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The Washington times., 1920-02-23
FIRE DRIVES WEhLTHY
PATRONS FR0hi HOTEL

NEW YORK. Feb. 2J,--j-ire in the
Marie Antoinette rTotei early today
did $25,000 damsge ard forced hun
dreds Of wealth. pA,rCUs IS hurriedly
leave their apa r.In"rts sc1 ntily clad.
David Belasco. Tn" electrical mag
nate; Mrs. Janes y. Osborne. Angus
tus Van wyck as Other prominent
persons were among I. Sc who were
forced to nee. The fire is supposed
to have started in the apartment of
big Bill" Edwards, port collector
and former Princeton football star.
All his gridiron trophies were de-
stroyed by the flames.
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
ARMED AGENTS TO
QUELL rum REVOLT
Prohibition Commissioner Or
ders Deputies From Chicago
Into Michigan.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Continued from First Pase.)
store about Ave miles from Iron
river, operated by the Scalcucci broth
ers, Steve and John, and seized eleven
barrels of wine. The brothers were
arrested.
While en- route back to Iron River.
Grove declared, he and assistants
were stopped by M. S. McDonough,
prosecuting attorney of Iron county;
Police Chief S. II. Seniba, Police Capt.
Gland Brown. and Deputy Sherin Jesse
Allen. of Iron River. Grove said he
presented his credentials as a Federal
agent to McDonough.
That's not worth the paper it's
written on" stated McDonough. &C
cording to Grove.
McDonough ordered the driver Of
the sleigh carrying the wine barrels
to turn around. according to Grove,
while the Federal agent ordered him
to proceed.
Grove claimed he was overpowered
and his credentials taken away. Nc
Donough, he said. arrested him for
transporting liquor, but later released
him. The wine was taken away, or
dered restored to the owners. and the
three men released.
Attorney General Palmer was IN
Chicago last night en- route to Topeka,
Kan. Upon being Informed of the
conditions in Iron county. Palmer
said that Major Dalrymple was In
full charge and could take whatever
steps he thought necessary to see
that the law was enforced.
However, at first glance, this
would appear to be a matter for the
State Department or the War Depart
ment to decide" Palmer said. THE
Department Of Justice could act only
after a full investigation of the facts
had been made by the prohibition
agents" ~
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
LAWYER TAKES POISON
AT GRAVE OF FIANCEE

Found unconscious on tho grave q
his sweetheart after an attempt e
end his life by Swallowing pots N,
Louis RosenfeId, a Washingt : <fr-
ney, was, taken to Casualty Hosp tsl
yesterday afternoon.
Physicians this morning sta &C tns
he probably would recover IN nat
of the fact that the poison 1RJ f@d
considerable. Roadway before
ceived medical aid.
The young. man., who lives a. 2sS|
Eighteenth street northwest Hai
been respondent since the TeceGt
death Of his fiancee. He rad 'spcut
many hours beside her g-.re in iae
Fifth Street Cemetery in M Z ost,a.
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
Calls on Wilson
To Keep Eye
On Ships

ALBUQUERQUE, MN.
Feb. 23.-The Senate Of
the New Mexico Legisla-
ture has passed a memo
rial to Congress protesting
against the sale Of the for
mer German liners.
The memorial urges upon
Congress and the Presi-
dent the propriety Of de-
ferring the sale ard sug-
gests keeping them as a
naval auxiliary. It was
passed without debate.
[Similar action has been
taken BY the legislatures
in tho States Of New York,
Maryland, and Virginia,
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
ALLIED WARSHPS ON
HAND AS TURKS
TALK PEACE

CONSTANTNOPLE, Feb. A.-
A British squadron, consisting
Of i've battleships and four tor
pedo destroyers, under command
Of Admiral Fremantle, arrived
yesterday.
IL anchored In the Bosphorus,
near the Italian and French bat
teships In the waterway and
within = stones throw Of Pariia-
ment building, where the peace
discussions are taking place.
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
ATTEMPT TO SMUCCLE
WHISKEY IN LIFE BELTS

