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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21

This was the message sent to the
outside world today by Leon Trotzky.
peoples commissar for war. TrotZky
has Just returned from south Russia,
" where he directed military operations
on the Crimean front. He says that
Russia is not making any prepara-
tions for future fighting. All the
energies OF the Soviet. he said, are
now being turned toward the economic
upbuilding of the country.
(Note-According TO press dis
patches from Constantinople, Soviet
Russia has embarked on a new war
in Persia, using troops that crushed
General WrangeFs anti-Bolshevik
army. Constantinoplc reported that
the Russian Reds had invaded
northwestern Persia and were ad-
vancing on Tabriz, overcoming all
oppostion)
Seated in his office in the building
of the supreme revolutionary war
council, Trotzky dictated the follow
ing statement:
HAVE NO ACTIVE FRONTS.
las to the situation on the fronts.
I may say that at this moment We
have no active fronts. In the south
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
L0NGWORTH URGES
HIGH TARIFF BARS
Tells House American People
Have Favored Protection by
Tremendous Majority.

Characterizing the Underwood tariff
law as gc-podge containing some
of the worst features of free trade
and tariff for revenue, Representative
Nicholas Dongworth OF Ohio today
declared during n speech In the House
that the American people by a tre-
menSo"s majority have commanded
the Republican party to originate
new revenue laws based on protec-
ton at the earliest possible moment.
Revision of the tariff, Longworth
said, should not interfere with the
immediate revision of the internal
revenue laws for the purpose OF more
Justly distributing the burdens OF
taxation, which today arc throttling
business and adding directly to the
cost that the consumer must pay for
the necessities OF life"
Longworth. said that the difficulties
of framing tariff legislation arose
from its relation to the government
revenues. of accurately determining
costs OF production at home and
abroad, and what consideration ought
To be paid or discrimination made in
favor OF our allies. not only in view
Of our close relationship with In m
on account OF our cooperation during
the war, but also having In mind the
immense amount OF money they owe
us, both In payment for our enor-
nous exports in recent years and OF
the loans we have advanced, now
aggregating nearly $4,000, ,OOO, 600"
The question Of how Europe is go
irg to pay the United states close to
S1i, 900, 600, 600 which she owes must
be considered In framing the tariff,
said Longworth.
president Wilson proposes that
VIC take down all tarifr bars" said
Longworth. Against such n policy
tho American people have recorded
themselves
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
POLICE HAVE NO CLUE TO
men WHO STOLE $4,000

TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 21.--Thc police
today were without a single clue in
their search for the robbers who late
yesterday afternoon held up en-
ployes of the American Express Com
pany here and escaped with n safe
containing $4,000. 1t was ono OF the
boldest robberies in the history Of
the city.
As the employees of the company
were about to place the safe on n
truck in the rear Of tho company's
office, the fve bandits, armed with
shotguns, appeared and drove them
back into the building. The bandits
loaded the safe into an automobile
and disappeared
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
WANT REPEAL OF TAXES
ON CARBONATED WATER

Repeal Of the 10 per cent tax on
fruit juices. carbonated waters and
other soft drinks was urged before
the House ways and Means Commit
tee today by former Senator Thomas
w. Hardwick and Ellis Johnson, OF
Georgia. representatives OF the As
sociation OF Bottlers OF Carbonated
Waters. o.
Hardwick said that the tax cannot
he absorbed by manufacturers, and
must be passed along to the consum-
er. For this reason II has curtailed
the Industry and threatens to destroy
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
OTTO KAHN ADVOCATES
GROSS TAXES ON SALES

Normal flow OF capital can only
come through business or by direction
of the state. and taxes must be paid
in cash, Otto II. Kahn, banker. OF
New York, declared today in advo-
eating a gross sales tax before the
House Ways and Means Committee.
Kahn said there has been an in
tolerable strain on business in the
past year with resultant harm to
business and agriculture. This strain
has been as severe since the war as
during the war, Kahn said.
I'VE have to retracc our steps and
establish a fairer system OF taxation
with tenderness for all the people"
he said. II am sorry to say the ex-
cess profits tax must go because it
should be a fair tax" Kahn con.
Cluded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
RUSH MEN TO HELP
T|PPERARY FORCES
British Send Re- -enforCements to
Troops Fighting Against
Sim FeinerS.

