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The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
"SetDJense from Cremation, % Pleads
Husband Who Breaks Bottle Over Head
Of Angy Better Halt; Case Dismissed

Many a husband has pleaded self
defense after he has marred his
wife's countenance with a fatiron,
brick or a bottle, but the first one
to make any headway with a plea
did so yesterday in Police Court
and was given his freedom so quick
it almost dazed him.
John Hall, colored. was the man.
He was arrested Sunday after he
had broken a quart bottle over the
head of Josephine Hall, his better
half. during an argument.
Just two seconds before the bot
tie broke in a thousand pieces over
the woman's head she had struck
match. it was alleged, with the
intention of setting her husband on
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
MAYOR OF CORK HELD
GUILTY OF SEDITION

Dublin, Aug. 16.-Terrence Nc
Sweeney. lord mayor of Cork. was
found guilty OF sedition today. SEN
tence was postponed McSwecney
had challenged the authority OF the
court. saying that the only lawful
courts in Ireland were those of the
Irish republic.
Mr.. McSweeney, with ten others,
was arrested in a military raid. 1t
was stated when the arrests were
made that the government believed
it had captured the leaders of the
Republican brotherhood.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
AID TO EUROPE
HARDING'S AIM
Policy Abroad Need Not
Be Aloof, Says the
Nominee.

Marion, O.. Aug. IA complete
change in the foreign policy of the
United States was promised today
by Senator Warren G.. Harding, the
Republican nominee. if his party is
successful in the November cleo
tion. I think the Republican party
will expect at the hands of a Re
publican administration very sweep
ing changes in our foreign policy"
said Senator Harding.
The candidate said the attempt
to force Americas joining the
League of. Nations will be discon-
tinued if We are victorious at the
polls"
Although Senator Harding stated
in his formal speech of acceptance
that he did not approve of the
United States joining the League,
his expressions today were broader.
and indicated that il he is elected.
he will insist upon a policy Of
American integrity, with a careful
avoidance of any foreign entan-
elements. This would not necessi-
tate our remaining aloof from the
rest of the world. he said, or of
our refusing to aid in cases of ma
tional disaster or suffering else
where.
The nominee refused to discuss
the possibility of America becoming
involved if the recently announced
plans Of the Bolsheviki to subju-
gate Eastern Europe were success
full.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
Suffrage Report Today Fauorable,
Committee Voting Eight to Ten
For Ratification at Stormy Session

Nashville, Aug. l6.-The equal
Guffrage amendment will be favor
ably reported TO the house tomor-
low. The house committee on con-
stitutionaI amendments voted eight
to ten tonight for a favorable re-
rort after brief but stormy ses-
son. After the decision Of the
committee was announced, suffrage
leaders said they were confident OF
winning the battle on the floor of
the house.
Seth NJ. Walker, speaker of the
house, sat n the committee meet
ing and led the opposition but did
not vote.
Gov. Roberts tonight received an
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17

BY MAILPLANE
Robert Gautier, French
man, F alls Amid Flames
In Crash With Wires.

As his mechanics and brother pi-
lots OF the Air Service on College
Park Field were signaling him a
final farewell before he turned his
plane into the wind toward New
York on an air mail run. Robert
Gautier. 23-year-oId French-Amer-
ican pilot. caught the landing gear
Of his machine in the wires of the
College Park radio sntennae, and
the ship crashed to earth in a
blaze
Gautier was badly burned about
the head and chest before he could
loosen his life belt and crawl from
the wreckage. His condition at the
Emergency Hospital last night was
reported critical.
Gautier saw active French air
service during the war having won
several medals for his daring work.
He came to this country February
!. and since February 20 has been
in this city. He had planned to
enter business. but the ali called
him and he entered the New York
Washington mail service few
weeks ago.
The young Fronchman lived at
s2l E street northwest until he
took up quarters at College Park.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17

