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thai nabyla 5 to, ably odvratila
Llfii Oh poradani obmysleneho
vyletu. A skutecne ma pristi
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stech k zitfeisimu vyletu.
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diny, .Jemuz rodice zakouplll
zastupce. TAX apy on sam ne
1nusel dat zivot svui v sazku
pro vlast'.
Krone toho hudeme vsichnl
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
Delegates Hear Plan Pro-
posed as Permanent Con-
vention Memorial.
WOULD COST MILLIONS
Crowds Overflow Liberty
Hut at Second Day Of
Religious Sessions.

A great Baptist university for
Washington may be one of the
permanent memorials of the largest
Southern Baptist convention held
so far, according to the report of
DR.. ]. e. billiard. acting cores
ponding secretary of the education
board at Birmingham. Ala. who
addressed the second session Of the
convention yesterday afternoon at
the Liberty Hut.
In the synopsis of his first an
nual report to the convention DR.,
billiard recommended the naming OF
a committee to look into the ad-
visibility of establishing here q
Baptist university that would serve
Northern as we'll as Southern Bap-
lists by reason of its location on
the establishment of the largest
educational institution ever pro-
ySClSu ny lhS uShOAhlhoLlOhB al
though the Baptists now have 140
schools and colleges in the South
today. valued at s25.00O,O00.
Liberty Hut Packed.
Union Station Plaza saw the
greatest crowd since wartime yes
terday morning when thousands OF
messengers bore down upon the
Liberty Hut for the opening session
of the convention. Long before IL
o'clock, the opening hour. the build
ing was filled to the doors with
several thousand persons turned
away. Baptists from Texas to
Florida, and from Mississippi to
the Mason-Dixon line besieged the
registration desks until by, noon
5000 had registered and the supply
of cards gave out.
Already attendance has far sur
passed the record of Atlanta last
year. 1900, and the total may reach
10000. Nothing could dampen the
enthusiasm of the messengers, not
even the rain last night, which was
voted orthodox Baptist weather"
Hold Overflow Meeting.
For the accommodation of those
excluded from Liberty Hut, a spe-
cial overflow meeting was held at
the Waugh Methodist Church near
by and parallel meetings are being
held at the Metropolitan Baptist
Church.
In his address Of welcome, Vice
President Thomas II. Marshall made
a plea for devotion to purely re-
ligious endeavor and urged absten-
ton from secular matters on the
part of the church.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13

finest team in the whole DEPART
ment - according to the crew of
90.
or all the codes adopted by man
for regulating his actions toward
his fellow-mortals, the greatest
are these-the code of King Ar
thurs Knights of the, Round
Table. the Constitution of the
United States and the unwritten
rules of the New York fire de-
partment. The Round Table
methods are no longer practic-
able since the invention of street
cars and breach of promise suits,
and our Constitution is being
found more and more unconstitu-
tional every day. so the code of
our firemen must be considered in
the lead, with the Golden Rule
and Jeffries' new punch trying for
place and show.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13

nose. and was mostly covered by
a thick. ragged, curling beard like
the coat of a spaniel. In the
pocket of the imported Thing
were a few coins-denarii-sc
-kopecks - pfennigs - pilasters
whatever the financial nomen-
clature of his unknown country
may have been.
Prattf1ng to himself. always
broadly grinning, pleased by the
roar and movement of the bar
barous city into which the steam
ship cut-rates had shunted him.
the alien strayed away from the
sea, which he hated, as far as the
district covered by Engine Com
pany No. 30. Light as cork, ne
was kept bobbing along by the
, human tide, the crudest atom in
all the silt Of the stream that
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13

emptied into the reservoir of>lib-
erty.
While crossing Third avenue he
slowed his steps, enchanted by the
thunder of the elevated trains
above him and the soothing crash
of the wheels on the cobbles. And
then there was a new, delightful
chord in the uproar-tne musica:
Changing of gong and a great
shining juegernaut helching fire
and smoke, that people were hur-
rying to see.
This beautiful thing. enhancing
to the eye, dashed past. and the
protoplasmic immigrant stepped
into the wake of it with his
broad, enraptured, uncomprehend-
ing grin. And so stepping.
stepped into the path of No. s9's
flying hose-csrt, with John Byrnes
gripping. with arms of steel. the
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
Restriction BY u. S. on Whisky
Condemned BY District Doctors

