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The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
BRITAIN PROTESTS
FIERY u. S. WHISKY

A demand that all American
whisky shall be distinctly labelled
when on sale is supported by the
Wine and Spirit Association, which
advocates special regulations. ac-
cording to London cable.
Otherwise" said a leading Lon
don merchant, enormous injury
will be done to the home trade by
the dumping of a class of import
which compares unfavorably. to say
the least, with genuine Scotch.
"The two do not blend we'll.
American whisky has a distinctive
flavor which does not appeal to the
average Britisher.
Very fiery and comparatively
new stun is arriving in large guam
titles. The age question might be
overcome to some extent by the re-
quirement that spirits must be held
in bond for a specified period; but
even when 1t is four years old that
particular American whisky retains
it's fiery clement"
The suggestion that wood alcohoi
may have found its way among
some of the imports is not thought
probable by traders.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
FARMS HOLDING
own IN CENSUS
Rural Population Of U. S.
Expected to Exceed To-
tai of City Dwellers.
INCREASE IS SHOWN
Estimates Give Country
| Districts Lead of at Least
Four Millions.
INCREASE IS SHOWN

Census experts believe that the
1920 census will show that despite
the rush of country residents to the
cities. there are fstill about 4.ooo.o 600
more country people than city
dwellers in the United States.
The census will also show, they
think. the fallacy Of the belief, wide
ly held, that the rural districts of
the United States are decreasing in
The experts believe the 1920 CEN
sus will show about los, 900 peo-
pie in the United States.
The average increase in popula-
tion in the 154 cities. already tabu-
lated. is 21.4 per cent. II the 1910
census figure of 91.972.266 is in
creased by 21.4 1t shows the popula-
tion today to be 111,634,330. But
the census students point out that
cities have grown more rapidly than
country towns and farming coun-
ties.
Last Census.
The last estimate of population
made by the Bureau of Census was
in July. 1919. for that year. 1t gave
a population of 106,S71,294. This
figure was a gain of 100000 a
year for nine years. At this rate in
1920 there should be 10S,5o0.000 in
habitants.
To estimate the rate of growth Of
rural communities, experts have
taken this total OF 10S,500,0 900 and
subtracted from 1t 51.744,7S7. This
latter figure, is the estimated num-
ber of city dwellers obtained by
the 1910 census figure
for cities by 21.4 per cent, the new
rate of growth for cities established
by the 1920 census thus far.
This computation gives the num-
Der of rural inhabitants at 55.126.507
and shows the rate of gain since
1910 to be 81 per cent.
Over Half I'm Country.
Therefore. say the experts, of the
probable total of los, 500. 900 people
in the United States. 51.744,7S7, or
42.4S per cent of them. live in the
cities, and 55.126,507. or 51.5S per
cent in the country.
1t must be remembered, however,
that only smaller cities have been
is probably less than the larger
cities.
: Thus it is expected that the final
average rate of increase for cities
VIII be over the 21.4 per cent shown
to date, and the final country in
crease under ST per cent.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
LITHUANIA AIDS
SCHOOL UPKEEP
Spends More Money. on
Education Than Russians
Appropriated.

During 1919 the Lithuanian. gov
ernment spent 100000 marks for
educational purposes-one-sixth OF
the entire revenue raised by tax
alton, the Lithuanian Mission here
announced yesterday. l.
"Prior to the war" the statement
said, ~the Russian government spent
for educational purposes in ,Lithu-
ania yearly aout 100000 rules.
equal to 4,ooo,o0o marks. Thus the
Lithuanian government is spending
two and one-half times as much on
education as did the Russian gov
eminent on Lithuania.
But the area administered by the
Lithuanian government Is only about
half of entire Lithuania, the re-
mainder being under military occu-
patton by the Poles, and the figure
for Russian expenditure for educa-
tional purposes in Lithuania is for
the whole of Lithuania- So that,
area for area, Lithuania's expendi-
ture for education is five times as
great as that of Russia.
There are seven times as many
secondary schools and nearly five
times as many schools of other
grades as there were under Russia.
THE above figures measure the
new Lithuania's enthusiasm for edu-
cational development. They also in
dicate one Of the reasons why Lith-
uanians to a man are unalterably
resolved never to live again under
Russian rule"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
VOICE RECORDS
THROUGH WIRE
Briton Invents Device for
Filing Words by
Electricity.

