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The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
GIRLPREVENTS
MANS MURDER
Employers Son Commits
Suicide After Scene
In Office.
lRr IniversaI servieeD

Chicago. Oct. Miss Vera Dan
forth. a slip of a girl stepped be-
tween father and son when the
latter attempted to kill his parent
today. She knocked aside a pistol
squirting fire and lead and saved the
life Of W. S. McCrea, her employer.
Smell McCrea foiIed the girl by send
ing a bullet crashing through his
brain.
Smell McCrea. wealthy ranchman.
Of Rea. Idaho. came to Chicago to-
day and went directly to his
millionaire fathers office on the
thirteenth floor of the Peoples Gas
Building
That was a bum deal you gave
me on that property. What are
you going to do about it?" were his
first words.
You know what the lawyer said +;
that's final" answered the father.
And then the shots rang out. The
older man fed to his private office.
Miss DanfOrth slammed the door,
but not before young McCrea had
showed his gun through a small
opening. He continued to fire.
The girl seized his hand, and held
IT. When the hand was withdrawn
she bOlted the door. Two more shots
were fired through the door, one
passing within an inch Of her head.
There was a wait of a few seconds
and still another shot rang through
the building. A body was heard to
fall and all was quiet.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
BASEBAtHtAW
VIEWS AT ODDS
Representative Kelly Sees
Possibility of Federal
Jurisdiction.

Conflicting opinions regarding the
constitutionality Of the proposed
Mudd corr pt baseball act, published
exclusively in yesterdays Washing
ton Herald. were heard in Wash
ington yesterday. Everyone eX-
pressed the hope" however. that
it would stand the test OF the
courts.
Representative n. Clyde Kelly. OF
Pennsylvania, a lawyer. declared
that while there il some question as
to the "Interstasc commerce" fea-
ture Of baseball game. yet the
fact that the clubs are transported
from State to State would seem 10
give the Federal government some
jurisdiction.
1T is possible and very likely
that the act would be upheld" he
said. We all certainly hope there
is some way for the Federal gov
ernment to handle it"
Frank J. Hogan, attorney. said
that in his judgment such a law
would noC stand the test, and Robert
l. Miller. police court lawyer, CX-
pressed tie same view.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
.FIVEGO DOWN
IN GULF SHIP
Eight Rescued and Thirteen
Set Adrift, Declares
Aero Message.
(B yUnited PressD

New Orleans, Oct. 2.-Five dead
three men and two women, eight
rescued from a drifting lifeboat and
thirteen others still adrift in an
open lifebOat with the clifton
steamship Speedwell at the bottom
of the Gulf of Mexico was reported
in confusing wireless message re-
ceived here late today by the United
States photographic office from the
steamer Mobile City. The wireless
was dated $50 a. M, October 2. 1t
reads:
Picked up four men in lifeboat
steamship Speedwell. Another boat
adrift in near vicinity with thirteen
persons in it. Kindly be on lookout
for boat. Three men and two
women dead. Latitude 2415 north,
longitude Si.55 west. (Signed)
Steamship Mobile City"
The Speedwell was bound for New
Orleans with a cargo of mahogany.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
P.0.L0AN PLAN
WINSAPPROVAL
Local Realtors Favor Using
Postal Bank Funds for
Home Building.