LONDON, Dec. 21.-Fifteep civil
ians and one sergeant of the black
and TINS were killed and another
wounded in violent battle be-
tween militar, md civilians mt
nine house. in county TIP
pernry, according to dispatch
from Kilkenny. Heavy firing was
heard along eight miles of the
countr, rond where the battle was
fought.
DUBLIN, Dec. 21.--Troop rein
forcements were today rushed to the
mountains of Tipperary, where
eighteen persons were killed and
many were wounded in a pitched
battle between soldiers and Sim
FeinerS.
A detachment OF British troops was
near Mullinahone. The hre
of the attackers was returned, and
soon an engagement was raging, with
the combatants shooting from behind
trees and boulders. 1t was like bat.
tie between Indians and Colonists in
the early days OF America.
According to latest accounts from
the scene, the Sim Fciners lost ten
killed. forty prisoners and many
wounded.
The casualties Of the crown focccs
were eight killed and few wounded.
The first accounts OF the fighting
received here were vague. They said
that battle of magnitude was
raging and that indications were that
the casualties would he heavy. The
scene was said to be IAN inaccessible
mountain fastness.'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-A MUIR
der mystery involving beautiful
woman was added to New York S
crime wave today.
The woman, who was about thirty
years of age and dressed in deep
mourning, was found on a lonely
stretch of sand at Long Beach. She
had been shot through the right eye
BODY BROUGHT TO BEACH.
The police believe she was murder
ed elsewhere and her body was car
ried to tho beach.
There were no marks of struggle
around the body. No revolver was
found. Two men searching the
beach for frost fish stumbled upon
the body by accident They report
ed TO the police at oncs. Coroner
Neu, of Lynbrook, conducted an au-
topsy this morning.
Detectives learned coast guard
had passed the spot where the body
was found fifteen minutes before the
two fishermen made their tragic dis
covery. This Indicated the body had
been deposited on the sand between
the time the coast guard passed and
the fishermen appeared.
The woman had the appearance OF
wealth, refinement. and education.
Her clothing was expensive and bore
the imprint of Pcrle Heller, a fash
ionable New York modiste. Her hat
had been imported from Paris Her
underclothcs were silk.
There was a handbag near the
body. but il contained no cards or
anything else to identify the woman.
There was a gale blowing on the
coast during the night. and IL was
pointed out by tho police 1t would
have been impossible for the sound
of shots to he heard any distance
away because of the high wind.
CURFEw IN EFFECT.
Police Commissioner Enrights cur
few order went into effect last night.
A number Of belatcd passers-by were
stopped and searched by policemen
in unfrequcnted streets after mid
night. Some were found to be car
ryinE revolvers, which they explain
ed were for self-protection.
Borough President Curran said no
would introduce resolution at a
meeting OF the board of estimate
today asking the state legislature
to investigate the present municipal
administration, especially the police
branch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
HARDING GOING TO
FLORIDA ANJANUARY
Will Spend Several Weeks on
Houseboat as Senator FIRE.
Iinghuysen's Guest.

The President elect and Mrs. Hard
ing will spend the coolest weeks of
the winter in Florida leaving early in
the New Year and not returning until
shortly before March 4 according to
information obtained here today.
The Hardings will be the guests of
Senator and Mrs. Frelinghuysen OF
New Jersey on their houseboat The
craft is now being overhauled here in
the Potomac and will be sent to the
Florida district in time to pick up the
party there in January.
Many of the famous Florida resorts
will be visited particularly those af-
fording good golf courses. Some
hunting in the Everglades also is in
prospect the Senator's friends here
said today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
By SAM BLAIR,

Correspondent Herald -ExamiRer and Uni
versal Service.
CopSr;sSs, SSyis, is:S. 1885, 3 y % SSic.so Ss Hers;d-
All Rights Reserved: Reproduction Fro
hibited. .
Ell PASO, Tex, Dec. 21.-Not all
of the story Clara Smith Hamon
told me Saturday night in the public
park in Chihuahua, Mexico, had to
do with. the commingling Of violence
and bestiality that ciimaxed the
night of November II in an Ardmore
hotel in the fatal shooting of Jake
l.. Hamon, financial and political
dictator of Oklahoma and northern
Texas.
TRACE OF REGRET.
There was a trace OF wistful regret
in the story, an occasional touch OF
pride in looking back upon the past
now and then a bit of reminiscence
that was gently happy.
DO you remember 'Sentime ntsl
Tommy and Tommy's brutal father,
the Masterful NAM" she asked me.
"Wcll, he (Hamon) was just like that
"A masterful man." She went on:
"He dominated me from the first
time l ever looked into his eyes and
noted the strange CLINT in them.
81 was soventeen-worked be-
hind the counter in a little L.awton,
Okla, store.
"He got to coming in quite con-
stantly; would not allow anyone to
wait on him but me.
Sometimes I think that girls are
provided with a wonderful instinct
planted in their beings by God. This
instinct ought to guide them. II
ought to have continued to guide
me as it did at first.
"For / hated him In those Arst
mectings-bated him Just as I got to
CONTINUED on Page ., Column 3D.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
TEN W0RKMEN INJURED
BY CAVE-IN OF FURNACE

