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The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
A DINNER
YESTERDAY.

Mr.. and Mrs Adam Luber enter
tained at dinner last evening In honor
Of their twenty,fifth wedding anni-
versary, at their home. 40 New York
avenue northwest.
In addition to the family, the fol-
lowing guests were present: Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Kaplan, Mr.. and Mrs. /,
Ruskin. Mr., and Mrs. s. Savage, Miss
Rose Savage. Miss Evelyn Cohen,
Mr., and Mrs. A. Frazier, Mr.. ana
Mrs. +. Feldman, Miss I,ottie Field
man. Mr.. and Mrs. L. Levey. Mr.. and
Mrs. II. Mulitz. Messrs. Samuel wein-
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

Mrs. Edward p. Costigan. chair
man of the food control committee
of the National League of Woman
Voters. will speak on the subject,
Consuming the Consumer" at the
Women's City Club. Wednesday even
ing, February 4, at o'clock.
Mrs. Costigan has just completed
an extensive trip through the West
ern States in the interest of the
food control committee. and has
many vital facts to present.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
q. +. MEREDITHS
At THE WILLARD.

The newly nominated Secretary of
Agriculture and Mrs. Edward T. Mere
iith arrived in Washington yester-
Jay and are at the New Willard.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

Miss Sidney Burleson. who has been
visiting the United States Minister to
Sweden and Mrs. Ira Nelson Morris,
will sail from Christiania Thursday
and is expected to arrive in New
York February 10.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

Capt. Yerrem Chaoulitch, in charge
o. the Legation of Montenegro at
Washington, arrived yesterday and
has an apartment at the New Willard.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
CHAPTER VIII

IN THE ROAD OF THE WILLOWS
Down at the desk the clerk was
going off duty. His face was peak
ed, gray-white as that of a ghost
from Dory Street. His drowsy
movements angered Lexington, who
was annoyed by inaction.
Chez Ming was at his best. wait
ing. exhibiting no emotion. His pa
thence was another matter hard for
Lexington to endure.
The white man could do nothing
more profitable than haunt the lob
by, until Norma should deign to de-
scend.
Thirty minutes passed. a heavy
forty, forty-f1ve. He ascended the
stairway, to rap at her door. There
was no response. The ill-smelling
halls and woodwork closed about
him dismally. He tried the door, and
found II unlocked. Entering and
striking light. he found no Norma
only a vacant room with a linger-
ing shadow of musk and violets and
the Turkish weed: also disarranged
pillows. quite cold.
He checked his impulse to go
bounding down the stairs. No one
could help him. and no one would.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
MRS. BIGEIOw
Is IN TOWN.

Is IN TOWN.
Mrs. David Bigelow. of New York,
Is at the New Willard for a few DAYS.
Mrs. Carl Joerrfsen will leave Wash
ington Wednesday for Palm Beach.
where she will join Mrs. Ayre, of
! Boston. Mr.. Joerrisen will Join his
wife in Florida later.
| Mrs. Sidney Ballou was hostess at
tea yesterday afternoon given in.
honor of the Governor Of Hawaii and
Mrs. J.. c. Mccartney, and had as
sisting her to receive Mrs. Franklin
X. Lane.
Mrs. David E. McComb presided at
the tea table: Mrs. Francis E. War
rem and Mrs. Edward ]. Gay poured
coffee. and Nine. Matthew, wife of
the Ambassador of Chile. and Mrs.
Randolph Huntington Miner presided
at the punch bowl.
The wives of Representatives in the
House living at Congress Hall Hotel
will be at home informally tomorrow
/ from to o'clock p. m, and on Feb
ruary Is.
A number OF the younger members
OF the British embassy staff gave a
dinner last evening at the Shoreham
in compliment to Henry Getty Chill
ton. secretary of the embassy, and
Mrs. Chiffon. Mr.. Chiffon is leaving
early this month for Rio de Janeiro,
where he will be counselor of the
British embassy.
Nrs. John Leslie Prather was
hostess at a tea yesterday afternoon
when she was assisted by Miss wini-
fred Streater, Miss Schwee Bunnag,
the daughter of the Minister of Siam,
and a number of other young girls.
Mrs. NJ. c. Stancliff. the mother of
Mrs. Prather, also assisted her.
MRS. LA MASTER
HAS A GUEST.
Mrs. Eleanor Mansfield Mathen, of
Louisville, KY. who has been the
guest OF Mrs. Henry Gilbert, of New
York. Is now visiting Mrs. Ethel La
Master, on S street.
president general of the d. A. R., will
lard Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar c. Rubino, of
New York, viii arrive today and be
at the New Willard for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner Morris, of
Chicago. have announced the engage
ment Of their daughter. Sophie. to
William Kent. jr., son of former Rep
resentaSive and Mrs. William Kent, Of
California, who Is now a member of
the United States Tariff Commission.
The wedding viii take place in the
spring.
DINNER
YESTERDAY.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
RECEPTION
TODAY.

