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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
4. Lesson In Citizenship.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-The election held on Tuesday last
should teach our citizens a lesson that they
should be SLOW to forget. Just think OF an
proud ola Virginia. in which less than / 900
votes were cast! Why so little interest in such
an important event? really do not bel We
that ten men out OF 100 in the city knew 1t
was election day. Perhaps the press OF the
city is largely TO blame for this. as | do not
remember to have seen any notice in our
papers, either the day preceding the election
o! on election day. that there was to be an
election.
No doubt there were some who concluded
that IL was not necessary TO go to the trouble
TO vote. as there was no opposition to the
ticket. and that no matter how small the vote.
the full ticket would be elected. This is Il
dangerous conclusion for our citizens to make.
for I may cost much humiliation. II continued
concerted action, could have gone to the polls
on Tuesday in the closing hours. and have
substituted another name for that of the
nominee for Mayor, and Mr.. Ainslic would
nave been defeated. y negro could have been
elected in the same way. There is but one
torrcct and, sure course for good citizens to
pursue, and that is to get In the habit of
voting every time the polls are opened. 1t
IS astonishing how those who are so thor
oughly and honestly Interested in the pros
pcrity OF our city can become so careless as
TO the exercise of their right and privilege
OF voting.
1t is TO be hoped that what could have
happened on Tuesday may prove Il warning
10 our careless citizens. and that the invita-
be extended again. 1t will be too late to
close the stable door after the hors" has
Richmond. Va, June o. 1920.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
PARENTS HEAR THAT BABY
COUGHLIN Is UNFRAMED
negotiations Come To ~Stn ndstIII While
Apparent Gcnuincncs, Of Letters
IL ncing investigated.

,l.,s n|''t'
NORRiSTOWN. PA. June EFF
forts to lrraugc for negotiations
with the k~idRapcrs OF 10 months old
Blakc!y Coughlin were brought TO
a "tandstil! today by the absence OF
proof as TO which OF three letters.
all apparently genuine, came from
the abd0ctors. Extracts from these
letters We're made public tonight.
The frs: gives "A description of
the Interior OF the Gursery from
which the little tot was sio!cn, as
well as an excellent description OF
the baby. In h recond certain
characteristics o. tho child are men
toned. while the third describes how
the house was entered. says Blakcly
is wei! and adds that he will not
he returned until the police give UP
their search. All three letters de-
mand ransom.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
SEEN ON II SIDE
III HENRY EDWARD WARMER
ISiltC,

fhtC.
~ man was born. with every chance
OF Failure written in advance
Upon his proud cscutchcon.
The way folks marked his downward cot
TO disappointment and remose
Was wonderfully touchin'.
And in that sclf-samc burg Il guy
Came under a propitious sky
With all the signs of winning.
On every hand you heard them say
That he'd be President some day
lie had a fine beginning.
They went to school together. and
They graduated hand in hand.
And buckcd life's line together;
ilc who came with the smiling sun
Went faineward with the other one
Whose birth brought stormy weather.
And somehow. Jupiter or Mars
Or some of those COMPOUNDED stars
That set lifc's compass for us
Were off their feed. or something like.
Or maybe Luck went on IL strike:
Strange wines our best gods pour us!
However that may be, the chap
Who coocd his first in Fortunes lap
To fall down soon or later,
Managed TO reach a high estate
Where he employs his running mate
To steer his elevator.
] say. it's queer how things will go.
And yet the gods have left it so.
And so We draw the curtain!
The only thing that makes life worth
The inconvenience of it's birth
Is that it's so Uncertain.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
An Open Letter.
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
I'm tred-honest to goodness. frankly
tired. I've been out in the garden following
n plow and planting stun, saving wood and
cleaning up around the yard until my back
feels like n reason for lying down.
I'm not Iazy-that isn't tim just tired.
I've just been reading where the rich pcople
have an awful hard time amusing themselves.
MI the novelty seems to be worn off for them.
They don't know how to get any more fun out
of spending money.
think that's fierce. I'd hate NOT IN k,ov.
how to spend n lot OF money. Here I am nr-
ur!ng that my COW and chickens have got 10
pay for their feed in milk and eggs or run mo
INTO a MORTGAGE, and right while I'm doing il
comes this stuff about u rich man who COM
United suicide because his money worried him
into me!ancholia.
That's what makes me tired. I'm weary. and
rlSht mere I'm going to quit. If you haven't
got enough. put in some classified ads or
somethirE!
f"Fioc! HENRY EDWARD.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
A Touch of Life
The Lone One.
ny SIDEI.IGHT HENRY.

