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The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
NO WET PLANK
IN PLATFORM
Maryland Republicans Vote
Down Resolution Taking
Definite Stand.
Especial to The Washington Herald

NEPCCAah ~ nc sSho%'
Baltimore. Nd. May 25. - There
will be no damp" plank in the Re-
publican State platform. This de-
cision was reached this afternoon
when the "drys" voted down a mo-
tion to cause the State convention
to take a definite stard on the ques-
tion. The resolution adopted says:
Resolved. by the Republican par
ty. in convention assembled, That
in view of the near approach Of
the party's national convention. we
defer a detailed announcement OF
4 platform in respect to issues
more distinctly national That with
respect TO the Nolstead enforce
ment act. We recognize the impOr-
tanca of the whole question and its
deep interest to the people OF Mary
land. We, Therefore. refer the vot-
ers to announcements made or 10
be ma ie upon this is.ue by our can
didatss for the United states Sem
ate and for the House of Repre-
scntatives in the several Congress
sionaI districts of the State"
Chairman scores President.
Following the adoption of the res
olution, another was offered by the
Frederick delegation for the re-
peal of the primary laws OF Mary
land. The resolution was tabled.
Galen l. TAFT called the conven-
tion to order in Ford's Theater. He
said: The coming campaign is a
struggle to abolish the swollen war
time, powers of the President"
Amplifying his criticism of the
President. Mr.. TAFT said he had
abused the confidence of those who
had bestowed great powers on him
by using those powers for partisan
purposes. He cited as an instance
of this the Presidents demand for
the election of a Democratic Con-
gress in 1918.
Hoover Workers Active.
The chief business of the conven-
tion was to certify the Endorsement
of Gen. Leonard Wood as the choice
of Maryland Republicans for Presi-
dent of the United States and the
CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
Refusal Predicted with Eco
nomic Situation Given
As Reason.
DEAL NOW UP TOCHlNA
Consortium Considered a
Feather in Cap Of U. S..
State Department.
By JOHN HEARLEY.

Italy has asked to join the Chin
ese consortium. The present mem
bers are Japan, France, England
and America
A refusal of the Italian request
is predicted. Italy's economic con-
dition is advanced as the reason.
In the existing group, Japan and
America alone have sufficient money
for making loans to China The
consortium shares of England and
France apparently will have to be
taken or guaranteed by American
bankers.
ItaIy's finances are as disordered
as England's and France's.- As
consortium associate, she, it is be-
lieved, would prove merely one bur
den more.
The four governments,-the jap
anese, the French. the English and
the American have agreed on the
consortium. Banking groups, rep
resenting the four powers. have
also come to an agreement;
Submit Plan to China.
The consortium is a great feather
in the State Departments diplo-
matte cap. Breckinridge Long, Third
Assistant Secretary Of State. is most
entitled to wear the millinery. He
had charge of the negotiations for
the State Department at this end
Report has it that the proposed
financial plan has already been sub
mitted to the Chinese government.
The consortium is expected to be
functioning within the next few
months
Thomas W. Lamont returns from
the Far East early in June. He has
been on a mission to Japan and
China for the Anglo-Franco and
American banking groups in the
consortium-
Lamont scored a victory for the
eonsortium idea both at Tokyo and
Pekfn against vigorous Japanese or
pro-Japanese opposition. When
Tokyo failed to upset the proposal.
the pro-J4panese clique at Pekin
was unsuccessfully used to attack 1t.
Opposing this phase of that phase
of the consortium, Japan has held
UP it's execution for two years. Only
recently has she modified the claim
that she had exclusive economic
privileges in Manchuria and Mon
golia.
Naturally. the Chinese see the
possibility of the consortium's inter-
ference with the financial freedom
of the Chinese government. There
was such a fear inspired by the old
consortium and there is such a fear,
inspired by the new one, too.
Chinese Welcome Consortium.
The consortium could name un-
Just terms, to which China might
CONTINUED nv PACE NINE
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
ALLIES MASS TROOPS
TO BATTLE SOVIET

London. May IS. The war in
the East between the Allies and the
Bolsheviki is about to begin in
earnest The Daily Sketch learns
tonight that soviet troops have oc-
eupied Rasht, the big silk and CO.
coon center in Northern Persia.
British troops are fastening to
Teheran. the Persian capital, to
check the southwark drive of the
soviet forces. French and Indian
troops have been landed at Batum.
the big oil pipe line terminus on
the east shore Of the Black Sea,
40 miles due west of Baku, which
Il in Bolshevist hands.
Rasht lies EOS miles south Of
Baku, while the distance between
Rasht and Teheran is $50 miles.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
PRINCESS DAUGHTER
COMING BACK TOU. S.

