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seek. to centralixe inheritance Laws.

Seeks to Centraiixe Inheritance Lnws.
SACRAMENTO. CALI March l?.-tN
suggestion that tho Federal govern
mcnt take over the machinery ~
states for the administration OF In
heritance tax laws. collect ali the
money and pay to the states alt
Equitable proportion" was contained
in a letter from Secretary Houston 10
John $. Chambers, state controller OF
California, which was made public
here
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-20
TREATY RUMORS FALSE
London Times Correspondent Scouts
REPORT of BelSipn Alliance With
England and France.
| T." Associated Press

LONDON. March l2.-rhc Paris cor
respondent % tho London Times SAYS
lie is IN POSITION 10 state tntt the,n
is no truth in report from Brussels
that the British government has guar
2n:crd military support to Belgium Tor
TIVE years. IN case OF an attack by Ser
many. AZ! also that Franc" anI Sell
GUM have signed Internationally Il
irea:ey OF alliance for an indefinite
DerOd
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More Init, for Oklahoma.

WASHINGTON. March lo.--Okl.hOna
was authorized hy the War Department
toda" 20 organize one battalion of
field artillery. motordrawn and two
companies and one battalion of cnSi
necrS. in addition TO the National
Guard units ALREADY authorized.
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walter 6. Uobcr,.on.

LYNCHBCRG. March I9--W G.
Robertson, aged 90, died Wednesday
night at his home near Gays. Bedford
County. after months Illness, and his
body was taken TO Petersburg for
burial. He is survived by his mother.
three brothers and four sisters.
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y,ou; Indians Surrender.

Ell PNSO, TEN, March la.--Thc most
important group of Yaqui Indians OPP
Grating against the Mexican govern
ncnt has surrendered TO the Fedora
officers in sonora, according TO an Of
fetal dispatch received here from Mex
leo TODAY
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g.. q. Nlur,hnII.

CHARLOTTESNII.L March TO-
Mr.. g. q. Marshall. IS. Confederate
veteran. died yesterday AT his home
near FREQ Union, this county. tho run.
cral hcing held today a the farm ot
r l.. Maupin His widow and six chill
GFcn survive.
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LEARN AT ONCE WHAT TO DO!

That Is ali you have 10 do. but throu.h
Correspondence YOU viii find yourself in
touch with the Method. You can learn VIII, /,
IT mas done for others with Catarrh Yun
PUT S"nrsei under no. obligation. We un-
dcfstanu that you merely want To investigate
what may seem to you almost 600 rnod
TO lie fruc--an efficient Method OF trantinr
tatarrh of the Nose and Throat at nom.
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prnminnnt Attnrnc, Pn.Sex A-

cHATTANOOG TENN, March Ia
Colonel Ed Watkins counsel for the
Central Of Georgia Railroad, and one
OF tho most prominent members OF the
Chattanooga oar. died this morning
after several weeks illness.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-20

Sallie Stricllcr FIFE. widow of tho late
l.. icrndcn F!fc, died al her home.
oak Lawn" in Albcmarlc County. YES
tcrdar. She is survived by three
daughters and four sons. Mrs. Fife
was sister q. s. H. Strickicr Of
Smell, Spotsylvan.a County. near this
civ
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ro,her of co,one1 As.eu Dc,d

ELIZABETH CITY. y. c., March 10
Henry B. Ansell, father OF Lieutenant
colonel Samuel r. Ansell. died at his
home at Barco. Currituck County last
night. Funeral arrangements have
not been made. awaiting the arrival OF
Colonel Ansell from Washington
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-20
Whrt In SISprinr Fever

II is simply low Vitality. a lack or En-
crcy caused by impure blood.
TASTELESS chill TONIC re-
ST ores Vitality and Energy by Purify
ing nd EnrichinE the Blood. You can
soon feel its Strengthening, Invigorat-
ing Effect. 6nc.--Adv.
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Charles G. Adams.
LYNCH FL &c Marnn e Il a " O c

LYNCHBUKG, March i9.-Charlcs G.
Adams. aged 6S. died Tuesday at
Brookncal. He is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. o. Il. Graves. or Hud
d!cston, and Miss Lena Adams, OF Nor
folk.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-20
FORMER POLICE CHIEF
RAGlAhD is CANDIDATE
Head OF Petersburg Department Nine
teen Years, ResiSninE In 1917,
Out for APpOIntnIent.
Especial TO The Times Dispatch

