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The Washington times., 1920-08-07
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POLAND SAVED
Opposes Invasion Of Russia BY
Allies, However-Ditfers
With Lloyd George.

President Wilson and Secretary Of
State Colby were today working upon
the problem of this Governments at
titude In the Polish crisis, and while
the utmost secrecy was NAL attained. II
was understood an exchange OF views
with the Aimed leaders was In prog
resA ' ...
Publication Of a Joint ~ Nptemsnt by
the Allies AZ 10 their pohoy may be
urged by President Wilson. IL was
LEARNED. la official circles. -. 90
The President 10 determined Poland
shall not be wiped out. but at the
same tims ne does not favor r'an invs-
sion Of Russia by Allied armies. ac-
cordins to general Impression hare.
- \, staeemsht to the Soviet govern
ment that tho Allies do, not iptend to
apcroaeh upop Hqssisn territory and
will not interfere with internal affairs
In Russia may be the result of the
present exchange Of views. II Is be-
Heved here.
President Wilson is understood to
be Of the opinion that antagonistic
action against the Soviet government
is unwise. and he is not In sympathy
with the general policy expressed by
Lloyd. George. according to some Of
hcials here. '...
doNlct IVTCeSI dcSoTuIuS " Std "
Department advices, were moving
with such startling swfftness in the
direction OF Persia that officials were
expecting hourly to hear OF the fall
of Teheran and Tabrix. American
diploms officers at those two posts
today were under Instructions from
the State Department to withdraw
with their archives TO areas of safety.
II such a step appears to them ad,
ylsble. Last nights dispatches TO
the Department Indicated both cities
were in panic and the populations
ready TO flee before the approaching
Russian forces.
In the view Of the authorities here.
the Russian drive into Persia lent a
more disturbing aspect to q situa-
ton frausht with danger to the al
lies in other quarters Of Europe. In
vasion Of Persia territory. while not
planned as an anti British move,
would have the effect of striking
into the heart OF territory to the
strong defense of which Great Brit
ain Is committed.
Early dispatches today from War
saw showed the Poles were making
desperate efforts to stave off the fall
of the Polish capital Arrival Of
French officers and allied war sup
pics ndu puoyoo UP the IoiIsH re-
sist ance greatly, the dispatches in
dfcated.
Cablegrams from John C. White.
Anne rican charge at Warsaw. stated
the legation archives were packed
and all in readiness to leave in event
OF Warsaw's fall. But his message
pointed out that the Polish defense
has, taken a nfmer hold. with the
Polish government dct ermined to
ieht to the last to prevent the
enemy's occupation of the capital.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
SALOON MEN GET BACK
MONEY FROM LICENSES

CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug. the
county commissioners are returning
SS,79167 to saloonkeepers and liquor
dealers in the county who took out
licenses in May. 1919, and ceased sell
ing under that license July l, 1919.
There are upward of III dealers,
and the amount coming to each dealer
is s7o.16, or ten-twelfths of 500, the
portion of the 500 license fee that
went into the county treasury. The
money is being returned under an act
passed by the Legislature under bill
drawn by local attorneys, and the
money is being paid through the at
torneys, who are getting a fee OF S2o
from each saloonkeeper.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
ITALY URGES HANDS OFF
ON RUSSO-POLISH WAR

= ROME. Aug. f:-The italian govern
ment believes that a hands on at.L
tude by the allies in the Russo Polish
situation is the best means of bring
ing peace to. Europe.
. ITALY Ia opposed both to military
Intervention by the allies in Eastern
Europe and to a more vigorous block
ade of Russia" declared Count Sforza,
the foreign secretary. in outlining the
Italian policy to the Chamber OF
Deputies.
"A drastic blockade of Russia would
assist Bolshevism and make a martyr
of the Moscow government. We must
permit communism to develop freely
and II it Is unsound 1t will go to its
own death.
Our policy will be hands on What
we wish to see now is a speedy peace
and an Independent Poland"
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
MAYOR SOLD LIQUOR,
IS CHARGE AT HEARING
Town Without Government as Eight
Public Officials, All Saloon
Owners, Are Hailed to Court.