Cwashington Hernld-Cross Atlantic
Service. Special Cable Dispatch.)
London, May 25.-Mrs. John W.
Mackay, for many years one of the
leaders of Anglo-American society
here, has sold her palatial house,
Carlton House Terrace. and intends
returning to the United States
permanently the end of the year.
She is the last daughter Of Prin-
cess Colonna. Her only surviving
son, Clarence Mackay, is head of the
Postal Telegraph Company.
Copyright, 1870, Cross-AtIantie Newspaper
Service, Inc.)
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
SAYS FISKE
MADE HIM WEARY

Secretary Daniels yesterday at
tackled Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske.
whose retirement he forced some
years ago. during the investigation
by the Senate committee of the
controversy.
Fiske, Daniels said. lis a monu-
mental egotist who wearied me to
the point of exhaustion"
Chairman Hale expects TO finish
the investigation within few days.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
HOOVER URGES
BIGGER CROPS
Warns Of Food Shortage
Unless Waning Produc-
ton Is Checked.
CPubIic Ledger seryice.)

(Public Ledger Seryice.)
A constructive policy of agricul-
tural readjustment formulated by
a commission of highly trained
farmers and experts on economics
and finance is necessary to check
decreasing production. inadequate
marketing facilities and unfair
margins of profit between the pro-
ducer and the consumer. Herbert
Hoover declared in a letter made
public yesterday by Representative
Carl A. Riddick. of Montana
Mr.. Hoover said the tide OF de-
creased production must be stem
med or the United States may be
dependent5 upon overseas food sup
plies. He took occasion to deny
the charge that the Food Admins
tration was unfair to the farmers
during the war.
Action looking to the develop
ment of a constructive policy in
the interest of the farmers was
urged by Mr.. Hoover to prevent
the farmer bearing the brunt of
the defiation that is bound to oc-
cur soon. His letter to Mr.. Rid
dick follows:
Text Of the Letter.
lis Broadway.
New York City,
May %, 1920.
Hon. Carl A. Riddick.
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. c.
My dear Mr.. Riddick:
Il beg to acknowledge your let
ter of May nineteenth asking for
my views as to practical measures
to insure better returns to the far
mer for his labor and investme mt,
and also calling my attention to a
letter read into the Congressional
Record by Senator Gronna from
some gentleman of your State, re-
peating some old fictions about the
farmer and the Food Administra-
tion during the war.
Real Problem Today.
The real problem today is to
change the drift in the agricultural
industry from the direction it has
taken since the last harvest. Our
agricultural production is decreas-
ing. and unless we can stem this
tide of decrease we shall soon be
depe endent on overseas food supplies
We have so far developed no con-
CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
Early Beginners Will Haze AdOantage
In Sharing Distribution of $4,000
Offered BY Herald in Free Club Contest

one of them a car any man or
woman would be proud to own.
Besides the seven grand capital
awards there are ffty-six cash
awards. eight of 500 each. eight
of $50 each and forty of $25 each:
and 10 per cent cash commission
will go to every active nonprize-
winning member Of the Salesman
ship Club.
SpeciaI-Awards-E
The early beginners. OF course,
have an advantage. as there arc
two extra cash awards offered for
CONTINUED On PAGE NINE.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
|. H1ss MARTHA MEAcHAM KEEP.

MISS MARTHA MEACHAM kept
M the little bakery on the
corner (the one where you go
up three steps. and the bell
tinkles when you open the door).
Miss Martha was 40. her bank
book showed a credit of $4,000.
and she possessed two false teeth
and . sympathetic heart Many
people have married whose
chances TO do so were much in
ferior to Miss Martha's
Two or three times a week a
customer came in in whom she
began ito take an interest. He
was . middleaged man. wearing
spectacies and q brown beard
trimmed to . careful point.
He spoke English with . strong
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
All Contributions Small.

All Contributions Small.
Even when Mt. Reed assumed
lis best demon prosecuting at
,orney" attitude he was unable to
prove any more than that Mr..
Hoover's fund Of $4,000 had been
in relatively small
amounts by the former admins
traitors personal friends.
Close on the heels OF Mr.. Reeds
6asco came a collapse of the Re-
publican effort TO establish through
testimony of Bernard NJ. Bsruch
that an enormous fund, estimated
IN some quarters at $1,000, 900, had
been raised to obtain the Demo
cratic nomination for William c.
McAdoo.
Barueh's Denial Complete.
Mr.. Baruch entered such a cate
gorical denial of any connection
with a campaign for Mr.. McAdoo
as to stun the committee into ex-
cusing him after an amusing ten
minutes in the witness chair. So
far as Mr.. Bsruch indicated. none
of Mr.. McAdoo's friends has the
fsintest notion that he is a can
didate.
No less enjoyable to the specta-
tors was The effort by some Of the
CONTINUED on PAGE FTvE.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
BERGD!OLL PLOT
TIP Is DENIED
Baker Says No Army Officer
Received Advance
Information.

