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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09
Smoking Automobiles.

There is a regulation upon the
books of the District of Columbia a
section of which reads as follows: "No
person shall locate, conduct or oper-
ate motor vehicle of any kind what
soever, upon any street, avenue or
public highway of the District of Co
lulab ia, which emits from the exhaust
or muffler of said motor vehicle any
prolonged and dense or prolonged and
offensive qualities of smoke, gases or
disagreeable odors." The phrasing of
the law is precise. Its purpose, the
protection of residents of the National
Capital from the unpleasant and even
dangerous fumes Of burning oil or
exploded gasoline, is admirably con-
ceived. Yet the fact remains that,
though similar laws exist and are en-
forced in great majority of the
larger cities of this country, offenders
against the statute almost invariably
90 their noxious way unmolested with
in tho confines of the District of Co.
lumbia. If certain motorists lack that
sense Of personal interest which would
preclude the excessive use of oil and
gasoline to the reduction of the eff
fciency Of their vehicles. and of pub
lie interest which would prohibit the
communicating of the general atmos-
phere, job presents itself for the
Washington police. 1t is time that
that job be vigorously discharged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

In spite of the fact that big in
terests are supposed to be combining
to defeat Hiram johnson, Wall street
permits him to 60 up as favorite in
the betting odds. The manipulations
of high finance are possibly not so
arbitrary and far-reaching as many
people suspect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

While some of the Mexicans are
putting price on Villas head others
are considering the collection Of a
campaign fund for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

There are moments when Col. Bryan
must feel tempted to arise in his place
among the convention reporters and
heckle q bit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

In times when publicity is a highly
commercialized asset, it is difficult to
satisfy those who demand that a can
didate shall be famous but impecu-
NOUS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

Newsgatherers who complain of
lack Of Chicago excitement might have
found more exhilaration by foregather-
ing with the party around Senator
Penrose's long distance phone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

American politics is offering some
pointed reminders Of the bad impress
sion likely to be made by the osten-
tation of wealth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

Chicago landlords have done what
could be expected to remind the dele
gates of duty to do something about
the high cost of living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

A more active life is desired by
Gen. Pershing. A presidential cam.
paign should supply enough activity
TO content the most energetic nature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

Occasionally campaign contribu-
tor meets with criticism which in.
cludes enough of an ad for his bust
ness to help him get even.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

Perhaps the delegates were little
difident at first because Of stage
fright. Some Of them had never been
shot by a movie camera before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

A modern statesman needs physical
endurance and Hiram johnson is de-
termined to leave NO doubt on that
score.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

According to Senator Penrose, this is
no time for doctor to undertake to
prescribe rest and quiet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Early Apathy.
From far Chicago came the sigh,
"Where is the pep Of days gone byi
The people shout. The brass band
plays
Familiar tunes and ragtime lays.
And fluent speeches as Of yore
Are brought along in generous store.
The marchers travel, keeping step.
The stuff's all there, except the pep
"Much elegance salutes the eye.
Are brows grown low and waists too
hight
And as the patriot hymn sounds clear,
A jazzy ripple greets the ear.
As patiently we read anew
OF what they say and what they do,
The echoes whisper, soft and low,
ooh, for the pep" Of long agov"
Ancient Inquiry.
eve are still seeking" said tho
scientist, "to ascertain the exact pur.
pose for which the pyramids Of Egypt
were constructed"
eyes," replied Senator Sorghum,
absent -mindedly. "some Of these in.
vestigations do take long time"
Aloof.
"Who is your choice for the nomi.
nationp
Haven't made any," replied Farmer
Corntossel. "Nobody asked me to no
convention; an + don't sec any sense
to my neslectin' work an botherin'
around like it was q guessin' contest
with no prize attached"
Just the Same In Politics.
A man who was warm meath the collar
Der q campaign fund raised a great
| holler.
"A decrease" said he,
| "Aftcr this there must be,
In the purchasing power of dollar"
The Trident.
"Who was Neptunep inquired the
student.
Neptune" replied the girl who
merely looks at the pictures, twas the
ancient gentleman who invented the
oyster fork"
Jud Tunkins says many q young
man with fine future has used most
Of It up admirin' its possibilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

No matter who is selected it will be
Mr.. Hays privilege to be enthusiast
cally pleased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

California is as productive political
ly as Ohio used to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-09

Jud Tunkins says many q young
man with . fine future has used most
Of 1t up admirin' it, possibilities.
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
MAD JEALOUSY
SEEN IN CRIME
Hudson River Victim Killed by
Husband Over Love Affair,
Police Believe.