CHICAGO, Aug. IA town without
city government. This was the fax
Lemont, suburb OF Chicago. found
itself in yesterday, for its mayor and
eight other town officials were ar
raigned before United States Com
missioner Lewis +. Mason on charges
of violating the prohibition laws.
Mayor Herbert New is owner Of a
Lemont saloon. Each Of the other
eight officials likewise conducts a
soft" drink emporium to fatten out
their meager official salaries. Their
side line formed scent that at
tracted the Federal authorities. At
the hearing each was held on bonds
of $4,000.
ITS terrible" said ]. w. Mccarthy.
former Mayor of the village, appear
ing for the defendants at the hear
ing. "Lemont has always been a
model town, the cleanest in America,
without an arrest In three years.
There has been no murders, or crap
shooting or mp-shooting. And now
this had to come"
Meanwhile .,hont's nine saloons
are closed, with notices on the doors.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
NEWSPAPER AID FOOLS
TOMBSTONE SALESMAN

LANCASTER, Pa, Aug. Tine
premature publication in a newspaper
at York. Pa, last April OF a notice OF
the death of James II. Patton res
dent OF washingtonboro, this county.
led to an embarrassing incident a.
his home Wednesday.
A stranger drove up to the house IN
an automobile and stated that ne was
a salesman for n firm OF marble deal
crs I'm York, and called to solicit the
sale of a monument for Mr.. Pattons
grave. All. ,,or
The latter's daughter, MISS MAT.
Patton. informed the visitor tns'
stones were erected in the town ceme-
terry over the graves OF her mo'neI
and brother. but with respect TO her
father she would refer the caller 10
him in person. as he was at the mo.
ment engaged in repairing a sailooat
In the river n few yards away
The agent developed near ia'n''
ing spell and had difficulty IN start
ing his car in his haste to disappear.
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REWEDS SECOND WIFE,
IS FREED FROM PRISON

BALTIMORE. Aug. by remar-
rying his second wife, his first wife
having obtained a divorce since his
conviction for bigamy. Louis Slatkofr,
Sc irving a term of one year in the
Maryland penitentiary, yesterday OBJ
tanned his release.
The order for his release was
signed by the court upon application
of James -Fluegel. attorney for the
second wife, who explained that
Slatkofrs first wife had obtained a
divorce and that his second wife de-
sired to remarry him on account Of
their child, seven months old.
Slatkoff married his first wife in
Canada and his. second wife, who was
Miss Jennie Horowitz, in this city.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
ON CHORUS
SHOT FROM TREE
"Prop" Revolver Routs 5 Youths
When Aimed at Owls Behind
Dressing Room.

NEW YORK, Aug. Jim McNa-
mara's prop" revolver was loaded
with blanks. Otherwise five agile
young men of Irvington, N. j., would
require the services today of a tailor.
and, perhaps, a surgeon.
Jim went out into the backyard Of
the Olympic Park Theater last night,
behind the dressing rooms Of the
chorus girls, to test a revolver used
in the second act. One OF the actors
had complained it>wou1dn't work.
After loading the weapon with
blanks. Jim thought he would scare
the owls roosting in tree. He had
seen FIVE pairs of what he took to be
owls eyes.
When he fired his first shot, instead
Of an answering hoot and whirr Of
wings, there was a shrek. A trouser-
ed bird weighing $50 pounds,
dropped from the trees, scrambled to
it's two legs and skeedaddled to the
fence, over which 1t hastily clam
bered. At each of the next four shots
other trousered beings dropped from
their roosts outside the dressing
rooms and legged 1t for the fence.
jim was too. flabbergasted to give
effective pursuit He said.
"Of course...I wasn't shooting at
anything. Think I'd. try to kill a
man for looking at the girls? NOT
me-"
He, did not Investigate as to
whether there were any more birds"
roosting on the limbs Of the tree. II
there were. they waited until. the
theater and park were closed before
thex left their Derches
Who the climbing connoisseurs of
feminine beauty were was the sub
tect of, much curiosity. but IL the
chorus viewers suffered
any bruises in their wild flight they
kept strictly to themselves.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
SAMOAN NATIVES STONE
HOME OF GOV. TERHUNE
Removal of Pago Pago Executive Is
Requested in Petition Sent to
Z President Wilson.