Developments yesterday in the
circumstances surrounding the es-
cape Of Grover c. Bergdoll, con-
victed draft-evader. in Philadelphia
last Friday while under military
guard contained so many cross and
cornter-charges that hardly a
statement that has been made SO
far in the case is without an ac-
companying denial.
= Newton D. Baker, Secretary of
War, said that he had again learned
something about the Bergdoll case
in which he now, contrary to his
position of Saturday. admits respon-
sibility-through the statement Of
the Department OF Justice that Of
fcers of the military intelligence
division had been warned three
weeks before his escape that the
Bergdoll family was endeavoring to
so arrange matters that the Stacker
could; skip the country"
NO army officcr in washington
knew OF or received the warninr.v
said Mr.. Baker.
Mr.. Baker refused, as he said,
ITO speculate" on the matter at all.
and stated that he lad no idea
where tie report might have been
received or what was done with it.
or why it was rot acted on.
Protest westcott Statement.
Samuel T. -Ansell and Edward S.
Bailey. Washington attorneys for
Bergdoll, said that the warning was
probably regarded at the time, even
by present wiseacres, as Tot worthy
of notice"
Messrs. Ansell and Bailey also en-
tered an emphatic protest to the
statement of Judge John W. West
cott that he had never been asso-
ciated with the case.
The -eward for Bergdoll was in
creased $1,000 by the offer of the
attorneys of that amount to the
person giving any information that
would lead to the apprehension of
the Stacker. A total of $4,O5o Is
now on Bergdolrs head.
There were signs yesterday at the
War Department that the wheels
were finally beginning to turn. Col.
A. B. Coke, director of the Division
of Investigation Of Military Intel
ligence. returned from Philadelphia
and reported directly to Mr.. Baker.
The Secretary refused to go into the
nature of his report and the strictest
secrecy was maintained by all Mill
tary Intelligence officers.
In discussing the nature of the
responsibility assumed by Samuel T,
Ansell for the return Of Bergdoll.
Mr.. Baker said:
Il am responsible as the head of
the War Department"
You mean oficially?" he was
asked.
well, 1t is hard to draw a dis
tinction between personal and Of
fetal responsibility in such a mat
ter in my position" the Secretary
acknowledged.
(Public Ledger ServlceD
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
LIGHT COMEDY
IS FEATURE At
CAMPAIGN QUIZ
Senators Relax as Lighter Side of Political
Game Is Exposed-Reed, of Missouri,
Fails in Attempts to Bespatter Herbert
Hoover-Testimony Shows His Fund of
$4,000 Was All in Small Denations.
BY ROBERT T. BARRY.

Humor the principal development yesterday in the Senate
unearh suh funds Presidential
nominations but leaders just little fearful last
night of what today might bring forth of serious
Yesterdays farcica
Reed Democrat of Missouri who attacks Herbert Hoover whenever
possible sought show that Mr. Hoover the candidate Of inter
national bankers He succeeded only developing that of all the
candidates thus far presented that of Mr.
Hoover alone indicated popular There cont
button of $1,000 from and whatever from
corporation
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
D'Annunzio Finds
Affinity, Asks Divorce
Cwa,hirston HeraId-Cross AtIantr,

CwashinEton Herald-CroSs Atlantic
Service, Special Cable Dispatch.)
Milan. May 25.-Gabriel dan
nunzio, who has fallen desperately
in love with Venetian pianist by
the name of Lucia Baccara, accord
ing to the Neapolitan newspaper,
'Giornia, has appealed to his wife
for her consent to a divorce that he
may marry his afflnity.
How the poets wife views this
latest manifestation of this artistic
temperament is not known here.
(copyright, 1870. Cross-Atlsntie Hevspaper
Service, Ine-)
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
Calls Romig Evasiye.

