans and supply ad-
dtional working capital are said TO
have refused to go ahead until certain
changes had been made in the manage
mcnt of the company.
Shares of the Goodyear company rose
:harply on the Curb yesterday follow.
ing announcement from Columbus tha,
the suit for 4 receivership mad been
dismissed. The common stock, afte.
opening at 16M and dropping to 16
~allicd to 81. The preferred sold as
low as SO and then scared TO Al.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Bootblack by Day,
Joins the Society
Jazzers at Night
Brush Wielder Seeking to
Learn Latest Steps Gets 80
Days for Invading Ball
room of Pennsylvania

Boots and shoes play an important
twenty-five years old, Of 1888 Second
Avenue. In the daytime he shines them
and at night wears them to a frazzle,
cavortiug on the dance hall floors of the
upper East side. Daniel not only
wields mean brush, but he likewise
trips neat and light fantastic
But the young mans associates arc q
progressive lot and soon tire of the
same old steps. So it is distinctly up
to Daniel to make an occasional tour Of
the moro exclusive dance palaces of the
city that he may learn new turns and
twists and bring them back to his
Irlends. Hence the bootblack Beau
nfummels appearance yesterday morn
ing in Jefferson Market court.
A charge of disorder;v Conduct had
Deen entered against the prisoner by
Detective William Collen, of the Hotel
pennsylvania, who briefly recited the
incidents leading up to and including
Lorichio's arrest He said he had no
ticed the bootblack lettering about the
main ballroom of the hotel on several
evenings, but that he apparently was a
man 81 refinement, his long fur coat
indicating that he was likewise man
Of mea IS.
Lorichio caused his own downfall
Wednesday night, when he left the
ballrooms portals and made for a
washroom. The detective followed and
watched closely. The suspect removed
the costly fur coat, the detective said,
and revealed soft shirt that had seen
long usage since it last visited laun-
dry. The color of Lorichio's hands and
face was shocking, it was charged.
Magistrate Max S. Levine fixed the
prisoner with stern pair of eyes
What were you doing therc?" he
asked the defendant
y shined eighty pairs of shoes yes
terday," Lorichio replied, land when /
got through I was too tired to wash.
| belong to a dancing circle and was
appointed to hang around the big hotels
ard get the latest steps so l could
teach them to the members"
The explanation failed to register
with the court. and sentence Of
thirty days was imposed on the culprlt.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Italian Ship To Be Held Here
z Weeks Because of SmallpoS

Announcer was made at Quaran-
tine yesterday that the ship Duca
degli Abruzzi. which arrived here from
Naples on "Wednesday, will be detained
in port for two weeks because Of small
pox in the storage. The vessel car
red 400 stceragc passengers, and all
will be held aboard for observation.
Several stricken aliens were taken to
Swinourne Island for treatment. 1t
was planned to divert the vessel to
Philadelphia because Of the congested
condition Of Ellis Island. but the illness
aboard made it imperative that uhc be
held here in Quarantine.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
$265, 600, 900 Pension
Bill Is Passed by House
Action Unanimous, Only 80
Members Voting; $309,985.-
400 More To Be Spent

From Ttc Tribur,e's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Thc an
nual pension bill, carrying total OF
$265,ooo, 900, was passed by the House
this nfternoon unanimously. There
were thirty voting Debate on the
measure was limited to two hours
Estimated disbursements provided
under the bill are: Civil War, $751;
612, 1872; War of 1912, S21,145; Mexican
War, $840,439; Indian wars, s2,16S,915;
Spanish American War, $5,844,36O;
World War, $36,754, and regular estab-
lishment, $4,476,2l5.
The subcommittee which drafted the
bill estimated that in addition to the
pensions the government in the next
fiscal year would expend $500, ,985 400
in war risk compensation, maintenance
of soldiers homes, medical and hos
pital treatment for war veterans and
vocational work.