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The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
Noted Beauty Must Choose
Between Loue and Church
While Nuptial Fete Waits
California Woman Con.
fronted With Extraordi-
nary Complication.

Love and religion, the deepest
emotions a woman may know, have
brought bitter conflict in the heart
of Milo Abercrombie, noted Amer
ican. beauty and divorced wife of
wilhelm Won Brincken, interned as
an enemy alien during the war
At the threshold OF her proposed
marriage with Lieut. l.. Knute
swenson of the United States navy,
circumstances reaching out of the
PAST apparently will compel her ito
choose between the two-the re-
ligion she has recently adopted, and
the man she has promised to wed.
may Renounce Love.
And II the tenets of her religion
and the dictates of her heart are
after decision by an
ecclesiastical court, she has de-
clared that she will renounce the
man.
Complications involving the status
in the Catholic church of her mar
riage to the former German officer,
the latter's first marriage, and the
sacrament of baptism, halted the
nuptials at the last moment.
since the Catholic Church doesn't
recognize divorce the woman's mar
riage with Lieut.. Swenson depends
or her ability to prove that her
union with Won Brincken was not
marriage and her separation conse-
quently not divorce, in the eyes of
the church.
Seek BaptismaI Proofs.
The crux OF that proof rests with
facts concerning the baptism of
Won Brincken and his first wife,
Alice Roedel, who divorced him.
II Miss Abercrombie can substan-
tiate that Won Bricken's first wife
was baptized then, according to the
church, his subsequent union with
Milo Abercrombie wasn't marriage
and she is free TO wed Lieut.. Sven
son.
.But-Eon Brincken asserts that
he himself wasn't baptized until
just before he married Miss Aber-
crombie, thus making his first mar
riage null and his second binding.
A Catholic court is now sitting in
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
"WiN Fight to Last Breath,
Wrangel Says in Message to
Entente, Predicting Reds Fall

cause of their open sympathy for
the generals cause.
Warning TO Entente.
THE powers Of the entente" said
the general. ARE on the point OF
making another very serious mis-
take. Sooner or later. most likely
only when it is too late. they will
find out that the word Of men like
Lenine and Trotzky is not to be
trusted
Traitors against their country,
they entered Russia as paid agents
of the Kaiser, and succeeded in
bringing about the total collapse of
Russia at a time when she was
about to strike a blow which Ger
many knew would have been fatal
to and would have forced her to sue
for peace in 1917.
AS rulers of Russia they have
created a veritable reign of terror
and drenChed the soil of our coun-
try with the blood of her best and
nOblest sons. The two main pillars
of their rule are the most absolute
despOtism and the most aggressive
and virulent militarism.
Conference Impossible.
with men of this stamp it is i'm
possible to sit down to a conference
table and | for one am never going
to do so. or should brand myself a
traitor to Russia. AS long as there
is a breath in my body shall fght
Bolshevism whether 1 get any as
sistance from the outside or not
Let England and France compel
| the Bolshevikf to respect the from
tiers OF the new Poland as laid
down in the treaty of Versailles;
let them resume trade relations with
Russia if they see fit. but they must
/ permit Russia to arrange her own
domestic affairs, and before another
year is passed the downfall OF Boil
sheviSm is certain and Lenine and
Trotsky will meet the fate they de-
serve"
Copyright, 1920, Cross Atlantic Newspaper
Service Incl
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
BAKER TOCALL
CONGRESS- HAND
War Secretary to Continue
Recruiting Despite Lack
Of Funds.
CBy Universal ssryice.D