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-A yard
long cord of coarse hemp and two
water-soaked patches of cloth. one Of
wool, the other of cotton, form the
only material clues possessed by au-
thorities investigating the case Of the
girl victim of the Hudson river mys-
terry.
TORSO FOUND WEDNESDAY.
The headless and Hmbless torso was
found floating in the north river of
Communipaw late Wednesday after
noon.
Police of the metropolitan district
hold the mystery to be one of the
most puzzling problems presented
since the Anna Aumueller case sew
eral years ago.
report communicated to Assist
ant County Physician Arthur p. Has
king of Jersey City, that woman's
lower leg. crudely amputated. had
been found at New Bedford. Mass,
was regarded by that official as high
ly important.
DR.. Hasking was in telephone COM
munication with Massachusetts, au-
thorities, enIeavoring to learn If the
measurements of the leg made it
match the torso found in the river.
He said:
1T is probable that the solving
OF this battling mystery will come
through some such circumstance as
the finding the leg at New Bedford.
In crimes such as this the solution
often comes by fitting things together,
as in a jigsaw puzzle. 1t was so in
the Aumueller case, which 1 worked
on"
An autopsy was held yesterday af-
ternoon in the Jersey City morgue.
1t disclosed several interesting fea-
lures. and erased all doubt that the
case was other than a most brutal
murder.
One new fact brought to light to-
day and a fact that has impressed
the police as important. is that the
murder evidently is a trunk mystery.
Reasons for this theory are based
upon the fact that a broken trunk
was seen floating near the torso when
it was found last Sunday.
Only the lower part of the trunk
was seen--the lid was missing. Be-
fore the workmen could get to 1t 1t
had floated down stream.
Search is being made for the trunk
today along the river front
DISCOVERS CUT ON THIGH.
Early reports that there were no
marks on the torso were amended by
DR.. Hasking. He found a deep cut,
about four inches long, running dag
onally downward over the right thigh
bone. In his opinion. 1t was made
after death as there was no evidence
of hemorrahage.
Though the mark may have been
made by the jostling of the torso
against piling or harbor drift, to the
practiced eyes of those who attended
Continued on Page ., Column l.)
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
MAN FOUND DEAD
IN BARN IDENTIFIED
Fingerprints Establish Name as
Private N. J. Ferda, Walter
Reed Patient.
DORMITORY IS WRECKED.

Finger prints today identified the
body found hanging in a barn near
Walter Reed Hospital on Tuesday
night as that Of Michael J. Ferda. u
patient in the psychiatric ward of the
hospital.
Ferda, who was a private in the
ouartermaster corps, and who was suf-
fering from dementia, had been miss
ing since August .. When the body
was found Tuesday II was so badly
decomposed that identification was be-
lieved impossible.
Based on physical measurements
hospital authorities decided that OF
four men absent without leave the
body was that Of either Ferda or John
/ Flutter, who also had been missing
since August o. Both Ferda and Flut-
ter were walking patients.
Major NJ. ashford. executive officer
at the hospital went to the Morgue
Yesterday afternoon and obtained
prints of the fingers These were
taken to the office OF the adjutsnt
general of the war Department and
compared with those of the patients
at the hospital, establishing the iden-
tifIcation of Ferda this morning.
At the time Of his enlistment Ferda
gave as his nearest OF kin, Miss Anna
Ferda r. +. D., Route No. J. Box No.
~. penna 4 letter has been sent TO
her by the hospital officials.
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
y. c. Pastor Fined for
Speed and Contempt
Inn. II. Police Court
Rev. l. N. Powers Assessed 81 o
for Auto Law Violation and
SIS for Impertinence.

