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The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
GIRL OF Ii IS LURED
TO ROOM; MAN FREED

Danville, Va. June 11.-Proceed-
ing on the theory that publication of
names of moral offenders would Sc
riously impair the success of re-
formers, the police department has
declined to reveal the name of the
Danville married man who late
Tuesday night lured a 14-year-old
girl from a train and accompanied
her to a negro section. The girl was
taken from the man by the local
Travellers Aid agent who also
caused his arrest.
He was given a hearing at mid
night, before a magistrate, but there
is no record of the case. James r.
Bell. chief of police. declined to give
the name. stating that publicity
would embarrass both the man and
the girl. He added that there was
no evidence of a crime committed
but that one was prevented. The
man was allowed to go free. The
girl was from Milton.
Several days ago the police shield
ed the identity OF an unmarried
woman who abandoned her three
weeks old child.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
WHIST EXPERT SLAIN
IN BEDROOM OF HOME

New York. June II. Joseph B.
Elweil. worlds greatest authority
on the game OF whist. died at Belle
vue, Hospital today from bullet
wounds. Police believe he was mur-
dered. Eiwell was found uneon-
scious by his hosekeeper. sitting in
a chair in his bedroom. He was
dressed in night clothes. He was
rushed to the hospital where he died
without regaining consciousness.
Although the police believe he was
murdered, they were unable to find
the weapon from which the shot
was fred. The furniture in the room
was not disturbed and no motive
could be found for the crime.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
THE BABSON BUREAU"
DISSOLVED BY COURT

Chief Justice Mccoy in Equity
Court yesterday signed a decree OF
dissolution affecting The Babson
Bureau, Inc.," of this city, re-
search corporation organized by
Roger Babson. the statistician.
Babson himself owned all the stock.
The reason for the dissolution.
Babson said, was that the local
corporation had failed to accom-
plish what il set out to do and also
confiicted with the "Babson Bu-
rea," a separate organization in
Massachusetts,.
The local corporation had a re-
serve fund of 100000. The work
IL attempted to do is now being
carried on by the United States
Bulletin Company, another Babson
organization.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
GET 1000 GALLONS
+. MOONSHINE IN RAID

Danville. Va, June 11-Federal
officers, assisted by State prohibition
agents and groups of county police
made one of the largest raids ever
attempted in this section during the
early hours of Tuesday In the Noun
tain Valley section OF Pittsyivania.
Four stills were captured together
with full equipment. sixteen gallons
OF hquor and over 1000 gallons OF
sour mash
Repeated complaint from the
Mountain Valley section led the po-
siiee to 60 to great pains to make
the raid a success. They succeeded
) In passing the blockaders' sentinels
who were scattered around the
stills. Squads of men were formed
and at a given hour. closed In.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
''ENOCH ARDEN" VET
SENDS WIFE TO JAIL

wellsburg. W. Va, June ll.-Mrs.
Fannie Margaret Weekly was sem
fenced here to one year in the PEN
itentiary for bigamy. 1t developed
that her husband was not killed in
the war. as she thought. He
brought the charge. The prosecut-
ing attorney pleaded for extreme
leniency.
The sentence was the minimum
one. and application will be made
TO Gov Cornwell for a pardon for
Mrs. Weekly. She was married to
Alvie Weekly in 1912. and separat-
ed from him in February, 1915.
Hearing that her husband was kill
ed in France. she remarked here
in 1917.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
2 WOMEN INDICTED
AS SHOPLFTERS

Alice Minsker. 81, and Grace Lii
lard. 25. war workers. who were ar
rested last week by Pohcewoman
Mrs. Cecilia Clarke. Of the Woman's
Bureau IN connection with numerous
alleged shopliftipg raids on Wash
ington stores, were indicted yester-
day by the grand jury on two
charges of grand larceny.
The women ,lived together at 1880
Fourteen street northwest, and, Ii
Is alleged. had mole than I,37s
worth Of stolen goods in the room.
all of which was seized by the po-
lice. They will be arr aligned next
Friday, and. IL a plea of not guilty
is entered. they will be tried next
fall
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
LEAGUE PLANK BLOW -
TO DEMOCRATS HERE