scribinG of whisky as a therapeutic
agent cannot be restricted any more
than narcotics.
DR.. Mcpherson said one pint Of
whisky every ten days was not
enough in any case, and such re-
striction would prevent the saving
of lives in many cases.
DR.. William B. Carr cited expc-
riences he had with the prescribing
of whisky in pneumonia cases at
Camp Funston. He explained to the
association that the issuance of
whisky lowered the mortality rate
during a pneumonia epidemic con-
siderably. In urging the adoption
of the resolution, he said it was a
question as to whether Congress
had the right to limit the Judgment
of physicians.
Calls 1t Pain AIIeviater.
Combating statements that it was
not necessary to prescribe whisky.
DR.. Joseph A. Cannon, superinten-
dent of the Washington Asylum
Hospital. said that he had found
that the prescription of whisky
there was an important agent in
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWELVE.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13

Responsibility for deaths due to
inability to obtain whisky is a suf-
ficient amount to save their lives
would rest clearly on the shoulders
of the United States government,
DR.. D. NJ. Mcpherson informed the
members of the Medical Society of
the District of Columbia at a meet
ing at George Washington Univer-
sity last night.
The association had been called
into a special emergency business
meeting" for the consideration of a
resolution looking to the repeal of
the provision of the prohibition act
which limits the amount of whisky
which can be prescribed by physi-
clans. The resolution was adopted
by a very large majority.
Law Is Criticized,
This portion of the law was de-
clared to be an usurpation of the
professional duties Of physicians.
and characterized in the resolution
as Irrational and unwarranted."
Particular stress was laid by the
speakers on the point that the pre-
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13

One of the transatlantic liners
dumped out at Ellis Island a lump
of proto7oa which was expected
to evolve(into an American citi-
zen. A steward kicked him down
the gangway. doctor pounced
upon his eyes like a raven, seek
ing for trachoma or ophthalmia:
he was hustled ashore and elected
into the city in tho name of lib
erty-perhaps, theoretically. thus
inoculating against kingocracy
with a drop Of its own virus.
This hypodermic injection of Eu-
ropeanism wandered happily into
the veins of the, city with tho
broad grin of pleased child. 1t
was not burdened with baggage.
cares or ambitions. Its body was
lithely built and clothed in sort
Of foreign fustian3 its face was
brightly vacant. with small. fiat
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13

other firemen would hear him
yell: Go to it. you blamed little.
sawed-off, huckleberry-eyed, mon
key-faced hot tamalcs-give 'cm
another Of them Jalu looloos. and
you'll eat rice in st. Petersburg.
Talk about your Russians-say.
wouldn't they give you a painsky
when it comes to a scrapo-
vitch?"
Not even on the fair island Of
Nippon was there a more en-
thusiastic champion of the Mika-
dos men. Supporters. of the
Russian cause did well to keep
clear of Engine House No. %.
Sometimes all thoughts of the
Japs left John Byrnes' head. That
was when the alarm of fire had
sounded and he was strapped in
his dripefs. seat on the swaying
cart. guiding Erebus and Joe, the
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
"he unwritten constitutional the fireman has
tiOns amendments'

reins over the piunging backs Of
Erebus and Joe.
Tho unwritten constitutional
code of the fireman has no excep-
tions or amendments. 1t is a
simple thing-as Simple as the
rule of three. There was the
needless unit in the right Of way;
there was the hose-cart and the
iron pillar of the elevated rail-
road.
John Byrnes swung all his
weight and muscle on the left
rein. Tine team and cart sweryed
that way and crashed like a tor
pedo into the pillar. The mon on
the cart went flying like skittles-
Tho drivers strap burst, the pillar
rang with the shock, and John
Byrnes fell on the car track with
a broken shoulder, twenty feet
away, while Erebus-beautiful.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
PIERSON DEATH
MYSTERY TO
POLICE
Suicide Threat Makes Muir.
der Clues Hard to
Unravel.

