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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

~ c s and c subg y Nor hens,
HOUSE-e-room. brick. modern imDrovo-
msnts: kensinston Avenue: small cash
payment, balance to suit. l.. L. 4 j. S.
Ilarvie. 3l2 Mutual Bldg. Madison 56S6.
OWN your own home nov is the time
man & kayhoe. builders OF High. Class
SEVEN ROOM DWELLING-Wc offer for
sale I'm Highland Park an attractive we'll
constructed dwelling OF rooms, bath, gas
sis swy eoh paiRf5sa w snS
berry. etc; possession at once; price S. 600
price NS phone information. S ee us 'a at
once Rex o. Jones Co. Inc. l6 North
SOUTH SIDE-For sale. ono brick house IN
line. rooms besides closets comni, .Iv
furnished, including fine plano: lot S3xit7
feet. rs fruit tress flowers. grapes. berries
f Hhebs nSIseS ready for occupancy
WEST. END HOUSE FOR SALE.
well built. two-s;ory brick house. with
pantry; detached: back yard. electric and
Sh 9ssm rfs ssnt s,rs snd G fSa
to suit; Cause for selling. owner is NOV
See ownsr as s: pns e, .Ss
BUY a good used car Read tho dosorin-
TODAY m the cl..sin.d I'd. ~ 80"
sns How ': About ss ISL '''hsa .aS'rti''
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BRIGHT TOBACCO FARMS FOR SALE.
ACRES-Good Broom house; about s.,
:rr"s open land in good state of cuItiva ,
ppiccc n, itt ndS from Richmond. on railroad
hni i' AcRGS,Fair house and usual out
land rest In woods Price. $500 ''E'
aio,,H. S = a.S-oood room house and barn
tanuu' -! acres open. good orchard: III miles
IRON Richmond. Price. 13.7O - ''''''
100 ACREs-A good house: abop, N .o,,.
op sna rei. IN wood 10 miles north Of Riche
J. a. CONNOLLY & CO.
or Phone Boulevard lst2-J After o'clock.
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REA. EST 4IE FOR SALE

r'tSIrcSs TF"EEIT, 81
street, Church Hill; price 81 ZOO: terms
rsasonabis L.. r: * j. S. Harv!c 3Ia
Mutual Bldg. Madison $685.
STORE and dwelling on Royd Street.
sp.enuia INVESTMENT; rents for $500 90 per
year; eIlCe $1,000. l.. I. Branch, S32 East
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

po onSS Ssyvroom brick house and sleeping
corner; possession ~ days. 5000.
Evening journal., 1920-05-15

The man who owns his own home accomplishes
two things. He attains his present comfort and hap
piness and at the time provides for his future
and that of his family. The selection of home is one
of the most important a man has to make, and the
one that we can help you most in making if you will
call and give us the opportunity.
Evening journal., 1920-05-15
BELLEMOOR.
ELMHURST.
HAMILTON PARK.

mploted possession at once, seven good rooms, high
en- fireplace best Of plumbing. Price $1,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12
WARNING ON BILL
HALTS FRIVOLITY
Last of Well-Spent Million-Wine,
Women and Song" 1t Says. Has
Aroused Curiosity.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-"'The last
of well-spent million-wine, wo-
men and song"
Thus runs little sermon written
in indelible ink on an old SO bill
which has been circulating around
the capital
It has aroused considerable curl
ositv and such is the force of the
message that no one yet has spent
the bill for any frivolous or pleasur-
able thing.
Perhaps the man who wrote the
message did so after night of caba-
rets. for the handwriting is shaky
as if written with an unsteady hand.
Again it may be in a fit of remorse
he wrote his warning to those who
would follow in his footsteps.
But the tone of the line would sug-
gest that he was not sorry. 1t was
"the last of well-spent million" II
he had another he would spend it the
same way.
In any case those who see the
crookedly written words pause to
think before using it in any wrong
way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12
SOLDIER
LED CRIMINAL BAND
OSTENSIRLY ENGAGED IN Y. M.
c. A. WORK, HE DIRECTED
STEALING OF GOODS.