Secretary Baker stated yesterday
that the War Department is pre-
pared to make an issue with the Re
publican Congress over its right to
increase the army to 100000 officers
and men. when provision is made for
only III, 900 men in the army appro-
pristion bill. The campaign TO OBJ
tain the additional 100, 600 recruits
will. he said, be pressed with all
possible vigor. 1t will cause a deficit
of 81, ooe. 900 per year in the appro-
priation and a Congressional inquiry
appears inevitable. Secretary Baker
said:
BY the army appropriation act.
the Congress itself fixed the $50. 900
maximum for the army. That was
equivalent to an agreement that the
War Department should go ahead
and recruit an army of that size If
possible"
But didn't the fact that Congress
only appropriated for 1T5,0oo consti-
tute a limitation below the author
ICED maximum" he was asked.
Not at ALL" he stated. Their ap-
propriation for 1851 merely repre-
sented their judgment upon the
number of men we would be able Ia
recruit during the fiscal year"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
Man Knocked Cold
To Keep Him Away
From Big Explosion

West Conshohocken. Pa. Aug. %.
is now given in many
forms, but a rather novel method
was employed to save a man frem
endangering himself from a blast
about to be set of at the new
SchuykiIl River bridge here. Super
inteHdent Of Construction Samuel
Ashton had a blast ready to set Of
al one OF the river piers. He ordered
all traftlc over the temporary bridge
suspended and placed men at both
approaches to keep people of until
the blast had exploded.
A local resident. apparently under
the influence of liquor. insisted up
on crossing at once. Superintendent
Ashton warned the man to remain
out of the danger zone. wlen he be-
came so insistent that force was
necessary to protect him. so the
superintendent gave him a singing
blow which knocked him out long
enough to allow the blast to eN-
plode. after which he crossed over
the bridge.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
Prince Georges County
Tourna meat Planned.

Tournament Planned.
Upper Marlboro, Aug. 22.-Prep-
arations are progressing for the an
nuaI tournament for the benefit of
st. Johns Church, Clinton, Prince
Georges County, on September 8.
Ladies of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Forestville, this county,
will give a fete on the lawns of e.
E. Entwishle. that place, Tuesday
evening, beginning at 7.
Farmers Club Meets.
Laurel. Aug. 22.-The August
meeting Of the Yansville Farmers
Club was held yesterday at Snow
den Hall, the home of John Snowden.
near Laurel. Inspection of the farm
was the first event, following which
dinner was served. In charge of the
menu were Mrs. Boss, Mrs. Boswell
and Miss Waring.
Legion Team Defeated.
Hyattsville, Aug. 22-The baseball
nine epresenting Zone of the
Washington Navy Yard defeated ths
team of Snyder-Farmer Post. Ameri-
can Legion, of Hyattsville. Z to 5, in
Zantzinger's Park here this after
noon.
Funeral services for George NJ.
Mcfarland, aged "a years, who died
late Saturday afternoon at his home
in Wine avenue here, will be Tues
day morning at $3.50 o'clock from
st Jerome 's<Catholic Church.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
Railroad Men Who Dehed
Unions Denied Interest
In $10,000,0 900.
YARDMEN BRING SUIT
Doak Believes Courts Viii
Not Uphold Claim Of
Ousted Workers.
CBy Universal serviceD

Railroad workers who psrticipst-
defiance of their unions now find
themselves cut of from the bene-
fits of union funds that aggregate
nearly 500, eco, coo.
This statement was made yester-
day by W. n. Dosk. vice president
of the Brotherhood OF Railroad
Trainmen. The Yardmen's Associs-
tion. an outlaw equalization head
ed by John Grunsu, of Chicago, is
now suing in a Federal court to re-
cover their interest in a fund of
100000 belonging to the train
men.
Three Kinds of Funds.
The funds are of three kinds, in
surance. strike benefit funds, and
general union assets.
Dosk expressed the opinion that
the outlaws" stood practically no
chance Of recovering their interest
in these funds, in view of decisions
rendered by the courts in similar
cases.
Never More Than $4,000.
In the FIRST place" said Dosk.
they are not going into court with
clean hands. They claim that the
outlaw strikers numbered l45.Oo0.
On the contrary they never number
ed more than $4,000, and of these
$4,000 were expelled from their
unions.
1T has always been held that
discipline. who will not obey their
leaders and imperil the service by
unauthorized strikes, and in conse-
quencc are expelled from their or
ganizstions. automatically lose their
interest in union funds. The ac-
tion OF the Yardmen's Association TO
recover the money / regard as a
bluff. Certainly il will not be sue
cessful."
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
DUBLIN MOB WRECKS
CATHOLICS HOMES

