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The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
Sandy Spring Bandits
Start Pen" Sentences

Frederick, Nd, Oct. S.-John w.
Mitchell, alias John Connolly. and
Clarence F. Adams, who were con-
victed in the circuit court here of
murder in the first degree in connec-
tion with the killing Of Francis NJ.
Hallowell and the robbery OF the
Sandy Spring, Montgomery County,
bank, todsy began serving their
life sentences in the Maryland peni-
tentiary.
At o'clock this morning Sheriff
wertenbaker and Deputy Sheriffs
Runkles and Gouker left the local
Jail for Baltimore. and two hours
and a half later the two convicts
were within the prison walls wherc
they will spend the remainder OF
their days.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
WANT 18TH AND H
CAR STOP RESTORED

Restoration OF car stops at the
corner of Fifteenth and H streets
will be decided upon by the public
Utilities Commission at its meeting
next Wednesday.
Business men. with offices in the
vicinity, yesterday petitioned the
utilities body to restore the stops
for eaStbound and westbound cars
of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company. Cars going in
that direction now stop at Four
teenth and H streets.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09

Hlghest, It, lowest, 10.
Relative humidity, a. m, IS: p. M,
3S; p. m, 73.
Rainfall IS p. N. to s p. M, 0.
Hours OF sunshine, 80.
Per cent Of possible sunshine, 80.
Departures from Normal.
Accumulated deficiency OF temperature
since January l. 1890, 800
Deficiency Of temperature since October !,
1920, 80.
Accumulated deficiency of precipitation
since January 1, 1920. 200
Deficiency II precipitation since October !,
1890, 0.46.
Temperature same date last year-High.
est. 81; lowest. as
Other Temperatures.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
The Weather
Forecast for Today and Tomorrow.

Forecast for Today and Tomorrow.
For the District Of Columbia: Fair today
and to morrow; little change in tempera ture;
gentle to moderate north to northwest winds.
becoming variable.
For Maryland and Virginia: Fair today and
tomorrow; little change in temperature; fresh
north TO northwest winds on the coast today.
Forecast of Flying Weather.
Zone No. l North Atlantic States): Good
flying weather Saturday.
Zone No. Middle Atlantic Statesl: Good
flying weather Saturday. except uncertain
along Virginia and North Carolina Coast
where cloudy weather is probable.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09

All the popular fabrics and
styles, conservative and ex-
tTeme. A remarkable value
with the price SlaShed to save
you money.
, 1920-09-22

The tables were all beautifully arranged.
The Princes table at the extreme end
of the long room was crescent shaped
and the scheme of decorations consisted
solely of the Royal Colouars. The City
was beautifully illuminated and the build
ings most admired for the display were
Government House, the Town Hall, the
two Banks and the Union Club. Today
H. r, H. the Prince is attending morn
ing service with his staff at Trinity
Cathedral. He did not go to the country
yesterday bat played Tennis and Golf in
the afternoon.
, 1920-09-22
ST. CROlX STATION.

Trinidad, Sept. 18th.-At the banquet
last night at Govt. House H. R. H. the
Prince of Wales in the course of replying
to the toast of his, health said, Il saw
a suggestion before | left England that
the British Empire might be willing
to part with one or more British West
Indian Islands TO a foreign power and
| should like to say here again what
| said in Barbados in March that Brit
ish subjects are not for sale. | can
assure you the King and all of US in
the Old Country have very much at
heart the welfare Of Trinidad and all
British West Indies as Of all ,other Brit
ish possessions. In the evening there
was an extensive freWork display in
charge OF an expert from New York
which was witnessed by huge and ad-
miring crowds on the Queens Park,
Savannah. The ball at the Princes
Building was a very brilliant affair, de-
tails of which will be given later. His
Royal Highness has requested that no
formal arrangements be made for to-
dav and tomorrow. II is understood
that today he is visiting the pitch lake
and oil fields. Very few offices are
open today and it is practically a pub
lie holiday.
Washington, Sept. 10th. Nearly half
a dozen agencies of the United States
Government were at work tonight in an
effort to solve the mystery of the explo-
sion in New York's Financial District,
and to safeguard Government property
from similar damages. In an effort to
bring to justice any person or persons
responsible for the loss of life in the Me-
~tropolis, agents of the Department of
Justice. Secret Service Operatives of the
, 1920-09-22
Advertisement