Louis Landa, described as an ex-
officer of the American expedition
airy forces in France, but more re-
Gently attached to the Young Mems
Christian Association personnel left
in France in charge of war supplies,
is under arrest in Paris on the charge
of being the organizer and brains OF
a vast organization of freight car
thieves. which for more than a year
has been operating between Par1s,
Havre and other centers.
A half dozen Frenchmen alleged
to have been associated with Landa
also have been arrested on the charge
of being accomplices- in series OF
merchandise thefts of value running
IN to millions of francs.
Landa's arrest followed the dis
covery by officials of the railways de-
tectives that two carloads of sugar,
each containing 20 tons, had been
spirited away by Marcel Letourner,
who with several other Frenchmen
acting under his orders, is said to
have unloaded merchandise from
freight cars cleverly re-addressed at
the moment of starting. Landa IS
said by the police to have handled
subsequent operations, such as find
ing purchasers for the stolen goods.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12
A BIG FIGHT ON
IMMIGRATION SURE
INCREASING TIDE OF UNSKILL-
ED IMMIGRANTS TO THE U. 5.
AROUSES IRE OF LABOR.

Immigrants. now flocking to the
limited States at nearly the pre-war
rate of 100000 a year, will be
the cause of a long and bitter battle
in congress this winter. Samuel Com
ners president of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, and other fedora
fion officials who seek more drastic
immigration laws, will take an active
part in the fight, it is understood.
Employers may fight amendm!e;nItS;
which curtail the flow of unskllled
labor to the United States. At the
present rate. of immigration native
horn labor soon will be undermined
in.its living standard, organized labor
officials said. More than 5000 ineom,-
mo immigrants are now housed each
night at Ellis island, and this num-
her will be much larger when more
shins are available to bring to these
shores the thousands who are trying
to escape the high taxes and low
wages of European countries.
Women predominant among the
new arrivals now, according to COY
eminent records. This indicates, OH
ciaIs saw, there will soon be sur
nIus of female domestic workers,
which perhaps may solve the pressing
nrobiems of ''household help"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12
SHERIFF OF CALHOUN
COUNTY DISAPPEARS
MR.. REEVES LEFT MORGAN
TWO WEEKS AGO FOLLOWING
SENSATIONAL CONDUCT.

MORGAN, Ga.-Great surprise
and regret was caused when 1T be-
came known Sheriff J. A. Reeves had
INDUCED in conduct so unbecoming
that he had apparently abdicated
his office.
1t is said that he became intoXi-
Gated some nights ago and went to
the home of a white citizen at Will
hamburg and created deal of dis
turbance, using obscene language in
the presence of ladies, and threaten
ed the life of the man of the house
The cause of the trouble is not
known. but it seems to be the general
opinion of those present that the
sheriff had lost his reasoning facul-
ties on account of excessive drink
ing. After the escapade at Williams
burg Mr.. Reeves went to his home
in Morgan, where he remained until
next day. when he left for unknown
parts. and has not been heard from.
A criminal warrant was sworn out
for him, but he has not been appre-
hended.
Sheriff Reeves was considered one
of the most efficient and fearless ar
resting officers in the state and en-
loved the confidence and esteem of
practically every citizen of Calhoun
county, and his recent conduct was
a shock to his many friends and
great surprise to all.
In the event the office is declared
vacant an appointment will be mdae
to succeed Sheriff Reeves, and he
will be elected by the voters at the
general election in November.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12
FOOD PROFITEERS
FILL BERLIN JAlLS
PRISONS OVERLOOKING WITH
VIOLAToRS OF REGULATIONS.
NATION is AROUSED.

notwithstanding statements re-
garding profteering and breaches OF
the food laws are given in a series
of articles published in the Berliner
Tageblatt.
In Prussia alone there have been
9.O82 cases of profiteering before
the courts in six months, but the au-
thorities admit these are not the most
important cases, for it is hardly ever
possible to arrest the profiteer work
ing on a big scale.
In another article DR.. Finkelberg,
head of the Prussian prison system,
declares that Prussia's prisons are
full to overflowing. Neighboring
houses have to be taken and fitted
up for the purposes of a prison.
One Jail for 500 prisoners had no
fewer than 5000 guests during the
year. -,
DR.. Finkelberg states with regard
to the alarmingly frequent cases OF
assault, robbery and such crimes
committed in the streets and public
places that not one evil-doer is
brought to justice.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12
WILL HAVE MANY
BIG ISSUES TO SOLVE
NEW PRESIDENT WILL FACE
MANY TANGLING QUESTIONS.
MEXICO A HERITAGE.