Strong endorsement OF the plan
advanced by Representative Clyde
Kelly. Of Pennsylvania. for enlarg-
ing the function of the Postal Saw
ings Bank so that loans could be
made to home builders, was express
ed last night by a number of Wash
ington real estate men.
Kelly declared SIS. 100000 was on
deposit in postal savings banks,
bearing interest at two per cent.
This money is loaned by the Post
office Department to banks at 2lz
per cent, who in turn lend il back
to other branches of the govern
ment at a charge of per cent.
Kelly has drafted a bill to permit
this money to be loaned to prOspec-
tive home builders.
ANY plan which will loosen up
money and enable construction TO go
on will be a wonderful benefit to the
people" was the statement Of Nor
ton Luchs of shannon and LuChs.
Harry Wardman, another member
of the housing board. declared:
while Kelly's plan probably will
meet opposition on the part of the
building and loan agencies, l think,
in the interest of the critical public
needs, selfish private interests should
be put in the background"
Edmund D.. Rheem alone, was in
clined to take exception TO the plan.
The present need, he said, so far as
Washington is concerned, is not for
the individual TO borrow money for
home-building but for the large
builders He pOinted ont that there
are plenty of homes on the market
for sale today. What is needed, {"
he said, "is some plan to encourage
the construction of housing accom-
modations for renting purposes"
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
u. S. SEXES IL SHIPS
AND ARRESTS HEAD
OF PURCHASING FIRM
Bernstorff Picks
Harding as Victor
lnNovemberVoting
CBy Universal service.) }

Berlin, Oct 2.-"According to hu-
man calculations, Senator Harding,
the Republican candidate, will
carry off the victory in the Presi-
Dental election" prophesies Count
Won Bernstorff,' former German am
bassador in Washington, one of the
leading advocates of the league of
nations in Germany. in an article
entitled We and America" appear
ing in a local periodical.
Bernstorff warns the Germans
against expecting anything from
the United States.
America is thoroughly weary OF
European politics." he writes, land
that is wholly comprehensive. The
Americans started out to found a
better world and returned leaving
completely demoralized Europe
behind"
BernsArfr tells the Germans nc
important political decision need be
expected in America until the new
President takes office. Then, he
says, a resolution of Congress will
end the condition of war with Ger
many.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
CLAYTON URGES
S2,0OOSALARY
FOR TEACHERS
Education Bureau Chief
Says Schools Must Offer
Opportunity.
LAUDS NEWS READING
Believes Pupils Should Be
Taught Current Events
Through Press.
iLAUDS NEWS READING

Asserting that "this is the real
crisis in education" p. p. Claxton,
chief of the Bureau OF Education,
issued a statement yesterday urg-
ing that the average salary of
teachers should be $4,000. The time
has come. he said, when people must
either pay good salaries for good
teachers or poor salaries for make
shift teachers.
For teachers of the first class
We must pay salaries larger rela-
lively than we haye paid at any
time in the past and must adopt a
policy which will hold them against
the temptation of better pay else
where. Temporary increase will
not be sufficient. There must be
such guaranty of good wages as
will induce young men and women
to accept teaching as a profession
and take the time and spend the
money necessary to prepare them
selves for it.
Would Bolster Pay.
Tn view of the fact that the pur-
chasing power of the dollar will in
crease considerably within the next
few years let US agree on $4,000 as
an average salary for teachers
in the elementary and secondary
schools OF the United States. This
is three times as much as the aver
age for the year 1sl7-lS and more
than $50 per cent above the average
for 1880.
Salaries of 5000 or more may
be held out as rare prizes for those
who have gained experience and
have proven their worth"
The value of teaching current
events in the schools is immeasur-
able, said DR.. Claxton.
II believe in this study fully" he
said 'It should be taught syste-
matically in order to give children
an opportunity to get acquainte ed
with the world in which they live
instead Of learning only about the
world of the past, a knowledge
CONTINUED on PAGE SEVEN.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
MANY WEIGHING
DEVICESSEIZ
Sealer's Annual Report
Shows Peddlers in Dis
trict Practice Fraud.