FRANKLIN. N. H., Aug. 20-Rev
l.. M. Powers. u. d., pastor of the
Church OF Our Father tUniversalisD,
Washingto on, ID. c., the first clergy
man ever arraigned before the
Franklin Municipal Court, was fined
$40 and costs for overspeeding hts
automobile. by Judge Omar J. Towne
who presided at special session of
the court
When the clergyman, after paying
his fine, appeared impertinent. the
Judge ordered him to pay an extra 50
for contempt OF court. This called
for further remarks from the clergy
man and Judge Towne called for an
other IS fine for contempt.
Mr.. Powers baked on the payment
of the second IS and was threatened
with jail. He declared he would go
to jail rather than pay and continued
to orste, saying amoag other things
that ne was a doctor Of divinity in
good standing in Washington. Pastor
OF the Uuiversalist church there. and
had driven an auto more than 5000
miles without having trouble. He
also made boasts of what he ought
to do. He suggested that he would
get into touch with Senator George
II. Moses.
When Judge Towne announced that
he would call upon the city marshal
to lock him up Immediately in a
police station cell, there was order
in the court room. After quiet had
resumed the Judge finally decided to
allow the becalmed preacher to leave
the court room without paying the
second hne for contempt.
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
TODAY

has millions more than he needs
can invest them In securities that
pay no income tax and keep all
the income for himself. IL his
corporations are making gigantic
amounts. he can invest the money
and pay himself in stock dividends,
thus lodging income tax, II is not
so with the man with little busi-
ness or the man with an average
salary, who doesn't know exactly
where he will be next year. HE
PAYS INCOME TAX. There are
no Supreme Court decisions or
rulings by public officials letting
him out OF the net.
That need not surprise you, how
ever. The possession OF much
money indicates intelligence some
where. when II is inherited II can
buy intelligence from the corpo-
ration lawyer. And intelligence
usually gets out Of the net. The
dull little fishes stay in and are
eaten.
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
EXPRESS CO. SEEKS
NEW Tsp. c. RAISE

Application for a further increase
OF Is per cent in express rates was
filed with the Interstate Commerce
Commission today by the American
Railway Express Company.
This increase is sought to cover
increased wages to express employees
granted by the Railroad Labor Board.
The increased wages are estimated
at 10000, 900 annually by the express
company and 100000 900 by the Labor
Board.
An increase OF 1914 per cent in ex-
press rates was granted by the Inter
state Commerce Commission last
week.
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
S|NN NFE|NERS MAKE
DARING MAIL RAIDS
ny DANIEL O'CONNELL.
international News seryieel

international News ServiceD
DUBLIN. Aug. 20.-A series OF dar-
ing raids. in whiah a number of per-
sons we're wounded, have been car
ried out by Sim Feiners against mail
lorries and police and military patrols
during the past twenty-four hours.
Near Annascaul, In County Kerry.
detachment OF. thirteen soldiers who
were guarding a military lorry were
ambushed After sharp fusillade.
in which four of the soldiers were
wounded. the others surrendered and
gave up their arms.
The Sim Feiners commandeered a
passing motor car and carried the
wounded into Dingle, where first aid
wac given. In the meantime the cap
tives werc entertained at tea at
nearby farm house. Later they were
released.
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
100 600 RED TROOPS IN Wild R0UT
Two Bits of Cloth May Solue "1orso" Staying
new REVOLUTION
STARTS NEAR
BACDAD

LONDON, Aug. SO.-Revolution
has broken out In MesOpOtamia,
and British re-enforcements are
being rushed from India to quell
the disorders, the war office an.
nOunced today.
"NOrtheast and west of Bagdad
the outbreaks are on q consider
able SCALE" said the war office.
"The railway line between Bagdad
and kifri kirkut has been cut and
the bridges have been burned. The
British garrison at kifri kirkut
has been surrounded. Anarchy
prevails In some Districts
The seat of the Mes0pOtamian
uprising Is near the Persian from
tier, south of the point where the
Russian red army invaded Persia.
The fighting reported by the Brit
ish war office was between the IT,
girls river and the Persian border,
near the junction Of two railway
lines that branch from the Bagdad
system and lead into Persia toward
Tehersn, the Persian capital. >
This is territory that was for.
merly part Of the Turkish Empire,
but has been taken ever by Great
Britain under . mandate. ~-.
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
F|GHTBYANT|S
NOT YET over
Adjournment Until Tomorrow
Leaves Women's Victory
StiII Uncertain.
WALKER LOSES HIS CHANCE
Opponents of 18th Amendment
Regard Letter From Cox
As Asset.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 20
Governor Roberts, II was reliably
Iearned today. has sent 10 Secretary
of state BalnbridGe Colby q certi-
Aed copy Of the journal Of the house
Of Representatives and . certineate
that Tennessee has rstfned. The
governor refused to make any
statement regarding the natter.
The SrocIamstion declaring suf-
fra8e for women to be effective has
been prepared BY the state Depart
ment. and 10 ready for Secretary
Colby to affix bis siEnnture as soon
as official word of TenneSsee's rati-
flc.tion In received, II was learned
this afternoon.
The signature by Secretary Colby
will be attended by some ccremon-
les, IL IL expected. The State De-
partment ID expecting official notice
Of Tennessee's ratification by cour-
Ter today or tomorrow.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 20
The House adjourned today until IL
o'clock Saturday morning without
having acted on Speaker Seth Walk.
er's motion to reconsider its ratl
fication of the nineteenth amendment
z Today was the last day on which
Walker alone could bring up thy
ameudment for reconsideration. Z
COX SENDS ANTS LETTER.
At vthe next meeting any member
can bring up the reconsideration and
have It fnally voted on. Suffrage
leaders expect to bring it up and ia
h,e IL the first thing when the House
again conVenes. 1t takes two
thirds vote to take any motion from
the table.
A letter from Gov. James NJ. Cox
Democratic presidential candidate
addressed to f. b. SALESMAN, mem
Der Of the legislature. was read by
the "antis" at a mass meeting last
night. 1t said:
Let me thank you again for your
very interesting and comprehensive
letter of July so. l laid 1t aside
for my personal attention, but my
own mall ran into an accumulation,
which l am just now wading
through.
81 know enough of the feelings
Of the South, or at least, | believe
| do, to appreciate your Feelings
with reference to your internal az
fairs. Our platform has made
Continued IN Page 3. Column 81
The Washington times., 1920-08-20