GARY. Ind, Dec. 2l.--Ten work.
men were injured today when an
open hearth furnace in the Illinois
Steel Company's works here, in
which they were working, caved in
and buried them in the debris.
First reports to the police stated
that twenty-five or thirty men had
been buried alive and that several
had been Killed outright, but com
rany officials later announced that
none had been seriously injured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
U. s. sues JOHN D. FOR
$292,67S TAX ON
INCOME

NEW YORK. Dec. 2l.-Thc Gov
ernment brought an income tax suit
yesterday against John ID. Rookie
feller for S2O2 GTSTS, with n penalty
OF 3 per cent and interest at l per
cent from June 30, 1910.
The complaint, filed by Assistant
Federal Attorney Holmes, alleges
that Mr.. Rockefeller's income tax re-
turn. filed March IS. 1916, was "in-
correct. misleading and false, IN
that, among other items. defendant
failed to include as part OF his prof
its and income for 1918 any part OF
b010i shares OF tho capital stock Of
the Illinois Pipe Line Company, or
6T.176 shares OF the capital stock Of
the Prairie Pipe Line Company. or
the value Of these sharaA"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
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DEFEATED SENATOR TO
GET BOUNDARIES JOB

President Wilson will appoint
Senator Mark Smith, Democrat, OF
Arizona, to tho International Joint
on Canadian boundaries
to succeed r. r. Glenn, of North Caro-
lima. 1t was learned at the White
House today.
Senator Smith was defeated for re.
clec ton this fall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
YeqqS Crack P. O. Safe.

NOROTON HEIGHTS, Conn. Dec.
2l.--The postoffce here was entered
by yepgs today. the sofe blown oncn,
and 5000 in cash taken. An automc.
bile was heard starting about block
away. indicating that the robbcrs
escaped in that manner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
! MADE JAKE
CLARACLA|N|S
Inspired Oil King to Win Sue
cess, Asserts Woman
Who Slew Him.
KEPT HAMON IN "GAME"
Affinity of "MastertuI Man.
Tells How He Got Full Con-
troll of Her Life.

Cnra Barton Smith HamOn, ai-
finity and alleged slayer Of Jake l..
Hanlon, Oklahoma oil king and poll
tician, Vas found IN Chihuahua city,
Merico, by Sam Blair, staff CORE
spondent of the Chicago Herdld and
Examiner, Hearst newspaper. To
him she told the story of her life
Nth Han,On, the fatal shooting and
her flight. This story ,Uas publish
ed yesterday in The Washington
Times. The follo,oing is continue.
tiom of the story: ,...
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
JOBHUNTERS
MARION
Cry OF Gimme" Is Heard Above
Deep Discussion of Interna-
tionaI Situation.
BY JACK ROYLE.
International News Service.