The body found north of Chcsa-
peake Beach, Md. last Saturday
morning was positively Identified
yesterday by B. p. Byrnes. of Wash
ington, as that Of ]. Won Lew Pier
son. formerly of 105 L street north
west. who disappeared from his
residence May 4. Identification was
made at Chesapeake Beach yester-
day, where Detective Sergeant Ed
Kelley and Fren Sandberg. of the
Washington department.. exhumed
the body for view OF B%rncs, a for
mcr acquaintance of Pierson.
Tried TO Hang Himself.
In spite of tho Identification, the
detectives arc at a loss to deter
mine the cause of his death. Pier
son is known to have made threats
of suicide on several occasions and
to have attempted hanging himself
four years ago in Philadelphia. But
the two bullet wounds in his head
preclude the possibility of suicide.
DIR. William Talbot of Chesapeake
Beach, declares: He say that either
shot would have caused instant
death. A large bruise on Persons
left check also intimates murder,
the detectives state.
knowledge of the disappearance
of Pierson from Washington and
the likeness to the descriptions
printed were made known to the
local detective department yester-
day by Velosco J. Knapp. a roomer
at the house where PiersOn former
ly lived here. Professor Frank T.
Allen, with whom Pierson resided,
identified the picture of Pierson.
Prof. Allen reported that Pierson
left his home May 4. Prof. Allen
said Pierson had often threatened
suicide.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
SUSPECT SEEKS
SANDY SPRING
ENUMERATION
Did You Ever See Me Be.
fore?" William Bergman
Asks F. L. Miller.

One of the suspects sought by
detectives for a week walked into
the First National Bank at Sandy
Spring yesterday, asked to see
Francis l.. Miller. assistant cashier.
and. as Mr.. Miller approached him,
he asked:
Did you ever see me before?"
Mr.. Miller looked carefully at the
man and replied that "he didn't be-
lieve he had ever met him before" d"
Sees Baltimore Police.
The visitor said he had been men,
toned as one of the suspects in the
bank robbery and he wanted to
clear himself. He said he was Will
lam Bergman. 1928 North Hurley
street. Philadelphia.
Bergman went to Baltimore and
at Police Headquarters there pro-
tested his innocence.
II learned Friday night that ]
was being sought in connection with
the Sandy. Spring case" said Berg
man to Police Marshal Carter and
Detective Capt. NcGovern, land dez
cided to come to Maryland and clear
myself and to ask the Maryland au-
thorities to wire the Philadelphia
police to stop harassing me-"
Bergman reached Baltimore early
yesterday with his uncle, James Nc
Collam. Mr.. Mcclellan had driven
with Bergman in an automobile to
Sandy Spring. Neither A. T. Thom-
as. president of the bank, Mr.. Mil
ler, nor any one else was able to
identify Bergman. States Attorney
Dawson, and w. j.. Niett, special de-
tective. were called in, and Berg
man explained why he had gone to
Sandy Spring.
Mr.. Dawson and officials of the
bank held a conference and decided
to accompany Bergman to police
headquarters in Baltimore for OK
animation. Bergman is being de-
tanned at the detective bureau. He
denied he knew either Clarence Ad-
ans or John Kelly. alias Patsy"
Kegan. both of whom have been
identified by bank officials.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
France Seeks
Presidency on
Wet Platform
Maryland Senator Wants
National Referendum on
Wine and Beer.

Senator Joseph l. France, of
Maryland, supplemented yesterday
his recent declaration that unless
the Republican party adopted a lib
eral platform a new party might
arise by announcing himself as a
candidate for the Republican nom-
ination on the issues he then cnun-
ciated, including a national refer
endum on the light wine and beer
issue
Mr.. Frances platform epbodics
condemnation of the treaty of
Versailles and the league of ma
tions. He urges restoration OF
constitutional government; the re-
turn of civil and personal liberty,
including amnesty for political
prisoners; a curbing of autoCratiC
executive power: repeal of war
statutes such as the Lever Act and
the Espionage law; cooperation
and democracy in industry; for Fed
eral employment agencies; for a re-
duction in the cost of living by CO.
operation for production. and IN
distribution and a reduction of in
flation: for community public
buildings; for justice to labor. and
an end to the abuse of government
by injunction.
'I stand in general" the senator
said. for a restoration of American
liberties and for the administration
of the government on a strict bust
ness basis which would insure the
minimum cost and maximum eff
cheney"
(Public Ledger Service.)
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
By O. HENRY

raven-black. best-loved Erebus-
lay whickering in his harness
with a broken leg.
In consideration for the feels
ings of Engine Company No. %.
the details will be lightly touched.
The company docs not like TO ba
reminded of that day. There WAS
a great crowd. and hurry calls
were sent in; and while the ans
bulance gong was clearing the
way the men OF No. 80 heard the
crack Of the S. p. C. A. agents
pistol, and turned their heads
away. not caring to look toward
Erebus again.
When tho fremen got back es
the engine-house, they found thsx
one of them was dragging by tne
collar tho cause Of their desoass
CONTINUED OF 1AGnaSn
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
Daniels Flags
Admiral Sims
inNauyProbe