Dublin. Aug. ga Unionist mob
at Lisburn has wrecked the houses
and shops of Catholics. The town
is now held by the police and SOL
.diers.
At Galway the police and soldiers
shot up the town and set fire to
three saloons. At Dundalk one con-
stable was shot and killed and two
others were wounded.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
BY POLONIUS.
washington HeraId-CrOss AtIanti,
Services peciuI Gable DIspatch)

N" dshinS ION ntEain-t ross atl1ntIc
Service-specinI Gable DIspatch)
Copenhagen. Aug. 22.-The first
direct message from Gen. Wrangel
to the outside world since he and
his South Russian government have
become International issues, threat
ening to split the close harmonysof
France and England. has been sent
to Copenhagen by DR.. Henry Krebs
a Danish physician who achieved
fame when he was sent to the as
sistance of the Dowager Empress OF
Russia at Livadia. in the midst of
the revolution, when the crew Of
her yacht were defending her from
the Bolsheviki beseiging her castle
DR.. Krebs is now serving in the
medical corps of Gen. Wrangers
armies.
The message is contained in a re-
port from the doctor, and is trans
mitted through him because it could
reach Copenhagen, and so America
and the entente world. 1t was nor
sent through French sources be-
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
Yank Who Made Ice Cream in Paris
Fights with Partner and knocks Out
Fifteen Employees Who ATTACK led Him

when he cam back a few days ago
he wasn't satisfied with the profit
sheets. There was an argume mt
which ended with Jed hiring a Cou-
pie of trucks and starting to carry
off the plant.
On his second trip he was met by
fifteen French employees OF the
plant. all pro-Fitch. and armed with
big clubs used in the ice CrUsheTs.
There was also gendarme. with
Fitch standing in the background.
Jed says Fitch told the French
men to go get him" and they did.
They knocked him cold.
Hard Lines for jed.
when Jed stopped seeing stars,
he appealed to the gendarme. but
that person told him he couldn't in
terfere unless he was called by the
janitor-and the janitor was looking
the other way.
So Jed sat. and rubbed his head a
while. Then he got up and thought
fully proceeded to clean up the
whole bunch. 1t took twelve gen
darmes to pinch him.
At the station house he proved he
was the one attacked and now he
has filed suit against his erstwhile
partner charging him with cooking
the books" which, being translated
means converting profits into seem
ing losses.
He also has filed formal complaint
at the American Embassy gainst
the gendarme who refused to aid him
when he got cracked on the bean
That will be looked into.
But meanwhile Paris sishs for ice
cream-and sighs in vain.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
LIQUOR FLOWS
In GYPSY RITES
Two Brothers United With
Sisters in Preliminary
Marriage"
ARM OF LAW ABSENT
No Interference With Purely
Sacramento Observance
In Romany Camp.
ARM OF LAW ABSENT