Washington opinion on the league
of nations plank. necessarily DEM
ocratic due to the utter dearth OF
Republicans at this time. was for
the most part philosophical. There
was no denying the fact that Demo-
cratic hopes were highest when the
reports from Chicago indicated that
ther might be A split over the
league plank and the compromise
without a bolt left quite a void in
the enthusiasm.
This thing has lost interest for
me now" was the statesmenlike
conclusion of Joseph p. Tumulty.
IT'S perfectly satisfactory to me.
I could not have done better IL /
had written it myself" said Newton
D.. Baker, Secretary OF War.
Frank l.. Polk. Undersecretary of
State, seconded Mr.. Bakers remarks.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
wssId Justify Pks.s Besst.

Frederick. Nd. June liza =
Berry. president OF the chesapeakt
and Potomac Telephone Company
held . conference here with the
of q number Of Ioca
organisations in which he sought
to justify the increase in rate,
asked by his company. The mat.
ter is now before the Public Gerv'
ice Commission. which viii hold q
hearing Monday.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
CUTS ORDERED
BY RENT BOARD
Is Cases Decided by Com
mission After Period
Of Inaction.
ONE SLASH SIPS TO $50
This Complainant Will Get
Three Months Free
Tenancy.
ONE SLASH SIPS TO $50

Following several days of mac
tion so far as decisions are con-
cerned, the Rent Commission yes
lterday handed down opinions In
sixteen cases, including q number
of rent cuts and possession OF
property.
The largest rent cut was made in
the case of Wade II. Reed and
Emma Reed versus Mrs. M. H. Bur-
rell and Thomas z. Petty. involv-
ing property at 1906 Fairmont street
northwest A monthly rental OF
$125 was cut to $50. Dating from
date OF filing complaint. II Is esti-
mated that the compliments Will
| get three months free rent.
Cuts were made in the rents In
ive apartments In the Plaza apart
ment house on Washington Circle.
the r. H. Smith Company. agents.
being the defendants in each case.
The complainants and apartments
affected are: X. A. Kraig, apart
ment sos, cut from $40 to s35: NJ.
A. Patterson and 8. c. d. Prentice,
apartments 504 and sos. cut from
s35 to $50: N. Z. Gilbert. apartment
4O4, cut from s35 to $50. The rent
of F. NJ. Burst in apartment S02
was set at $50 instead OF $40 al
though an increase to SIS had been
requested.
Appellant Denied Transcript.
The application OF George w.
lLinkins for copies Of transcript In
the case decided against him in
favor of Edgar l.. Myers. for ap-
peal ito the Court of Appeals, was
denied. This decision involved eight
apartments at 144s Girard street in
which cuts were made by the COM
mission ranging from 12h to 20
per cent.
The petition of Andrew Oehmann
against ]. ]. Soper and others for
larthority to increase rents on
premises at 1912 to 1920 Seventh
street southeast, were denied. The
commission held that the present
rental OF SIG for 1912: $3.50 for
1914; $14 for 1915; SIS for lols' ana
Sl4 for 1920 is sufficient.
In the complaint of Jesse G. Pratt
against Fred p. Davis, rent OF prem
ises at ll12 East Capitol street was
increased from $50 to $3.50.
In the complaint Of Niepold and
Sons against Victor Z. Desio and
Sol Greenberg. the commission re-
duced the rent On the second floor
apartment at 1905 II street north
west, from s42.50 to s35 and on the
third floor from $40 to $35.
MAI. Weaver Wins
Rent of apartment % at 1918 Kali
Drama road, in the case of Maj.
James r. n. Weaver against l.. Glib
bon White. was reduced from SIS to
S5250.
The case of Joseph c. Catcher
\ against James Hawkins for posses
sion 6f property at s15 c street
southeast. was dismissed as tenant
had vacated.
The following possession cases
were decided in favor of the COM
plainants:
Norma NJ. Fuller against G. II.
Gerald. 1898 Conduit road north
west; Irving w. Luskey against VIM.
Nietzey. 1l22 Morse street north
east; Mrs. Harry II. Lee against Mrs.
Martha II. Burwell, 1905 East Capt.
toI street; William }. Nietzey
against Edward Miller. 6iS Morton
place northeast: and Peachy H
Farley against Irving Luskey. 9o5
Kent place northeast.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
Condemned SLAYER Gets Stay.