Further evidence of President
Wilson's mixed feelings towards
the British Admiralty with its great
naval superiority was given yester-
day when Secretary of Navy Dan
iels testifying at the Sims hearing,
made public a telegram from the
President to Admiral Sims in July,
1917.
From the beginning of the war,
have been greatly surprised at
the failure of the British Admiralty
to use Great Britain's great naval
superiority in an effective way"
read the telegram produced before
the Senate naval committee. I'm
the presence of the present subma-
rine emergency they are helpless to
the point of panic"
Read BY Daniels.
1t was presented by the Secretary
as a means of showing how the
President was keeping in close
touch with all matters affecting
naval policies.
The President believed so strong
ly in new and offensive measures
that the attitude of Admiral Sims
in opposing the really great plans
proposed by the department led him
to send that plain telegram to Ad-
miral Sims" testified the Secretary
of generalities of what the British
two remarkable and significant
statements in his cable. He said
that the views he had expressed
were in all cases an independent
opinion and in the very next para
graph showed how Independent his
opinion was when he said it was
based upon specific facts and official
data collected in the admiralty
He also Cabled the President:
depend upon the fact, which I be-
iteVe to be true. that regardless of
any future developments VIC can
always count upon the support of
the British navy. 7 have been as
sured this by important government
Officialsi' This Is the most remark
able of all the abundant evidence
that Admiral Sims was hypnotized
by British influences.
Flags Admiral Sims.
He was willing to try to lure
the President of the United States
into the feeling that regardless of
any future developments We can al
ways count upon the support of the
British navy!' He not only ex-
pressed it in a childlike and bland
way. as his opinion but graveIy
stated that he had been assured
this by important government Of
ficials.' 1t seems incOnceivable that
any admiral could have regarded
such assurance as worth paying the
tolls to transmit"
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
TOHN BYRNES. hose-cart driver
u of Engine Company No. 90,

TOHN BYRNES. hose-cart driver
j of Engine Company No. 90.
was afflicted with what his
comrades called Japanitis.
Byrncs had war map spread
permanently upon a table in the
second story of the engine house,
and he could explain to you AT
any hour of the day or night the
exact positions. conditions and in
tentions of both the Russian and
Japanese armies. He had little
clusters of pins stuck in the map
which represented the opposing
forces. and these he moved about
from day to day in conformity
with the war news in the daily
papers.
Wherever the Japs won a VIC
tory John Byrnes would shift his
pins. and then he would execute
. SGr dance Of delight, and the
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
NYE DROPS u. S. JOB
TOENTER BUSINESS

The resignation Of Joseph NJ. Nye,
chief of the State Department Sc
eret service. was accepted yester-
day by Secretary Colby. Nye gave as
his reason inability to Financially
stand the pace of being Il public
servant
Nye. for 20 years with the secret
service, was in charge of tine tours
made b. the Prince of Wales. King
Albert Of Eelgium. Joffre. the Ital-
ian. japanese. Russian and Servian
Missions. He was decorated by the
Prince of Wales and King Albert.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
Draft Panks
ofPattorn at
Chicago Session
Organizations Represented
AT Conference Which
Formulates Principles.
Elimination of Universal
Military Training Plan
One Of Requests.
BY n stan Correspondent.