He sits in a garden in Holland. p!ucking the
beard of his regrets.
No bird sings for him. and at his touch
flowers fade and die.
In the sky there are clouds that shape them
selves in the form of the dead, and drift slow
ly by in funcrcal cortcSe.
One speaks; it is his guard. One speaks: +;
is a sordid adviser.
But none come 10 soothc. 10 quiet. but only
to remind him.
And in this garden he sits, abjcct In his lost
grandeur, splendid in the magnihccnce of iso-
lation. the Most Lonely Man on Earth.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
PULITZER SCHOLARSHIPS
IN JOURNALISM AWARDED
Columbia University Students re
cefvc Coveted Privilege of
GSur,nnnr StnJy

NEW YORK;. June 9.-The three
Pulitzer travelling scholarships in
journalism. 1t was announced at Co
lumbia University tonight have been
awarded to Robert Gordon WATSON.
OF Newark; Katherine MacMahon. of
bloomington. H.. and clyde Alden
Bcals, OF San Francisco.
The Pulitzer scholarship in music
was awarded to Bernard Rogers and
the art scholarship 20 Frederick &.
Frcdcr. both % New York. Each
scholarship has n value OF $1,000.
The journalistic scholarships, which
were established by the late Joseph
Pulitzer. will enable each IF the stu
dents to spend a year in Europe
studying the social. political and
moral conditions of the people. and
the character and principles OF the
European press.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
PLAIN STATES SWEPT
BY DEVASTATING STORM
Three Killed aud q Injured when
Hurricane Lays Waste
Northwest

ny NhsOrldV"N IFFbSI
ST. PAUL. June 3.-Threc or fouT
persons were killed and more than
100 injured in Il wind which swept
through Northern Minnesota and
parts OF Iowa. Wisconsin n North
Dakota last night. according to ad-
Vices received today.
Evcrdcll. Mimi. which had but
three or four houses, including Il
grain elevator. was wiped out. No
one was injured there.
Reports from FoXhomc today were
that the town was unharmed. Early
adviccs We're that it had been de-
Stroycd.
Wind damage estimated at $500 900
was reported from Sioux CITY.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
BRITISH RETREAT BEFORE
PERSIAN REVOLUTlONARIES
ir"'isi"nni Government TX Formed.
According "a Soviet Government
Dispatches.

LONDON. June ?.-Durlng the nigh,
OF June .. Il provisional government
was formed in Resht. Persia, sixteen
miles southeast of Enzcli, headed hv
the revolutionary leader Mira Kut-
ChuK. according 10 a wireless mes
sage sent out by the Russian Soyie,
government Tuesday. The rcvolu-
ton was warmly greeted by the To-
cal DO pulation, the message SAYS
The British are hurricdly retreat
ing toward BaEdad. They abandoned
Rcsht without lighting as the Indian
troops were opposed 10 fighting
against the rcvolutionarios. 4 con.
siderable part of the Indian forces il
a''cfcd TO have gone over to Mira
Kutchuk.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
nonnr I.nM Dnnhts S1nrr

LONDON. unc 2.-Andrcw Bonar
Law announced In tho House OF Com
mons tonight his disbelief in the
story Of 4 British reverse at Rcsht.
Persia. The only foundation for IL
so far as the government was aware.
lie said, was that in pursuance Of the
policy of reducing commitments. the
very small British garrison had re-
moved from Resht.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
so SEAMEN MISSING AFTER
EXPLOSION ON STEAMER
Hont and Many JunkH Lost
When f1nmcs Reach Cargo or

KOBE. JAPAN. juno Fifty jap
ancsc scancn were missing after an
explosion OF gasoline on board the
steamer Eiraku Maru Tuesday. The
explosion shook the city like an
earthquake and seriously damaged
shipping.
The Eiraku Maru was DESTROYED
and the fire spread 20 q score OF gas
olinc-ladcn tunks, which drIfted blaZ-
ing out to sea, their crews shrickinS
for help.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10

NEW YORK, june y.-UpOn cOlm-
pletion of his investigation of the
District Attorney Kilroc intends to
call Henry Woodhouse. a governor
OF the Aero clu OF America, before
the grand jury to explain an alleged
charge OF wholesale grating from
the government by aircraft manu-
flcturcrs during tho war. he an
today
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
Insurance. Promoter Arrested.