An invention which may, among
many other possible uses. be en-
ployed as complete insurance
against error of transcription of
court testimony by stenographers,
has been achieved by Major Lionel
Guest, of London. England. 1t con-
sists of apparatus for recording
and reproducing sounds carried
electrically over a wire.
In a demonstration of the device
a message was dictated into a tel
ephone placed in the drawing room
of a residence. At the other end OF
the wire in another room was a
recorder which automatically in
scribed the message on a gramo-
phone record. In q few seconds the
record was placed in a gramophone
and the message was repeated with
great clarity.
Major Guest claims that the best
results hitherto obtained in eecord-
ing the voice or music over the
telephone have been unsuccessful
through being blurred" or metal
lie in tone. THE development" he
said, has immense possibilities.
think in the near future II Will be
possible for a receiver to be placed
in q part of the hall where the
speakers voice is hardly audible.
say in Manchester. and at the other
end of the wire in London the mes
sage will be recorded verbatim by
the telephone recorder for instant
reproduction through earpieces to
the newspaper offices"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
MOTHER SUING, SON
: FOR FATHERS ASHES

Philadelphia, April 10.-The ashes
of man who had been cremated
according to his wishes forms the
basis for a odd dispute between n
mother and her son, which has
come before the Common Pleas
Court.
The ashes are those of the hus-
band and father, Frederick Lesser.
who died September Is, 1919. The
complainant is Mrs. Elise II. Lesser,
and the defendant Victor Lesser. a
son. Mrs. Lesser says that after the
cremation the ashes. remained In
the possession of the undertaken
until October II, when they were
obtained by the son, who ignored
the demands of his mother to turn
them over to her. Mrs. Lesser asks
the court to issue a mandatory or
der commanding the return Of the
urn,
CPublic Ledger Seryice)
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
She Boils Snow Pile g.,
To Find Her Diamond

Sioux City, Iowa. - One of the
residents of this enterprising town
found upon returning to her home
from a concert one evening recently
that she had lost the diamond out
of her engagement ring And II
was a large diamond. in addition to
being an engagement diamond.
She remembered that she had
slipped as she got off the car and
that In falling her hand had struck
against something hard. She was
convinced that the stone must have
fallen out of the ring at that time.
Two days after the incident she
hired a truck and went to the cor
ner of one of the most Travelled
streets. where she had got of the
car and superintended the loading
Of two truck loads of snow. She
had IL all dumped In her own back
yard, put on her wash boiler. melted
the snow and then strained It. A
little more than half way through
the process she found her diamond.
Incidentally, before her marriage
heo name was diamond.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
Record of E1-AuiatorForger Shows
Modem Type of High Class Criminal
Shuns Liquor and Plays Cool Game

knew IL would make his hand
shaky and unbalance him mental
Iy. He also knew that some day
he would be caught and have to
go to Jail. but this did not deter
him. Crime, was a business with
him.
He had many a time risked his
life by going aloft in an aeroplane
in France and giving combat to
the German aviators.' Therefore,
he reasoned. why should he hesi-
tate to forge a check and cash it.
Going to Jail wasn't half as bad
as being shot down in midair.
The evidence against Broughton
shows plainly that he used the
same care. the same method of de-
duction and close application to
the task in hand that the mythical
Sherlock Holmes used in his ef-
forts to unravel criminal mys-
teries.
When the doors of the District of
Columbia Reformatory closed upon
him yesterday he merely sat down
in his cell and heard the lock click
in the same cool, business-like man.
ner with which he committed his
forgeries.
II he behaves himself he is elig-
ible for parole in eighteen months.
Therefore a man who got away
with more than $4,000 has to serve
but eighteen months: the question
as to whether or not crime Is really
profitable arises. This prison sem
tence Broughton figured on a long
time ago. the investigation dis
closed. He had an excellent record
before he was discharged from the
army without a cent in his pocket
and decided to take advantage Of
the unbusiness-like method of pay
ing Off army officers then in vogue.
High Type Criminal.
The invitation to lead a life of
crime appealed to his sporting
blood, Broughton said. and the ele-
ment of chance connected with 1t
did not scare him a particle.
He represents, Arth said, the
! highest type offs modern high
criminal. His type will eventually
be the greatest and most difficult
! problem that the police departments
and criminologists throughout the
country will have to deal with for
many years to come.
/ AS far as whisky is concerned,
| men of Broughton's type are far too
! smart, Arth stated, to let II interfere
with their business. The further
this type of criminal puts whisky
away from him, the harder he will
be to catch, because his head will
be clearer and his hand steadier by
his abstaining from this kind of in
spiration. .@
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
.UNCOVERS PLOT
TO SPREAD FLU
Ouija Board Fan Convinced
Germans Sifted Germs
Into Flour.
Lay OF bread, cake. cookies. rolls
and doughnuts. ladies and gents!