They comes and goes. 4 good
proportion of my dodgers is con-
nected with the theatcrs. Yes, sir
this is the theatrical district. Ac-
tor people never stays long any
where. l get my share. Yes, they
comes and they goes"
He engaged the room. paying
for a week in advance. He was
tired. he said, and would take pos
session at once. He counted out
the money. The room had been
made ready, she said, even to
towels and water AS the house
keeper moved away he put. for
the thousandth time. the question
that he carried at the end Of his
tongue.
"A young girl-Miss FasRper-
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17

fire, having previously drenched him
with kerosene.
The argument took place after
Coleman had taken an unusually
long time to run an errand for his
wife. She upbraided him, he said.
and then threw kerosene on him.
Just as she was about to strike the
match Coleman seized the bottle
and knocked her unconscious.
The woman admitted throwing
the kerosene and told the court she
intended setting her husband afire,
but he was too quick for her, and,
according to her own expression,
he got to work on me with the
bottle"
Judge Hardison dismissed the
case.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
MILLION MEN NEEDED
TURN BACK REDS

It is estimated by high army
staff officers that IL would require
a million men operating from the
Black Sea up through Russia TO
cause the Russian armies in Poland
to turn back.
IT was also stated by one army
authority that any kind Of cam
psign against Russia through Po-
land would necessitate the trans
portatiOn OF at least one million
men through Dsnzig. These OFF
GERS say that only the United States
could provide such an army and
set il into Poland
1t is doubted Eravely 10y stan
/ officers that while German ques-
tions remain unsettled France has
any intention Of sending troops out
/ Of France.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
public Ledger Seryice.)

Fuoiic Ledger SerVlce.l
The United States is not entirely
satisfied with Frances reply to the
Polish note.
over Frances condemnati ton of
Bolshevism and her refusal to traf-
PC with the Lenine regime we are
unreservedly gratified. But her
reticence on the basic feature of our
note-a demand for a solemn dec
laration that Russia shall not be
disme mb bered-is reg" rded in Wash
ington a highly unfortunate omis-
sion.
The United States. on that car
dinal point, does not find that
France has gone much beyond Great
Britain. The suave note which NJ.
Millerand has dispatched to Wash
ington, felicitating the United
States on its vigorous lead to the
world against the Red menace,
lodges the main issue, in our gov
ernment's opinion, just as Lloyd
George side-stepped it
Other Powers May Act.
So far no power except France
has replied to our proposal for "a
declaration" Neither Great Britain,
Italy nor Japan has been heard from
l have reason to foreshadow tina,
the United States will not sit by and
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
District Police Assign Motor-cop
To Patrol the Speedway "Point;
Claim LoUers CongeSt BouleOdrd

handling the traffic been a source or
worry.
Automobiles soon become a hope
lessly tangled mass when A tie-up
occurs as has been showed on num-
erous occasions lately. Police sta
toned at advantage points about
the Speedway have done much to
expedite the traffic at especially bad
spots, such as those near the Navy
buildings where four park police
are kept busy directing traffic on
Sundays.
In a further effort TO reduce 10 a
minimum. accidents on the Speed
way. one-wsy streets have been
designated and signs posted calling
attention to the fact.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
Bu O. HENRY

audiences Of thcstcrs from all
star casts down to music halls 50
low he dreaded to lind what ho
most hoped for. He who had
loved her best had tried to hnd
her. VIC was sure that since her
disappearance from homo thus
great. water-girt city held her
somewhere. hut II was like
monstrous quicksand. shifting its
particles constantly, with no
foundation. its upper Granules Of
today buried tomorrow in ooze
and slime.
The furnished room received It's
latest guest with q FIRST glow Of
pseudo hospitality. a hectic. hsE-
gard. peffunctory welcome like
CONTINUED on PAGE sEVEA
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
REDS
|. IGNORE DEBT
0WEDFRANCE
viii Not Pay 3O-Billlon-
Franc Obligation Incurred
By Cars Regime.
ATTACK WILSON NOTE
"Deteriorated Edition OF
Fourteen Points Red
Emissary Declares.
ATTACK WILSON NOTE
BY KARL III. Won wIEGAND.
(unvers.l Service staH Correspondent')
CspeciaI Cable Dispatch.b