Frank Bowman. coIoTed, convicted
of the murder OF Clarence Keefer
will not be hanged next Friday In
accordance with the sentence i'm
posed last summer by Chief Justice
Mccoy. Justice Gould iE Criminal
Court yesterday POSTPONED the exc
cution until August is, to give the
accused time to obtain a rehearinG
n the Court of Appeals.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
Recover IA Stolen Bicycles.

Fourteen OF the many bicycles
stolen from the streets during the
past month have been recovered by
detail Ct men from the Eighth
precinct headed by Detective Wal
dorf and Davis. Eight colored men
were arreste" ir connection with
these thefts early yesterday morn
ing and held for inve stiEation.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
Litvin Pursed Of Contempt.

Norris Litvfn. proprietor of a
near-beer establishment at 325s NJ
street northwest, who was sent to
jail on May IS for his failure to
pay Mrs. Jennie L,tvin SIS weekly
alimony. was released yesterday on
an order signed by Justice Bailey
m Equity Court, having purged
himself Of the contempt charge.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
DESTROYER ARRIVES,
PLAGUE FIGHT BEGINS

Vera Cruz. June l1.--Arrivai Of
the United States destroyer Hard
ing. with physicians. nurses and
medical supplies, was the signal to-
Gay Tor inauguration Of the first
enective measures to be taken by
city authorities to combat spread
OF the bubonic plague. which has
oeen claiming many victims here.
Newsboys and bootblacks OF Vera
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
Bow Struck BY Motor Truck.

Eugene Nolda. eight years old,
s22 Q street northwest, was struck
by a motor truck at Twelfth and
NJ streets northwest yesterday after
noon and removed to Sibley Hospital
in a critical condition. The driver
of the machine has not yet been
Identified az the police claim ne
did not stop.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
LUMBER MAN STAYS
WIFE AND HIMSELF

Clifton Springs, N. Y, June IL
William Davis. dealer in lumber
and cotton. at Marion. S. c., shot
and killed his wife, Mrs. Florence
Davis. and then turned his weapon
upon himself. No reason was given
but 1t Is generally accepted that
Davis. who was the victim Of
nervous breakdown, suffered tenn
porary arrangement of mind.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
Raaaway CID Retakea.

Cornelia Lee. on 1s-year-oId col.
orcd girl. who escaped several days
School. was arrested yesterday by
and held for Identification by the
school authorities.
The Washington times., 1920-09-26
PRINCE CANTACUxENE
TO Die MARRIED.