I.4c3 ARE CERTIFIED.
Although more than 1000 employees
are to be retired. only 1923 had
been certified to the Pension Bureau
this morning and 1t will only be
these that will receive pension
check on September I. The others
will have to wait for several days,
or perhaps weeks before they re-
ceive their pensions, on account OF
the delay in the departments In
sending in their certifications. The
Postoffice Department imployes will
suffer the most because of the q
500 who will be retired In that de-
partment only a few were certified
up to this morning. according to
the officials at the Pension Office.
Employees who arc retired will re-
ceive varying amounts according to
their pay and length of service, but
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
PRESIDENT ISSUES
F|RSTLEAGUE CALL
Will Not Be Made Public by
U. S.-.Forwarded to Secre-
tary-Meets in Geneva.

President Wilson has issued the call
for the first meeting of the League OF
Nations. but the document will not
be made public by the United States,
the state Department announced to-
day.
The President has forwarded the
cali to the secretary OF the League Of
Nations. through whom 1t will be is.
sued, II was announced.
Ofhcials stated that this Govern
ment feels that the matter OF making
the call public Is in the hands OF the
League OF Nations and not this Gov
crnment.
The call Is for the meeting to be
held at Geneva, and is in accordance
with the request that President VIII
son make the nrst proclamation call
ing that body into session,
The Washington times., 1920-08-20

The clergyman was charged with
overspeeding his machine, the
marshal claiming he went at a rate
greater than twenty-five miles per
hour, passing other automobiles on the
city's main street in what appeared
reckless manner. The marshal
claimed he faild to stop when signal
led to.
Deputy Sheriff o. A. Plummer of
Tilton was called by phone by the
marshal and when the car reached
the sheriff's place of business, 1t was
stopped and the driver ordered to re-
turn to Franklin.
The Washington times., 1920-08-20

they will average about $3.50 a year.
it has been estimated. This will
mean that the Government will pay
out in pensions about s2.64O,00O a
year to the retired employees, while
1T has been estimated that the
amount paid into the retirement by
the Government employees at the rate
of 2ia per cent of their salary, will
be more than S14,000.000 a ear.
The retired employees wiz on Sep
tember I receive a check for ten
days on their retirement pay, and ev.
cry month thereafter will receive
the entire monthly amount.
The employees who are stationed in
Washington. IL is said, have all been
certified to the Pension Office, the
Continued on Page II, Column g.
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
MRS. JOHN WANAMAKER
DIES AT ATLANTIC CITY

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. 20
Mrs. John Wanamker died at the
Ambassador Hotel here at noon today
Her entire family was at the bedside
when she passed away. Mrs. Wana-
maker had been ill for some weeks
suffering from heart trouble.
Mrs. wanamaker was formerly Mary
Erringer Brown. daughter of a pros
perous Philadelphia grocer. and was
horn in Philadelphia. November %,
1899. She became the wife of the
merchant in 1850
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
PERIL
!. ENTIRE ARMY
Great Advance on 400-MiIe
Battle Front Expected
MomentariIy.
RUSS THROW ARMS AWAY
Defeat of Muscovites Due to
Skill of French and
British Officers.
RUSS THROW ARMS . AWAY