Berlin. Aug. 16. - Soviet Russia
will not pay the thirty-billion-franc
debt Czaristic Russia owed to
France.
Soviet. Russia is ready to make
public amends to Germany for the
murder. of Count Mirbach. the Ger
man Ambassador to Moscow in 1918.
There is no secret treaty between
Germany and Russia.
The authority for the above is
Wigdor kopp, the Soviet emissary
to Berlin. who has returned here
from a visit to Moscow with greatly
enlarged powers.
In an interview with me, he char
acterized President Wilson's note
relative to Soviet Russia a de-
Perforated edition of the fourteen
points.
The father Of the fourteen
points" he continued, who has re-
Gently shown the world what a con-
tradiCtion there can be between
words and deeds. il just the man
to reproaCh US for what he declares
to be a contradiction between our
words and acts"
styles French stupid.
Despite all its many moral
phrases" he continued. 1t seems TO
US that the present administration
is the most reactiOnary government
the American people have had in
decades. and the French government
seems the most stupid
one thing is certain" he said,
discussing the proposed peace with
I Poland. the French can stand on
their heads and the English can do
what they please, but it will not
I d!ssuade us from disarming i'm
perialistic Poland so that Poland
will not attack US again"
Then l asked him what Russia
thought Of the recognition Of the
ntiBolshcvik Gen. Wrangel by
France.
France is simply forcing US TO
conduct another war against Gen.
WrangeI." he said. And there can
be no doubt about his fate. 1t will
be the same as that Of Udenitch and
Denekin. The question Of Russian
debt to France can now be regarded
as settled. 1t cannot come up for
! consideration again. The action of
France relieves the Soviet govern
ment from assuming the debt.
Denies secret Pact.
The persistent reports that there
: is d secret agreement between So
Wet Russia and Germany can only
/ be asCribed to the French as a
means of yelling their intentions TO
! seize more German territory.
He told me that the Soviet gov
ernment was arranging to make
, a IN Tarpn4nN h. d. y
! of Count Mirbach. MirbaCh. he
said. was not the victim OF the So
I Wet government but OF counter
| revolutionary movement. What its
form is to be has not been deter
! mined. 1t may be the firing of a
] formal salute or the placing of a
wreath on the slain ambassador 5
grave.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
.PENROSE MAY STUMP
TWO STATES FOR O.P.

Philadelphia. Aug Ex-senator
Penrose will take the stump for the
Harding Coolidge ticket and deliver
addresses in this State and in New
York. The Senator's trends consider
him well enough to make short ad-
dresses.
The Senator will confer tomorrow
with Thomas w. Miller. director Of
the G. o. ?. speakers bureau in New
York.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
HOMES.

There are four modest homes
advertised in The Herald today
on the classified page. They
range in price from $3.50 to
$500 and can be bought on
terms. Here is an opportunity
worth looking into. Turn to the
classified page and read full de-
tails.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
ind Universal Scrice.D
CBy London Daily EXPIRES. md

Warsaw, Aug I5A Red patrol actually
day at point south of Thorn and north barge
captured from the Poles The patrol had
Railroad line when Polish cavalry, spot drove the
invaders back the situation looked
defense positions
While the fighting for the railroad srnnored
cars made sore from Plonk and detac
OF Red cavalry The fled leaving tbrtvto dad
wounded prisoners.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
Reds Reach stanisIava.


Early in the day the Red in
fantry. their way prepared by =
heavy artillery fire. penetrated A.
far as Stanislawa. eight and a hsIr
miles from the capital. and again
the situation was acute. A Polish
division counter attacked and
forced the Russians back 10
their original position and also re-
captured Radzymin. which has now
changed hands I'VE times. The
hghting along other sections OF tn.
battle line around the city has been
fierce and continuous and with VA
rying advantages.
From the northeast TO the north
west it now seems that the Poles
are gaining a mastery OF the situa-
ton
Capital Not Safe.
1t is too early to say that the
capital is out Of danger. The key
to the situation seems TO be tn.
Nistula River. II the Reds can cross
1t in substantial numbers, the out
look will be gloomy indeed. In the
hghting on the outside defense lin.
the attackers suffered heavy losses
this morning. Their best troopt
were used in this attack in mass
formation.
The Warsaw comnandant has pro
claimed that all citizens found
guilty OF profteerinE will be shot.
Prisoners from the nearby scenes
OF action are being marched toward
the rear in a succession Of small
groups None Of them is shsvcn
and most are only half clothed.
The Warsaw Gazette, in a fes-
tured editorial, says Poland no long
er locks to England. but 10 France
and America for aid.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
BIGGEST SHIP
DEALIN WORLD
ISANNOUNCED
Agreement Reached Be
tween Hamburg-Ameri-
can and u. S. Lines.
HEADED BY HARTMAN
Complete Facilities Of One
Company Are Turned
Over to Other.
(By Universal servicc.D