NEWARK, n. J.. June 9.-CharEed
with misus OF tho mails in circulat-
ing false reports of the finances and
promoters OF the Bank Dcpositors In
surance Company, Edward ii. Carroll,
of Bloomfield, y. j., secretary of tho
company, was arrested here today.
The indictment was returned In
Washington. ID. c., last July. lie was
held under $500 bail for a hearing
Friday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
FISHING ROD, SOUVENIR
OF WORLD WAR, EXPLODES


SYDNEY. =. s.. June 3.-Melvillo
Brennan. aged II. was brought TO a
hospital here today badly injured, an
a result OF trying to use Il fishing
rod which his friend. Charles Mckin-
non. OF the Nova Scotia liiEhlanders.
found in Il German dugout in France.
The rod was filled with high explo-
sivcs and d%etonated when the boy
tried 10 put II together. according to
the police.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10

The Governor of Texas has placed Gal
weston under martial law, because of
serious congestion resulting from the strike
OF longshoremen. begun two months ago,
and the failure of the city authorities TO
protect nonunion labor in the effort to clear
up the congestion. One thousand State
euardsmen have been sent to the city to
take charge OF the situation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
senator Cumm,ins nenominnted.

NY NESNVIlrCW ITIsS,T-
DIES MONIES. IOWA, June o.
United states senator Cummins was
renominated on the Republican tick
ct Mt the Iowa primary election Mon
day. according to unofficial returns
tnbulated by tho Dos Moines capital.
Cummins' vote was 107,843 and Brook
hart's 86.440 in 2,218 precincts out
of the 2,2A7 in the State.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
PRESIDENT HUERTA SICK,
MAY UNDERGO OPERATION
Illness of Provisional IIcnd of Mex
leo Cnusrs Delay in Completing
Cabinet Appointments

NY Nsauc!Ht'U IFvsSI
MENICO CITY. juno 1.-The illness
OF Provisional President Adolfo de
Ia llucrta prevented General Pas
dual ortiz. who will succeed General
Salvador MS Secretary of II Treas
ury and General Antonio Villareal,
who will be Secretly of Agriculture
and Development, from taking oath
Of office today. 1t is believed the
President will be compelled to sub
init To an operation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
FIRST BOIL WEEVIL HID
IN SPARTANBURG HOME
Discovery Marks tho Highest ALL
tudc Yet Attempted by Dcstruc-
tive Cotton Pest.
by AS~oCIAttH ITcSs.
nn. IhInn

An insect declared by experts to I've
a boil wecvil. vas found stuck within
tho paint on the wal, Of "A house here
this morning. II had evidently ar
rived within the past day or so. This
is said to he the earliest migration
of the crop pest yet known and
SpartanburE is the highest point,
both as TO latitude and altitude the
boil wccvil has yet reached.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
PASSENGERS DEAD; BABY
HAS MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
Child Lands on Pilot OF Engine I'm
hurt when Train Hit Automobile
nj CrOHaiup.
Try Associntcd Prcss,

NSSUVIWEtU ITCSS
SHAWNEE, OKLA, juno o.
When a GAINESVILLE and Western pas
senEcr train hit an automobile at n
crossing here yesterday killing threo
persons. a baby was thrown from tho
machine directly on the pilot Of tho
engine. When the train was stopped,
the baby was taken from tho pilot
uninjurcd.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
Danyil,c Vote. Bond Issue

DANVTLIIG, VA, June '.-Flna1 re-
turns from the municipal election
election had carried with a handsome
majority OF not only tho nonfrceh old
ers, but also the realty owners. This
sum Will BIO applied TO local streets.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
TnuRSpAY, HUME -. 1870