NEW YORK. Feb. GA "dry land
life preserver" is the latest device to
be tried as means OF circumventinG
prohibition. Two men were stopped
by customs guard as they were
leaving the Portuguese ship Nor
mugao, and their waists were found
to be completely surrounded by whis-
ky contained in tin life preservers.
Each OF the tin belts contained
about gallon of whiskey. The
liquor was seized. but the men were
permitted to 10 their way.
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
DESERVES GOLD
MEDAL FOR THIS
Cincinnati authority tslls now
70 dry Up . corn % Il
llfts out

You corn-pestcrcd men and wo-
men need suffer no longer. Wear
the shoes that nearly killed you be-
fore, says this Cincinnati authority.
because a few drops of frcezone APP
piled directly on a tender, aching
corn stops soreness at once and soon
| the corn loosens so I. can be lifted
out, root and all. without pain.
A quarter Of an ounce of freezone
costs very little at any drug store,
but IL sufficient to take on every
hard or soft corn or calius. This
should be tried, as IL Is inexpensive
and In said not to infamo or even
irritate the surrounding Tissue or
skin
The Washington times., 1920-02-23

ache, Neuralgia, rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatiea,
Neurits and for Pain generally.
Tin boxes of twelve tablets cost only few
cents. Druggists also sell larger "Bayer pack
ages" Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manu-
facture of MonoaceticaGdester of Sslicylicacid
The Washington times., 1920-02-23

The 'Bayer Cross" is the signature of the true
"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" The name "Bayer'
is only on genuine Aspirin prescribed by physi-
clans for over eighteen years.
In every handy "Bayer package" are proper
directions for Colds, Headache, Toothache, Ear
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03

the organization of the league
has not been entirely perfected.
The supervising of plebiscites in
various sections of central Eu-
rope, involving tho sending Of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03
MEMORIAL OF ELKS
TO Be HELD SUNDAY

The annual memorial service Of
Richmond Lodge of Elks will be held
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in
the First English Lutheran church.
The memorial committee of the lodge
is composed Of Lewis +. Tiff, Lee B..
Nusbaum, George Hodge, Will Rindt,
and P. S. Twigg. The program:
Prelude-Organ; (a) 'Lamentation"
Grey: (b) "Meditation". Sturgiss. In
vocation. Rev. Frank A. Dressed, D. D.;
Memorial service, Lodge Officers;
Hear Our Prayer. Ryder), Quartet;
Eulogy, Ernest B. Calvert; The
Wings of the Morning., (Scott, Trio;
Memorial Address, Luther NJ. Feeger:
Jesus, Savior. Pilot Me-, (Schnecker)
Quartet; Closing exercises, Lodge Of
ficerS; Postlude - Organ - Prayer"
Ambrofio. Quartet: Mrs. F. J. Bartel,
soprano: Miss Corinne Nusbaum, con-
traltO; Mr.. Z. Renk, tenor; Mr.. Ben
Bartel, bass. Trio: Mrs. Bartel. Mr..
Renk, Mr.. Bartel. Miss Alice Knollen-
berg, organiSt.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03
SIR JOHN BRABAz0N
IS MOST PICTURESQUE
FIGURE IN ENGLAND
By LADY MARY

LONDON-As / was walking along
Piccadilly the other day passed that
very famous personality, Maj. Gen
Sir John Brabazon, of the grenadier
guards. Sir John is a survival of the
Victorian days when to be a buck
had the same significance as the
"Johnnie' of a later date.
He is indeed the last of the bucks
and a most picturesque figure in his
tight wasted frock coat, his peg top
trousers strapped over imma culate
white spats, gold trimmed monocle
in his eye and an oldfashioned top hat
with very curly brim pulled slightly
off the perpendicular.
Invented the Lisp
Many years ago when he was a sub
altern in the guards he was christened
beautiful Bwab,' for he invented the
languid lisp which the fashionable
young men of that period affected and
which is better known in America as
the Lord Dundreary lisp. Everybody
in the smart world copied "Bwab's'
speech, his clothes and his habits. A
story is told of some daring creature
asking "Bwab" to breakfast.
My deah boy" he drawled, 81 neveh
eat breakfast. Sometimes pwaps a
gwape"
Another famous figure of a bygone
generation that still haunts Piccadilly
is Sir Squire Bancroft, the once fam
Gus actor, who has now passed his
SOth birthday He is always immacu
lately clad and has his black trimmed
monocle firmly fixed in his eye. He
wears a curious fiat brimmed felt hat
slightly and rakishly pulled over one
ear He is as slim and light in figure
as we'll preserved man Of so, and
he has a keen eye yet for a becom
ingly short skirt or for the tantalizing
glimpse of a pair of bright eyes.
Then another man of note who car
be seen briskly striding along Pal
Mall most mornings is Sir Arthur
Wing Pinero, one of the most eminent
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03
HENRY JAMES EAGER
AND KEEN OBSERVER