PETERSBURG. March -. = Captain
Reuben i. RaSland, who served Pc
,crsburg as chief OF police for nine.
teen years, today announced that hos
VIII enter the race for rcappointmcnt
to the office. This town has been chief
less since the resignation OF James
Lieutenant J. j. Donahue is now serv-
ing as head Of the department.
CAPTAIN Ragland was appointed chief
of police by the City Council here July
/. 1898, and he rendered his resigna-
ton july ], 1917. to assume charge
OF the secret service department OF
lie retained this position until March
81, 1919, at which time the Offices of
the company were moved from the
feared police chief in the country.
and knew nearly all OF the criminals
Of note in the United States.
Hold Ivery-Mcmber Canvass Sunday
In An effort TO raise s21.100. Peters
burs's quota in the Southern Presby-
terrain campaign, the three presby
Street, Second and Third Churches
viii have an cvery-member canvass
Sunday. Second Church is TO raise
sl2;;9900c; rabb street 5000, and Third.
been pledged by the local Presby-
terians.
Negroes Sentence Suspended.
For his faithfulncSs in warning the
jailor OF an intended wholesale jail
delivery. and thus saving the mans
life. Floyd Fletcher. colored. had his
sentence OF one year in the penitenti
AIRY for felony suspended by Judge
Mullen in the Hastings Court today.
Fletcher. three times convicted of petty
larceny. was sentenced to one year in
prison, hut because he prevented the
jail delivery in January the court re-
leased him from custody.
Crowder's Sentence Suspended.
George Crowdcr, the young white
man who inquired in the trial of the
police department for bribery in Jam
uary, was today convicted in the llust-
inSs Court OF violating the prohibition
law by having more than quart of
whisky in mis- possession and sentenced
10 two months in jail, with a fine Of
$50. Upon recommendation OF the
Commonwealth attorney the sentence
was suspended.
William Deetes and Wilbur Wright,
Two young white men, VINO also figured
in the grand jury investigation against
the police, were acquitted of vagrancE
charges. The men had appealed their
cases from the Police Court, where
they were sentenced 20 thirty days in
jail.
Plan Great May-Day Event.
A huge parade. May-polc dance.
speech making at Central Park and
athletic events at I.akemont will fca-
ture the American Day" celebration
cordng to an nounccment made to-
day by Mayor Gillian. Every organ
ization in Petersburg, including the
Chamber OF Commerce, Rotary Club.
American Legion and Business Mems
Club, will participate in this cclcbra-
astray, will be the largest ever held
in he ('OckaI CITY
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-20

II is good nsws. then. when We realize
that there Is an orga MIA; zion FOUNDED and
originated 30 odd years ago hy Specialist
Sprouic Graduate In Medicine and Sur
gerry. Dublin University. Ireland, formerly
surgeon British Royal Mail Naval Service.
which ~ devoting its entire energies TO les.
scntng the Drcvacncy OF Catarrh Natur-
ally this Method known tho Sprouc
Method OF Home Treatment, OF Nasal
tatarrh, has gained many, many friends
through these years. Hest OF all perhaps
Specialist Sproulc and his associates have
worked and studied until their Method Is
| perfectly applicable TO Home Treatment
for 'Catarrh.
The New York herald., 1920-01-15
Ask Federal Laws
to Halt Lynching
and Race Rioting

WASHINGTON, d. c., Wednesday,
Enactment OF federal legislation to pre-
won't lynchings and race rioting was urged
at the initial hearing today OF a Senate
judiciary Subcommittee conducted under
the resolution providing for Investigation
into recent riots and the submission OF a
report to the Senate suggesting means OF
preventing recurrence OF the disorders.
Today's session was devoted entirely to
the question of federal Jurisdiction.
Senator Curtis. Republican. Kansas, au-
thor OF the resolution, presented to the
subcommittee copy Of report Of the
Department of Justice. showing the ac-
tivity OF radical agitators among the ne
groes in various cities where riotng has
occurred in the last six years. and de-
scribng the manner in which these agi-
tators have conducted a propaganda
among negroes for the purpose OF arous-
ing unrest.
The report outlined an article by Fred
erick A. Blossom, secretary of the l. w.
w. local Of Paterson IN j. textile work.
ers. designed TO arouse negroes. This
article, the report said. was printed in
the office OF the Gary Qnd) Post, at
the expense Of Line A. Il. Gale, OF Mex
leo City, who, the report said. was be-
leved 20 be a German agent.
at seems 20 me-" said Senator Curtis in
presenting the report. that there Is a very
strong reason why the general government
should take hold Of this question and make
thorough investigation Of IL and into the
activity OF the radical element in this
country in working up race riots"
The New York herald., 1920-01-15
Tells Princeton
Men Treaty Soon
Will Be Signed
Thomas w. Lamont Optimistic in
Address to 800 Alurhni-Foot.
ball Team Honored.