RIDS are requested for the following
articles, which are needed in the ad-
ministration OF the Christiansted Mum
cipal Hospital, for the month Of Octo.
Der 1920. Bids should be addressed to the
Inspector, Municipal Hospital, Christian
sted.
After September 27th, no bids will be
considered.
Corn Meal, 200 lbs; Rice 200 lbs.
Lard, so lbs; Cooking butter, SO lbs.
Table Butter IS lbs; Sugar 400 lbs,
Irish potatoes 500 lbs; Meat, (Beef,
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Peas, B. f. so lbs. Onions, 20 lbs. Salt
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All supplies to be Of best quality.
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Sept. Goth 1920.
N. P. CHRISTENSEN,
Inspector
Christ10mSted MMl&c5paI Hospital,
, 1920-09-22

IC0SOty IISlIuClOIS Vi Tie I OSl OllC6
Department and experts of the Depart
ment of Agriculture were ordered to the
scene of the explosion. Investigation of
the origin of the explosion was ordered
by Attorney General Palmer upon receipt
of the first report from New York. and
William j. Flynn, Chief Of the Bureau of
Investigation of the Department, left
Washington for New York on the first
train.
Rome, Sept. 10th. Preparations for
recruiting an Italian Soviet army are.
going Oh i'll Milan, Turin, Rome, Naples
and other large cities throughout the
country according to the newspaper
,Epoca" which prints a statement to
this effect by a superior officer of the
Italian army. 1t is said that one of
the leaders of the Soviet organization
is Enlico Malatesta, the anarchist chief.
Trinidad, Sept. 18th. The Ball at
Princes Building iii Friday night was d
brilliant and successful function. Lights
shone radiantly along the carriage drive
which had a handsome archWay erected
at the entrance and exit and their out
lines were ablaze with lights at the en-
trance the word Welcome" appeared in
very large letters of white on a crimson
background, There was a blaze of light
without and within the building ard
decorations arranged with a skill not
seen before in Trinidad. At 1890 p. m,
His Royal Highness reached the building
from Government House accompanied by
H. E. the Governor, Lady Chancellor,
Admiral HaIsey and other members Of
the Princes. the Governors and the Ad-
miral'a Staff. Many officers from the
'RenoWn", the Calcutta" and the
'Caliope" were present and dancing was
kept UP until 4 a. M. h. R H. the
Prince danced the first waltz with Lady
Chancellor. After Supper at 11.30 p. m.
he danced with three other ladies and
left about l a. m. On every occasion
the Prince appeared on the Balcony he
was greeted with vociferous cheers from
the enormous crowd outside. The Music
was supplied by the Band Of the Re
nown" up to l a m. and after that by a
String Band known as "Loveys'. The
roof of the Supper Room was composed
of one long centre line Of Red, White
and Blue with streamers extending to the
walls on which were clusters of flags.
Directly over the Princes Party and
above the chairs occupied by His Royal
Highness and His Excellency was sus-
pended a large Crown of Red, White and
Blue draperies and lights. strings of
which descended to the sides of the walls.
, 1920-09-22

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dents nor does he necessarily endorse them.
, 1920-09-22

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The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
Evening Up"

DICK CARRAWAY was having g sail
~ his surplus stock. To start the .,1., l..
led out milk COW. one Of the best ~ n,
herd, and told the auctioneer she v,, ton,
?ears old. Lou Carter, a weather -be,tsr IA
chap with shrewd eye, bid in the cou ~.
gave Dick check for the amount and ssid
be would come for the COW the next d.y.
The next morning, however, wh.n !.
rode up, to take home his purcbss. D,cs
said: OieA
made a mistake yesterday. Lon ?
saio tnat COW was only four years old bn,
when talked it over with the old Isdr H..
night L remembered that the COW ., .ish.
years old. l don't want to let a mixtsts I;-.
that 60 with neighbor, so I tbop,bt n.
talr thing was to tell you and Just Iet ,or
take your check back and IN keep the cow "
Lou squinted his eye spprovinslv AZ The
COW. She bore every mark of beinr , r.,S
mixer. He then looked sppraisipsIr A.
Dick. I"
We'll. Carrsway," he said, "tu-r 49,.
is fair play. You made a mistake y.,tsrd,s
III make one today and just keep the COW
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
Lady Decies Exhibits Prize Mice in England

