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The farmers are going to meet with
the Club children at McDonough on the
2nd of July at an all-day meeting. Do
not forget the date.
JOHN P. BURDETTE.
County Agent,
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Recreation Hall, Indian Head.
COMING EVENTS.

Turnout June there only three pictures week. on Mon
day, Wednesday and Saturday The prices will be
MONDAY, 15c.
WEDNESDAY, 20c.
SATURDAY, 25c.,
for adults and loc each night for children plus tax.
There will be two Dances the and 3rd Fridays June
and l9. Admission Soc, plus
FRIDAY, May rs DANCE Darroch's Orchestra
SATURDAY, May 20 THE STREET CALLED STRAIGHT; by
Basil King
MONDAY, May 31-'EER ELEPHANT N."-Shrley Mason
WEDNESDAY, June Pm SEARCH OF A SINNER Con
stance Talmadge
FRIDAY, June DANCE. Darroch's Orchestra.
SATURDAY, June 5-''THE RIVERS END Marshal Neian
Production.
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Chicamuxen Circuit, Church OF the
Nazarene, Sunday, May 30, preach
ing as follows I:
Chicamuxen. 1l.O0 A. NJ.
Pisgah, 800 p. NJ.
Baptist Mission, 7.30 p. NJ.
Rev. J. T, Maybury, of Phila., will
preach at ell three places.
Special revival services at the Bap-
tist Mission every night, 40, Rev. j..
Il. Maybury, evangelist, in charge.
Pray, Plan, Come
Rev. d. L. HIGGs, Pastor.
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Port Tobacco Parish, Whit-Sunday,
May 30, 1920
La Plata, HOO A. NJ.
Piney, 800 p. NJ.
Waldorf, 1880 z. NJ.
REV. LEWIS Il LEvERING,
Rector
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Marbury Baptist Church, Rev. Wal
ter X. Allen, Minister. Worship and
Preaching each Sunday at IL A NJ.
and 1870 p. Nj. Everyone cordially
invited.
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How much shall farmer ask for his
produce ? He should not fail to ask
enough, so that he can afford to live in
the same way that the man in the city
lives. Why is it that he has not done
this in the past Because he has not
been in a position to know what he
ought to grow on his farm, and conse-
quently has grown much of his food
stuff at a loss to himself and his chill
dren.
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Do not forget to come to Mr.. James
A. Gray's on Saturday, June 8. Mr..
Oldenburg is going 70 talk on the value
Of lime, as can be seen by any one who
can See a few yards
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FRIDAY, MAY 2S, 1920.


Services in Methodist Churches, SIN
day, May 30, as follows
La Plata Hoo \. NJ.
Dentsville 300 z. NJ.
REV. L. B. ATKINS. T. G.
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There will be preaching with Com
munion Service next Sunday at the
Methodist Church, Waldorf, at HOO
A. NJ. All members are urgently re-
queSted to be present The public is
cordially invited to worship with us.
REV. l. q. MICHAEL, Pastor.
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t. CT 10 HOGS, | year
F0T .N6lR. old, and Pig, 10
Address, or enquire,
Office MARYLAND INDEPENDENT
5-2s-th La Plata, Nd.
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There are a great many people who
do not know how to grow vegetables,
so II is up to US who do know how to
call our neighbors in to look over our
gardens. You have no idea what a
great help it IS 10 any one to see some
one who docs know. This is being
done 60 a cfisain extent and is doing
good, bat W. need more Of IL along all
the lines Of farming. There ara some
wonderful faidS OF hay in this county
and they art being admired by many.
There is room for los of good hay
fields IN the county. Just think or
nearly $4,000 going out OF this county
for hay during the past Winter and
Spring We cannot afford 10 do this.
Cow peas and soy beans If sown hy che
middle Of June will make excellent
crops Of good hay, and il sown by the
first Of July will make good hay. siu-
dan grass on good ground well ma
nured viii make an abundance OF hay,
but not nearly SO good rs COW peas,
nor nearly SO good for the soil.
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Those farmers living near Ncwburg
are urged to stop in 10 see Mr.. J NJ.
Martins alfalfa. There Is an excel
lent demonstration thcrs of the value
of lime. Those living near Bryantown
were in to see Mr.. Wetherald's alfalfa
and sweet clover They also heard a
good talk on the value Of Legumes by
Mr. Oidenburg on saturday.
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DANCE.