MARION, Ohio, Dec. 21.-Appli-
cants to the right of him, applicants
to the left of him, volleyed and thun-
dered. Even above the deep and i'm
portant discussions on the interna-
tional situation now in progress, the
war cry of the job-seeker, "Gimme," "
resounds about President-elect Hard
ing's headquarters.
DAYS ARE CROWDED.
Despite that undercurrent OF inter
ruptions, the conferences on interna-
tional and domestic policy are being
pushed forward toward conclusion
with tho utmost speed. Senator Hard
ing's days are full from breakfast
time until long. after dark in an CT
fort to talk with as many leaders as
possible before tho holiday season is
concluded.
The conversion OF Senator Joh n
Shields OF Tennessee, bitter Democr attic
opponent OF the League OF Nations and
treaty of Versailles. to the Harding
plan for an international tribunal
confirmed by Senator Shields state
ment late yesterday. is regarded at
Harding headquarters as q distinct
victory for the proposal.
Gen. Charles G. Dawes. regarded by
many as possibility for Secretary
OF the Treasury, advocated to Senator
Harding a plan for using a trade
body, such as the War Trade Board.
as a weapon OF ofrense and defense
in International relations, it became
known today.
SPAIN AS EXAMPLE.
lie pointed out, II is said. the effect
produced on Spain at the time Cen
eral Dawes was in charge Of pur-
chases for the allies during the war.
The War Trade Board, he said, an
nounced that no further shipments
OF material to Spain might be expect
cd until Spanish mules. urgently
needed at the Flanders front, were
delivered. Such delivery followed
within five days, Gen. Dawes said.
Mrs. Harding is expected to leave
for New York shortly after Christ
mas for the fnal fittings for the
gowns she Will wear at the inauEura.
tion and the ceremonies which follow
1t. 1t is not expected that she will
again be within reach of the metro
politan shopping district until after
she becomes first lady of the lady.
Gov Edward Morrow, OF Kentucky,
conferred with senator Harding to-
day. Senator Miles poindoxter also
discussed international and domestic
plans with the Prcsident-elect.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
PLANE SENT TO FIND
LOST BALLO0NISTS
FALLS AFLAME

ALBANY, n. Y. Dec. 2l.--Lieut.
F. b Johnson's airplane, one OF the
two sent from the Rockaway naval
station to search the Adirondscks
woods for the three missinE naval
balioonists, was burned up here
this morning. Lieutenant johnson
and his helper are uninjured. The
machine developed engine trouble
and came down aflame.
NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-Despite
the fact that more than a week
has elapsed since word was re-
ceived from Lieut.. Walter Hinton,
stephen a. Farrell, and Louis A.
Eloor, jr, who left Rockaway
Point in a naval balloon bound for
Canada, officers at the naval sta
ton there today expressed hope
that the three missing men may be
safe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
Burns to Death at PRAYER.

DURHAM, N. c., Dec. 2l.-Miss Net
tie Blackler was fatally burned while
praying before an open CRATE frc.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
Xmas to Mark First
Real Peace in Russia,
Trotzky Tells World
BY LOUISE BRYANT.
International News Service.

Copyright, 1920 by International News ser'lce)
MOSCOW, by wireless to Berlin, Dec. 2l-Soviet Rus
a will have its first peace Christmas this year since the
creation Of the Soviet form of government
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
IRISH WITNESS GAGGED" BY U. s. OFFICIAL

L UCILLE VERNOFF, alias
Ruth Jones' . charming
nineteen-year-old girl who Is
being sought by the police of
many cities. The Chicago po-
lice sllege the girl is leader of
a band of burglars responsible
for robberies totalinR 100000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21

NEW YORK. Dec. 2I.-ThouGh
coapleteiy nyst,hed rs 20 the s~as-
ser 81 Der death. palise +heIteYeA st
noon today thsy had tdeatined the
body Of the fsshiOnably dressed
woman found on the sands Of Long
Beach last night as that Of Mrs.
John 4. Lee. widow of . prominent
physician of Brooklyn. DIR. Lee.
who was head OF the Kings County
Medical society, died about ak
expert.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
IEUT. WALTER HINTON

IEUT. WALTER HINTON
and two companions have
been missing since December
IS. when they left the Rocka-
way naval air station on an
experimental trip in big
service balloon which has van
ished. His companions are
Lieuts. Stephen Farrell and
l.. A. kloor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-21
FIRST WITNESS or DAY.

Mrs. Robinson, the first witness OF
the day. said she and Mrs Wilkinson
came to this country to appear be-
fore the commission to tell OF IN,
investigation In Ireland made by the
British Branch Of the Women's Inter.
national.
In discussing tho British opinion
(Continucd on Rage 2, Column T.,
The New York herald., 1920-12-27
PARAGUAY SEPARATED
PACT FROM COVENANT
So Instructed Delegates to
Geneva Assembly.