Important foreign issues, in addi-
ton to the question of the league of
nations, will be inherited by the next
national administration, in the opin-
ion of Washington authorities versed
in international affairs. 1t is likely
that the state department will have
some problems in diplomacy we'll on
the way toward a solution by next
March, but definite settlements, it is
considered certain, will await action
by the next president.
There is reason to believe that the
negotiations with Japan over the
California controversy are nearing a
satisfactory conclusion, but that the
anti-Japanese legislation in Califor-
MIA has carried the exchanges be-
tween Washington and Tokyo to the
suggestion of a new treaty, which
would embrace subjects not includ-
ed in existing treaties with Japan,
and covering immigration.
The Mexican Heritage.
Most observers are of the opinion
that the Mexican question will be
left to the incoming administration
as a heritage, as it was handed to
President Wilson by President Taft.
There is thought to be more reason
for extending recognition to Gen.
Oregon, when he is indicted into
the presidency next December, than
existed in the case of Huerta, who
was not recognized, or in the in
stance of De la Huerta, who sue
ceeded Carranza, but it is doubted
if President Wilson will commit his
own successor so far in the Mexican
problem as recognition of Oregon
would do.
The question of loans to China,
involving the success or failure of
the consortium for financing China,
and embracing also requirements
that would compel the disarmament
of the Chinese military forces eX-
cept such as might be necessary for
police purposes, also is thought GER
tainly to be destined for determine
ton by the next administration.
Continue Russian Policy.
The Wilson administrations Rus
sian policy, it is thought, will be
continued by the incoming admins
tration, being one of passive hostll-
itv to the bolshevik government,
passive assistance to the anti-bolshe-
vik Russians, and at the same time
asserting the principle of non-inteir-
vention by other powers in Russia
and the further principle of the nom
partitioning of Russian territory
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12
TORCH USED TO GET
'0TY CENTS COTTON
NIGHT RIDERS BURN MERCAN-
TILE ESTABLISHMENT AND
POST NOTICE ON GINS.

Demanding the closing of ginner-
les until cotton prices are stabilized,
news of which has come from other
cotton belt states, notices have been
found fastened on the scales of gin
at Bowman, Ga, in Hart county.
Similar notices have also been posted
at other gins in the county; They
read:
"We, the citizens of everywhere,
kindly ask that this ginnery be clos
ed until November, 1920, unless fur
Their notified. Please take notice"
Notices have also been posted in
Milton and Jasper counties.
Failing to heed the warning of
"night riders" who posted business
houses of Garden City and Hance-
vile, Ala, with notices to close until
cotton had reached forty cents per
pound, the general mercantile estab-
lishment of Taylor & Bennett, at
Hanceville, was destroyed by fire.
Stores of New Hanceville, whose
proprietors were warned to close, did
so, but those of Garden City were
placed under guard, as well as the
gin housese near the two towns.
Operators OF gins IN Cullman were
ordered to cease operations and they
have obeyed.
The Hanceville business house had
been under guard until the night be-
fore the fire, when the proprietors
withdrew the guards. The loss will
run into the thousands of dollars.
At Anderson, S. c., the sheriff has
been appealed to for protection as a
result of additional warnings to cease
operations while cotton remains at its
present price. Notices have been re-
ceived by more than half the ginner-
les in the county.
In Texas a number of gins have
been burned. In each instance the
owners had received letters warning
that the gins would be destroyed I'M
less they were closed down until cot
ton reached 40 cents pound.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12
WAR IS RAGING ON
NINETEEN BATTLE FIELDS
EIGHTEEN COUNTRIES OF EU-
ROPE AND ASIA ARE NOW
IN TURMOIL OF STRIFE.
OTHER NATIONS ARMING

Second Anniversary of Armistice
Day Finds World in Chaotic Con-
dition, With Hundreds of Thous-
ands of Men Under Arms
The second anniversary of the
signing of the armistice in the world
war. on Nov. II, will find nine active
wars in progress between the ma
tionals of more than Is different
countries. In addition, therear e 10
other International fronts strongly
held, without present fighting, but
under conditions that inspire mill
tarv observers with the fear of an
outburst of war at almost any time.
Civil war exists or impends IN seven
different countries.
The bolsheviki are fighting the
Poles on a front extending from the
Ukraine to Lithunia, the Poles hav-
ing a total of more than 625,OOO
men engaged. The Russians have a
force estimated at from 100000 to
100000. Greeks and Turks are IN
deadly combat on the so-called ma
tionalist front, east of Smyrna, with
100000 men involved. On the Brit
ish-Turkish front the British have as
high as $4,000 men,, exclusive Of
those in Constantinople.
Fighting in South China.
In southern China war is in prog
ress between the provinces of Yu
Nan and Kwang-Tung, where, 1t IS
estimated that about 100000 fight
ing men are struggling for mastery.
Gen. Wrangel has about 10000 loyal
Russians fighting the bolsheviki in his
front north of Crimea, the enemy
numbering $4,000 men:
The Lithunians and Poles are de-
fying each other with prospects
of much larger engagements. There
are $4,000 Lithunians now in actual
fighting, against about 10000 Poles.
The French have their hands full IN
Asia Minor with the Turks and
Arabs. The French army of the Lee
want numbers about $4,000 men, the
minimum strength of their opponents
being 10000, with heavy reserves to
draw upon.
The British in Mesopotamia are
engaged in war more expensive
than the South African war. Fight
ing is said to be general throughout
the country, with more than $4,000
tribesmen in arms. The British, 1t Is
said, are sending in their troops from
Turkey and now have about 10000
white soldiers and $4,000 Indian CO
lonials on the fighting line.
The Italians are fighting the Turks
in Asia Minor, with an army of 5000
men holding the line. There are Is
fronts strongly held by armed forces
where no fighting is going on at the
present. Civil war exists in some
stage in Ireland, Morocco, Italy
Germany, Egypt and Tripoli.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12
LEvANT NOW BLIND
AS IN BIBLE TIMES
TRACHOMA RESPONSIBLE FOR
MOST OF SIGHTLESS PERSONS
IN NEAR EAST DISTRICT.