HONOLULU. Aug. 7.-Reports OF
agitation among the natives Of Page
PaSo, Samoa, against the administra-
tion of Governor Terhune' were
brought by passengers of the steamer
Ventura The governors house was
stoned recently. and petition signed
by 200 Samoan leaders asking for an
Investigation Of the governors ruler
ship has been forwarded to President
Wilson. according to c. w. Jenson' OK
San Francisco.
Prof. Alfred Mayer. of the Carnegie
Institute, said that Governor Terhuns
was not responsible for the unrest.
but that professional agitators were
to blame. Lieut.. Comdr. Z. II.
Boucher, former aid Of Governor
Terhune. was aboard the Ventura on
his way to report to Washington.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
"BEARCAT" HUSBAND HAD
CLUBS TO KEEP Den FREE
Wife Says He Divided House Into
Two Portions and Lived Apart
From Family.

NEW YORK, Aug. T.-CounseI TOT
Gardiner C. G. Smith moved for a bill
of particulars yesterday before JUS
tice Scudder, in the Supreme Court
Brooklyn, in an action for separation
filed by Mrs. Nellie L. S. Smith. OF
BROOKLYN. Mrs. Simth charges cruel
and inhuman treatment. In her arm
davit she says:
THE house we lived in was DIVIDED
into two parts. For long periods my
husband would liveNin one part, lock-
ing himself away from me and the
children. Ny husband would keep
clubs at the door. and when any one
approached his part of the house on
an errand he would rush to the door
with a club and threaten to strike
him"
Justice Scudder reserved declslon'
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
BANK ROBBED OF S65,OOO
DURING 3-YEAR PERIOD
Four Men Alleged to Have Used
New Defrauding Scheme With
Fake Accounts.

NEW YORK, Aug. "A unique
scheme OF bank defrauding which the
police say netted about $4,000 re-
suited yesterday in the arrest Of two
employees of the NJ. Beradini State
Bank and two bsuiness> men.
The money. 1t is alleged, has been
misappropriated monthly since 1917
from the gross PROFITS of the bank by
being credited to two fictitious ac-
counts on which the outsiders were
permittod to draw. After each. with
drawal, according to the police, the
pair divided with the two bank en-
ployes.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
TWO U. 5. FLIERS SHOT
DOWN BY B0LSHEVIKI

LONDON, Aug. Capt. Merton
Cooper and Capt. George Kelly. Amer
lean aviators, were shot down by a
Bolshcvik war plane while flying be-
hind the Russian front, according to
yesterdays Evening Standard. They
were in Hannovcraner two-seaters.
- The standard says the third Amer
lean recently shot down was killed.
They are all members of the Amer.
lean flying squadron fighting with the
Poles, numbering about dozen men,
formerly members OF the Lafayette
Escadrille in France, and now called
Kosciusko squadron.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
HOME FOLKS QUIT
HARDING FOR COX
Dayton Celebration Leaves
Marion Front Porch Almost
Deserted,