Fraud in the sale of commodities,
resulted in the condemnation OF
l,443 weighing and measuring de-
vices and the confiscation of 3S2
during the last fiscal year, accord
ing to the annual report OF George
NJ Roberts, superintendent OF
weights. measures and markets of
the District.
Fines and forfeitures in forty-twO
cases of forty-fve prosecutions in
stituted last year, amounted TO So
$50.
Devices condemned and inspected
included scales, liquid and dry
measures used in commercial tran
sactions; scales used by pharma-
cists in compounding prescriptions;
jewelers. scales and gasoline and oil
pumps used at garages.
Although many ice dealers and
fruit vendors were apDrehended for
using short-weight and measure de-
vices. Roberts critiCises consumers
for not investigating conditions in
which they are often cheated.
The sales of fruits and veEetabl
is carried on in the District in a
most haphazard manner the re-
port says. 1T generally happens in
such instances that the purchaser
gets the small end of the transaction
but makes little or no effort TO pro-
tect himself
Numerous and extensive repairs at
the Eastern, Western and George
town markets were recommended hy
superintendent Complete rehabili-
tGtion of the Georgetown market
a portion of which fell into disuse
during the war, was asked. Condi-
tions of the other municipal markets
were reported favorably.' Bushes.
at the fish market showed marked
increase last year. turning in net
profit of Sll,974S4
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
D.. G. CITIZENS
OPEN NEW WAR
ON HIGH COSTS
Federation Associations to
Put Committee on Trail
Of Dealers.
TEXT BOOKS A TOPIC
Reduced Car Fare for
School Children Also
Discussed at Meeting.

Reduction of the high cost of liv-
ing will be the chief purpose of
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions this fall and winter, following
a decision reached at the first meet
ing of the season in the District
Building last night.
A committee of fifteen to investi-
gate the high cost of milk. coal,
bread and other necessities will be
appointed within a few days by
William B. Westlake, president of
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tiOns.
westlake strongly advocated the
direction of the best efforts of the
organization to the investigation of
and remedy for the ever mounting
prices of the necessities of life.
Free text books for the high
schools. reduced fares for school
children, and increase of member
ship dues were discussed.
"Profiteering in Coal.r
Urging the great need of consid-
Grafton of the high cost of many
commodities, Westlake cited coal as
an example of profiteering, produc-
ing data showing that the increase
in rates demanded by local public
service corporations because of al
legged high cost of coal were not sup
ported by facts.
Westlake declared that in an in
vestigation recently concluded on
behalf of the federation he had
found it possible to obtain 10000
pounds of soft coal at $3.50 per
ton.
Daniel Edwards, George A. Finch,
Thomas =. Donovan and others rep
resented that coal is being sold in
the District at from three to four
times above what it costs at the
mines.
In the opinion of William Nick.
Clayton, chairman of the public
utilities committee, the operation of
the Public Utilities Commission as
a regulatory body in the District
has been characterized by utter
failure to work for the interests OF
the consumer.
Asserting that was the Rock
of Ages" of the public service cor
porations, and that ii had failed 10
carry out the original intention OF
Congress as expressed in the act
by which it was created. Clayton
declared that the only solution was
the creation of a separate commits
sion.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
No Suspicion
Found in Sif
ofDodgers
Prosecutor Praises Players
And Result Is Joy to
Fandom.
CBy Universal seryireD