There will be Dance at Willing
Helpers Hall. La Plata, Md,
FRIDAY, MAY rs, 1920.
Proceeds for School Library. Good
Music.
Admission, 25c.
JOSEPHINE NJ. MILES,
5-I-4t, Teacher,
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Special Notice.

For SIPS we will send to any reader
of this paper. two pound box of our
fresh homemade, hand dipped assort-
ed chocolates, postage prepaid.
No better choco .ates made.
Send us by mail 81. % for trial box
PURITY CONFECTIONERY co.
220 W. Mulberry Street,
50-3-lyr. Baltimore, Nd,
The Washington times., 1920-02-14
.SWEARS NEWBERRY
.MEN FIXED DLEADERS
Witness Says Senator's Work.
ers Spent Money Like
Drunken Sailors.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Feb. IA
Bankers and crap shooters, farmers,
legislators, lawyers. lumberjacks and
village justices. The procession of
witnesses climbing on to the stand
to- tell Of alleged major plots and
minor angles of the campaign that
sent Truman II. Newberry to the
United States Senate filed by at dou-
time yesterday.
The Government Is trying to prove
that the Detroit headquarters of the
Newberry campaign committee was a
geyser of gold, which spewed forth
more currency than a nice political
geyser should-that this flood washed
over the State, diminishing as II
reached the hinterland, until certain
thirsty politicians in the party back
woods were scrambling to lap up
tiny rivulets of SIS and $40 bills.
Only once did the Government refer
to the alleged source OF the money in
Detroit. It's explorations were most
iy in the pecuniary deltas of the far
country. Thus, in the language of a
defendant 1t was small change
day"
The big money reference was fur.
nished through the testimony OF
Frank j. Hobards, of Hillsdale, in
telling of a conversation with Elvert
j. Chilson, one of the Detroit head
quarters lieutenants. He attributed
this statement to Chilson: THE New
berry people are spending money like
drunken sailors; they have already
fixed the Detroit city committee by
paying $4,000"
Continued cross-examination OF
william II. Mckeeghan. the boy
boss" and former mayor OF Flint.
failed to alter the story he had told
OF threats to send him to the pentcn-
tiary unless he supported Newberry.
Two witnesses corroborated Nc
KeeEhans story. One was DR.. Hugh
A. Steward, OF Flint. a former State
Senator; another was Homer Living
ston, n McKeeghan political aide.
Both testined in substance that
Fletcher had threatened to use his al
legged influence with the Michigan
Surrc.. Court to handle McKeeghan.
The Washington times., 1920-02-14
YECGS FRIGHTENED OFF
AFTER BLOWING SAFE
Outer Door Blasted Off at Shop of
c. A. Brewood, Printer
and Engraver.

The outer door OF the safe in the
office of the firm G. A. Brewood,
stationers, engravers and printers.
$40 Thirteenth street northwest, was
blown carly this corning, but the
yeggmen were apparently frighten-
ed off before they could blow the in
side door OF the safe.
Acting Night Inspector Edward
Weldon and Detective Charles Brad
ley went to the store when the at
tempt to rob the safe was discovered
shortly after 8:30 o'clock this. morn
ing.
They found that hole had been
bored In the outer door, which had
been covered with a sheet to deadcn
the noise of the explosion. The charge
damaged the outer door, but did not
succeed In damaging the inside one.
After the charge had been set off
the yeggmen, apparently, we're fright
ened off. The explosive used 10
Thought by the police to have bscn
nitroglycerin.
The Washington times., 1920-02-14
ALLIES TO BACK FRANCE
IN HER COAL DEMANDS
"Big Three" Busy Discussing Tur-
key-New Note to Holland
Off Today.

LONDON, Feb. 14-Turkish peace
problems were before the big Three"
--Premiers Lloyd George, MiIlerand,
and Nitti-when they resumed their
sessions in Downing street today.
1t is reported that the premiers have
decided TO support France in her in
dependent note to Germany demand
ing the Immediate delivery of coal
that was promised under the peace
treaty terms. The matter will be
dealt with by a special reparations
committee. Premier Millerand states
that Germany is in arrears 10000
tons OF the amount OF fuel promised.
The new allied note to Holland,
urging the surrender Of the ex.
Kaiser in the interests Of permanent
peace, Is to go forward by special
courier this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1920-02-14
HINES LIFTS FREIGHT
EMBARGOES IN EAST
Conditions Return TO Normal With
Better Weather and With
Flu on Wane.