MARION, Ohio, Aug. THE main
street Of Senator Harding's home
town resounded at, an early hour to-
day to the band music and cheering
Of Democratic procession on its way
to the Cox notification ceremonies at
Dayton. -,r.
From the staid courthouse. the
Democrats Of Marion county. and of
Marion, the county seat, made their
way to the station where "a special
train was to bear them southward.
Democrats from all parts Of the
county were already aboard the train
when it pulled in, and the local
marchers cntrained. An abundance OF
Cox banners. and American. 1ags was
in evidence
Probate Judge William S. Spencer
and Democratic County Chairman j.
]. Stafford headed the delegation
Spencer emphatieally denied there
was any foundation for the charge
emanating from the Harding head
quarters that free transportation and
ether inducements had been offered
by local Democratic leaders TO swell
the size of the delegation. He also
said the 500 reward offered by him
and his Democratic associates for
rroof of the charge remained uncol-
ltcted. -.-
Senator Harding was to remain
quietly at home during the day. al
though 1t was stated he and Mrs.
Harding might take an automobile
ride during the afternoon. They
dined last night at the Scioto CLUB.
near Columbus, about forty miles
from here. ..
The Senator was to seek rest and
recreation over the weekend, it was
said, in anticipation of the hard cam
paign grind that is to begin for him.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
STOLEN BABY ALIVE.
PRISONER DECLARES.
CoughIin Infant in Care of
"Mystery Woman May Be
Returned Today. o.
Continued from First Page.)

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from the home of neighbor OF
Coughlin, which he had used to wraI
up Blakely on the morning Of June 2
when the boy was kidnapped. The po
lice said yesterday that they had
investigated this statement and found
IL true.
.sMOOTHEST CROOK EVER"
Despite his grilling and his damag-
ing admissions when his badly-shak-
en- nerves gave way for moment
Pasquale, who is described by both
Captain Adams and Captain OF De-
tectives Souder as the "smothest
crook ever" has continually denied
that>he stole the child. He admitted
he wrote the letters, received the
$4,000 ransom and knows the where
abouts Of the child, but consistently
denied being the actual kidnaper.
Two women, the names and address
es Of whom were forced from the
prisoner yesterday. were inyestiga-
ted by the police, but with no material
result. ~.
Miss Anne Schaffer. a pretty little
nineteen-year-old French girl, resid
ing in the vicinity Of Forty-ninth
street and Lancaster avenue, was
brought face to face with Pasquale In
City Hall yesterday afternoon, but
after Captains Adams and Souder had
interrogated her for more than thirty
minutes, she was permitted to leave
having established the fact that while
she knew Pasquale since the date OF
the KIDNAPPING, she was not an accom-
plice in the crime.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
TENANTS FORM SOVIET,
CHARGE OF LANDLORDS
War Against Capitalist Rule" Is
Asserted in Supreme Court Action
tn St0p "Iptimidation."

NEW YORK. Aug. TN seeking to
have their tenants restrained from
alleged intimidation of prospective
tenants, Max and Rose Cutes, land
lords of a Brooklyn apartment house.
filed papers with Supreme Court JUS
tice Squirres. asserting that so
Wet" OF twelve residents had been
established there to carry on a vo-
ciferous warfare against capitalist
rule"
Several months ago the Cutes OBJ
tanned a dispossess order on the
grounds that the tenants were unde-
sirable, but under the new rent law
stay was granted until Septem-
Der 13.
Specific acts of which the Soviet
tenants" are accused include intimi-
dation of new tenants by threats OF
throwing out bodily both them and
their household goods.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
GERMAN INGENUITY STILL
ON HIGH PLANE, REPORT

LONDON, Aug. 7.-England Is md
ing that German ingenuity in peace
pursuits was not dormant during the
war.
An immense number of applications
for patents, following reopening OF
diplomatic relations. reveals the Ger.
man inventive genius as active as
ever.
Among the patent applications from
across the Rhine are ninety from
Krupps for war materials and instru-
ments. Toys run the heaviest. how
ever.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
ACTRESS WIRES ALIBI:
COURT TURNS IT DOWN

NEW YORK, Aug. 7-Magistrate
Schwab got shock yesterday. in
the West Side Court. when he opened
a telegram and read
'"Unable to come to court; my first
offense; please forgive me, won't
your?
The telegram was signed by Gypsy
Norman, actress. She had been sum
moned for letting her dog run un-
muzzled in Central Park.
Magistrate Schwab sent a court
officer, who brought Miss Norman in.
She said she really was the Baroness
Ebita DeBeaumont. She was repri-
manded and discharged.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
POLISH MILLlONAIRES
REACH PARIS SAFELY
'De Luxe Express" Exudes Wealth
From Washrooms, Luggage
Vans and Guard Rooms.