E'NGLAND has a National Mouse Club
IL which has been in existence for twenty
ive years Shortly after the establishment
Of the club. Lady Decies became a success
full exhibitor Of prize mice and presented the
club with a cup. The club owes its
Existence to desire to promote the breeding
and exhibition of fancy mice and to define
precisely the true type of mice.
Usually there are about hundred mem
bsrs. The annual subscription is payable
in advance, but almost nominal in amount.
1t is arranged by the club that an annual
club show shall take place in addition to the
two cup shows. The great annual show
exhibits over 400 mice and the Woodiwiss
Cup, or rather Woodiwiss Bowl, worth f1O,
il offered.
Fourteen other cups are offered by the
club for competition, including the fS
Coronation Challenge Cup. These trophies
do not become the sole property of the win
ners, but are given up when required for
forthcoming shows. In addition to the
cups, certificates and medals there are small
money prizes offered.
"As poor as q church mouse" has be-
come proverbial, yet aristocrats outside the
church are sometimes sold for Fl. This
was the price asked for a Dutch mask
mouse.
There are seldom slack times in the busi-
ness Of mouse keeping, although the aver
age life Of q pet mouse is but one year.
There are no less than twenty varieties
recognized Of fancy mice,
As may be judged from the shows and
prizes offered, q mouse has its points" The
mouse should be in length from seven to
eight inches from top of nose to end of
tail, with long, clean head, not too fine or
pointed at the nose; the eyes should be
large, bold and prominent; the ears large
and tulip shaped, free from creases, carried
erect, with plenty Of width between them.
The body should be long and slim, a tribe
,rched over loin and dashing In appearance;
ehs tail, which should be free from kinks,
should come well out of the back, and be
thick at the root and gradually tapering
like a whip lash to a fine end, the length
seins equal to that of the mouse's body. The
cost should be short, perfectly smooth, iossy
and deck to the hand.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19

l remember going snowshoeing with Mrs.
Saint Gaudens, starting with the ther-
mometer at zero and the hour the scandalous
one of midnight. But the hills were ex-
Quisite in the silence and moonlight. Never
was any one more serenely unconscious Of
weather than Annette Saint Gaudens, Of
whether it's too hot or too cold is unim
portsnt-it's the color and the lines of the
hills that interest her-such mundane con
siderations as toes and fingers seem non
existent. Perhaps she has down cold" the
pioneers knack of looking out for such
things capably and inteligently.
When first at Cornish 1 used to live in
little abandoned farmhouse, miles off from
anywhere, and often, when I went up my
hill in the dusk, where rarely did | meet
with any one, have l come on Mrs. Saint
Gaudens, slender and silent and unex.
pected as wood sprite, and with her SON
then a golden haired little fellow of four
or FIVE. They were miles from their own
home and had come ito see the sunset over
DingletOn.'
Sometimes she and the boy would 20 for
long walks in the moonlight, and when
Mortified parent exclaimed at the latenpss OF
the hour for the child, she would say,
serenely:
1T was so beautiful wanted him to
have the memory of it-usually he's in bed
early enough"
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19