WARSAW. Aug. 2O.-The Poles
have advanced about sixty miles
northeast of warsaw, according -
the war office cOmmuntque issued
today. The cOmmunique saysi
.sThe Poles have recaptured Pull
tunk, Sicdlce, and BieIsk.-
Pultusk is thirty miles north of
Warxaw. siedlce is fifty two miles
east Of Warsaw, and BieIsk II 100
miles northeast of Warsaw"
LONDON, Aug. 2O.-The Poles
have advanced nifty miles on q 12S-
mile front east of Warsaw and
forty miles north OF Warsaw, ae-
cording to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from the Ponsh capital
this aftePn00a. The PVles have
reached Ciechanow, On the Warsaw
DanEiG railway, and Pultusk. East
OF warsaw the Poles have taken
Novo Minsk. kalusxyn, Siedlce, and
L0xice.
LONDON. AuE. 2O.-Despite the
opposition OF labor to the sending
OF war supplies to Poland, quantf-
ties of munitions are being shipped
to the Polish army by Americana,
according to advices from Brussels
today, quoting the Belgian press.
The munitions are said to have been
unlOaded from American ships and
are being sent win the Rhine.
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
WOMAN LEADER CERTAIN
OF TENNESSEE SUCCESS

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-What Speak
er Walker does when the suffrage
fight opens in the Tennessee House
this afternoon will make absolutely
no difference-the enfranchisement OF
the women of America is assured,
said Miss Esther G. Ogden, vice chair
man of the Womens Bureau of the
Democratic National Committee. to-
day. G
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
Tears Flo1u Freely AS
1000 Retired Clerks
Quit Federal Service

Celebrations in many of the Government bureaus and de-
paments today marked the passing from the Government
service of than 1000 employees under the retirement
law In many particularly the the employees who
retired after years of service in the Government wep
Those who retired held of mprompt reception all
day. other employees the bureaus and departments calling
wishing long life and comfort in their remaining
The Washington times., 1920-08-20
ALLIED SPIES
FILL BERLIN
Russo German Agreement to Be
Drafted in Moscow for Fear
of Surveillance.
By KARL H. Won WIEGAND.

BERLIN, Aug. 20.-The coming
Russo-German agreement to take the
place of the Brest-Litovsk treaty
will be drafted in Moscow and not
Berlin if the present tentative plans
of the German and soviet govern
ments are carried out, according to
persons in the confidence of both.
FULL OF ALLIED SPIES.
In circles in both governments the
view is held that Berlin is so honey
ccmbed with allied agents as to be
subject to the influence Of the en-
tente. These conditions do not pre-
vail at Moscow, and for that reason
1t Is held to be more suitable place
for drafting the treaty than the Ger,
man capital.
The first step in the direction OF
picking up and replacing the Russo
German diplomatic and economic
threads will. according to reliable
persons in close touch with the gov
ernment. be the sending of eco
nomic mission to Moscow. The TAX
ing up of diplomatic relations will b.
next.
SUBJECT TO DELAY.
That. | am reliably informed. is the
present plan, but IL is ad nittcd that
the shaping of the future relations
of Germany and Russia Is still in
stage that is subject to many infiu.
ences and developments which may
make for alterations and delay.
The conversations as yet appear to
be in the earliest preliminary stage.
I am informed that the proposal OF
Moscow to render satisfaction for thu
death of Count Mirbach, the former
German ambassador, as brought here
by wigdor Kopp, the Soviet emissary,
was not Immediately accepted by
Foreign Minister Simon, now absent
in Switzerland. DR.. simon, whether
merely to gain time to see what de-
yelops or out of conviction, Is holding
out for a certain form Of satisfaction
which Moscow, up till now, is not dis
posed to yield.
This stand may have been the actu-
ating force in back OF an article in
the Red Flag, official organ of the
German Communists, by Karl Radek
now one OF the Russian peace com
missioners at Minsk. attacking Simon.
Radek pointed out that Or. Simon was
one Of the German delegation at
Brest -Litovsk and had hand in
shaping the peace terms. Radek also
assails Breitscheif and Job, two lead
ers OF the Independent Socialists, as
entente agents.
Dr. Simon Is scheduled to return
here Monday. and until then no fur
ther steps to clear away the Mirbach
matter will he taken.