PARIS, Aug. THE first de Luxe
Express" out of Poland since the
plight of Warsaw became desperate
has reached Paris, filled with Polish
millionaires escaping the Red inva-
sion.
Every inch OF space, in the corri-
dors, washrooms. guardrooms, bag
gage vans, was taken up by the plu.
tocratic refugees, loaded with mill
lions in money, securities, and jewels,
but carrying practically no clothing,
as such belongings were held too
cumbersome.
The consensus OF opinion among
the refugees was that the entire Po-
lish population is eager to conclude
peace with Russia Immediately.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
MOTHER OF SPIKER BABY
IN BALTIMORE HOSPITAL
Authorities Refuse to Discuss Con-
ditiOn of Woman Who Wed
HerO'S Brother.

BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. Mrs.
Guy S. Spiker, formerly Miss Emily
knowles, OF England, whose war
romance with Perley r. Spiker Of
this city, eliminated in her marriage
to his brother, at Fail River. Mass.
last February, attracted international
attention, Is patient at Maryland
General Hospital.
While authorities at the hospital
admitted today that Mrs. Spiker was
a patient at the institution, they re.
fused to discuss the cause of her
illness or her condition,
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
RED TROOPS !.
SACK. 1BRODY
Seven Towns Fall Before Ad-
vanclng Russ-Battle Ra0es
Along Bug River. 80,
(cohtInusd from First P.gs)

D.
OF peace more than they were y.stsr-
day. y .,-.S. ~ a ...
"There is ground for saying that
pressure upon the RusAians TO act
aud to give guapsntsss TO
Poland by their own, behavior that
their engagemsDts will he carried
cut" said. the Daily DspresS
A favorable element wss contained
In news from Warsaw. that ., Polish
delegation would go to Minsk to
treat with the Russians. as was pro-
posed last Tuesday when the arms
tioe negotiations were broken OF at
BaranoyitshL tt - b
NJ. Krassin and NJ. Kamepeff. heads
OF the Bolsheyik trade Mission, are
keeping In wireless touch with Net
COW with the assistance OF the British
government. They are now awaiting
q reply TO long message that was
sent after their conference with Pre-
mier Lloyd George late Friday.
PREMIER DEFENDS POLES.
Great Britain 10 pleading the cause
OF Poland with powerful argnuments.
1t is learned that the British note of
Tuesday pointed out to the Soviet
government that Poles had acted upon
Instructions from the inter-aliied
conference at Boulogne when they
sent delegates TO Daranoyitshi EN-
powered to treat only for q military
armistice, The allies expected that
the question OF .Russo-Polish peace
would be settled in London, the note
continued. The British note contend =
ed that the Poles were not. to be
blamed for their failure to send peace
delegates as well as armistice ENJOYS.
nj aIn ina nj a. ad hnwaySr thai
Russia agree to a conference with the
border states.
Capital and labor have united In
opposing Great Britain's entrance
into a new war. When Premier
Lloyd George meets Premier Miller
and an effort will be made to fnd q
peace formula which Will not only
prevent a new war but save the face
of France"
LABOR WANTS SEAT IN FARLEY.
For the past forty eight hours
Premier Lloyd George has been bend
ing every energy toward peace. He
was informed by delegation OF
bankers that England cannot finance
another war. And. in addition to this
angle, the Polish situation has rolled
up the greatest tide of labor solidar-
ity Great Britain has ever known.
Radicals and conservatives have
buried the hatchet and united in their
opposition to military intervention
against Russia.
Thousands Of kilograms have been
sent out from the headquarters Of
various labor organizations during the
past forty-eight hours moDilizsng la
Dor behind the demand for peace and
the additional demand that labor be
given a seat in the proposed peace
congress in London. Labor leaders
declare they want a peace conference
that will be open and have every
class represented. They fear blunders
II the old,fashioned methods of diplo.
mats are pursued.
Influential leaders Of all factions
Of labor are making a general canvass.
They threaten a general strike II war
is declared. and say they will got pay
the taxes that a new war would entail.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07

