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The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
FIGHTS
TOREGAIN GOLD
Reichstag to Decide Claim
OF Former Emperor for
Estate.
OWNED APARTMENTS
Business Ventures Of VIII
helm Revealed to
Berlin.
OWNED APARTMENTS
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Berlin. July II. = The Hohenzol-
lerns are lighting the Reichstag for
possession of all property they have
acquired on top Of all their private
estates.
Documents now in the possession
of prominent members of the Social
list party show that wilhelm, while
he was on the throne, was a fnan-
cier. Among the ventures which
helped him to amass his colossal
fortune was the cornering of all the
apartment houses in the best quar-
ters OF Berlin.
Tipped on sultan.
So successful was the former
Kaiser as a landlord that he gave
the tip" to Sultan Abdul Hamid,
who. following his illustrious lead,
became the owner of the property
in Pera and also in Salonica. where
are the whole of the chief residen-
tial quarters of wealthy Europeans.
Not only was the Kaiser one of
the chief shareholders in the Ham
burg American Line. but he was also
interested in most of the ventures
Of Herr Ballin. the merchant prince
of Hamburg. His revenue from the
krupp armament works at Essen
must have been stupendous, and
Berlincrs are demanding to know
what has been done with the money.
1t is alleged that the Kaiser In
vested enormously in America
q 4. I'll "A
had huge holdings in the same way
in Canada.
Rivals Romanons.
What has aggravated opinion
against the eX-kaiser is that while
he was known TO have a fortune OF
at least 100000 pounds sterling
and second only to that of the
Romanor family. he was living ex-
travagantly at the expense OF the
State. maintaining at least 100 we'll
known castles scattered around his
dominions. These were seldom Wis
tied, but in each was a retinue pre-
pared to minister to his wants IL by
any chance he should visit the
neighborhood. The accounts for the
upkeep of these and other unneces-
sary palaces are said to be proving
a shock to these who are investigat-
ing the State papers.
For all his splendor the docu-
ments also intensity the feeling of
the people against the Kaiser for
his notorious personal meannesy.
NegIects His Guests.
An illustration of this trait was
the fact that the guest chambers of
his palaces were ill-equipped with
modern comforts.
On one occasion. when King
Leopold of Belgium was to review
the regiment of which he was
colonel-in chief. an iron bath was
stuck in an ante-room next his bed
room, and on the advice of the
Kaiser. who was informed that
Leopold had been asking for a hot
bath, an ordinary lamp was placed
beneath one end to heat the water.
When the Belgian monarch leaped
out of bed and jumped into the bath
it was so hot that his shrieks rang
through the corridors.
Ultimately. wrapped in a blanket.
the colonel-in-chief. instead of rid
ing at the head of his regiment. re-
viewed 1t from a window in the
corridor.
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The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
Germany Faces 80 Billion Mark
Deficit This Year, with Increase
OF National Debt to 800 Billion