&c. S. Nadal, in Scribner's Magazine)
Henry James was a keen and eager
observer. | introduced him once at a
club to an English acquaintance.
James said Of him: What strange
hands he has" | knew the man very
we'll and had noticed his hands, but
had not given them much thought.
James said: You mean to say you
never observed his hands? He has
very handsome hands, but such a
strange way of using them Once
we dined at a club and were sitting
by the fire in. the smoking room after
dinner. There were two Englishmen,
whom neither of us knew, standing
by the fire. One of them was a stupid
looking man who talked great deal,
and James, VIII chad been watching
the man closely, turning to me, said
eagerly: Hes a fool"
He was at that time very keen and
eager in observing differences be-
tween US and the English. The Eng
lsh scold us for this propensity, but
what is more natural than that man
going from his own country to another
should be interested in differences in
character and manners between the
peoples of the two countries? / re-
call this: He had been staying a a
hotel in the country and had been in
the habit of dining there in company
with an Englishman. There was a
man waiting at the table whose man.
ners James thought unpleasantly ser
vile. The Englishman. however, call
ed attention to the mans excellent
manners. "He thought the man had
good manners" said James, land |
thought him a cringing old rascal"
He thought Americans had big ears;
he thought. however, that big, ugly
features were more likely to be found
in English than in American faces.
But he thought the English very hand
some. That is no doubt true: they
are a handsome people. He thought
that our people are not good-looking
| doubt, however. if his way of making
a comparison was quite fair. In Eng
land the different kinds Of people are
sorted and separated; here they are
mixed up together. 1t is not fair to
compare the selected people OF Eng
land with our mass. The half-starved
inhabitants of Whitechapel are not
handsome, nor are the operatives In
English manufacturing towns.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03
sv WILLIAM sLAvEN McNUTT

NEW YORK, Nov 22.-Tales Of ad
venture in the airplane mail service
comprise book which is closed to the
outsider. But the tales are many,
thrilling and humorous and through a
friend who is semi-insider | was per-
mitted a brief peep at a few of the
pages.
Il don't know any interesting or
thrilling STORIES" says the mail pilot
that one interviews. Never anything
out of the ordinary. Just routine stuff
like laying bricks or painting a house
or any other sort of a job
But the following is one of the tales
that the pilot forgot. There was a
dense fog OVERLAPPING the town of
Bellefonte, Pa, which is the scheduled
stop in the flights between New York
Cleveland and Chicago. Three mail
planes were due to arrive at approx
/ imately the same hour. The fog
blanket was about $500 feet thick
| The field was not connected with the
planes by wireless. The superintend-
! ent heard the buzz of a motor over
head.
Fog Prevented Landing.
The plane circled the field again
and again in the fog, unable to land
Soon there was the buzz of another
motor and within a few minutes a
third had joined the chorus. For an
hour the superintendent stood on the
ground listening anxiously to the
sound of the motors on three speed
! ing planes circling the field, blind in
| the dense fog, unaware of each 9th
er's presence and with no means of
forestalling a collision. After some
thing more than two hours he got a
! hat
eight miles away. Soon another land
ed five milese distant in another di-
| rectiOn.
! An hour later the fog thinned a bit
and the third plane landed on the gov
eminent field. In the cockpit were
the butts Of So cigarettes that the pilot
had smoked while circling the field
He reported having seen the wing tip
of another machine several times, but
said that he kept on going around and
around taking the chance that he
would not run into other machine. II
was just part of the days work
Another pilot ran into a sleet and
hail storm. The sleet tore the fabric
of the wings and damaged one to such
an extent that the. aviator had tc
! crawl out and do a bit OF mendins
with his leather belt while the ma
it righted and on its way with the
United States mail before it reached
the ground and it was all in the day!
| work.
Flew in Their Pajamas.
) Last summer when it was very no
the flyers travelling from New Yorl
, disrobed before starting and put OF
their pajamas. Thereupon they Wen
, to bed in the machines, so to speak
and flew in comfort through to Chi
cago where they dressed for the stree
!; once more and appeared as ordinar
citizens.
, Some months ago an aviator stoo
!; on the field at Bellefonte, Pa, wit
his suitcase beside him. 1t was no
his turn to take out the mail for New
: York but he had date with a certai
', young lady in the metropolis a fey
!, hours later and he intended to kee
: it. The mail plane came in from CHI
l cago and landed to take on gas and
: new pilot
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03
TALES OF AIRPLANE MAIL SERVICE
COMPRISE BOOK OF ADVENTURES