Lay OF bread, cake, cookies, rolls
and doughnuts, ladies and gents!
They contain flu ger-r-r-rms!
Mrs. H. L. Thurston OF Spokane.
Wash, has it straight from the
other side. via the ouija line. that
sitting flu germs into flour was one
of the ways Germany almost won
the war.
Doris Mcdonald" who controls
Mrs. Thurston's ouija board, kicks
through with the info. that the plot
was patched by a Herr Lapman, med
ical student of Berlin. He bred the
germs and brought them up in the
way they should go. according to
Doris"
Then. with the aid of his confed-
crates in the United States. he man
aged to distribute these germs in
flour.
The ouija just wrote it out" ex-
plains Mrs. Thurston.
Ware the half-baked flu germ
next time you grab a hunk o. the
staff O. life, pals.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
Mother Goose for French
Aim Of Fund Donations

American children's. pennies are
going to buy Mother Goose books,
fairy tales and rhymes for the poor
children of France and Belgium,
many of whom have not seen a book
of any kind in Ave years.
. A new fun1 has been started in
New York by the book committee of
the Art War Relief to which Amer
ican children are asked to con-
tribute. The money. promoters say,
will be used to open children's read
ing rooms in Paris, brussels and in
many other cities and small towns
throughout. the devastated sections
of Europe.
!. Mrs, John Lewis Griniths. chair
man Of the book committee, and
wife of the late consul to
London, will. deliver the money
gifts, when she goes to France in
May to open the first 'EtHeure JOY
euse." as the reading rooms will be
known.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
OLD MUSIC HAS
QUEER ORIGIN
Popular Songs Adapted to
Tunes with Unusual
Histories.

The music of the star Spangled
Banner" is that of an old English
drinking song titled ITO Anacreon
in Heaven" The tune was probably
written by DR.. Samuel Arnold about
1870. Francis- Scott Key. author of
the words. chose the music for his
verse. which was composed while he
was detained with the British fleet
in Chesapeake Bay during the bonn
bardment of Fort McHenry in 1914.
Hail Columbia" reverses the
usual order in that the music was
written before the words. The music
was a march in washington's honor,
composed In 1889 when he was in
augurated first President. Joseph
Hopkinson wrote the verses in 1873
for patriotic theatrical perform
ance. The music was composed by
a German named Roth. of Philadel-
phia.
Maryland. My Maryland" uses
the music of an old German student
song. 20, Tannenbaum." This song
had two sets Of verses, and was
sung during the Civil War, both
North and South; the southern ver-
sion was by James Ryder Randall.
The Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lic," Is said to have had lot Of
false history" woven about it. The
music was first a Sunday school
hymn, sung in South Carolina about
1856. Later 1t appeared in Methodist
hymnals as Say Brother, Will You
Meet Us?"
When the Civil War began North
ern soldiers sang 1t to doggerel
verses about the fate of John
Brown; not the John Brown of Os-
sawatomie, by the way. At the So
licitation Of DR.. James Freeman
Clark, Julia Ward Howe wrote the
verses now sung.
My Old Kentucky Home" and
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
Wins Fight of 26 Years
To Have Husband Freed

After being true TO her husband
and believing in his innocence dur
ing the twenty-slx years he spent
in prison. the wife Of James Newton
Hill. of Harrisburg, Pa, is to be re-
united with him. Hill has been
granted a pardon. The couple will
meet at the home of their daughter
in McKeesport. Pa.
In 1894 Hill was convicted of mur-
dering Rosa Retzler, a beautiful
Frenchwoman. He was sentenced
to be hanged. The sentence was
later commuted to life imprison-
ment.
At that time Hill was SO. His
wife was "a. Now the husband is
paled and grayed by prison life.
The wife Is old and bent with labor
in his behalf. for during the entire
time she worked increasingly for his
freedom.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
DAVIS GIVEN CREDIT
FOR GEDDES CHOICE

The appointment OF Sir Auckland
Geddes as British Ambassador to
the United States was inspired by
American Ambassador John w.
Davis, according to the Weekly Dis
patch, a London cable says:
While lunching with Lloyd George,
the story goes, Davis, hearing Ged-
des' name mentioned, said. why
don't you send us man like that?
He would suit the United States ad-
mirably?'
do you mean it?" said the Pre-
mier. Certainly" replied Davis,
Then it's settled-he shall CO." said
Lloyd George. f...
And so, the Dispatch concludes, he
is going.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
Mother Ready to, Do Her
Bit in Removing Tonsils