Fourth, Charles d. McAvoy. Unit
ed States District Attorney, said
that when questioned, Romie was
"evasive, contradictory and told the
truth on matters that would not
hurt him."
Fifth. an American Legion man
visited D. Clarence Gibboney, coun-
sci for the Bergdolls, and told hin,
he had information as to the where
abouts of the Stacker.
Public Ledger serviee.)
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26

CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-26

CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-08

now we can have q good time to-
gether No more school nor any
thing else to separate US. ! wish
you could wait for me but ! know
you ought to 60 and get ready
'ssTell me goodbye" A lingering
embrace, series Of kisses and the
man swung on to the last car ct
the already rapidly moving train.
Louis, standing there dumfound
ed and pe1plexed was suddenly
brought to himself BY q slap on the
back and the exclamation Of his
name 4 hearty handshake from
Bill Perkins who was Sophomore
when he left, the cordial greetiaf q
|half dozen fellows and the name
Iof Louis prane repeatedly uttered
attracted Dorcthy Who ~ o.
Isreat outbarst a joy nedl
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-08
All Light Car Road
Records Smashed

reverted back to Dorothy the little
girl" of his college days, who would
on the morrow graduate just as he
had done two years before. Ad-
justing his tie and brushing his
coat collar with his hand, he MUIR
INJURED half aloud, II wonder has
she changed much; and, won't she
be surprised?
The train stopped and Louis "un-
loaded" with the others, unrecog-
nized, but when only few feet
from the train he stopped abruptly
frozen to the spot by what he saw
and heard Il was Dorothy, and
with her arms around . mans
neck.
aGood bye, dear he heard hel
say, twill Be right home tomorrow
night, have everything ready, fol
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-08
WEEKLY SHORTSTORY
WHO WAS TO BLAME7 COR WAS
ANYBODY.)
(By Hindman Doxey.)

How natural and familiar these
old gullies look, and that line / re-
member, is whore DR.. Kennon said
the lower Jurassic limestone folds
upon the upper Triassic sandstone
forming an anticline, or something
like that. Gee, but those were
happy days when / used TO roam
all over those old hills and woods
hunting hickory-nuts and persim-
mons. But starting, "there is Mr.
Stones House, and Louis thougnta
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-08

Oh! now handsome, ana changed, So
much more manly looking, settled
practicing lawyer, with a most
promising future stretching out be-
fore him. "I wonder what he came
down here for, could it be just to
see me, was it business or was it
just his love for his Alma Mater"
Her thoughts of Louis had COM
pletely absorbed her and suddenly
looking at her watch and seeing
that it was time for him to come
half audibly uttered. "Ill find out
why he is here" and begun fixing
her hair.
The next afternoon after gradua-
ton exercises while Dorothy was
packing her trunk and at the same
time struggling to beat back her
tears for the way that Louis had
acted, and trying to be happy at the
thought of being a graduate Of Ole
Miss and of going home, the door
opened and Ruth Watson handed
her letter. "Guess its the last
you'll get at this old place" She
joyfully called back as out of
the door she fitted. But Dorothy
made no reply for she recognized
the handwriting to be Donald's.
Hastily tearing the envelope open
she began to read:
Mrs. Dorothy
No doubt you have wondered why
| I failed to keep my engagement Of
this afternoon and why you have
not seen me since. Perhaps you
think my actions peculiar, in fact
they were. No, l didn't mention to
you the primary and in fact only
reason why I returned to the Uni
versity. I have never told you fully
of my life since leaving there two
years ago, and not once in the many
letters that / have written did re-
veal to you that my whole heart
soul and life was being shaped to
be worthy of such girl as you.
Yesterday, returned, feeling that
had so lived that l could rightful-
ly ask you to share with me the
struggles and victories of the fu-
ture-but now my hopes are lost,
my aspiration killed and my flu
ture is doubtful, but with Gods
help I'll try to forget the past
and you"
"Oh, bursting out in a sob,"
what have done," and with a tear
now trickling down each cheek Dor
othy continued woman O, lovely
woman that first caused man to sin,
because of you Sampson lost his
hair, and the baptizing of our Saw
Tor had his. head sinned from his
body-it was you that laid old Tro-
jan ashes, and later lost the world
to Mark Antony you o Woman thru
all the ages have been destructable,
damnaDle ana oecei.lu'. -. .o. :
she screamed Wnas nave uons, :
make you Drlng down ~. 'u.seI
upon me- nave you ios. s0ul ~
what Is tne ma''er-Os iolsise =.
nervousness and excitement, he,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-08
tha dear fool, wasn't it q huge joke,

the dear fool, wasn't it huge joke,
and she burst out in . laugh.
Thirty minutes later she threw
her pen down, drew long sigh and
leaning back in her chair she began
reading:
Ny Dear Louis:-
! an absolutely ct loss to ex-
press my feelings about Won and
your letter I've been furiously
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-08