Finally the announcement Of the
engagement of young Prince Michael
Cantacusene to a Miss Clarissa Cur
tiss of Boston, could not fail TO strike
a responsive chord in Washington
since he Is the grandson Of General
Frederick Dent Grant. and the great
grandson Of General and President
Ulysses S. Grant. 1t was something
of a shock to realize that he could
be old enough to be getting engaged
even though there 10 no suggestion
OF an Immediate wedding. Appar-
emily he is still a student at Harvard
and presumably there will be no
wedding until after he has graduated
but whenever II is ne certainly will
have Washington's very best wishes
for his happiness.
You know when the Cantacuzenes
came over from Russia, as refugees.
two or three years ago, they tried
their best to drop their title, arguing
that princes. especially Rsusian
princes. were rather out of date. They
travelled as Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Speransky. that being their family
name. But democratic America weuld
not stand for that. 1t insisted on
giving Julia Dent Grant her title. She
had married a prince--of course she
was princess-and princess she
remains. She has been living chiefly
in New York, at the head OF the Rus
sian relief-frequently coming to
Washington and, presumably travel
ing all over the country. in the in
terest OF that work. Her husband.
i believe, is more inclined to be an
American farmer than a Russian
prince. and is interested in some big
farming scheme. Their children were
sent over here a year or two before
the revolution broke in Russia, that
they might pursue their studies in
safety in the care of their grandmoth-
er and their great aunt. Mrs. Potter
Palmer. both Of whom have since died.
And they spent much Of their time
here in Washington and on Mrs.
Palmer's estate down in Florida
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Asr friends unawsrss. being cell
sbr4O1 last winter In PhiladsiphiA-
The masculine end Of the wedding
party waS entirely military. theip
uniforms adding srsstly TO the bril-
iisAss ri vhs scene. ..tN
rhssS wArs only about = hundred
Gusets Naked to the reception at
RApsc1Aft which followed the csrs-
mony. but II .wls. very smart little
ssssmblaee. And. by the way, unless
I'm 0hoatlH mistak en-. their friends
gavs ne byS4e and bridegroom . good
ola,fashtonsd send-on ON their we'd
linU Journey,
Far about 10 o'clock that night a.
! came out OF the r street entrance of
the willard there was = great to do
81 honking horns. and q swift little
pvNcsosion OF perhaps half = dosen
Ynotors Led by one with . bunch of
elanktag tin caps tied TO Its tail. In
which. - II whirled by. i thought
caught . glimpse of pretty Pauline
Ktu>tebsrgeP. annoyapce STRUGGLING
With amusement on her fAce. I felt
reasonably sure that the occupants of
the mptors which followed were prop
srly armed with rice and old slippers
20 shower the newlyweds with ~ they
boarded their train.
Csttsin Kirby IL to be on duty In
WakAtpgton for another ysar-at least
IL seems probable that he win. for he
10 chief Of operations of the Air Serv-
ice and on the staff--so he will bring
HE bride back here on the completion
Of their honeymoon and they viii oc-
cppy the charming little apartment In
the Ctastleton. which 10 all fur
nish sd--such lovely things--ahl ready
for them. Moreover. Mr. and Mrs.
Ktndieberser. have also taken an
apartment at the Chastleton. So
The Washington times., 1920-09-26
WAsHINGTONIANs RUSHING
BACK FROM VACATIONS.

Every train into Washington from
New England brings a group OF sum
mer holiday makers. and from Maine
In particular they seem to be coming
In hot haste to avoid freezing. Mrs.
John b, Henderson and her grand
daugher, Beatrice, shut up shop at
Bar Harbor ten days or fortnight
ago and so did Mrs. Richard Town
send, who had a cottage there this
season. Mrs. Blaine Elkins got back
last week and DR.. and Mrs. James f..
Mitchell are coming this week.
From York Harbor came Mrs. Crom-
well Brooks, who has gone of again
TO make a short visit to her mother.
Mrs. T.. T. Stotesbury. In Philadelphia.
Mrs. Charles S. Bromwell and her
daughter, Mildred. are on their way
home. The J. II. Skaters arc also
back from York Harbor and have
taken Mrs. George Howard's house
In sixteenth street for'the winter.
The Undersecretary of State and
Mrs. Newman Davis have selected
DR.. and Mrs. Louis Lehr's charming
house in New Hampshire avenue for
their winter home and Mrs. Davis Is
due to arrive from Stockbridge. Mass.
on October /. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Craigie. OF the British embassy stan,
have taken Mrs. Frederic r. Harris
house In Massachusetts, avenue and
will move in Just as soon as they can
get possession-by october I, they
hope. as they find II something of
proposition to maintain stan OF
servants at the hotel where they are
staying. Mrs. Craigie is now visiting
relatives in the South. / believe.
She's an American. you know, the
daughter of Pleasant A. Stovall, who
was for some time our Minister to
Switzerland. A pretty little thing,
che looks about seventeen, and has
lovely skin and teeth and titan hair
Also she dresses charmingly. and ap-
parently she means to entertain q
good deal. particularly since she and
her husband are expecting visit
from her husbands father, Lord
Craigie. in the autumn. Altogether
the Cralgies should be exceedingly
satisfactory additions to the younger
diplomatic set. and II is nice that they
should have such a charming house as
the one they have taken.
The former handsome chatelaine,
Mrs. Harris, had thought at first that
she would take an apartment: indeed.
/ she had one engaged at the Connecti-
cut But she has finally given that
up in favor of 1892 Sixteenth street.
the house which Colonel House had
/ last winter. She expects to move in
on October 1 and will take all her
pretty. things with her. leaving the
! Craigies to put in their own Lares and
| Penates. .
JEAN ELIoTA
The Washington times., 1920-09-26