The formation of reciprocal
agreement between the Hamburg
American Steamship Line and the
American Ship and Commerce Cor
poration of which Averill Hartman,
of New York, is head, was announced
by the Shipping Board yesterday.
This records the biggest deal in the
history of world shipping.
All trade routes, docks, terminals
and other facilities controlled by the
German company which practically
enCircles the globe are placed at the
disposal of the American company.
II will make similar arrangements
Ior commerce carried on by Ham
burg American vessels to the United
States. The trade routes controlled
by the Hamburg American Company
were the most extensive in existence
before the war.
Plan Further Combine.
1t was learned also that working
arrangement about to be formulated
between the North German Lloyd
steamship Line and the United States
Mail Steamship Company will give to
the American concern all the. facili-
ties of the Hamburg American S
greatest competitor.
The Hamburg American deal
makes w. Averill Hartman one of
the most powerful figures in the
shipping industry. In fact, his op-
erations in that line bid fair to rival
those of his father, the late Z. H.
Hartman, in the railway world.
The American Ship and Commerce
Corporation is a holding concern for
several big combinations of mari
time capital 1t has controlling in
terest in Livermore, Dearborn Com
pany, recently transformed into the
United Transportation Company. and
owns also the Chester Shipbuilding
Company, Cramps Shipyards, Shaw
NUT Steamship Company and the
Kerr Navigation Company.
Shipping Board Advises.
Ships owned by the America n
Ship and Commerce Corporation are
operated by. the United American n
Lines incorporated, which also op-
crates the American Hawaiian
steamship Company and a large
number Of ships owned by the Unit
ed States Shipping Board
The interest of the Shipping Board
in bringing about the deal between
the American and the German COM
panies was merely advisory.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
CITY REVOLTS
AND SETS UP SOVIET RULE

London Aug I6-Following revolution Soviet republic
up Dronthn Norway Soviet government
wireless from Moscow announced this afternoon
There is city of Dronthem Norway Trondjem is prob
ably of the largest in the country and
is about 800 miles north Of Christania.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
S.DispZeased With French .
Reply toPole Note in Regard
To Russia S Dismemberment

let matters rest there. Some high
diplomatic strategy may be neces-
sary to secure the declaration that
the Colby note plainly invites.
The United States, L have reason
TO believe, is little displeased with
the French note on still another
count. II France fails TO go far
enough in one respect, our GOVERN
ment seems to feel that she has gone
too far in another. That respect is
what is considered to be the ''prema-
ture' recognition of Gen. WrangeIs
south Russian government. But the
United States is inclined to be a lit
tie skeDtical as to the wisdom, at
the present juncture at least, of
pushing him so conspicuously into
the limelight
WranEeI Effort Political.
Meantime his military position is
no better than it ought to be. The
main Wrangel objective is political.
He wants to keep what he has-a
nucleus for the upbuilding of the
new Russia
No intimations could be extorted
in official quarters yesterday as to
what means are available for help
ing Poland. Unless momentous
moves are afoot. of which it were
unwise to speak. the impression
borne in upon professional observ-
ers in Washington is that the
western world, including the United
States, stands as helpless, afraid
and palsied in front of the Red
terror now laundering outside of
Warsaw as il was in July, 1914,
when the PruSsian menace was riS-
ing in the heart of Europe
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
SOVIET CAVALRY
ENTERS WARSAW.
SAYS PARLSUIR
Crossing of Vistula River Blocked by Poles
After Railroad Is Cut-City Not Officially
Heard from for "a Hours and State of Strug-
gle Is in Doubt.
BULLETIN.

Paris Aug I6-Bolshev cavalry has entered Warsaw
but uneonhrmed
office has received official word
wenyfour hours The French military mission
al
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
THE WEA Their

Partly cloudy with probably local thunder
showers today; tomorrow fair; not much
change In temperature; gentle to moderate
yEzsxols winds, Detailed report on Page 4
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
AMERICA LEADS

in the olympies being held at Antwerp.
Read how JeOmis broke thu hurdle record
Pare q.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17

CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13

which one sees from adjacent streets, dates from 17SS.
 The present building spreads over four acres of what is perhaps the most valuable real estate in the world, in the heart of London's world trading center At least once, in December, 1925, it saved the country from bank ruptcy. During the Lord George Cor don riots of June. 1870, 1t withstood a two-day attack by a mob which was driven off by soldiers stationed out side and clerks and bank officials who mounted the walls.
 Since that date the bank has been guarded every night by detachment of thirty-six soldiers, who, commanded by an officer, march down from Lon don Tower and take up their positions on the walls at sundown.
 A number of windows, which broke the blank solidarity of the banks outer walls, were closed with huge blocks of granite after the rioting, but their outline is traced by the remaining sills
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
MOTOR VEHICLE
 MOST ESSENTIAL
Automobile Is as Necessary as Railroad or the
 Telegraph

So closely has the motor car become identified with present day American life, that it requires but moment consideration to realize that it is just as necessary an institution as the telephone, the telegraph or the rail road.
 Perhaps the most obvious as wei as the most important role of the au- tomobile is that of a time-saver. In this hustling country of ours, time IS an all important clement To Europeans the speed with which Americans put through their projects has always been a marvel It was America that first con- ceived the possibility of sending loco motive speeding at sixty miles an hour And it was America that first applied the motor car to the task of increasing the efficiency of modern business Through it's offices we have speeded up transportation, widened operating radii and made distance no longer mat ter of miles. but matter of minutes
 Imagine, if you can, an America with out motor cars and you will have an America seriously tempered eommer- cially. Can you picture the rush hour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
POLAND STIRRED BY
 DRY AGITATION
By Associated Press

Warsaw. May 1s.-Prohibition is being agitated in Poland. It was again dis cussed in the Diet recently after the idea had lain dormant several months. Amer ica was referred to repeatedly by the ad- vocates of temperance as a splendid ex- ample of a nation determined to do away with strong drink.
 A public health committee of the Diet reported prohibition for Poland was i'm practicable at this time, owing to the vir- tual inpossibility of prohibiting the manufacture of alcoholic liquors. The committee. however, favored passage of regulations which would prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors to men of the Polish army so long as Poland was al war with soviet Russia.
 The chief contenders for prohibition were three of the five women members of the Diet-Miss Sophie Moczydlowska' of the National Popular Union, Mrs Sophie Moraczwska, socialist, and Helena Balicki, national democrat. Speaking ot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13

taxicabs, stationed at the various de- pots, distribute transients to all parts of the great cities without loss of time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
Such Pretty Waves and
 Curls-In Three Hours!

Have you tried liquid silmerine7 If not. by all means do so Within three hours you can have just the loveliest curls and wavesl They will appear so perfectly natural and you will be surprised how long they will last. When the hair is combed out it will be beautifully fluffy.
 Silmerine should be applied with clean tooth brush before doing up the hair. It may be used before retiring, if preferred. few ounces of the liquid from your drug gist will last many weeks. This will also be found to be a splendid dressing. keeping the hair soft and glossy It IS entirely harmless, of course, and is neither sticky nor preasy.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
FRANCE ENJOYS
 AMERICAN MUSIC

Washington, June 12.-The French pub hclic likes American jazz dance music so well that dancers, contrary to custom, encore selections three and four times Moreover, American dance music sells in France at prices three times. as high as at home.
 The American vice consul at Nantes re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13

Houston, Tex. has produced some thing new in the line of unions. It is said that the Undertakers and Embalm- CTS Union. chartered by the American Federation of Labor, is the first of it's kind in existence. Undertakers and em- balmers in Galveston, Beaumont and other cities of southwestern. Texas are contemplating a similar course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
BANK OF ENGLAND
 IS TO BE REBUILT
Famous Financial Structure Entirely Too Small for Modern
 Business
By A.soelat,d Prs.

London. May 26.-The Bank of Eng land is to be rebuilt. The governors and court of directors of the institu- tion for the past twenty-five years have considered the advisability of re- placing the black, one-story "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. with a more modern and commodious structure The inadequacy of the venerable pile to meet present-day needs has neces sitated the establishment, since the beginning of the war, of six outside branch offices in various parts of London to house the banks growing army of clerks and newly created de- partments.
 Established in 1891, the Bank of England is the oldest national bank in Europe. Millions of people throughout the world kno wthe outside of the low. black building which for more than two centuries has been the empires financial center. Its central part was erected In 172S-4, but the outer part, taxicabs. stationed at the various de- pots, distribute transients to all parts