Soviet Russia is said to be changing the
.cclor OF its currency monthly. 1t remains.
however, regardless Of color, Il worthless
currency, except as its circulation is forced
upon a people helpless in their power to
resist governmental edict.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10

FIFTY millions OF dollars to education ia
Il gratifying Gift even If Mr.. Rockefeller
docs ma 1t necessary 10 boost the price OF
gas, and motor car owners thus become the
i'Hl ana unthankcd authors of the princely
bcncfactiOn.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10

1t was bad enough already for the ir-
reconcilable vets, so why infiict on them
the cruel and unusual punishment OF com
pelling them TO gaze upon w. j. BIS eX-
preston Of delight every time they seek
surcease from their sorrows in a movie
theater?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
Jury Disngrccx I'm bribery Case.

NEW YORK. June 9.-After nearly
eighteen hours in disagreement, the
was discharged today in the
hughes. charged with attempting to
bride Harold b.. Dobbs. prohibition
enforcement agent, who alleged pro-
lection had been sought for certain
alcohol manufacturers against pros
ccution under the Folstcad act.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
Voice of the People

Letters must give the name and address OF
the writer. Name will not be published II
writer SO requests.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
The Weather
Forecast: Virginia

Fnlr Thursday nnd Fri
day: rising tcInpcru-
turc.
North CnTolina-Fair
Thursday una Friday:
not much cinunge In
temperature.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10

y Three-fifths OF the original timber in the
United States is already gone and the re-
malnder Is being used up four times as
last as n new supply is being grown. The
outlook is certainly bad for postcrity, but
as the present generation is being forced
to get llong without some things OF which
1t was. greatly %cnamored, presumably the
next and succeeding generations will find
Il way TO solve their own wood problems.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
ChnrconI Eph.S Daily Tbourb,.

"BragGin' don put mustard on no ham.
sun said Charcoal Eph. moodily, an n man
dcn need no mcgaphonc TO L let folks know
he's swinGin' a pick. Try a s~andwich, Mis-
TAN Jackson"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10

italhlai IL hours ending 5 II. M. None
tshihia!I ~ hours ending y Il. NJ. ....So
Excess since March i..... las
Excess since January I......,.. 3y9
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10

Members Of Congress will now return
home, and in so doing they are due to find
out how w~oefully they have been out Of
touch with the real sentiment which exists
among their constituents in respect to meet
Ing the problems they were expected TO solve
during the SIX months in which that body
mas been in session. Many OF them will
quickly get an inkling OF how their con
stitucnts proceed 10 rcbuke unfaithfulpcss
in Office. e.. -.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
Local Trmperntur, Yesterday.

. I.NChI TrWpernture ScstcrHny.
) j.. III. np"raIurc II
aiaAiinum temperature 10 5 l.. Nj. I.
Niihiiiuln tcinil,Iaturc Ia : l.. NJ. 81
Mcah temperature yesterday ....... Is
Norinal tcinneftturc for this date.... 2
i,'hcicncy since Match ............ :it
i''h''chSS since January l.......... i5t
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10
Right.
nurcd the

All the worlds a stage" murmurcd the
Poet. and we are actors"
That's right said the Person. And did
you ever notice. Bill. how many people there
are hanging around the front office for dead
head tickets"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10

When a woman discovers that she is actual
~ Boss OF what she married, she takes Il
tyranny like Il duck takes to water.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10

power has flowed from the States. where
once it lodged. into the Federal government.
and the latter has become the sole reser-
voir whence it must be applied.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10

Mercy is one Of those rare qualities that
only the poor can afford.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10

l'0cnl Obs-rNntinns at 4 y. NJ. Yesterday.
VIVA direction. south, asst. wind velocity,
o: weather at s l.. Nj. partly cloudy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10

'concurrent Joint and equal III an.
thority.' Wcbstcr's New international Dfc-
tionary. What quaint, old-iashioned ideas
Noah Webster had about tie English IAN
guage and the proper definition Of words
III his day he was considered something or
an authority thereon, but tho world has
passed on since hp lived. and LEFT his lit
erary masterpiece behind, only an interest
log relic of English "as she was once
spoke" The new interpreter is the United
states Supreme Court. Vide its implied
de6nition of concurrent" as set form in
the prohibition decision. Tho word does
notssignify joint or equal at all. No,
by any manner OF means. "Concurrentr
power, as thus modernly and judicially de-
fined, means that all the current OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-10