PsuIins will have her mother close BY
and is very happy In tho prospect
She got some perfscuy stunning
wedding xifts and Quantities of them.
And her trousseau was lovely. Many
OF her things. notably her wedding
gown. were the gift OF an aunt. her
mothers sister. who has been very
fond Of Pauline since she was . wee
sirl
DIPLoMAT-s DAUGHTER
nARRlED LAST nONTh.
Another interesting bride Of the
weekZor rather. really, = bride Of
last month. who kept her secret until
this wsek-was little Miss Elisabeth
Yuns Kwsi. eldest daughter or the
counselor OF the Chinese legation and
Nine. Yung kwai. Her marriage TO
Lew Suverkrop. of New York snd
Peru. tok place at Annapolis on
August 81, equally to the surprise Of
her parents and her friends. although
the former had pianned-and some OF
the latter had known that II was on
the cards. wedding In the Canal
Zone, a month or two henoe-and TO
the same man. So, although the
young people stole q march on them,
there was no great difficulty about
the parental forgiveness and bless
ing.
The Washington times., 1920-09-26
MARRIAGE IN STOKES
FAMILY IN NEW YORK.

Than there was the wedding In
New York at the end Of last week
Of Miss Elisabeth Miner King and
Harold Phelps Stokes. youngest son
Of the late Anson Phelps Stokes and
Mrs. Stokes-those wedding bells
awakened An answering echo In
Washington, since Harold Phelps
Stokes has been living down here for
the last year with his mother and sis
ter. Mra Stokes had the famous old
Pinchot mansion on Scott Circle last
winter-serving the while as Wash
ipgton correspondent OF the New YORK
Evening Post
There was considerable interest tn
the announcement last fall that Mrs
Stokes had taken that house, and that
she and her daughter were already In
stalled there: for the whole family Is
Interesting not so much az millionaires.
but as having a strong tendency toward
Sociaiisnn--which In, to say the least,
bit unusual In millionaires One OF his
brothers Ia Anson Phelps Stokes, the
secretary Of Yale University; another
is ]. G. Phelps Stokes. well known AS
sociological student and reformer who
married Rose Pastor. even better known
perhaps than. he. One of his sisters.
Caroline Phelps Stokes married Robert
Hunter. who served his apprenticeship
in the Chicago Associated Charities un-
der Ernest Bicknell. afterward field d.
rector of the American Red Cross, and
at Hull House with Jane Adams, and
has written a good deal along socioiogi-
cal lines, and has been socialist candi-
date for Congress from Connecticut and
for rovernor of the Nutmeg State.
So that on the whole the announce
ment that the Phelps Stokes family
were establishing headquarters IN
Washington seemed OF more interest
than the very ordinary There's new
millionaire in town"-for Washington is
rather fed up with mere miliionaires.
But as a matter Of fact one rarely saw.
or even heard of the Stokeses here last
winter. They might as well have been
In New York for all the good they did
washinEton.s But Mrs Stokes. ST., Is
not very we'll and rather confines her
energies to her own family. Now. with
her son married and about to bring
his bride to washington-for they are
to live at 1900 Sixteenth street It
seems likely that they will mix more
with the rest Of the Washington world.
Quite as widely interesting Is the
marriage set for Monday. October =,
of Miss Alberta Vawter Bicknell ana
william jerks Wright, OF Philadeiphia.
The Washington times., 1920-09-26