New York, Oct 2.-The alleged
conspiracy between gamblers and
the players of the Brooklyn base
ball Club. winners Of the National
League pennsnt to throw the 1880
world series, does not exist The
Brooklyn players were given q clean
bill Of health today by District At
torney Lewis OF Brooklyn, after a
three-dsy investigation into reports
that attempts had been made 10 tx
the coming championship series So
the American League champions
would win.
MY Investigations have not dis
closed a single suspicion that there
has been an attempt TO tx the com
ing series" said District Attorney
Lewis in a formal statement this
afternoon. Not only have my in
vestigations failed 10 disclose any
facts that would lead me to believe
that any Brooklyn player had been
approached, but from my personal
interview with them would think
it would be very dangerous for any
gambler 70 approach one Of them
with a dishonest proposition"
Brings Joy TO FaBdom.
The results Of the investigation
spread Joy through sporting circles
and local fandom. In the meantime
there has been no let Up here in the
effort TO run TO earth the men
/ responsible for the fixing Of the 1919
world series.
That there was a master mind
behind the framing mp" uf the
White SoX-Cincinna,i games rs the
: information which John J. sport
Sullivan Of Boston, who was iudict-
ed by the grand jury in Chicago in
connection with the baseball scan
7 dal will lay before the grand jury.
within the next IS hours ! will
be on my way TO Chicago" Sullivan
said today. and when 1 get there
! will tell the grand jury ur any
other officials the whole inside
q story Of the frame up.
Not TO BE Goat
They have indicted me and made
me a goat. and ! am not going 10
stand for it. I know the biz man
whose money il was that paid Of
the son players-and I'm going TO
name him"
Abe AtteII. former puEilfst. was
CONTINUED on PAGE THIRTEEN.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
APRON ABLAZE,
WOMAN, DIES
Daughter Battles in Vain to
Save Mrs. Elizabeth
Reds Life.

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Reid, 60 years
old. was burned to death yesterday
afternoon at her home, 1912 Second
str eet northwest when her apron
caught fire from a gas stove.
Mrs. Reid was cooking dinner
while Mrs. Elizabeth Springer, her
daughter, was doing housework N
another part of the dwelling. Mrs.
Springer heard her cry out and rush.
ed into the kitchen to find her
clothes in flames. She tried in vain
to smother the flames. Mrs. Spring
er told police her mothers apron
had been blown by the breeze from
an open window across the fame of
the gas stove
Despite medical aid Mrs. Reid died
at her home within a short time.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
LOCKOUT CUTS GARAGE
SERVICE IN NEW YORK

New York, Oct. 2-Twenty-five
hundred garage workers have been
locked out in this city as the re-
suit of a demand for increased pay,
an eight-hour day and better work
ing conditions, and it was an
nounced tonight by the Garage own
ers' Association that no service, such
as washing and repairing motor
cars, will be rendered in the future.
The garages will be maintained
for storage purposes only, and the
care of machines will be entirely up
to the owners.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
PHONE STOPS
BLAZING TRAIN
Philadelphia Has Thrilling
Fire Fight in Which One
Man Is Injured.
Especial to Warrington HeraId.p

Philadelphia, Oct. with an ex-
press car in flames a fast main line
train flashed through Philadelphia
like a comet early this morning.
1t was stopped through telephone
signals ahead and its occupants
rescued after a street car pursued
1t to warn the enginemen to look
behind"
The stop was made near Villa
nova and firemen, policemen. COM
muters and the Bryn Mawr depart
ment took part in the thrilling fire
fight.
Baked to a crisp a terrapin and a
dog were taken from the ruins with
many other Consignments. including
clothing, parts of automobiles and
jewelry. A revolver and several
cartridges were found in the debris.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
BROWNS AS SEAPLANE
NOSE DIVES IN LAKE

Lake Bluff, Ill, Oct. 2-The pro-
pellers boring into the water. Lieut..
Sidney Cedott. Chicago, pilot. was
drowned today in Lake Michigan
when the motor failed to stop as
naval hydronlane N9 hit into a nose
dive.
Cedott and Harry Bachelor, Sagi-
nav, Mich, wer2 maneuvering above
the lake. As The plane plunged
toward the water, Bachelor was
thrown out. Cedott, strapped in,
fell with the ill-fated machine.
Bachelor attempted to swim to
the wreckage, but it was sunk be-
fore he could release his companion.
He was picked up by a second hy-
droplane a few minutes later.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
Race Horse, 10
Months Stolen,
Found Painted
Arrest Follows Recovery OF
Golden Glow" in Bal
timore Stable.