At get together" dinner OF 500 Prince
ton graduates in the grand ballroom OF the
Commodore Hotel last night Thomas W.
Lamont OF J. r. Morgan & Co., who was
tho financial advisor to the American
delegates to the peace conference, declared
that the treaty of peace had not been
signed merely through lack Of an under
standing, and he said 1t now looks "as
IL tho chain Is at last about TO be broken
William Church Osborn, president of the
Princeton Club of New York, presided
William ~. Edwards Collector OF Internal
Revenue, was the toastmaster The speak
ers we're John Grer Hibber president Of
Princeton; Walter Camp, Of Yale; Job r.
Hedges receiver Of the Third avenue troll
ley line. and Mr. Lamont. representing
Harvard
The members OF the Princeton football
team who sat at separate table in the
centre of the room. were presented with
medals and eulogized by the speakers.
Mr.. Lamont declared that universities
and colleges cannot be maintained unless
salaries arc increased. lie advised Prince
ton TO find mysterious Mr.. Smith" in
its drive for an endowment fund.
The addresses Of President Hibben and
Mr.. Camp we're largely reminiscent of
loo Ihan and Wat dAyA
The New York herald., 1920-01-15
Manhattan Gets
in First Figures
for 1920 Census
Herald Bureau,
No. .5O2 III street. y. W..
Washington, ID. c., wednesday,.

New York is again to the fore. The first
completed census enumeration sheets to
be received here from anywhere In the
country came from the Manhattan district
Of the greater city at noon today. They
represent the complete count in fifty dis
tricts.
Where these districts are located IN
Manhattan or any estimate as TO their
enumerated number of inhabitants could
not be obtained at census Headquarters
but, as II is known that the entire city
each might contain approximately 1900
was divided into 4,21S sub-dstricts, so that
persons, IL is likely that the Particular
Of 10000 OF New Workers. are now in the
bureau twelve days after the census be-
gan. The sheets came in fifty portfolios
packed in case-a very large shipment
at any stage of the count.
In this feat Samuel j. Foley. supervisor
In charge of the Manhattan district, has
astonished the census officials and won
the competition started by them between
the 372 supervisors Of the United states
to see which could clean up the first
half hundred enumeration districts and
deliver the sheets in Washington. There
will be no controversy as TO the medal he
will receive. MIR. Foley has advised the
Census Bureau that this initial shipment
will be followed by others in close order.
and that he has hopes OF completing
OF Manhattan ahead OF all
OF the other four districts into which
Greater Now York has been divided.
The New York herald., 1920-01-15
Chorus Girls Baby
Claimant for Share
of Field Millions

CHICAGO, H., wednesday.-The right
of Henry Anthony Marsh TO share in the
estate of Marshall Field was the subject
OF hearing in the Superior Court here to-
day. The claimant is three years old and
Us the son of Henry Field, grandson of
The multimillionnaire Chicago merchant.
and Peggy Marsh, former chorus girl.
Her allegation that Henry Field was father
of her child was virtually admitted by
Marshall Field. Sd, after his brothers
death, when he established fund of
500, OC0 for Peggy Harsh In settlement
OF n contract between her and his brother.
Tho hearing started today concerns the
right of Henry Anthony Marsh to share in
she income and ultimately in the principal
Of a SIS. 100000 trust fund established by
The seventh article Of Marshall Fields will.
IT will hinge upon the courts interpre-
ration of the terms Issue" and lawful
issue" as used in the instrument.
The article provides that upon the death
of Marshall Field. Cd (which occurred
from a pistol wound before the death of
Ills father), the income from the fund
rhall be paid TO the testator's grandchil-
dren, Marshall. Sd Henry and her sister.
C;wendolyn. The trust was to be con-
sinued IL any of these three died leaving
surviving child OF each such deceased
erandchild shall respectively attain the
are of twenty-one years or sail die before
attaining that age"
Henry Field. father of the infant claim
snt, received about 100000 a year from the
trust fund.
The New York herald., 1920-01-15
MAN. 30, ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF
KIDNAPPING FRIENDS DAUGHTER
r. r. King Says Child of Six Van
iShed on Way to School with
Foster Father.