New York, Aus. 2fy-Ho Federal
hand appeared yesterday 70 re-
strain the purely religious festival
Of the sypsies at Tuckahot. and
the violinE walled and the adults
danced around the potent galvan-
lied pail. and the party was con-
siderably more than one-half Of
one per cent merry. Nothing could
have been more Indicative Of the
progress the ceremony was making
than the announcement Of Chief
Emil Mitchell that whereas there
had been but one bridal couple the
day before now there were two.
Il appeared that the pledgins OF
hands had become popular in spite
Of the ss.5O0 feure quoted as the
price for Mary Costello. 10 years
old. Narys sister Rosie. II. was the
new bride. She was betrothed tc
Tony Costello. tie brother Of Mary'S
husband. The boys are under l4
years old. and all four are cousins.
wedding Seems ODD
For a wedding feast there seemed
10 nE very AANLAN dboNk Ahe NAoAAuH
that had 70 do with a wedding
The brides were found scrubbing
each others necks. which indicated
the occasion was unusual, and soon
after they came out and danced in
the happy ring about the gslvsn-
lied pail from which an agile chap
was dipping nectar with a dipper
in each hand.
uled for the marriage. Chief
Mitchell. who had been In temporary
retirement, lifted his tent Zap. smiled
weakly and came out He started
around the circle, leading the two
couples. but after the third round
gave IL UP. and cared hack 70 the
tent He said he wasn't feeling up
to much. The galvanized pail dis
appeared from the charmed circle
temporarily at the chiefs beckoninE
and was placed in his tent II was
carried out again shortly with the
chiefs blessing. but the chief him
self came out nc more The other
celebrants gradually took to soli-
tUde. and from all appearances the
party was over.
Father Of Boys SCOTS.
Nick Costello. father of the youth
ful brideErooms. said he had no de-
sire for his sons TO be married in
Tuckshoe. and anyhow the thing
would have TO be done over when
they were q He scofTed at the idea
OF having paid $3.5OO for Mary. the
/ first bride She hadn't cost him a
cent yet but the expense would
come later on when the couples Ac-
/ tualIy started in life together.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
Alexandria,.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
A. 8. DoniphRn,
T2T kim STRAIT

T2T King Street
Alexandria, Va, Aug. 22-One
hundred members of the Harrison
burg Fire Company are expected
to arrive in Alexandria tomor-
row night for the annual con-
vention Of the Virginia State Fire
men, which will convene Wednes-
day morning in the auditorium
of the Elks' Home. Thursday is
the day Of the big parade, which
will be started promptly at 4:3O
o'clock Friday will be given over
70 competitive fire drills. The
members of the Harrisonburg com
'pany will pitch tents on the Lee
School grounds.
Funeral of Poison Victim.
Funeral services for Catherine
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Luther H. Carter,
Of Llncolnia- Fairfax County, who
died as the result Of swallowing
poison, will take place at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at St. Mary's
st. Mary's Cemetery.
Rites for Miss Alice Zimmerman.
The funeral of Miss Alice Wind
HCA 21AAA-AAACA man INV NANN e'ehNN
day, will take place at IL o'clock
Monday morning from the home
Of her brother. John r. Zimmerman
I1s North Alfred street. Services
will be conducted by the Rev. W.
]. Morton, of Christ Episcopal
Church. Burial will be in Union
Cemetery.
Churchmen Honor Father smet.
Under auspices of Fitzgerald
Council, No. 45s. Knights of Co
umbus, a reception will be given
me Rev. Louis SmeL- pastor of
g. Mary's Catholic Church, at s
sclock Monday night in Lyceum
Hall. During his trip to Europe
Father smet was made a mem
per of the fourth degree of the
rider. He will be presented with
ne sword and emblems of the
rder.
Fraternal Order to Give Party.
"A lawn fete will be held We'd
iesday night by Friendship Coun-
H. No. IS, Sons and Daughters of
dberty.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
Especial Cable 10 Washing ton
Herald.J

Especial Cable TO Washington
Herald,
Paris, Aug. 22-The Stars and
Stripes fost bravely from the han
die of an ice pick at the Dixie fac
tory today, while Gerald C"Jed"O
Kiley, one time reporter, later Yank
of the A. E. F. and still more re-
Gently Partisan Ice Cream King
sits in the doorway, with battered
head. but triumphant. Meanwhile.
Paris had to go without its Sunday
ice cream. and the 100000 franc
Dixie company is all smashed.
Right after the armistice Kiley
opened a chain of dance halls, They
were against the law, at the time,
but before the police closed them
up Jed had cleaned up 500,
francs. For a while after that he
amused himself keeping tailors
busy and buying new automobiles.
Then, forming a partnership with
Harold Fitch. of st. Paul. MINI. an
other former Yank. he formed the
Dixie Company, bought UP all the
machinery of the Y. NJ. c A. and
proceeded to corner the icea cream
market
Business Starts Booming.
All was lovely at 33 Rue de Chail-
lot. where they located the factory.
and the business was doing a turn
over of some $4,000 francs weekly,
when Jed took a trip to London
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
BLOODHOUNDS SET
ON TRAIL OF SLAYER