Chicago, May IL. - Members oi
Is organizations Of farmers will
test their power by making de-
mands on the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties. looking toward the
betterment of agricultural condi-
tions.
A committee from the National
Board of Farm Organizations, in
session here. will appear at the Re-
publican convention in Chicago. ask
ing that certain measures be incor-
porated in the platform. Failing in
this. they will journey to San Fran
cisco and try their luck with the
Democrats.
y Many Demands Made.
The principal demands will be the
right of collective bargaining, con-
servation of forests, payment Of the
war debt by direct taxation upon
those best able to pay. reduction OF
the high cost of living through the
elimination of the middleman, the
appointment of a Secretary of Ag-
riculture who knows practical farm
conditions, elimination by legisla-
tion of farm tenancy and of the ac-
quiring of great tracts of land by
individuals and corporations, provi-
portation; Federal control of pack
tiOns, packers and other in trans
portation; federal control of pack
ing industries, more elastic nation
al credits for farmers and elimina-
tion of any plank favoring uni
yersal military training.
The executive committee went on
record agaInt the importation OF
Chinese as agricultural Iaborers.
Canadians Take Part.
Meeting with the National Board
of Far Organizations was the Can
adian Council of Agriculture. which
resulted in a resolution demanding
an international commission to look
into agricultural conditions, espec-
tally in the United States and Can
ada.
The committee also declared for
free speech, free press and free
asse mbly.
1t was explained by II. D. Cooper
president of the National Dairy
mems League, Alec Reyburn. pub
Iicity director. and Charles A. Ly-
man, executive secretary, the two
latter from Washington. that there
was no inteNiOn of forming a poll
teal party as they believed that the
old organizations would see the
light when it would be pointed out
that the farmers organizations had
a membership of two million.
"Farmers in Bad Way"
We do not care to go into poll
tics" said MIR. Reyburn. but we are
compelled to protect ourselves and
see to it that the farmers get
Justice"
IF we cannot influence the Re
publican convention to do the right
thing. We will have to go TO San
Francisco. and such a move would
undoubtedly throw many votes to
the Democrats, which otherwise
" ouIG have remained with the Re
pUbliCans-
The farmers are in a bad way
and at some time or other they must
get their dues. We think the time
is now. and that is why We are go
ing to pat our case before the Re
publican delegates as strongly as
we know how" G. w. y.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
New Half Dollar Bill Signd.

President Wilson yesterday signed
a bill authorizing coinage of special
5O-cent pieces commemorative OF the
300th anniversary of the landing OF
the Pilgrims.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
Wilmington Bakers Strike.

Wilmington. Del. May 12-Prac-
tically all of the bakers of this
city went on strike this morning
for an increase of IS a week in
wages and an eight-hour day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-11
COLLEGE ENROLMENT
SHOWS RECORD GAIN
Serious Problem Presented If
Increase Continues.

This years increase In the number OF
students enrolled In colleges has So a
new record, according to figures COM
piled by the Institute for Public Serv-
ice. American youths entering college
have increased In numbers at rec
ord rate during the last six ycsrs nr'
IL a proportionate growth Is continued
to 1850 tfere will De l,iSS,0OO stuaents
In 2l0 institutions, where $4,000 were
enrolled last year.
where will the money come from to
educate these larger groups" asks
Julius II. Barnes. chairman of the In
stltute. in his report. by 1850 we
will have to find facilities for more than
three times the total for 1920. at six
or seven times the salary cost. Must
present universities grow or more mi
versities be built? VIII the money come
from taxation, endowment. private gifts
and larger fees7'
Mr. Barnes offers the opinion that
afternoon and night classes at colleges
and extension classes away from COL
loRes VIII be needed to give the elasticity
which the demand requires.
The largest increase in six years is
credited to the College OF the City OF
New York, with growth Of $500, fol-
lowed by the University Of California
with $500 increase. and Boston Uni
versitv with 400. Yale rs one OF four
institutions showing a decrease II has
81 less students than Il had Pix years
az
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-11
Now to Get Out the Vote.

The registration in this city Is sufIi-
GENTLY large to insure an election day
verdict on the Wilson Administration
the Wilson League of Nations and the
Cox campaign completely representa-
tive of the sentiment of New York.
With 1865 names on the poll
list, 100000 ballots should be cast
on November Q If the proportion of
stay-at-homes IS not seriously affected
by the presence IN the electorate Of
women and the operation of the abb
sentee voting system. II the number
OF ballots cast falls below this it will
be because the political organizations
are not competent to handle the task
equal suffrage has imposed on them.
The job the managers Of the politi-
cal organizations must now tackle Is
to get all the registered citizens to the
polls. This can only he done by nard
york, intelllgently directed. 1t can
not be done by promlscuous appeals
The individuals who compose our stu
pendous body Of electors must be
made TO understand the personal ob-
legation each is under to perform his
or her part In deciding the momentous
issues which in this campaign for the
preservation of American indepen-
dence and American power have been
referred to the ballot box.