A NNETTE SAINT -GAUDENS is a slen-
n der little woman. dark haired, with very
dark eyes, bright and quick, like a BIRDS
she has the Juietness and gentieuess IN
speech and manner that we begin to call old
fashioned, since we are fast losing 1t from
smong US. She is an expert in textiles and
fabrics, and whether you find her in her
garden or studio, she is likely to be wearing
q gown of some odd and interesting home
spun stuff of beautiful color and quality,
fashioned BY herself in a simple and efec-
tive design.
Like many people who are physically
small, Mrs Saint Gaudens has taste for
large undertakings. She liked the look of
the old Shaker Meeting House at Enfield,
twenty miles away, and when it was aban-
doned by the Shakers bought it and moved
1t to her own Cornish hilltops. where, With
the aid of her brother, she made it into a de-
Ighttul home, keeping the sense Of quietness
sud serenity which belonged to it when
meeting house.
She added a huge fireplace in which. by
tie .:y, she can cook with rare skill-not SO
;nuct he things that mother used to
make. .ut those that were IN great great
grandmotne-s repertoire. and with the same
sort Of uCeh-ils-three- legged spiders, iron
DveDS and III ike. Back of this fireplace Is
II up-to IA kitchen, sufficiently con-
uieut in its arrangement to delight the
= of Ctrisgi#o Frederick.
The comb.uat N, in both. mental and ma
ria! equipment, Of appreciating tAe past
lie being awake to the present, is very
iiaut = Annette Saint Gaudens. She is
3, admirable gardener and can grow de luxe
-set45les nth the work of her own hands,
II her garden would be a credit to the most
iacutigablc war gardener.
Among other fairly large interests is
che for coasmunitT housing on some
rone.ty in Ohio. formerly farm of her
,,tler's. She believes it possible to keep
-o'h~ # the wild beauty for the happiness
,, l0nfsteaders and yet make the land avail
aOIe for nome sites.
Sns Is tireleSs walker and an excellent
csmper; She has the artists serene dsre
gard Of times and seasons and the piOneer's
cheerfui indifference to creature comforts.
For instance. when seated by her own
Hresils Of a winter evening she is quite
iiAey to suggest such an undertaking as
climbing Ascutney-our Cornish mountain
climb, whereof the trail begins some six
miles avsy-and this when the first snow
aad fallen some six or eight inches deep
because it would be so beautiful just then =
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
A Quaker Oath

TWO small boys in family Of Friends
had disagreement, during which tn,
Older boy became very much iucensed.
Finally, no longer able TO control him
self. he took his brother by the shoulder,
and shook him. with the exclamation, ''oh,
thee little you. thee"
Then,>as the enormity Of his oHens. cam.
over him, be said, in a changed voice, Don .
tell mother I svors.''
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
Copyright. 1920. by Public Ledger Coz

And, after all, exquisite memories are OF
value to child and might reasonably be
included in the scheme of education.
In fact, in matters of education, or of
world politics, Mrs. Saint Gaudens has
always had the courage of her convictions.
She once worried the school authorities not
little by sending her boy to school for a
half day only, saying, what most of us
know, that three hours of imprisonment
was quite enough for an active child, and
when the school authorities urged the good
of the school, said she had to consider the
good of her child. Almost any father or
mother who has had STANLEY Hall, - or even
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-14

we are unable to agree with him. But
we cannot see how any fair-minded
man can help agreeing with him most
emphatically as TO the iniquity of
such profteering and the desirability
the necessity-of abating it for
the public good. 1t is simply infam-
Gus that rapacious corporations
should be permitted thus to Cypress
and plumber the public and to "get
away with it."
It is an abominable thing thus to
have the cost of living to the general
public enormously increased, just for
the sake of increasing the dividends
of corporations from a reasonable
and ungrudged 8, 10 or Is per cent,
to 300 per cent or more. Yet even
such looting of the public is not the
worst of it. Far worse is the dis
credit which it brings upon the gov
eminent and upon democracy itself
People say-and we can scarcely cen
sor them for saying it-that a gov
eminent which countenances such ex-
tortion fails in its duty to the nation
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''PILLAGE OF THE PEOPLE"

For "high cost of living read "pil-
lage of the people" The phrase is
Senator Capper's, and it expresses a
conslusion which appars to be newt
able, unless his extraordinarily i'm
pressive arraignment of profteering
is refuted; and that it will be or can
be refuted we have little expecta-
ton. Indeed, his statements are so
definite and explicit, and are based
upon data SO authoritative, that any
attempt at denial would seem to be
futile. Making all due allowance for
circumstances which might cause
some legitimate increase of profits,
the enormous growth of gains which
corporations themselves admit, is
scarcely explicable on any other
ground than that of arrogant extor-
ton.
Thus Senator Capper cited one
great cotton mill whose net profits in
1918 were thirteen times greater
than in the four years ending with
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EMENT Hays Free Press, Thursday October ID 1920