Danville. Va, Aug. 22-Blood-
hounds were sent from Danville to-
day to Walnut Cove, y. c. just over
the State line, TO trail q negro who
shot and killed Chief OF Police
Mathews and d Young man nsmed
Walter Martin at dance last night.
The police chief. il is claimed. ac-
CuSed the negro of insulting a
white woman. The colored man. il
If. claimed drew revolver and
killed Martin. after which he dis
appeared in the woods
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
Girls Dive in Vain
To Rescue Escort
Who Rocked Boat
Especial to Washington Her.Idl

Philadelphia. Aug. 22.-Rocking a
boat resulted in the death by drown
ing Of Edward II. Bacon. % years
old. Camden. in Aerial Lake in the
vicinity OF Clementon Heights. The
body was recovered and taken 10
the home Of his parents yesterday.
Three girls in the boat at the
time escaped drowning
An investigation by County Fhy-
sician Stem showed that Bacon. VINO
was a special officer al the lake, in
vited the girls 10 take ride The
Girls had been in bathing and sc-
cepted the invitation. They had
gone but a short distance when. sC-
cordinE to witnesses. Bacon started
to rock the boat. suddenly the boat
Cspsiztd.
The sirls managed 10 swim 20
places OF safety. but Bacon sank
His body failed to appear and the
girls made unsuccessful efforts 70
save the man by diving.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
QUITS NAVY;
SALARY TOO SMALL

Capt. Leigh Palmer. who during
the European war served as chief
Of the Bureau of Navigation, with
rank of rear admiral has resigned
from the navy to take effect Sep
tembeT 90.
Ii was. due to Capt. Palmers
great genius that the enlisted per.
sonnel attained such surprising
numerical strength. 1t is under
stood that he is unable to remain in
the navy because of the small pay.
He will enter private business.
More than 1000 other highly
trained officers have left the serv-
ice for the same reason.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
War Against Alcoholism to
. Be Shown at Interna-
tional Meeting Here.
BRYAN TO BE SPEAKER
World-Famous Prohibition
lists to Attend Gathering
September 2l-26.

Pageantry portraying Americas
progress in the world battle against
Alcoholism, to be presented on the
East steps Of the Capitol, will be
one of the features of interest to
the public on the six-day program
of the Fifteenth International Con
gress Against Alcoholism, meeting
here September 21-26.
Exhibits displaying the materials
and methods used throughout the
world in the campaign against al
coholism will also be shown at the
Pan American building. the meeting
place Of the world delegates.
A number of national and inter-
national organizations and societies,
such as the World League Against
Alcoholism, the World Prohibition
Federation, the International Order
Of Good Templars, the Women s
Christian Temperance Union, the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union,
The Anti-Saloon League of America,
The Scientific Temperance Fedora
tion. The Priests Total Abstinence
League. The intercollegiate Pro-
hlDlrlOn ASSONldLAOAs NAAN
TEMPERANCE Council, The National
legislative Conference and many
others will hold meetings and con-
ferences.
The president of the Congress
Premier Jhr Ch. RUijs de Beeren-
brouck, of Holland. has arranged
for the presence Of many dry
fighters. including William Jennings
prvan SaDtember 25
others who will appear include
Prof. DR.. Eudo Monti. Of Turin, dis
coverer of the process of de-alcohol-
king wine; DR.. NJ. Helepius-Sep-
paIa, Of the Social Ministry. Hell
singfors. Finland: DR.. c. w. Sa-
leeby. F. r. 5. of London; Josephus
Daniels, A Mitchell Palmer and the
governors of Maine. Kansas and
Georgia
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23