When the new pilot climbed in to
take the plane on through to New York
there wasn't room left to insert
toothpick. Between the pilot and the
mass of mail the space was all filled,
but the aviator who had date in New
York was not daunted by lack of room.
He strapped his suit case to one wing
and then strapped himself to the 9th
er. The plane ran along little ways,
scared into the air, and pointed for the
bright lights of Broadway in the re-
Election of which the aviator was seen
a few hours later keeping his appoint
ment.
Plane Ran Into Mountain.
Another aviator lost his way in the
fog while flying over a mountain
range and he found out where he was
by running head-on into a peak. All
anyone could get from him in the way
of a story was: Il ran into a noun
TAIN that's all"
In flying in the West through the
Rockies the aviators often are COM
PEELED to fly low enough to read the
names on stations along the railway
They have been forced to land in i'm
possible places and after extricating
the mail from the wreck of the ma
chimes, pack the sacks on their back,
transport them by mule, OK or horse
team to the nearest railway station
and send it on its way by train. In 1
million miles of flying that has been
done by pilots in the service; II Of
them have given their lives.
"Theres nothing to tell about it,
they insist It's all in the days work
Just routine stuff. That's all"
The planes now in use by the serv-
ice will carry from six hundred to
eight hundred pounds Of mail, where
as the Curiss Eagle plane, which the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03
OREGON IS PATIENT
IN HEARING CLAIMS
OF OFFICE SEEKERS
(By Associated Press)

MHCO CITY, Dec. Sin a tiny,
rudely furnished office on the second
floor of building undergoing repairs.
General Alvaro Obregon. as president
elect, has receiver daily hundreds OF
men and women who came here to
plead their cause with him before his
Inauguration. Most of othem were Of
flee seekers and claimants for politi-
cal favor, and they spent long hours
waiting to tell General Obregon in
what particular way they helped him
in his ascendency and why they
should be rewarded, Their numbers
were so great that the president
elect was at his Office seven hours
day, seven days a week, and most OF
the time was consumed in patient
hearing of claims.
Following an arduous campaign
which eliminated in his overwhelm-
ing election last September, General
Obregon came to Mexico city and es-
tablished headquarters in the office
of Avenida Madero, where his candi
dacy was conducted. The Office.
small at best, was divided by a cloth
partition into a private sanctum for
hte general and compact working
quarters for his several secretaries.
Chambers Crowded.
Outside there were several ante
chambers which, from $50 o'clock in
the morning when the president
elect arrived for work, until O'Clock
at night, with a couple of hours al
lowed for lunch, were crowded with
people.
General Obregon has been quoted as
saying that one of the contributing
elements to Mexico's unrest has been
the popular belief that a successful
political candidate must reward every
one of his supporters. He has de-
scribed the system as pernicious, be-
cause, in the event that such re-
wards are not forthcoming, the erst-
while supporter becomes an enemy
and sows the seeds of dissention and
trouble. 1t is his wish, it is said, to
abolish the practice; to allow the re-
public's president absolute freedom
in the choice of his servants, at least
to the extent that failure to reward
substantially every man who was his
booster, does not mean possible rev.
oluton.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03