CONSTANTINOPLE. - Blindness
is no less prevalent in the Levant
than it was in biblical days. Tracho-
ma is responsible for most of the
sightless men, women and children
who wander through the streets of
Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, Smyr-
ma and. Constantinople. Throughout
Armenian, Anatolia and Syria tracho-
ma has been the malady which has
given the American committee for
relief in the near east more trouble
than all others combined. 1t is espe-
cially bad among children. 1t RACES
in the orphanges, where little Arme-
mans, Greeks, Jews and Turks have
been gathered by philanthropic' or
CARNATIONS which are endeavoring to
nurse war-torn Turkey back to nor
NAL health.
In an effort to check the ravages
of trachoma and save well children
from infection, the American COM
mittee for relief in the near east is
establishing an eye hospital in Con-
stantinople, where all the trachoma-
tous children from the various or
phanages in thecity will be isolated
and given the best possible treat
ment for the disease. The Turkish
government has placed large hos
pital with many cottages at the DIS
posal of the Americans, rent free
The new hospital will accommo-
date about 1000 patients.
All the treatments so far devised
= 80 oLoroo ara EXTREMELY painful.
DIR. Blanche Norton, who is just re-
covering from the malady after five
months of treatment, says the pain
of the daily treatments is 50 exe ;s!
ciating that she can readily under
stand how frail patients die from
the nervous shock. 1t is the hope .S OF
the American committee that tne
Rockefeller institution or some slml-
lar institution will devise treatments
for the malady which are less pam
full and more certain of affecting a
permanent cure.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12
S KILLED AS AERO
BUS TAKES PLUNGE

LONDON. - Four passengers,
three of them women, and the pi-
lot, were killed near Heyes, Mid
dlesex, on Saturday in the crash
ing of ten passenger aero bus:
A little girl passenger escaped
death, but both her legs were
broken.
The craft, property of the Cen
trail Aircraft company, fell 1000
feet, when engine trouble devel-
oped.- The distance and the great
weight of the machine gave it
terrific impact. The body of the
car was practically buried in the
earth.
Mortified spectators, fastening
to the machine, found it neces-
sary to dig the five victims out.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12

ionable Willard Hotel in Luxuri-
Gus Patrol Wagon" Officer Who
Made Arrests Perturbed Later.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Oficial
society circles here were stirred to
the depths on Friday by the arrest
at the Willard hotel of man known
to society, on the charge of drinking
liquor in a public place.
A woman companion of the man
was arrested at the same time, but
both gave assumed names, gave cash
bonds and jumped their bonds when
the cases were called in the police
court.
Were Arrested by Woman.
The arrests were made by Mrs.
Nina C. Van Wrinkle, head of the
woman's bureau of the police depart
ment, who happened to be dining at
the Willard. Mrs. Van Wrinkle saw
the pair drinking from a silver flask
and walked over and placed them UNI
der arrest, but permitted them to
finish their drink.
The polcewoman complained af-
terward that only the "tiniest Bit
remained in the flask.
Mrs. Van Wrinkle was much dis
MAYED at what she had done after
she made the arrests. She saw at
once by the way her charges were
greeted by other patrons of the hotel
that they were socially prominent
and she was even more flustered
when the man offered her chance
to ride in his car to the station. Mrs.
Van Wrinkle, of course, accepted, and
the trio rode to the lookup in prob
ably the finest patrol wagon ever
known.
Politically and Socially Prominent.
Both the man and his companion
put up SIS cash bond for appearance
in police court, although Mrs. Van
Wrinkle knew that they would not
appear. They did not. When the cas-
es were called in police court there
was not a peep from John john
son."
The police say that John Johnson
was recognized as Reynolds Hit. The
Washington address affixed to the
name of Reynolds Hit is the same
as that of Robert Stockwell Hit,
former minister to Panama and Gau-
temala and with record service IN
the diplomatic corps in Rome, Paris
and Berlin from 1901 to 1910. Rob-
ert Stockwell Reynolds Hit is the
son of the late r. R. Hit, congress
man from Illinois and for many years
chairman Of the house committee on
foreign affairs.
Hits companion also gave
Washington address, but is said to be
a former New York war worker. She
is said to have three sisters living in
Washington.
Hits wife is leader of Washing
ton society, and was known at one
time as one of the most beautiful
women in the United States.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12
HOUSTON REMAINS
FIRM IN HIS DECISION
BROWNS ON EMPLOYMENT OF
BORROWED FUNDS FOR PUR-
POSE MAINTAINING PRICES"