The Congressional ladies at Con-
gress Hall Hotel will be at home
informally today from to o'clock
p. m; also on February 16.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

Prince Alliata di Villafranca, charge
d'affaires of the Italian embassy, and
Lieut.. AvonZO. who were at the Ritz
Carlton Hotel in New York for a few
days. have gone to Palm Beach.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

stein, Oscar Fetterman and Louis
Hurowitz. The out-of-tow guests
were Irvia Z. Stein. Miss Fannie Gal
lop and Mr.. and Mrs. II. Gallop, of
Baltimore, Nd
Mrs. Sweet. wife of Edwin F.
Sweet, Assistant Secretary of Com
merce. will not be at home this
afternoon owing to illness.
Lieut.. Comdr. Reed S. FarwelL L.
S. N, has bought the residence at
. West Irving street, Chevy Chase,
Md, which he will occupy shortly.
The late Mrs. Farwell was Miss Vir-
ginia Schaefer of this city.
The former Imperial Russian AM
bassador and Nine. George Bakhme-
teff will sail from New York today
for France. They will spend the
remainder of the winter in Paris.
Washington will be treated to an
innovation on the evening of Feb
ruary 10. when the young women of
the National Catholic Community
House will give a bunko party in
their home on Sixth and F. streets
northwest. The game is played with
dice and creates a great deal OF
amusement. In the West, where
the game originated, it has become
very popular. In connection with
the event there will be an augment
ed orchestra, while the hall will be
decorated with palms and streamers
Of bunting. A committee of women
from each of the Catholic churces
of the city will assist. Miss Mary
Judge is the chairman OF the COM
mittee of arrangements.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

The wives OF Representatives in the
House living at Congress Hall Hotel
will be at home informally tomorrow
from to o'clock p. m, and on Feb
ruary Is.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

The Bishop of Rhode Island and
Mrs. Perry arrived on Wednesday in
Washington. where they are the
guests Of the Bishop of Washington
Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding. Bishop
Perry came to Washington for the
celebration of the eleventh anniyer-
snry of DR.. Harding's conservation as
Bishop of Washington, which was
celebrated yesterday, st. Pauls Day.
Bishop Perry preached at the morn
ing service in the Cathedral yester-
day.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
YeHou Men Sleep
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALL

MENTs.
Con Levinston's destiny begins ut q fate
laden dinner where he hnds ohee Ming.
then Chinese servant, whom he eiev-
eriy overpowers and dispossesses OF
tiny packet of leather which he had worn
shout his neck. Lexington Immediately re-
ports to Andrew March and his fnther,
stephen March. who reveaI 70 him that the
tiny packet bears q map to 4 hidden empire.
They select him TO take the packet and nna
this mysterious desert land under sealed
ORDERS" lie accepts.
Lexington Is toid Of two unsueeessiui
auestsi for the mysterious Cobb Empire oy
Stephen March and his son, Andrew. he y
deeply impressed BY the fact that the younger
March, on one Of these trips, when near his
goal. .the strange riders" came, and robbed
him Of his wife, Eithna. and his baby girl.
On the train 10 the coast Lexington meets
stubby TaggArt. who introduces him 70
Norma vallale.
Through a coincidence. Norma. Lexington
and Chez Ming all hnd themselves passengers
on the same orientbound steamer. Norm
Is following Chez Ming, with q view OF
Srobbing him Of three trunks, which she has
rushed to her hotel in Pekin Immediately
after the ship lands. Marna invites Leving'
ton to visit her at the Pekin Tourist House.
In the meanwhile Chee Ming has attempted
to feather stick" Lexington. Later Lev
ington engages Chez Ming in conversation
and- impresses him that be has something o
tell him.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

Mrs. Frank S. Hight will be al
home at the New willard Friday.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
MRS. LA MASTER
HAS A GUEST.

Mrs. Eleanor Mansfield Mathen, of
Louisville, KY, who has been the
guest Of Mrs. Henry Gilbert. of New
York. Is now visiting Mrs. Ethel La
Master, on S street.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

Joseph P. Tumulty. jr., son of the
Secretary to the President, is at the
Traymore Hotel in Atlantic City.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

Mrs. George Thatcher Guernsey,
president general of the d. A. R., will
entertain at dinner at the New VIII
lard Thursday night.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

high, divan, whose fiowery silken
curtains and canopy were darkened
with SCOT, occupied one end of the
chamber, a table of teak and pearl
stood tippily in the center, and up
beside the candle was an image in
painted clay, brought by some pious
or thieving hand from the City of
Mud Idols. To this sanity image
Norma pointed:
only son of Chez Ming. The pic
ture of his dad"
Laughing. she gave Lexington a
stiff little chair, while she leaned
lightly upon the table and began to
write across a card. The very air
was active and malignant. Each
breath through the room seemed a
drift OF yellow ghosts.
Sending him a note?" he in
quired.
She nodded her blonde head, and
finishing writing the address. This
was unnecessary, for now a knock
ing sounded at the outer door. 1t
echoed like dull heart-beats.
Shall il go?" Con asked.
IF you please
The floor creaked under him as
he stumbled out of the room, into
the hallway. Unbarring the door.
he admitted Chez Ming. Con did not
see his way clear out OF the tangle.
The old son of the Cobb entered
with his usual sober mien, his eyes
like yellow glass in the candlelight
His steps were courtly. Pausing at
the entrance Nof the inner room.
Chez Ming bowed to Norma, who
was tearing up the note. Leving-
ton was Mortified TO see, close be-
hind Norma, two stalwart Chinese.
Th6 stood with arms folded. their
faces coppery with evil. These were
her strong-arms. They were like
tumblers awaiting the mdment for
their act, empty-eyed. Con could
avert nothing.
will you be seatedg" she said
pleasantly to Chez Ming.
The yellow man did not move. or
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar C. Rubino. of
New York, win arrive today and be
at the New Willard for a, few days.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

Mrs. David Bigelow. of New York
Is at the New Willard for a few DAYS,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-25
Dubuque Pastor Accepts
Call of Omaha Lutherans
Organizer of Oak Park Church In Chicago to Take
Charge of ST. Lukes on South Side-Wll Preach
First Sermon Here February l.