Improved railroad traffic condi-
tons generally in the region east OF
the Ohio river. warranting the re-
moval Of freight embargoes imposed
when bad weather congested many
eastern terminals. was announced to-
day by Director General Hines.
Regional directors reported to Mr..
Hines that the operating personnel on
the various lines now has been
bro ght back to normal strength, as
the more serious stage of the influ-
enza opidemic has passed. Ten thou
sand rail workers, stricken with the
disease, quit work. crippling the OPP
Grating forces on many roads. Most
OF these have returned to duty, the
report showed.
Greater coal output and freer move
ment to eastern destinations was
shown by the regional returns.
The Washington times., 1920-02-14
WOUNDED WOMAN SAVES
BONDS AS BANDITS KILL z
Leaps Through Closed Window Af-
ter Armed Pair Shoot Her
and Slay Men.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.-While
hundreds were passing by the place.
two men were killed and a woman
shot seriously by two bandits in the
office OF Liberty Bond brokerage
company in the heart of the business
district here.
The men-E. r. Stroud. one of the
proprietors Of the place. and IL A.
Bohlman. an applicant for employ
ment-were slain as they grappled
with the bandits. Mrs. NJ. Lacater.
nookkeeper, after receiving a bullet
wound in the head, seized a handful
Of Liberty Bonds and plunged through
a plate-glass window to the street.
Her condition was said to be serious.
The bandits lodged through the
crowd, several members OF which
tried to hold them; leaped into an au-
tomobile and escaped.
Whether the bandits obtained any
loot has not been determined.
The Washington times., 1920-02-14
ELEVEN INDICTED FOR
100000 ARMY THEFT

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Eleven men
were indicted yesterday by a Fed
eral jury In Brooklyn charged with
the theft of military goods valued at
5000 900 from the army supply base,
south Brooklyn. on February g., Nine
of them were employed at the base,
According to the authorities. the Of
tenders offered a shipping clerk Il
bribe of 100000 as the price OF silon ,e,
but he informed the officials in
charge of the base. and the stolen
goods were traced to n storage ware
house in Harlem, where the arrests
were made.
Several truckloads of clothing
were shipped from the base to Camp
Merritt, N. j.. on forged requisitions.
OF which the military authorities
were aware. Detectives then trailcd
the thieves to Harlem.
The Washington times., 1920-02-14

Robert C. Reeves-there are thir-
teen letters in the name, and yester-
day was Friday, the 18th.
Reeves is twenty-one years old
lives in Fort Dodge, Kans.. and ID
here working In the department OF
the chief OF engineers or the War De-
partment daytimes and studying civil
engineering at George Washington
University nights.
On the morning of Friday. tho 18th
young Reeves made the customary
guesses as to what bad luck the day
would bring him and resolved to
avoid tipping over the salt. refrain
from passing under a ladder. and
steer clear Of any black cat tina,
sought TO cross his path.
All went Well until some time In
the evening.
Then a stranger hunted him up IN
the drafting room OF the university
building and asked him to verify his
name.
Friday. the 18th, Caught Hin.
Reeves, an honest young man, ad
mitted it.
1T is my duty to inform you" said
the stranger. that you are about tc
receive a check for 500. Your linn
erick has been given highest vote ey
the judges in The Times last line
contest"
TT has come at last" said youne
Reeves. "Tve been lodging Friday
the 13th. all day and now 1t ha'
caught me up here"
But with tuition and board and
other items, the youngster seeped in
clined to take the news stoically.
Reeves is here with his father. A
B. Reeves. who Is a lawyer In the
war Risk Bureau. The younger
Reeves is In the freshman class a
the university.
He has never written for publica
tfsn, but he has Been writing witty
last lines for nearly all The Tfmci
limerick contests.
winks Long DELAYED.
"It Just occurred to me that thu
stars kept right on winking all thu
time" he said; but / suppose 4
takes the light 80 long to get to th'
earth that the winks we are gettinf
now belong back in the time wher
winks meant something.
Though i don't know much abou
1t, being from Kansas"
The Washington times., 1920-02-14
HUSBAND GETS ALIMONY
UNTIL HE WEEDS AGAIN
Wife Promised to Provide for Him
Alwsys, He Tells Court--A-
lowed SIS Month.