The leading feminist among
the millions of women of India,
the first Hindoo ''co-ed," first
Indian woman to drive an auto,
to fly an deroplane. or to ride
a bicycle-these are some of
the distinctions that mark Mrs.
Dip N. Singh as the most re-
markable woman of her native
land.
Mrs. Singh, whose husband is
known as the Rockefeller of
India" and whose father, Sir
T. n. Palit. endowed the Uni
versity of Calcutta with his
fortune of $4,000, 900, believes In
e...un IOl st"- ouh,tii OF ncr
lano, and is on her way home
after tour of the world, to
arrange for endowing a num-
Ter of scholarships in American
e'leses for young Hindoo
{ girls.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
Bounced by Girl
He Charged Wore
His Underwear

Harrisburg. Pa. Aug. %. - Pela
Muravich was today charged by
Juve VEue with throwing him out
of doors because he accused her of
wearing his undergarments.
Juve is a boarder and his accu-
sation started row which stirred
up a whole neighborhood in Steel
ton.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
ANGRY BULL DOG
TEARS MANS NECK

Whiting. n. J., Aug .22.-Robert
Wheeler was attacked by a bulldog
that he was correcting for swapping
at a child. and the animal tore his
neck so badly he had to have eight
stitches to close the wounds.
He shot the dog at once.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23

Swimming the Tidal Basin and back in twentynne
minutes pretty good time In it's the best known
here according to F A Swank, the who made it.
Swank gets the Basin only the late
and holidays. He's of the older there, being
old and married.
Apple chief life guard Swank swim the Basin
and put him the list OF guards
Swank carpenter He played football with Eastern High
School in 1906 Swank there work for the guards
the days when there few people the Basin He
members time when girl ventued beyond the life lines.
She couldn't swim, and Swank told keep inside
friend who holding her while oated
work for Swank to do After pulling the girl spoke
her little mpatent Since then she has been the beach
often, but has never gone beyond the ropes
Swank lives Gales northeast
little swimmers in his home pool
(Anoher Guards Picture Will Appear Tomorrow)
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
Dog, Chasing Cat,
Stuck 3 Days
In Hollow Tree

Alphonso Provost. of Middle
boro, Mass, had missed his dog
Fido for three days when Chester
Amsden stopped to inform him
that his pet was stuck in a
hollow tree near the John B.
Savage farm.
Fido had presumably chased a
cat, not wisely, but too utterly
regardless of consequences, and
got wedged in, with a knothoIc
sufficiently large to admit stick
ing his head out and barking
for aid
An axe enlarged the knothole
and Fido was liberated, little the
worse for his experience except
being bit hungry.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
Spain-Mexico Breach Averted.

Mexico City, Aug. 22.-Threatened
reach between Spain and Mexico
fas been averted by resignation of
he Spanish consul general here. it
ras announced today. Hereafter all
sassports will be handled by the
Panish legation.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
GRUMPY?
If Constipated, Bilious or
Headachy, take
"CascaretS"

Brain foggy? Blue devils got you?
Don't stay sick, bilious, headachy, con.
stipated. Remove the liver and bowel
poison which Is keeping your head
dizzy, your tongue coated, your breath
bad and stomach sour. Why not spend
a few cents for box OF Cascarets and
enjoy the incest, gentlest laxative.ca-
thartic you ever experienced2 Cas-
carets never grippe, sicken or inconve-
nience one like Salts, Oil, Calomel or
harsh Pills. They work while you
sleep.-Adv.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
Vain Endeavor

"Who Is the espondent-looking per-
SOM"
'The former proprietor of cabaret.
He says life holds nothing more for
him.
"Why doesn't he establish himself in
Cuba?"
tits too late now. He wasted the
savings of years trying to convince his
patrons that the vaudeville he gave
them while sober was just as good as
the performances they used to applaud
wildly when three sheets in the wind"
Birmingham Age-Herald.