NC Will 1lCI o1k0 SAAC AAASsAAASu'
won't enjoy the other exercises un-
der these conditions. / must CO.
Looking at his watch he found that
IL minutes remained for him to
catch the ESQ train, SO in an in
slant he was off to the depot and
las luck would have it he saw no one
he knew, hence he escaped the very
unpleasant explanation of his short
visit
When Louis left Dorothy, she
went to her room and there, while
Iall alone she thought Of their re-
lations while he was in school, her
first two years. How nice he had
been to her, how he did love to do
the little things that always made
her happy she recalled the last
few nights before she left, his sem
|ior year. His aims, his ideals, his
aspirations he had told her land
how she did then admire hin-how
fahe hoped for him success, and yes
she remembered telling him SO. How
thrilled she was, that last spring
might they were together as he held
her small hands in his and looking
down into her eyes said: s Dorothy
|you have meant worlds more to me
- $1>sa&
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1920-08-20
A WIN PARTY.

Mrs. A. V. Bowles entertained
Friday evening, complimentary 10
her guest, Miss Ruth Lindenfeld
of Lexington. The hostess was
assisted by Mrs. Roy r. Melton
and Mrs. James A. LashIee. Re-
freshments were served by II Q
hostess little daughters, Camille
and nellie Laura Bowles.
Those present were Misses Rose
Durdiu, Mary Lashlee, Charlie and
Matte Hubbs, Reba Redick, Irene,
Mora and Janice Fry, Elizabeth
Arnold, Mary Ayres, Ethel Travis,
Evelyn Hawley, Mary Agnes and
Sarah McGill, LILLIAN johnson,
Malvena Steele, Alma Leeth, Mary
Mccullough, Lorine and Kathleen
Morris and Messrs Hubert Lewis,
Jack Hughes, George and Arnold
Carmon, Glenn McGill, Cecil and
Leslie Osborne, Turman Lashlee,
George Heatherington, John WHY
Lashlee, Paul Rushing, Blouut
McElyea, Cooper Williams, Elmer
Fry, Sherman Parker, W. I. Glib
son, Gland Pierce, Bryan Corbitt,
Moody Whitfield, Sergeant Robert
u. Travis and Corporal Ward G.
Neibert.
The out of town guests present
we're Miss Unidentified of Lexing-
ton, Misses Steele and Leeth of
Memphis, Moody Whitfield OF
Quincy, ILL.,, Hubert Lewis of the
Bluff City, Sergeant Travis and
Corporal Neibert of Lee Hall, Va.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1920-08-20
A MARROW ESCAPE.

Verlus Smith, son of John M.
Smith, the south side mecanician,
was badly hurt while driving a
tractor Monday morning. The ac-
cident occurred at Totty's Hill,
where they are clearing the right
of way for the Camden and Sugar
Tree Road. The tractor, which is
asmall but powerful machine, was
overturned, catching Smith be-
meath it. A large road plow broke
the force of it's fall and probably
saved the young mans life.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1920-08-20
MEETING OF DISTRICT
S. S. ASSOCIATIONS

Address by district presidents
J,-E. Spence.
The up-to-date superintendent,
Dew. Duck worth.
A forward movement in West
Tennessee, Judge Carthell.
Address by Rev. Perkins.
Why | want the Sunday school in
my churches, Rev. W. Il. Grimes,
Dinner on the ground.
The teachers opportunity and
responsibility, j. Il. Johnson, ID.
B. Gossett, ID. l.. Smothers and
Rev. Duckworth.
Front line district, Judge Car
thell.
Adult Bible class, Roy Barnes,
NJ. l.. Harris, II. G. Alden and j.
@. McAuley.
Reports from schools.
Organization and adjournment,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1920-08-20

Five Sunday school meetings to
be held under the auspices of the
Benton County Sunday School
Association next week, beginning
at Morris Chapel on Wednesday,
Shiloh Thursday, Hayes Chapel
Friday, Yellow Springs Saturday
and Palestine Sunday. Yellow
Springs and Hayes Chapel are in
Decatur County, where there is no
county Sunday school organiza-
ton.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1920-08-20
10000 SEASON TICKETS.

To encourage early arrange.
ments to attend the State Fair,
the trustees voted an allotment of
10000 season family tickets. Only
this number of these cheap tickets
will be issued. They are on sale
now and will be sold until a few
days before the fair or until the
supply is exhausted.
The price of these cheap tickets
will be So. There will be six ac-
missions, and these admissions will
be good at any time. You can use
all six at one time, or one or more
at time, just as you choose.
This is the cheapest admission
that will be sold to any State Fair
in this country.
Out of town people desiring
these tickets can send check for
same and tickets will be mailed.
All railroads will grant reduced
rates to the one big event Septem-
ber 20 to 25.
For any information address j.
w. Russwurm, secretary Tennes-
see State Fair, Nashville.