Rev A. Krauth Walborn comes to
Omaha from Dubuque. la, to take
charge of st. Lukes Lutheran
church. Twenty-hfth and X streets.
For the last four years he has been
pastor of St, Marks church, Du-
buque. Previous to his work at Du-
buque Rev Mr.. Walborn> organized
the Lutheran church in Oak Patk.
Chicago, and also served as pastor
OF large and successful church in
Detroit, Mich.
Rev. Mr.. Walborn is a graduate
of Wittenhfg college, Springfield,
O., and the Lutheran Theological
seminary of Chicago.
Rev. MIR, Walborn will take
charge OF St. Lukes Sunday, Feb
ruary |, and will preach his intro
ductory sermon at the 4 a. m. serv-
ice. He will be installed the same
Sunday at the S p. IN. service. Prof.
Klotsche OF Midland college, Fre-
mont. will deliver the charge of the
people and Rev. George Dorm OF
kountze Memorial Lutheran church
will deliver the charge to the pastor
and officially install Rev. Mr.. Wal
born as 4 representative Of the
synod of Nebraska
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-25
Turk Capital Pest Hole;
Bubonic PLAQUE Races

Geneva, Jan. 24.--The Interna-
tional Red Cross here has received
a telegram from Constantinople
stating that bubonic plague con-
tinues to spread in an alarming man
ner in the city, especially in the
poorer quarters, though cases have
occurred in the European quarters
also.
The government has posted up
placards in the streets directing the
inhabitants to inoculate themselves.
and has ordered the closing of
schools. mosques, restaurants, cafes
and public buildings, and the sus-
pension of the local railway and
framway services. The mortality 10
increasing daily, and the allied naval
units in the harbor are endangered
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-25
London City Doctor
Recommends Vanish
AS Able Rat Kille,

London, Jan. 24.-(Special.) AS
the result Of experiments carried out
by his department., DR.. Howarth,
medical officer for the city of Lon
don, is now able to recommend var
nish as one Of the most effective
ways of destroying rats on large
scale.
In IAN interview DR.. Howarth ex-
planned that the substance used is
strong Photographic varnish. 1t
should be warmed by heAting the
container holding it in boiling water.
When warm the varnish will run,
and in this condition it should be
spread 1-l6th to 18th of an inch
thick on pieces of strawboard or
fairly thick cardboard measuring
about IS by II inches. A margin
OF about an inch should be left clear
of varnish and the bait placed in
the center of the board where it will
adhere to the varnish. The traps
should be placed along the rat runs,
or near the holes. They remain ef-
fective for about four days, when the
old varnish should be scraped off
and fresh layer applied.
We are continually faced with the
lrat problem in the city, said DR..
Howarth. We first discovered var
nish being used in a place in Fen
church street. Since then we have
experimental very successfully. In
some cases we have had bags" of 90
and 80, and | can recommend it as
an excellent means of ridding a
place OF rats. Disappointment arise
chiefly through the varnish being
100 weak or too "tacky.' This al
lows the rats to move on it with I'M
punity. We are endeavoring to meet
that possibility by standardizing the
quality of the varnish. People
should continue to put down the
boards so long as they are catching
rats. lt~does not matter if board
has had a dead rat on it. They
should just remove the body and
rut Oh more varnish.
The varnish is not poisonous, and
coroner's jury would probably as.
cribe death to natural causes follow
ing a shock, continued DR.. Howarth.
think that the rats die of fright
Once their tails stick their doom is
sealed. They never get near the
bait. They get their feet in the
uarnish and the more they struggle
the faster they stick. Rats caught
during the night are always dead
i'll the morning, and,it is very re-
markable thing that if two rats get
on to the varnish together one of
them kills the other Evidently each
thinks that the other is holding him.
Then there is battle royal, and we
find one with its neck bitten through.
As to the cruelty of it, we cannot
afford to waste sentiment, and it is
certainly not as cruel as phosphor-
Gus poison, which takes about four
hours to kill.
DR.. Howarth produced a couple Of
the traps with the victims of his
experiments. In. each ease the bait
was untouched, the rats having stuck
Immediately they touched the var
nish. The Public Health depart
ment at the Guildhall is ready to
furnish information and to recon-
mend manufacturers for supplying
the yarnish.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-25
Senate Committee Halts
Hearing on Naval Awards