Last evening Detective John MCGOWAN
arrested Samuel Bonesteel. forty years
old, at No. 1877 Pavonia street, Jersey City,
on a charge OF kidnapping. He was
locked UP in the Second precinct there
and will be held pending extradltion pro-
ceedings. His arrest followed the appeal
of Richard r. King, OF No. 5.622 Fourth
avenue. Brooklyn, to the police to find
Bonesteel, who disappeared Tuesday
morning, taking with him Kings six-year-
old daughter, Ruth Eleanor King.
Detective MCGOWAN returned to Brook
lyn with the little girl and brought her
to the Fourth avenue police station,
where she was cared for until her parents
arrived. The little girl seemed reluctant
to part from Bonesteel. and told the de-
tective she would rather live with him
than with her parents.
According to the detective, Bonesteel
frankly admitted taking the girl to
Jersey City with him, saying he loved the
child and that she was not receiving what
he considered proper care from her
parents.
Mr.. King does not believe that Bonesteel,
who is an intimate friend of the family.
really intended to kidnap the child. On
the contrary, Mr.. King told the police
that Bonesteel has been n veritable father
to the child since she was six months old.
At that time King and his wife were in
financial difficulties and both had TO go
to work. Bonesteel and his wife volun-
teered to take care Of the girl until the
Kings were in better circumstances.
Bonesteel became very much attached
to little Ruth He loved Ruth so much,
according to King, that he once pawned
his overcoat in midwinter to provide funds
to buy food for the girl. Bonesteel and
his wife separated. Bonesteel went to live
in Pennsylvania and took Ruth with him.
Occasionally the Kings heard from him.
In his letters he spoke of the great love
The New York herald., 1920-01-15
WOMAN THWARTS
HIGH COST OF BLOOD
STRIKE IN HOSPITAL
Nurse Meets Original Trans
fusion Rates, More Than
Doubled in Month.

Because they boosted the price OF blood
needed in trao@'''s,on cases the group of
professional blood donors upon whom the
surgeons at Flower Ho1pit al have depended
in the past. were yesterday thrown out of
a job by Miss Lillian Olea Jediicka, one
Of the student nurses there.
Miss Judl!cka volui teered a pin. OF blood
ard five other nurses. al in splendid
health. agreed afterward Cd do likewise.
In consequences the professionals. who
boosted their price from $25 for 600 cubic
centimetcrs, or approximately one pint. to
s55, will have to look elsewhere for a
livelihood.
For two hours. however, the surgeons
wore wrinkled brows. for they did not
know whence the necessary TRANSMISSION
material was to come. They willingly
agreed TO the $50 rate. and accepted the
$35 rate, which soon followed. But when
the blood donors declared that they must
have $25 for the first 800 cubic cent?
meters and $40 for every hundred there
after, 1t meant $55 to save a human life.
In few weeks the cost of this feature Of
surgery had more than doubled.
Then the student nurses heard OF the
corps ultimatum. AS the hospital has
been caring for its patients free in some
Of its wards and its funds are quite low,
real problem was confronted The girls
decided to come TO the rescue.
WHAT exclaimed Miss Jedlicka,
spend $50 for an operation that only a
month ago was less than half that price.
guess not We need too many other
things to squander cent" And the
young student nurse called a meeting of
all her coworkers not on duty at the time
and they decided TO become strikebreak-
ers.
Ten minutes after the decision was
made Miss Jedlicka was on the operat-
ing table. arm outstretched, as DR.. Ma
rion Bingham, house surgeon of the staff,
performed the TRANSMISSION operation. Two
hours later the young woman was attend
ing lecture. The strike was broken.
The New York herald., 1920-01-15
INSPECTOR SAVAGE
REDUCED AND SENT
TO STATEN ISLAND
Action Follows Vice Squad
Raid-Captain w. A. Cole
man Promoted in Brooklyn.