that there were two men-two per-
fectly sooo Democrats who were
really Keen Tor the nomination-she
asked her friends not push her name.
I'd like TO see them nominate her.
and I'd like 10 see her win. I've got
nothing against Mr.. ksiss- un-
d4rstanh he is a very rich msn-which
always helps. OF course. But I'm
really strong for Agnes Hart Wilson.
She Is a brilliant woman. and .
luminously common sensible one.
Moreover she has q sense OF humor
and sense OF proportion which are
rare In official life. and which should
be invaluable She has been her
fathers right-hand man ever since he
has been In Washington. and some
years ago when she WAS clerk OF his
committee when he Was In Congress-
the Committee on Labor Legislation.
OF course-she calhiy brushed away
the House uAditio~. which had never
admitted q woman TO the moor while
the House WAS In session. When the
labor bill which her committee was
presenting was up for discussion. she
came In and took her place BY her
father-as many a masculine commit
tee clerk had done-prepared to
prompt him when the other members
nred questions at him. For she knew
more about the fine points of that bill
than he did. Which is no reflection
on Secretary Wilson. II IL quite usual
for the committee clerk To be more
familiar with the details of the bills
the committee Is putting out than
their chief Is. But some OF the old
mossbacks in Congress nearly choked
with rage when tAey realised that a
petticoat had actually invaded their
sacred foor. 1871
The Washington times., 1920-09-26

Miss Bick nell 10 one OF the two dAugh-
tors Of Mr.. and Mrs- Ernest Bicknsli
who have but recently returned from
Europe and opened their houss ~ zsis
Connscticut avenue. Miss Bickneli spent
many months In relief work la Belgium.
while her father WAS travelling All over
Europe and her mother over = good
part of Il. studying the needs OF the
most desperately needy, and planning
how American hsip could be made most
elective. Miss Bicknell and her mother
were both decorated BY Queen Elizabeth
Of Belgium In rscogntstton Of their
lsbors. and Mr.. Bscknsll has had honors
fairly showered upon him. The wedding
for which Mr.. and Mrs Bickneii have
already sent out cards VIII take place
at their homeA
Then of course the announcement
that the Baroness Won 6ternburg WAS
10 marry Adolf Won Pavenstedt. "a
etired German banker and had al
ready sailed for Paris. where the
wedding 10 to take place. has aroused
very general interest in Washington.
where the Baroness Won Sternberg, as
the American wife OF the late speck
Won Sternberg. German Ambassador
during the Roosevelt regime. and a
particular friend Of President Hoose-
Welt. was very well known. The
news was received with very general
satisfaction, for there had been hsr-
rowing stories of the straits to which
the war had reduced the Barooefs.
and her friends were rather unhappy
about her. She spent last winter In
ashington. but ! do not seem TO
have heard where she has been dur
ing the summer, except that she was
for a week or so. a guest at the
Lodge summer home In Massachu-
setts SO her marriage to retired
German banker. man OF wealth and
culture-even though his activities
during the war were more or less a
source of uneasiness to Uncle Sam
seeps a happy solution of her diffi-
culttes.
The Washington times., 1920-09-26
KITE-HARMON
ENGAGEMENT.

And now, on the principle of saving
bon bouche for the last, want to
tell you a genuine hit of news. Lieut..
Commander and Mrs, l. w. Kite are
today announcing the engagement Of
their. daughter. Miss Anita Rebecca
Kite. to Frank Pierce Harmon. jr,
wso is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. +. p.
Harmon. Of Washington and Rock
The Washington times., 1920-09-26

Quite as widely interesting Is the
marriage set for Monday, October 4,
of Miss Alberta Vawter Bickneil and
william jerks Wright, of Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1920-09-26
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