Washington, Jan. 24.-In order to
allow time for bringing up-to-date
the records of testimony already
heard the senate Subcommittee in
vestigatirg the award OF naval war
medals was not in session today.
Chairman Hale announced that the
next session probably would be held
Tuesday at which time it is planned
to hear Secretary Daniels whose
action in changing a number of
awards as recommended precipitated
the controversy resulting in the in
quiry.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-25
ST.MARY Project
WOULD P { R M | 7
DELAYED GROWTH
City Commissioner Declares
Proposed Grading Would
Open Outlet to Southwest
From Business Section.

Commissioner Roy Towl, head of
the city's improvement department,
describes the proposed St. Marys
avenue development project as the
most comprehensive Improvement
plan ever undertaken in Omaha.
st may not cost as much as the
Dodge street project" Mr.. Towl
said yesterday, because the dirt
will have to be hauled away, but it
will have a much more important
bearing upon the city at large
ut will not only remove spot
that is almost barren in the city's
business district, but it will also
give direct outlet to the southwest
from the business section of the
city"
Mr.. Towl and others predict a
spreading out of the city's business
district as soon as the proposed ST
Marys avenue project is completed.
Further discussions of this prof.
ect will be held in the council meet
ing Monday. Mr.. Towl and his as
sociates, realtors and others, are
confident the proposal will receive
the approval of the council when
legal points are cleared up.
The entire project included grad
ing and repaving Of nine different
streets. 1t is proposed to use dirt
from high places, in the lower
ground around Seventeenth street
and St. Marys avenue.
The nine streets to be effected
are: Howard street, Seventeenth to
Eighteenth, and Twentieth to about
Thirty third: ST Marys avenue,
Sixteenth to Twenty-fourth avenue;
Seventeenth street, Harvey to
Lcavenworth; Eighteenth street,
Harvey to Jackson; Nineteenth
street, Howard to Jackson; Twen-
tieth street, point south of How
ard to Leavenworth; Twenty-first
street, Howard to- ST. Marys ave-
nue.; Twenty-second street. Howard
to Jones; Twenty-fourth street,
Howard to Leavenworth street.
Mr.. Towl believes that eventually
there will have to be lowering of
the Howard street grade near
Twenty-second, greater than the
proposed five-foot cut in the pres
ent project.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-25
Neighbors Seek Fortune in
ShantY of Dead Hermit

Chatham, N. Y, Jan. 24.-Believ-
ing that Albert Vosburg, aged her
NIT of this village, who died week
ago, possessed a fortune which he
had hidden away near the small
Chicken coop" shanty in which he
lived, residents have not only de-
molished the small building, but
have thoroughly examined the
grounds in the near vicinity.
Vosburg, for the last two winters
has lived in what was once a chick
en- coop. He earned a living by car
ing for gardens and furnaces and do
ing odd jobs.
/, Neighbors provided him~with food
occasionally, but generally against
his will. He was firm in not accept
ing aims. 1t was only by force that
he was removed to the county aims
house.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-25
OF
LABOR Chief IS
UNDER ATTACK
Opposition to Anti-Sedition
Measures Cited by Rep
resentatives as Basis
For Belief.