A thoroughbred's memory Of his
master yesterday won back cher
ished relations for Golden Glow
a race horse, valued at $1,000. found
in Baltimore stable after coun-
try-wide search begun ten months
ago when the animal was stolen at
the Bowie race track from John
Pappas, of 722 H street northeast.
Leonard B. Hall, horseman of Wy
oming, is under arrest in connection
with the theft.
Golden Glow" was located by
Lawrence A. ODea, a private detec-
tive of this city, in the Gentlemen S
Driving Park stables in Baltimore.
where the animal was Quartered
with another known on the turf as
Beck and Call" Chemicals and
dyes, it is believed, had been used to
conceal white spots on Golden
CLOVIS" forehead and hind foot.
Recognizes Mnster.
Golden Glow" turned inquirins
eyes when Pappas, in company with
O'Dea, entered his stall. Then he
whinnied, joyfully, it seemed. All
doubt as to Pappas' claim was re-
moved when, united, the racer volun-
tarily followed him from the stall
and made other signs of recognition
Anyway, Baltimore police author.
tiles present were convinced, and
last night Golden Glow" was being
conveyed to Laurel in an auto
van. Hall was taken to Upper MARI.
borO, county seat of Prince Georges
County, and turned over to the au.
thorities there after a preliminary
hearing befPre United States Com.
missioner A. A. Lampkin in Balti.
more. Later he was released or
bond.
Followed From Saratoga.
O'Dea picked up Golden CLOVIS
trail several months ago. He fol
lowed the horse from Canada t
, Saratoga and later TO Havre d,
Grace and Laurel. According to tn,
detective, Golden Glow, was en-.
tered in a race at Havre de Grac,
about ten days ago under the name
our Patsy"
The ringer was scratched and
according to information O'Dea said
he had. was shipped away. "BecI
and Call" late stable mate of Col
den Glow" ran on the opening da,
at Laurel
Before his mysterious disappear
! ance, Golden Glow proved himself
a conner on both the Pimlico ant
Laurel tracks. In two races h,
came in winner under long odds
He is a handsome bay gelding, five
years old.
Hall, according to O'Dea. was q
trainer for Pappas at the time
, Golden Glow was spirited away
taken to New Orleans and thence
shipped to Canada.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
By S. B. CONGER.
hington HeraId-Public Ledger Service. SpecIu


Riga, 2-Whle the Polish delegation is working on
draft of its the Bohev has been received here
direct from Grodno of the victory
Northern front which fail influence the Of the
negotiations The entire Fourth Red army defending
caught by enccng through Lithuanian
territory and surrendered body Nine complete divisions
brgades choice Communist shock
together with all the technical and auxiliary troops fell Polish
hands
More important still than the loss bayonets loss of
irrepaceabe artillery captured guns
heavy and several hundred machine The fatal weakness
the Bolshev the disaster the Nua has been
age OF artillery and the trained artillery personnel
These big losses together with captures of guns their
fronts repacemen sight places
Red command in position of hopeless artillery ineory
Copyright, 1920. by Public Ledger
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
MACHINE GUN SHOW
FATAL TO SPECTATOR

Trenton, n. J., Oct. 2-While
standing at the side Of his wife
watching a demonstration of a ma
chine gun on display with the
United States army exhibit at the
Trenton Fair late this afternoon
Walter A. Rich, this city, was killed
when the gun discharged a shot
The back of Rich's head was prac-
tically blow off,
Rich was married about a wear
ago. The gun has been on EXHIBIT
all the week and in some manner a
loaded cap found its way into the
magazine. An investigation is be-
ing made.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
MUST RUSH BIG NAVY.
.SAYSU.S. CONGRESSMAN

San Francisco, Oct. 2.-Represent-
ative S. G. Porter. of PENNSYLVANIA,
arriving here yesterday with the
Congressional party which has been
touring the Orient, declared that his
observations in the East convinced
him that America must immedi-
ately build up the largest navy in
the world ~
The Congressional party arrived
on the army transport Madawaska.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
WEALTHY WIDOW
BRUTALLY BEATEN

Egypt Mass, Oct. 2.-Struck
down by some blunt weapon, Mrs.
Estelle T. Warner, a prominent and
wealthy widow, was found brutalIy
beaten on the floor of the living
roo n of her home here tonight
1t is feared she cannot recover.
Her young chauffeur, Ralph
Lopez, a Portuguese, is missing,
along with the widows car. The
Warner place, near the estate of
Thomas w. Lawson, had been
robbed.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
European Auto Prices Boosted.