Curtiss people are grooming for mail
service, will carry three and one-half
tons OF mail and sorting clerk to
work the mail while the machine is in
flight.
1t is true that the planes occasion
ally encounter weather in which they
cannot fly and then the mail is put
aboard the train and sent to it's des-
tination in the old way. But it is only
in case of thick fogs over wide areas
or snowstorms that this is necessary
The planes work in cooperation
with the trains on the long trips, fly
ing the mail by day and sending it
along on the trains by night, to be
picked up and flown again the next
morning. This method of cooperation
is used on the trans-continental run.
Local fogs and snowstorms can be
lodged. When the fog is bad along
the Atlantic seaboard the pilot taking
the western mail from the flying field
at Mineola, Long Island, instead of
going straight west to Bellefonte. Pa,
the first stop on the trip, flies south
to Baltimore and follows the river
west from there. On these trips they
are compelled to fly low, not over six
TO eight hundred feet from the earth.
skimming hills with but little room to
spare. In the winter time they take
off the wheels and substitute skids
for landing on the snow.
The service is in its infancy and it
is practical OF that there can be no
doubt. Supplemental to the train
service, it is of distinct value, and the
spirit of the adventurous pony ex
press riders of the SOS may well grieve
because its span of mortality was too
early in time to know the era of real
romantic adventure as it is known by
the pilots of the mail planes.
On meeting others of their own
| species, the tiger swallowtail butter
| flies will execute kind of aerial waltz
as they fit above, below and around
| each other in their play on the wing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03

On meeting others of their own
species, the tiger swallowtail butter
flies will execute kind of aerial waltz
as they fit above, below and around
each other in their play on the wing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03
Michigan Potatoes
Held For 81 Per Bushel

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. Dec. 8
Potato buyers here estimate that
northern Michigan warehouses hold
100000 bushels Of potatoes for which
the growers are demanding 81 per
bushel. They are being offered 60
cents. Some buyers are predicting
a recurrence next spring of the ex-
perience Of 1914 when hundreds of
thousands of bushels Of potatoes were
dumped.
Complaint is heard against compe-
tition with Canadian growers which
they declare is unfair owing to the
short haul across the border at De-
troit, and the duty free privilege.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03
BUYS FAMOUS BULL

Buenos Aires, Argentina. who has
been judging breeding shorthorns at
the International livestock show,
bought Bragier of Droagh, a shorthorn
bull owned by John O. Pew and son.
Ravenna, O., for $1,000, yesterday. The
bull was imported this year from Scot
land by William Hartnett of Chicago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03

of living dramatists. Pinero is a
striking looking man who possesses an
almost magnetic attraction for pass
ersby. His eyes are extraordinary;
very bright and dark, they CLEAN out
from beneath eyebrows like sables'
tails that meet over the bridge of his
long beaklike nose. l defy anyone to
pass Sir Arthur Pinero in the street
without noticing these peculiar feat
ureS
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03

Frank M. Clark. of Hedley, Tex,
recently received $4,000 insurance on
the life of the largest hog in the world,
which died On his Silver Crest farm
Not long ago Mr.. Clark refused $4,000
for the animal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03

The assembly of the league Of
nations, now in its first session,
is tackling bravely many of the
most pressing questions SUBJ
mitted to it despite the fact that
Evening journal., 1920-11-29
COLORED PICTURES.

lnESPlTE lie work OF hundreds Of scientists and the
~ filing OF patents in all countries relating systems
Of color photography there today little prospect
OF successful system ever
For years Investigators that they were near
the solution OF the problem There seemed only few
details Of mechanics and optics between them and
cess Then scheme after scheme failed produce
pictures science buckled down TO lard work and it
is lessening its labors and almost ready to say 1T can't
be done"
Pictures have been produced in coors to be sure but
have you coored motion picture that looked
like the real hing2
Colored movies here in Wilmington frequently are
made through three lenses each nterng the three
primary colors OF light There a red blue and a yell
low lens But the lenses "shoot" simultaneously
TWO always little slower than the other The coors
fail to register and the result the screen is rain
bow whenever there Is quick action.
The second great fault is the freakish reflection Of
light man with blue suit has a brown suit in the
picture because the walls OF the were tan and the
suits color blended with 10 produce brown One side OF
a river is fringed with green trees and the other by
rocks The light reflected by the trees is cast by
the water the rocks The rocks show green 10 the ac
curate Of the where they would be brown TO
The human eye.
Science, ordinary folk have come 10 believe is we'll
nigh invincibe but 1t looks mighty much as though it
would take the count In the battle to produce photo
graphs OF natural colors.