,v161T 10 mo obnisr shop q George stsnrford and
~ bis bothss In San Fraasisss h Hike dropping into q
sonstux CIRCUS OF visit TO ths park George and
his hothsr hsye gathered animals from all over the
world and their placetisthe Msceaor nsighborhood
children Kangaroos monkeys rpacaws canar1es, and
even gentle eyed goat to be seen at the Stentford
shop Here brother George is shown about TO engage
in hsic combat with his boxing kangaroo, while pet
goat looks on. .'l>--':,;' = 90 >-~ = '~'.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
Sen. SHEPPARD TAKES
MULDOON TREATMENT

Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas
Is taking physical training treatment
at White Plains. New York, in a
sanitarium conducted by "Billy'
Muldoon, ex-prize fghter. The Sena-
tors health failed rapidly during the
closing weeks of the last sesL~on Of
Congress, and his physician recon-
mended the physical culture course.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
WOMAN LEAVES Ill
LIVING DESCENDANTS
Mrs. Margaret Fisher, of Cumber-
land, Md. Dies at 91-Mother
of 13 Children.

CUMBERLAND. Md, Aug. 7.-Wlth
III living descendants, Mrs. Mar
naret Cresap Fisher. aged ninety'one,
died at her home, in Pleasant Valley
Thursday.
She was one OF the oldest Dangh-
ters Of the American Revolution In
Maryland. a..
Mrs. Fisher lived all her life with
I'm sight of the old colonial home
stead where she was born.
Her husband died in 1885. She
was the mother of thirteen children
six Of whom survive.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
BOY, II, SHOOTS GIRL IN
EYE: Is FOUND GUILTY

NEW YORK. Aug. Although he
pleaded he did not know the rifle was
loaded, Harry Kupperman, eleven,
was found guilty yesterday in the
Brooklyn children's court of causing
the loss of an eye to Rose Raymond,
thirteen.
In a spirit OF play, the lad ordered
the girl to come from behind q hedge
or be shot. He was remanded for
sentence Friday, Augush13
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
PROMISED GERMAN COAL
MAY NOT WARM FRANCE

s,on Of German coal deliveries to
Trance ,yhich were promised BY the
cnrn,oI. at the Spa conference, is
,,roa,, IA as a result OF strike OF
cal ,nIners in the Saar basin, the
newspsper Liberte stated today.
Tt,e miners went on strike against
sn,jnistrstion Of the Saar ter
.ne Nv the League Of Nations.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
SOCIALISTS REPUDIATE
THIRD INTERNATIONAL

LONDON, Aug. THE interna-
socialist congress at Geneva has re-
pudiated the Third Internationalc,
which Is supporting the Bolshevik
government OF Russia, according to n
Geneva dispatch to the Daily Express
today
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
A,OOO,OO0 BOARDWALK.

NEW YORK, Aug. 7.-Coney Island
rs to have new boardwalk costing
s4,WO.OO0, two and one-half miles
long, Increasing the resorts capacity
for entertaining holiday visitors to
l 100000. II was announced today by
the board OF estimates.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
AGAIN DELAY SIGNING.

PARIS. Aug. THE signing OF the
Turkish peace treaty again has been
postponed. this time until next Tues
day, owing to the Greeks and Italians
having failed to agree on certain pro-
visions of the document
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
ASK EXPRESS RATE RAISE.

Schedules proposing increased ex-
press rates, which have been petit
toned for. were filed by the American
Railway Express Company today with
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
Practically all commodities are in
cluded In the proposed schedules.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
SHIP ASHORE ON HAWAII.

steamer West Eldara, bound from
Yokohama to New York. Is aground
on the rocks of BARRIERS Point,
Hawaii, according to a cable message
to the marine department Of the san
Francisco ChsmbN Of Commerce. -