Paris, Oct. 2-The leading French
manufacturers, including Delage,
Gontaut tBiron, Renault and His
pano Suiza, have announced a 20
per cent increase on automobiles.
The Italian Lancia and the En-
gIish Rolls-Royce have also gone
up in price.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
? HUGE OIL TANK BLAST
INJURIES 30 WORKERS

Mexico City, Oct. 2.-Thirty work.
men were injured when lightning
caused an explosion at the $40, ,OOO,-
900 plant of the Aguila Petroleum
Company in the Tampico oil fields
today.
Lightning struck a refinery, set.
ting fire to a great oil tank.
Sailors from Warship in the har-
Dor helped put out the blaze. This
is the fourth big fire on the prop
erty, all caused by lightning.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
MacSwiney's S Weight
Fallen to 80 Pounds

London, Oct. Lord Mayor Mac
Swiney. on the 51st day of his
hunger strike in Brixton prison,
was reported to be growing stead.
lily weaker.
His sister Annie said this even
ing that he had wasted away to a
mere skeleton and that prison ply
sfcians estimated his weight at only
so pounds. His normal weight is
150. The doctors again urged him to
take food. He replied that his mind
was made up and that he would
not change it
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
Destroyer Kane S Crew
Safe After Mine Blast

Vice Admiral Huse, cabled the
Navy Department yesterday that the
American destroyers Brookes and
Gilmer and the British cruiser VAN
quisher have gone to the assistance
of the American destroyer Kane,
which struck mine off Riga.
No casualties occurred aboard the
Kane, it II stated unofficially A
court of inquiry will inquire into the
character of the mine.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
TOM WATSON SUFFERS
THROAT HEMORRHACE

Thompson, Ga, Oct. A hemor-
rhage of the throat caused Thomas
F. Watson, Democratic nominee for
United States Senator, to. give up a
speaking engagement at Waycross,
Ga, today and return home in care
of a physician.
Watson was reported resting
easily at his home here tonight
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
SEAPLANE TO CROSS
PACIFIC NEXT SPRING

New York, Oct. 2.-Seaplanes, with
o cruising radius which will permit
them to cross the Pacific Ocean, are
being constructed for the United
States navy, and unless the unfore-
seen happens will be ready by
spring. according to announcement
today by the Manufacturers Air
craft Association
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
BOSTON ADVERTISER
. BOOSTS SUNDAY PRICE

Boston, Oct. 2.-The Boston Sun
day Advertiser will increase its
price per copy beginning next Sun
day to 10 cents, il was announced
tonight. The present price is 6
cents.
Increased cost OF white paper is
given as the reason for the ad-
vance.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
Irish Riot During Funeral.

Cork, Oct. 2.-One policeman and
three civilians were wounded here
today when riots broke out during
the funeral of two policemen who
had been killed in ambush in
County Clare.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
BROOKLYN TEAM CLEARED;
1920 SERIES is UNTAINTED;
CHICAGO TO FETE SOX
ENTIRE RED ARMY CAPTURED;
POLES FRAME TREATY REPLY
(By Universal Service.)

Paris Oct 1.-The RussoPolsh peace conference Riga has
collapsed according from Geneva today The Poles
broke off negotiations charging the Soviet envoys with bad faith
the dispatch said.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03

London Oct "A courtmarial is understood TO have bee
ordered for Gen Budenny noted Russian cavalry leader who
Gently suffered crushing defeat in the Lemberg region
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03

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