Upon examining a child. Miss Hat
tie Hurst. of Joliet, ILL.,. public school
nrrse, discovered the. little girls
tonsils should be removed. and. ac-
cordingly. sent a note home, exhort-
Ing Mary's mother TO have the Of
Tending organs taken out.
Mary returned with the informa-
ton:
please, Miss Hurst, mamma said
she would pull my tonsils after
school tonight like she did Johnnie's
a week ago. wher you told her, with
a buttonhook." s.-. -. .'g,
A medical guard was dispatched
TO safeguard the girl against any
informal operation.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
TAKES HENS ON SHIP
TO GET FRESH EGGS
1specinI Cable DispatchD

London. April 10.-Recently when
Gaby Deslys died 1t was stated she
used to take a coop of hens on
board ship to provide fresh eggs for
ner table when she crossed the At
lantic.
This recalls the fact that the
great South African statesman, Ce-
Gil Rhodes, used to do the same
thing on his frequent trips between
London and South Africa. Another
great South African millionaire was
asked why he did not do likewise.
"Why bother?" said he. Il just
tip the boatswain who looks after
Rhodes hens and / get the eggs"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
Love and Kisses Jokes
Barred on School Paper

, The newspaper published by the
Sacramento, Cal, High School is
now barred from printing jokes
about love and kisses. Dy a ruling
by Principal H. o. Williams.
He declared that Whine many ex-
cellent jokes have been Quilt around
these subjects, most of them he
considered "mush" or "soft-soap."
He also added that 1t was his opin-
ion that the students have their
minds on these subjects a great
deal without having 1t suggested
in the school periodical.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
5000 Car HauIs Garbage.

While the politicians run for
cover. municipal purity crusaders in
Peoria investigate the. Palace
Garbage Car" mystery. Somebody
bought with city money an S-cylin-
dered, $4,000 bus TO carry. refuse to
the city dump. RED" Smythe. erst-
while garbage king" says for the
first time he's being treated right
royal" -. ~ y {.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11

After several thousand years of
close association, crime and intoxi-
eating liquor have at last come to
the parting of the ways.
High class criminals are begin
ming to look on whisky and allied
liquors as their worst enemy and
are oven, in some cases actually en-
thused over prohibition.
This applies especially to forgers.
embezzlers and other kinds of crime
which, for their commission. re-
quire a cool head and a steady
hand. These men make crime
business and in many cases get
away with it," II they get caught
it is either because of their greed.
or they are betrayed by a woman
or a confederate.
This almost new type of criminal
came TO the attention of the Dis
trict Attorneys office in Washing
ton in the case of Walter w.
Broughton, a former army aviator
with a record for daring and brav-
cry in France, who was sent to the
penitentiary for four and a half
years by Justice Gould.
Broughton, who got away with
more than $4,000 in army pay
vouchers, was, according to Assis-
tant District Attorney Charles w.
Arth, who handled the investiga-
ton, one of the slickest, and most
cold blooded. business-like crimi-
nails ever hailed into court.
Victim OF Greed.
Neither whisky nor untamed
women were the cause of Brough-
4
been a free man today IL his greed
for more and more money hadn't
got the best of him, according to
Arth.
He had at one time a better
chance to make a getaway" than
any other criminal ever had in a
lifetime. but he forgot himself.
The investigation into Brough-
tons career, which began more
than year ago. at the age of %,
ried out in an extremely skillful
manner. He knew from his army
experience that it would take
months and even years to run
down some of his acts which he
committed as a result of inside in
formation he possessed concerning
the method of paying army Off
GERS.
He didn't even hesitate to call
on the Treasury Department to
cash pay vouchers running as high
as $4,000 at a time, because he
knew it would take months to find
out whether or not the vouchers
had been forged. He looked on his
acts in the same manner as
business man looks on a legitimate
transaction-coolly, and having no
doubt but what everything would
he all right.
Made Crime n business.
Broughton Stunned whisky as
any man would a rattlesnalke. He
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
COST OF DYING
TREBLES HERE
Price of Tombstones Scars
During Last Three Years,
Dealers Report.

The cost OF dying has kept pace
with the cost of living in the Dis
trict Tombstones have trebled In
price in the last three years. Fur
ther increases are predicted.
The cheapest granite stone that
can now be procured, the humble
marker, costs $50. This does NOT
Include the cost Of lettering, which
cost SO cents each. Marble. less in
favor. is cheaper. The lowest figure
at which ono can have a last rest
ing place marked with II is $40.
These figures are for the smallest
and simplest stones and show an in
crease of 100 per cent. More elab-
crate monuments have trebled in
price. Angels, harps and other
types of cemetery carving have ad-
vanced SO much that they are rarely
used.
The tendency in present day mon
uments is toward simple and una
dorned headstones. Footstones
are no longer used.
Reasons assigned for increases In
prices by local dealers are higher
wages and increased cost of mate
rails. Stone cutters receive 81 pei
day. This is twice what they re-
ceived thfee years ago. Prices were
advanced 25 per cent in January
and another increase of Is per cent
was effective March 1.
Only two Washington monument
dealers cut their stones here. Scores
of others do their work elsewhere.
The granite used here comes sfrom
Pennsylvania, Vermont and Massa-
chusetts. Granite from Virginia
quarries Is not popular here.
TO Va. send FIoWcYA
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
Light Seeps Into Chamber.