Washington. Jan. A.-Enactment
Of anti-sedition legislation was
urged before the house rules COM
mittee today by Representatives
-Blanton, democrat, Texas, and
Davey, democrat, Ohio. The Texas
member vigorously attacked Pres
ident Gompers Of the American
Federation of Labor, for his oppo-
sition to such legislation, and
charged that the Department Of
Labor was "honeycombed with
anarchy"
Asserting that Mr.. Gompers had
not been patriotic during the war,
Mr.. Blanton charged that when
Provost Marshal General Crowder
issued his work or fight order" the
labor leader openly opposed it, de-
claring he would call revolution"
Blanton added that 5000 strikes oc-
Cured in this country during the
war and that at times President
Wilson had to compel men to
work." .. -.
Congress must either pass a Sc
dition law which would squelch an
archy or else bear the mark of hav-
ing bowed to Gompers," Mr.. Blan-
ton said. He added, TT is simply
question of whether you want to
be reelected"
Attacking the Department Of La
Dor, Blenton said he hoped the re-
publicans would be victorious in the
coming presidential election IF it is
impossible to obtain a democratic
cabinet officer who stands for Amer
icansim.'
"The republicans will win any
way" Chairman Campbell inter-
jected. -.
Not if you vacillate on this BILL"
Representative Blanton retorted.
The people won't stand for your
bowling to Gbmpers.
Representative Davey, who intro
duced Attorney General Palmer's
anti-sedition bill last November,
told the committee he was a friend
of labor until it joins hands with
anarchy"
Davey criticised the American
Federation of Labor for particle
patton in the Boston police strike,
but said Gompers was the dominant
influence which stood between or
ganized labor and anarchy
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-25

governor would not permit the bond
election to be held, the rates came
down to- S1a cents a kilowatt and
the date before the legislature met
in 1917 they were reduced to 6 cents.
"In Kansas City you are paying
9.2 cents kilowatt for electricity
and you are closer to~the coal fields
than Omaha. Do you know why
you are paying this high rate? Just
because you have gotten in the habit
of standing for it, that's all.
Public Service Commissions.
81 do pity the states that have
public service commissions. We
would not stand for one, in Ne
braska. They are created for the
benefit of public service corpora
tions and are maintained by them.
If we had one in Nebraska today
cur electric light rate would be on
a par with yours or higher.
my opinion is that you have
no more right to pay 8 cents for
street car fare in Kansas City than
you have to pay 20 to p cents for
a pound of sugar. Corporations are
pleading increase in labor and ma
terials as an excuse to increase rates.
As matter of fact the increase in
revenues more than meets these con-
ditions; our own plant is an ex-
ample. We have made eight re-
ductions since 1912, affecting 81 per
cent Of the CONSUMERS. They saved
81 ,486,462 by these reductions. In
addition we have accumulated a
reserve of $l,800,000 toward paying
for the plant in 1871. And also we
have accumulated surplus of $751;
538, q total of $4,000, 900. This is
running a public utility in the in
terest of the people. But remember
one thing, you can't run a public
utility by the tail Of an aldermanic
kite"
Mayor Smiths address was a plea
for Americanism. He eulogized the
American Legion as an organization
to which every man eligible should
belong as all the members take an
oath to support the government of
the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-25
REALTORS CLAIM
OMAHANS'''SHO
IN REAL ESTATE.
Demand This Year More Thar
so Per Cent Over Last
Year-Regard Prop
erty as Investment.

Realtors say the public is begin
ming to shop" i'll the real estate
market, just as il now shops i'll a
retail store.
The demand for real estate this
ysar is more than 50 per cent greater
than it was year ago. according to
half dozen realtors interviewed
last week
This demand, they say, is from
men who are regarding real estate
as an investment. and not as a place
TO put money away"
President Shuler of the real estate
board says the demand for real es-
tate is twice as heavy this year as it
was year ago.
There seems to be general de
mand for real estate las safe and
paying investment" Shuler said,
Real estate has at last come to be
recognized as an investment which
is not absolutely safe. but which
will pay an income, and a good
one"
Linn P. Campbell of the Byron
Reed company said: Men who have
little money. or a lot OF monty.
are now looking upon real estate as
an investment. There are at least
SO per cent more people in the mar
ket this year for real estate than
there were year ago.
This is the first year in my ex-
pericnce that the general public has
regarded real estate purely as an in
vestment"
George F. Jones, another realtor
finding a big demand for real estate
investments, said: 'This year every
man who has some money to invest.
in big or little sums, wants to put it
in real estate. That condition never
existed before"