1916, and in 1919 were seven times
greater than in 1917. Now, a very
large increase in gross receipts might
well be justified on the ground of in
creased expenses of materials. labor
and taxes. But these were increases
in net profits, over and above all
costs. Two other cotton mills were
cited, which had recently declared
dividends of 100 and 800 per cent
respectively. If the profits of the
first named in 1919 were not exces-
sive, are we to understand that the
concern was run at ruinous loss in
1917 when they were only one-sev-
enth as much? When a corporation
is making 800 per cent profit, is it
not stultifying to pretend that it can
not afford to sell its goods at lower
prices?
The cost of shoes has become al
most prohibitive, and there are
threats that it will go still higher. No
toriously, that is not because of any
scarcity of hides or of rising prices
for them, for they have been plenti-
full, and their prices have been fall
ing. Snator Capper pointed out a
more plausible cause One of the
chief hide and leather concerns paid
in 1919 dividends thirty-five times as
great as in 1915. Another increased
its net profits in 1919 by 1O3 per cent
above those of 1913, and increased
than eight millions in 1914 to more
than thirty millions in 1919. One of
the largest shoe manufacturing con-
Germs increased its profits from a lit
tie over two millions in 1915 to near
" ten millions in 1919. No wonder
that the retail price of footwear has
trebled or qaudrupled!'
So it runs through the whole list.
Cotton goods, wooden goods, oil, rub
Der, leather, coal, ice, sugar, bread,
bananas, hardware, paper, tobacco,
automobiles "the trail of the serpent
is over them ALL" The reports of
the corporations themselves indicate
it. They even boast of it. Senator
Capper quoted q letter which he had
received from an officer of a tin-plate
and steel concern offering to sell him
some of its stock and recommending
it as a desirable investment on the
grounds that similar concern had
lats year made n per cent profit,
that the holders of its common stock
had made profit of more than 1000
per cent, that all such concerns are
making enormous fortunes" for
their stockholders, their shares sell
ing at 1900 per cent premium, and
that this particular corporation was
likely soon to increase its present
earnings by more than 800 per cent
Senator Capper was speaking in
favor of putting a heavy retroactive
tax upon these profteers, with which |
to pay billion or two dollars bonus /
to the soldiers of the war. In that !
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Now they propose to help the unfortunate to
the remOtest of the most obscure hamlet.
THEIR PROGRAM
To make the thief the beggar the down and out the
unfortunate girl the hayward boythe potential
of every community into law abiding citizen
Through the various social institutions of the
Salvation Army. To cooperate with these, advisory
boards have been organized in each county. Such a
board has been organized in Ellis county. be
business of the Ellis County Board handle
which either originate drift into this county
The Kansas quota for this work is S3OO,OOO Over
one-haf of this amount will be spent for home be
built in Wichita. The proportion for Ellis County is
$3.50, part of which fund will hands of
Ellis County Advisory Board for emergency this
county.
WHAT SHARE WILL YOU TAKE IN THIS WORK?
Don't wait for the members of the board to call
They busy people but they expect give free
~ of their time during the next ten days this
Every cent contributed will go the work which
intended Remttances should be Miss Ruth Flies
bach Hays Kansas, Secretary of the Ellis County Advs
DRY Board.
WILL YOU HELP?
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whose welfare it is supposed to serve;
and some of them add-absurdly, of
course-that we could not be worse
off, and might be better of, under a
soviet. Thus the proiteers are not
merely plundering the people. They
ar engendering and fostering Boil
shvism, Communism, and all the
malign forces of discomfort and re-
volution.- Colonel Harvey in Har-
vey's Weekly.
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Every man is struck by a Good
Road; everybody gets stuck in a bad
road. Vote Yes for Amendment No. 8.
Have a fine new player piano,
bench and scarf and twelve rolls
choice music, will sell at big bargain.
Liberal terms to responsible party.
Write Means Music Co., 3O5 East
10th St., Kansas City, Mo. o7t2
and vote for Prosperity, for Comfort
at present, and hope for posterity-
Vote Yes on No. 8.