CLEVELAND. Feb. 14.--Forrest A.
Ridwell, ffty-nine years old. OF Lon
don, Ohio, was granted SIS month
alimony and Mrs. Mary Il. Bidwell,
fifty years old, OF Cleveland. was
granted a divorce by Common Pleas
Judge Stevens in a suit for separation
filed by Mrs. Bidwell. Alimony pay
ments cease IL Bidwcll marries again.
The couple was married in 1900 and
parted in 1915, the court at London at
that time ordering Mrs. Bidwell to
pay her husband $50 a month.
Bidwell testified that before their
marriage Mrs. Bidwell promised to
provide for him always and let him
lead the life of a country gentleman.
The Washington times., 1920-02-14

|ONYANKb0NUS
House Republicans Oppose Plan
To Hold Legislation Over
For Year.
WANT IMMEDIATE ACTION
Problem Should Be Threshed
Out on Floor, Advocates Of
Bill Believe.
WANT IMMEDIATE ACTION

A revolt threatens the ranks Of
House Republicans over the question
of this Congress voting bonus or
Legislation for former service men.
The position of Senate and House
Republican leaders that all such
measures, with universal military
training, must wait year or two,
or until the present large Govern
ment expenditures have been re
duced, is being assailed by a faction
Of House Republicans said to be at
least seventy-five strong.
Committee Named.
A committee composed Of Congress
man johnson Of South Dakota, Nor
gan of Oklahoma, Smith Of Michigan
and Monahan of Wisconsin has been
appointed to demand immediate ac-
tion on the bonus measures at least
The position OF the bonus advocates
is that the matter should be thresled
out on the floor and not kept slum-
bering In committees by the leaders
result in "a Republican caucus, where
bonus advocates would have q good
chance to add many votes to their
cause when party members went on
record. Petitions have been circulated
and more than forty signatures. the
necessary number to force a caucus
have been obtained.
Result of Conference.
The whole action is the result of a
conference last night of twenty-five
members, and was prompted by the
action OF the Senate and House steer
ing committees in deciding to post
pone the legislation.
The most favored soldier aid propo.
sition now seems to be combination
bill. allowing the service men a cash
or bond bonus. or loans for farms and
homes, according to their preference
The Washington times., 1920-02-14
Keeping Up With
The Times
A FACT A DAY

It's some problem these
days to regulate the press
run of The Times. Thurs
day, for example. the entire
edition was sold out by
seven o'clock in the evening.
Yesterday morning the
newstands were secured for
unsold copies. In the entire
city only 100 could be- found.
These were Immediately
snapped up by Limerick con-
testants, who had missed
that issue.
One of them was the prin-
cipal Of one of the best
known private schools in
Washington who has a
weakness for writing last
lines and gets a lot of fun
daily from the competition.
At one Of the high schools
pupils are now given LINER
ick writing as desirable
practice in English compo-
siuon.
The Washington times., 1920-02-14
HEARST PAPERS EXPOSE BL0CI
The III people could talk to the stars
III. To Venus and Saturn and Mars
winner This message would be
OF The first one from me:
Limerick No6 Quit winking. They've closedathebars.

Bars and cars-the street railway
kind and the nivver kind or cars
predominate in the stack OF last hnen
which the Limerick Department re-
ecived to the four lines suggested by
the recent mystic messages from the
ETHEREAL regions.
As a matter of fact, Reeves last
line had as a close competitor, one by
Blanche r. Hooker, A. r. c. Club. zoos
N street northwest. which read.
You're lit; 10 ID moonshine or
bars. The judges gave 1t third place.
Second went to Korah c. Manning.
1912 Penwood place northwest, who
contributed:
"Td call. but skyrocketing Jars.
Mrs. Stella ". Bogart. 14os New
Hampshire avenue. wrote, make
room for our 'Willies' and Czars.
and was fourth in the voting.
Limerfcks Improving.
c. F. Clark, who lives only two
doors away from Mr.. Reeves. at $50;
G street northwest. was in the fina'
nve with "Earth's greeting no space
now debars."
The limerickers are improving In
form as the contest continues. II
was a bad day for the limerick edi
tor when he essayed to coach the
contestants as to how to avoid me-
chanical defects that result in last
lines being thrown out by the pre-
liminary readers. 1t might be said
u this connection. however. that last
Ines to reach the judges must rhyme
perfectly with the first and second
lines. and must conform to them In
meter.
This requirement was fatal to q
mighty good contribution from Ed
mund s. Delaney, 1901 brentwood
road, evidently a Latin scholar. who
wrote, .Magni universi sum pars" {.1
am part. of the great universe'o - Mr.
Delaney evidently figures that out IL
the dead spaces they speak a dead
language, like Latin, and appended
this note:
at would hardly be necessary u
use English in such a message-ant
In this form the tolls would be abou'
so per cent less than for the English
equivalent"
The judges are now working or
answers to Limerick No. Z, and theil
decision will be announced tomor.
row.
The Washington times., 1920-02-14