They have cleaned the Statehouse
ceiling at Columbus! 1t was washed
last in 1858. Workmen discovered
the ceiling was made OF glass. That
was unsuspected. Six inches of SCOT
was found covering IL. At last light
falls in the Senate chamber. Hoo
ray, hooray!
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
She Brave. Chilling Winds. :.

Toledo,-"Fresh' air never hurt
any one" says news columnist
here. Lady on the billboard down
there has been coming out of the
bath tub ali winter and hasn't had
flu yet!' a = n.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11

"Old Folks at Home. are the work.
both as to words and music, of Ste
phen c. Foster, the folk song genius
of our nation.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11

II You Send Flowers
let them be Gude's. known al
the best. 1914 F.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-03
For SaIe-Citv Prouertv

CLOSE To VACANT CORNER
Difficult TO find is a corner at the
promise Of this property-wthin easy
walking distance. Other corners high
ly improved This is one OF the few
opportunities open-suitah bic for bus
mess house, Apt site or Hotel-on .
car lines Price 100000
r. c HUMAN
f01 First Nat Bk- BlGE. Tel SIS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-03


SEE THESE BEFORE BUYING
s 5000 very fine 7-room bungalow,
Epson avenue, large garage,
steam heat, everything up 70
now, reason BILE cash pay
ment and balance TO suit.
550O-7-roofn modern home. Laurel
St. east front: $1,000 cash and
balance easy
f750-6-room modern house. 81 foot
front. Nevada ST.. $1,000 cash
and balance TO suit.
IO,OOO-7-room bungalow. Manhar-
tan Heights. "a perfect pic
ture house" completely fur
uished and extravagant style,
half cash and a bargain at
that
42JO-5-room bungalow. furnished,
Lebanon street, $1,000 cash.
balance per month.
3JOO-6-rOOm modern home. good
section. worth more money:
$1,000 cash. balance easy. per
month.
Ask for MAZE
NEWMAN INVESTMENT co.
100 san Antonio St Phone $50.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-03

FOR sALE-By owner. 8 room bungalow.
close in Phi 55o5-
WANTED TO TRADE-For well 10
Gated lots. a house on y. Virginia
street. 6 rooms. good condition Rents
at $1,000 per month.
SG25o-Beautiful home on Montana St.
rooms. sleeping porch, large garage,
interior good Dandy bargain
SG30O-A brand new home on Aurora
street. at a bargain. Has s rooms,
tile bath. furnace Terms good
W. C. PORTER REALTY CO.
2o1 Caples Bldg Phone 1922.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-03

ss5oO-s r. bath. large lot $3.50 cash,
balance monthly
sI1 300 r. large lots. south front. or
best street IN city. close On and q bargain
VIII take snail bungalow IN OF this, II
worth the money.
s90co-s T and e. ,. east front close IN
On ". Boulevard-
S7oo0--s p. Manhattan Heights, story
modern brick-
Sg50-s p. Eisssed-iu E. p. chicken
houses and COW shed
ss50O-i 2. breakfast room. slassed-in
D. D. hath- small payment
S45oo--5 3, g. D., close In. new. good
larEail-
Ss5oO-g ?. other bundinsE- This e q
bargain
LibsraI terms VIII be given O. any q
these.
TRI-sTATE COMMISSION co.
PEsle 1854
"a Trust Building.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-03
HOMES.

HOMES.
$500 room bungalow with
glazed sleeping porch, base
ment, registers IN, south
front. well located. Just off
Piedras St, near Manhattan
Heights
S35O0-5 room bungalow,
south front, 2 lots, garage:
only $500 cash balance
monthly
S6OoO-5 rooms and breakfast
room. Manhattan Heights: hot
air furnace, living room
across entire front OF house.
oak floors throughout, enamel
finish
SSJ0o-2 story. z rooms.
large bedrooms, furnace,
double garage hardwood
floors fairly close In.
FISK RAMSEY REALTY co.
Phone 1913. New Trust Bldg.