Congress has had It's day in court. so TO
speak, and made 81 poor showing: now Tho
Presidents Cabinet. with ,rcasurcd-up" re-
sentiment at envcnomed attacks inspired by
partisan spleen, will undertake to command
inc country's ear In showing up the short
eohiihss OF the Congress. Secretary Mer-
eai'h was the hrSt 10 fire a broadsidc, ana
This has been followed up by a s,il mnrn
terrific one by the Secretary of The Navv
The target is vulnerable. and the chances
are that before the Cabinet fire ceases The
target Will look like 80 cents"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
Mary, Doug and
 Owen Charged
 With Conspiracy
State Complains of Fraud In Securing of Divorce By
 Movie Star
By Associated Prs.s

Minden, Nev., April 16-A suit to set aside the decree of divorce granted by District Judge Langan to Gladys l.. Moore, known as Mary Pickford. from Owen E. Moore was filed here today by Leonard B, Fowler, attorney general of Nevada The suit was filed fin the in- terest of the State of Nevada
 The complaint is based or allegation of fraud. eonnivanee and 'collusion between Moore, his wife and Douglas Fairbanks, to whom the former Mrs, Moore was mar ried short time after her divorce was granted.
 Fairbanks is brought into the case through allegations that there was con- spiracy between himself and his present wife to defeat that provision of the Cali fornia law which requires that a year elapse before a final decree of divorce be granted, by having Mrs. Moore get a divorce in Nevada. In that respect, it is alleged in the complaint review that an engagement and contract to wed ex- isted between Gladys Moore and Fair banks prior to February 15, 1920, the date on which Mrs. Moore came to Nevada.
 Other allegations are that Moore came to Minden solely to he served with sum mons in the suit; that no substantial facts were given in court to warrant a divorce and that Miss Pickford con- cealed her identity from the judge up to the moment of taking the witness stand, As Judge Langan is ono of the witnesses summoned for the state, another judge will hear the compalint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
IMPORTANT CHANGES
 IN COURT-MARTIAL PROCEDURE ADVISED
By Associated Press

Washington April l6-Materiai
 changes in army courts marual pro cedure were recommended today by
 the Senate military committee in re-
 porting legislation growing out of the
 Ansell- -crowder row. The bill which will be offered by
 Senator Chamberlain. democrat, ore
 gon. as an amendment to the pending
 army reorganization bill, would ere ate a board of review in the judge ad- vocate generals office with power to modify or annul all court martial sem tences.
 Other important notifications rec commended include Death sentences must be by three fourths instead of two third vote of the courts.
 experience and be composed of officers having al least two years service. Defendants may have counsel. mil itary or civilian, of their own selection. Civil rules of evidence shall apply and evidence gathered in preliminary ex parte investigations shall not be admitted without consent of accused. Verdicts of acquittal may not be set aside.
 Punishments may not be heavier than under civil procedure. Disciplinary punishments shall be preferred to courtmartiala Junior officers as well as enlisted men be made subject to disciplinary punishment. Not more than two thirds of a sol diers pay may be forfeited in fines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
VILLA TO AID SONORA

San Antonio, Tex. April l6-Army ats telligence reports received at southefa department headquarters here under dtle | of Thursday state that Francisco Nil.a is preparing to lend assistance to tHa revolution of Sonora against the Cas- ranza government, and that he soon wiii attack Chihuahua City, Parral and Jimt- nez
 The plan, 1t was stated at Fort Sana Houston was revealed to army officers 0n the border of Villa agents. Villa was ai Hecheceros, on the Chihuahua Coahuits line yesterday it was said.
 Villas present plan is 10 attack Chs huahua City first. but this will be change if one of the other garrlsons becomes weaker before he can strike. 1t was stated Villa was said to have agents with the 2'th Mexican cavalry and the 600 and 63d Mexican infantry, which have moved to Casas Grandes, which is re- ported to be the base of operations of the Carranza forces in dealing with the So- mora situation.