best efforts of loyal man OF high
intelligence, and a thorough grasp Of
International affairs. II has been
known that he had little cooperation
from the President, but for him to
be thus coldly dismissed is nothing
short of a brutal outrage"
The resignation of Secretary Ian
sing leaves but three of the original
Continued on Page 5, Column %
The Washington times., 1920-02-14
Split Came At Peace Conferen g.

Mr. Lansing's resignation became
effective Immediately. There was
some suggestion in his tender that 1t
take effect at the convenience" of
the PRESIDENT polite phrase--but
this is waived aside by President Will
son, who announced that the office
had become vacant at once.
The resignation of Secretary Lans-
ing had long been expected, but the
State Department had let it be known
that the Secretary would remain in
office until he felt that he had the
opportunity to resign without embar-
rassment to the President.
That Secretary Lansing split with
the President at the Paris peece con-
ference and subordinated himself to
the Presidents wishes was well
known in Washington. In fact 1t was
predicted that Secretary Lansing
would resign soon after his return
from Paris, but he maintained his Of
fee because he felt that he owed his
loyalty to the President. The Secre-
tary. appeared before the Senate For
eign Relations Committee as a wit
ness and was submitted to considera-
BILE embarrassment because he felt
constrained to support the Presidents
views. Then there came the testi-
mony Of William Bullitt, which indi-
Gated that Secretary Lansing had not
agreed with the President, and the
Secretary again submitted to consid-
erable embarrassment and came to
the support of the President.
TumuIty Attended Meetings.
Cabinet meetings which have been
held during the past four months
have been called by Secretary Lans-
ing, but there has been very general
~. d.. E,,Il.
Informed as to what transpired at
each meeting. as Secretary Tumulty
attended many of the meetings.
Secretary Lansing handled the
Jenkins affair, which for time
threatened a crisis with Mexico, in a
manner that brought forth commen-
dation from officials, but 1t was gen
orally understood at the White House
that Secretary Lansing was acting
with the full knowledge of the Presi-
dent, particularly so after the Presi-
dent received Senators Fall and Hitch
cock and discussed the Mexican sit
uation with them. There was a de-
cided change in policy following this
meeting, however, and there were ru-
mors TO the effect that Secretary
Lansing had been instructed by the
white House to change his course.
There was n wide division OF opin-
ion as to the right of the President
10 rebuke Secretary Lansing today,
and while many of his staunch sup
ports declared that IL was simply
the climax OF a personal difference
between the two men, there were 9TH
ers who were bitter In their denuncia-
tion OF the Presidents action.
.InfernsI Outrage Says Porter.
Congressman Porter, chairman of
the Foreign Anairs Committee of the
House, declared at Ia an Internal
outrage"
Secretary Lansing has Loyalty sub
ordinated himself to the Views of the
President and has shown that 10y
atty by remaining N office and doing
his duty to the nation in the face OF
affronts that he might we'll have
rescntcd." said Mr.. Porter. "He has
biyen to the Department OF State the
The Washington times., 1920-02-14
WASHINGTON MAN IS
HELD BY BOLSHEVIKI

Lieut.. Harry Bingham, 2s1t Four
teenth street northwest, and Miss
Bashti Rebecca Bartlett, OF Gathers.
burg, Md. are among the 1874 Amer.
leans who left Vladlvostok February
S for San Francisco, aboard the trans
port Great Northern. and who now
are held by the Bolsheviki.
The party includes ia women, and
is madelup OF Red Cross workers who
were driven from Siberia by the Reds.
Before leaving for Russia. Miss Bart
lett was assistant superintendent OF
the training school for nurses at Gar
field Hospital.