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Revival of
the war finance corporation to finance
exporters was declared to be unnec-
-essary by Secretary Houston tonight
in answering letters from correspond
ents. who had urged that course.
Houston said in his letter that the
suggestion that the treasury deposit
funds in agricultural sections for
loans to the farmers was '"hlghiy
unfeasible." The treasury, he said,
was not in the banking business and
had been compelled to borrow itself
at high rates to meet current require
ments between tax payments.
Orderly marketing of crops always
has been fostered by the treasury as
we'll as the federal reserve board,
Mr.. Houston said, but added that the
department frowns on the employ
ment of borrowed funds to maintain
"war or higher than war prices"
Discussing curtailed loans, Mr..
Houston said he believed the condl-
tions complained of were in no way
under control of the banks
mo one wishes to have the prices
lowered in the things he produces,
the letter said. But the consumer
apparently has made up his mind not
to continue to pay high prices. Much
trouble, which is attributed to the
banks of the country and credit con-
ditions, unquestionably arises from
Fundamental conditions over which
the banks have no control.
Detailed reports from the banks
show the crop movements are being
financed amply, the secretary said,
adding that there was no reason why
the falling prices on those products
should be attributed to lack of credit.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12
WAS INDUCED BY SPIRIT
To GIVE UP $4,000
A WASHINGTON DOCTOR NOW
SUES TO RECOVER BIG SUM
FROM ALLEGED MEDIUM.
CLARA BARTON INVOLED

Supposed Message From Red Cross
Worker Used to Obtain Estate,
Advising That He Should Give Up
All of His Property.
WASHINGTON, D. Charging
that, through spiritualistic messages,
alleged to have come from the late
Clara Barton, founder of the Amer
lean Red Cross, he had been induc-
ed to turn over $4,000 to Mrs. Ma
blele Rawson Hirons, DR.. j. B. Hub
bell has instituted legal action for
the return of his property. DR.. Hub
bell was secretary to Miss Barton for
thirty years, and Mrs. Hirons is his
lifelong friend.
In his statement, filed in the Mont
gomery court at Rockville, Md, on
Saturday, DR.. Hubbell asserts that
when Miss Barton died in 1912, che
owned real estate valued at $4,000,
costly household furniture and a
claim for $4,000 against the town of
Glen Echo, as well as other proper
ty."
Planned Memorial.
1t was his cherished hope, he said,
to establish memorial for Miss Bar
ton.
Mrs. Hirons, the plaintiff alleges,
visited him in May, 1914, and ex-
pressed great interest in his project.
On this occasion, DR.. Hubbell said,
the defendant had simulated a
trance, during which she pretended
to be in communication with the
spirit of Miss Barton.
According to the complaint. Mrs.
Hirons alleged that Miss Barton di-
rected her to tell DR.. Hubbell that
she (the defendant) had come to
help carry out his plan, and that he
should turn over all his property to
her.
Much Affected.
DR.. Hubbell, the petition states,
was much affected, and, believing
that it was possible for departed
spirits to communicate with their
earthly friends through certain per-
sons known as mediums, conveyed
the real estate to Mrs. Hirons, to-
gether with $4,000 he had received
under Miss Barton's will, $4,000 he
borrowed from relatives and $4,000
in Glen Echo bonds, all of which
were to be used in furtherance OF
the memorial.
Sixty days ago, DR.. Hubbell al
leges, he had heard Mrs. Hlrons say
to a neighbor that she had given up
all thought of a memorial to Clara
Barton, and that she was not worthy
of it.
So shocked and upset was DR..
Hubbell. according to the bill, that
he was unable for time TO coilecC
the data necessary for the suit, which
he now brings.
DR.. Hubbell obtained a temporary
order restraining Mrs. Hirons from
disposing of any of the property
mentioned in the bill.