Richard E. Enright, Police Commits
sioner, ''for the good of the department
yesterday reduced Inspector James J.
Savage from command of the West Bronx
inspection district to the rank of captain
and transferred him to the New Dorp
station, Staten Island. No explanation
for the reduction Of Inspector Savage was
offered at Police Headquarters, but it was
recalled that on Saturday night last a
squad of detectives under Inspector Nc
Donald, of the vice squad. raided an al
legged gambling resort in the Kingsbridge
section OF the Bronx. which is In the de-
posed inspectors old district.
The transfer OF Inspector Savage. who
for nanv years was one OF the most suc-
cessful thief takers in the old Detective
Bureau, was not the only change made
by the Police Commissioner during the
day. Captain William a. Coleman, who
has been acting inspector of the Four
teenth inspection district, in Brooklyn.
was promoted to the rank of full fledged
inspector, and Captain Edward j. Demp-
sey, of the New Dorp station, was trans
ferred to the headquarters division at
Police Headquarters.
L.
been in command of the East Bronx in
spection district. was ordered TO take tenn
porary command of Inspector Savage's old
bailiwick, in addition to his own district,
until the Police Commissioner assigns a
new commander to the district.
1t was reported at Police Headquarters
that Captain William II. Davis, of the
West Tooth street station, until recently in
charge of the Quartermaster Department
at Police Headquarters, would be made
acting inspector to take Inspector Saw
ages place.
Unless the Board OF Estimate consents
to an increase in rent, II was said, the
Vanderveer Park police station. now a
No 1880 Brooklyn avenue, Brooklyn, will
have to find new quarters. The lease on
the station house. which is frame build
ing, expires on February 1. and 1t is un-
derstood Police Commissioner Enright is
opposed to paying the Increase demanded.
Mr.. Enright. in the course OF the day.
sent a letter to Allyn 6. Crumm, president
of the Thirty-second Ward Taxpayers
Association, in which he declared the pre-
cinct would have to be divided because of
the demand for increased rent for the sta
tion house Mr. Crumms organization, as
we'll as the Flatbush -hamber OF Com
merce and other civic bodies in the Sec
tion. are opposed to the move fore
sha allowed by Mr.. Enright.
The New York herald., 1920-01-15
Wife Names Chun1
in Action Seeking
Divorce Decree
Mrs. Louise K. Bassett Says Widow
and Husband Were Too
Friendly.

A battle between two clever and attrac-
tive young women was staged yesterday
before Justice Fawcett in the Queens
County Supreme Court, where Mrs. Louise
X. Bassett. who now lives at No. 242 East
Eighty-seventh street, is seeking to OBJ
tain divorce from her husband. Fred.
erick W. Bassett. She has named her
former school chum, Mrs Cora Whalen.
widow with a comfortable fortune. as
the correspondent. The latter is making
a vigorous defence to the action to clear
herself.
Frederick Bassett. the husband, an ex-
pert ironworker, the son of William
Bassett, is denying his wife's charges
and has counter claimed by alleging that
Mrs. Bassett was very friendly with Isa-
dor Wolen, a merchant, at No. 395 Broad
way. 1t is charged that Mrs. Bassett
met Violin at Bradley Beach. Woiin is
also defending himself against the allega-
tons made against him.
The Bassetts up to August last occupied
a pretentious home at $3.50 117th street
Richmond Hill. Part of the house was
occupied by the elder Bassett and his
wife and the remainder of the house by
Frederick and his wife and another son,
Charles Bassett, and his wife. In that
vited Mrs. Whalen to pay her visit.
Mrs. Whalen came and was there but a
few days when, according to the testi-
mony or Mrs. Bassett, her husband began
to pay the fair visitor marked attention.
Mrs. Bassett objected to the way things
were going and then she declares her
husband told her that she might go but
that Mrs Whaien was 10 remain.
The remainder Of the testimony intro
duced by Mrs. Bassett was that of n
visit she made with n friend, Mrs. May
Levy of No. 1,0ie Simpson street, the
Bronx, to her husbands home on the
night of August IL last when she found
her husband and Mrs Whalen together.
Other testimony introduced was that OF
a visit of several private detectives and
Mrs. Bassetcs brother to the Bassett
home at Richmond Hill on the night OF
October II last when again Mrs Whalen
was found In Bassetts apartments.
The defence was only started last even
ing, and william Bassett, the father. and
Charles Bassett. the brother testified
that on the night when the detectives
visited the house Bassett, the husband,
was sleeping in another part of the house
The case will be continued today.
The New York herald., 1920-01-15

he entertained for Ruth and intimated that
he was anxious to adopt her.
Two months ago King, who is a marine
machinist. decided that he wanted his
daughter back with him again He went
to Glen Uire. Pennsylvania, but found that
Bonesteel and his daughter had gone to
Jersey City. He located Bonesteel at No.
4S9 Grove street. Jersey City. He was liv-
ing i'm the rear of barber shop. The
girl was attending public school. Bone
steel was working as a laborer. He did
not want to part with the girl. King
brought Bonesteel and Ruth back to
Brooklyn with him. Each day Bonesteel
would take Ruth to school, and when the
sessions were over he would be waiting
at the school gate for her.
Mr.. King told Acting Captain John Sui
livan in charge OF the detectives at the
Fourth avenue station that for some
days past that Bonesteel had been talking
of a woman friend of his who had in
herited $1,000. Yesterday as he was leav-
ing the house he said to Ruth This will
be the last day ] will take you to school.
You will have to go alone after to-day
1t is the belief of the parents that Ruth
cried on the way to school and to pacify
ner Bonesteel took her with him.