BUEHos AIRES, Dec. 26.-Instructions
received by the Paraguayan delegates
to the assembly of the League Of Ma
tions prior to their departure for Geneva
established distinction between the
attitude of their Government toward
the Versailles treaty and toward the
covenant of the League of Nations. says
"A despatch from the Ascuncion corre-
spondent. of La Ndcioi.
The Paraguayan delegation. which
was the only one to vote with Argentina
on the subject of the amendments 10
the league covenant offered by that
country. is declared by the report to
have been instructed that the assent OF
Paraguay to the Versailles treaty would
only contemplate that part Of the treaty
constituting the pact Of the league and
foreign to the peace treaty. 20 which
latter the country cannot subscribe
either as a belligerent or as a party
affected by the great war. with regard
TO which II maintained neutrality.
The instructions given the delegates
are said TO have characterized the ap-
preaching meeting Of the assembly rs
In certain manner OF purely Euro
pean character. from an international
viewpoint. In this respect the repre-
sentatives were instructed that in mat
ters outside of American interests they
should support such nations of the Com
tinent as they might consider IL in their
interest TO support and whose tendencies
In their Judgment. would satisfy In
the best manner the principles OF Jus
tice and equity" and give the a5sur-
ances of international peace which the
League OF Nations established rs the
essential purposes of its constitution.
The New York herald., 1920-12-27
MOSCOW SENDS FOOD
TO STARVING ARMENIA
BoIsheuist Troops Glue Up
Bread Ration for Cause.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Dec. "a tdelayed) -
Dispatches from Armenia depict the
situation there under the Soviet regime
as lamentable. owing to the shortage of
food. Eighty carloads of grain have
been sent to Erivan. the capital. by the
Moscow Government
The Eleventh Bolshevist army went
without a bread ration so that it might
be given the workers and peasants of
Soviet Armenia. the dispatches say
ANGoRA. Asiatic Turkey, Dec. "a ode
layed) Capt. Ernest Yarrow. Director
General OF American Near East Relief in
Transcaucasia, has addressed message
10 the Turkish military commander on
the eastern front, appealing for protec-
ton against the Bolsheyiki for the Near
East Relief workers. The message says :
owing to the impossibilty of the
Near East committee workers continu-
ing relief work in Alexandropol. | re-
quest YOU, on behalf of the committee, 10
offer them the protection of the Turkish
Government and nation agains; the
Bolshcviki. and also the evacuation or
their supplies and medical comforts 10
Kars."
This message appeared in the press or
Angora to-day with the headline Amer
leans soliciting protection from Turks.
The New York herald., 1920-12-27
b. TIC Associated Press.

ATHENS. Dec. 26,-Constantine assem-
bled his family for Christmas dinner
yesterday, although the Greek Christ
mas occurs thirteen days later. The
foreigners in Athens celebrated the day,
but otherwise the only sign Of Christ
mas was evergreen branches carried at
the mastheads OF the American destroy
ers anchored off Phaleron, four miles
from Athens and off the Trachili prom
ontory Constantine during the after
noon strolled In the gardens about his
castle and received dozens OF visitors.
The exchange rate is steady and Is
being supported by the Government.
The refusal Of Admiral Kelly. head OF
the British naval mission here, to ac-
cept the Grand Gordon Of the Royal
Order of the Saviour Is discouraging
those who were sure Of change in the
British attitude because Of the need OF
the Greek army in Asia Minor. The
Greeks are adopting a wait and see
policy. declaring for the Allies and
against Germany. A man who shouted.
Long live the King and the Kaiser
was beaten and locked up to-day.
Jugo-Slavia has announced that before
renewing her alliance with Greece she
will wait until the Allies have declared
their policy.
The seals were broken on the apart
ments Of the late King Alexander to-
day. Queen Sophie, Nine Manos (king
Alexanders widow and an officer or the
Ministry of Justice were present.
The New York herald., 1920-12-27
BLUEBEARD WILL BE
TRIED FOR III MURDERS
Frenchman Defies Court to
Proue Him Guilty.

PARIS, Dec. 26.-Contrary to general
expectation it seems that Henri Landru,
whom the police call the Gambais Blue
beard, is after all to be tried on the
charge that he murdered his eleven
fiancees and will not be let off with the
five years sentence and subsequent de-
portation to Devils Island, which he has
already received for swindling.
Landru has appealed TO the Court of
Cessation against the sentence for
swindling Judge BONN told him the
appeal would delay his trial for murder
and thus deprive him of chance to
prove his innocence before next March.
II am in no hurry" responded Landru.
whose dry wit has made him a hard
customer for the judge. by the way,
just to set matters right l have not the
slightest desire to prove my innocence :;
I understand it is up to you to prove my
guilt"
"All right" replied the judge. post
poned until the March Assizes."
- II should worry" Landru retorted as
a parting shot. "My alleged victims,
myself or you will have died of old age
before the Assizes have seen any one
of us"