duction of expenditures in an ad
mittedly extravagant government
machinery where the number of
employees. their salaries, and the
building space allotted to govern
ment departments continue to in
crease while the efficiency OF the
individual employe continues GO
decrease
An opposite example of German
aversion to economies is furnished
py herr Wirth's reference to the
railroad problem. which. as supple
hented by the discussions in the
NUGGET committee yesterday. shows
tnat the individual German states,
aiter arranging to sell their rail-
ways TO the federal government,
Ioaded them with additional op-
ersung expenditures by increasing
,he number of employees and boost
ing tneir salary scale. In general
the ngures cited yesterday show
mat the number of employees on the
russian railways has increased
SINCE the armistice by 80 per cen,.
aespite the loss of the railways in
Aisace-Lorraine. Poland and Schles-
Wig. The railway personnel in
baden Increased IS per cent.
one newspaper points out that
Herr Wirth's speech, while ilIunoi-
mating in instructions about the
raise budgeting during the war
and the failure to raise a proner
share of war expenditures by taxa.
tion. contributes nothing positive
toward solution of Germanv.s
financial problem and adds litfle
70 his budget speech of April 90
That speech seems to have been
fnspired largely by the fmminence
Of the Spa conference.
tcopyrighr. 1890. By Public Ledger Co,
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
American Is Missing Since
Failure Of Efforts to
Better Industries.
FUGITIVE BAREs TALE
Says "Wm. Keely" Was Ar
rested at Border While
Attempting Escape.
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Service. special Cable Dispstcho
London, Juy II. - An American
economic expert named Keely' who
went to Russia at the invitation OF
tho Soviet government. may be held
prisoner there as a result of an ad-
verse report on Russian conditions,
declares Nicolas Isnard, chairman
of the AlI-Russian Central Council
Of Trade and Industry. who has sue
ceeded in escaping from Russia after
many adventures. He is now In Lon
don.
Mr.. Keely went to Russia In
September, 1919, on the direct invita-
tion OF the Bolshevik government,
says Isnard. He is an expert on
Industrial and technical organiza-
tion, and was asked to present
complete report on ways ana means
to save the Russian industrial STU
alton. On his arrival In Russia MT.
Keely was received with great hon
ors, and exceptional facilities were
afforded to him TO travel ALI oven
the country.
Travels Great Distances.
The American expert visited the
industrial concerns of Pttrograd and
MOSCOW, travelled to the great tex
tile centre of Iranovo-Voznesensk
and to the coal mines of the Donetz.
and completed his trip by tour IN
the Urals. Everywhere Mr.. keely
was permitted to inspect the mines
factories, and industrial plants In all
details. On his return 10 MOSCOW
in January. 1920. Mr.. keeiy was
lodged in the Commissariat OF For
eign Affairs in the famous palace
where Mr.. Lansbury and other dis
tinguished visitors later on found
sumptuous welcome. A car was put
at his disposal. and the Kremlin in
timated it's great desire for Mr.
Keelys report.
The gist Of Mr. Keely's report
follows:
THE industrial concerns OF
Petrograd and Moscow are ruined
completely. and IL will need years
to get them into some sort of work
ing order. The machines. tools, etc,
are in a disorderly condition. rapidly
deteriorating, and many vital parts
are lacking.
skilled Labor Vanished.
".All skilled labor seems 10 nave
disappeared completely. The Don
etz coal mines are in a very bad
position also. and will need two or
three years to put them straight.
The works in the Crals seem to be
in a better condition and could be
tuned up quickly. But nothing use
full can be achieved until all de-
crees against property and personal
security are annulled.'
I'm his explanatory note Mr..
Keely gives extraordinary exam
pies Of Bolshevik administrative in
competence. One example: The
boilers of the electrical station in
Petrograd were kept going for some
time by stoking them with all the
great stores of mahogany accumu-
lated in the local car-buildinS
works.
After this report Mr.. Keely's
position changed completely. 1t
was with great dificulty that he
could prevail on the Foreign Com
missariat to allow him TO leave the
country. But on the frontier. in
spite of his permit, Mr.. keely was
arrested and since then nothing
more has been heard about him."
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Service, lnc.)
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
Latest News of the Fraternit;es in Washington

p. G. S. Heidenheimer raised the
chiefs of Idaho Tribe at their last
meeting. There were delegations
present from Logan and Sioux
tribes.
The Great Sachem called a special
meeting Wednesday night to make
arrangements for the celebration OF
the seventy fifth anniversary of the
granting OF the charter to the I'm
proved Order of Red Men in the
District of Columbia. The celebra-
tion will take place during the last
week of September at one of the
leading hotels. Special invitations
have been extended to the great
chiefs of the Great Council of the
United States and to several MEM
bers of Congress.
Great Representative DR.. H. w.
Tippett and Great Chief of Records
Bunch will attend the sessions OF
the Great Council of the United
States, to be held at Des Moines,
Iowa, from September l3 to II. Ar
rangements have been made by
which a special train will carry the
representatives from Chicago to Des
Moines.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
Stenographer,s Foot ''PeJect Six,
Wins Beauty Prize in London ShoD;
Instep of Nearest Riual TrJle High

The winners foot differed scarcely
one-sixteenth Of an inch from these
measurements. The runner-up lost
the prize because. her instep was
just one-eighth OF an inch too high.
There were nearly 100 competitors
with feet of all sizes, from childrens
13 to women's s.
According to Canadian measure
ments a woman who takes a 51
shoe, Baber said. should have foot
Of the following proportions:
Instep, sn inches.
Waist. IN inches.
Ball, 81 inches.
The correct proportions for man
who takes an 81 shoe should be:
Instep, 8 inches.
waist. sh inches.
Ball. sh inches.
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(washington Herald-Cross Atlantic
Service, Special Cable Dispatch)
London, July II. - Miss Phyllis
Bowel. q stenographer, won the
prize for the most perfect foot Of
fered by c. H. Baber. manager OF
the Canadian exposition and agent
here for the Canadian Shoe Manu-
lecturers Association.
And she wears No. 6 shoes!
Miss BowelPs foot was described
by SBaber as almost perfectly pro-
portioned according to the measure
ments drawn up by the Canadian
shoemakers. For the size s. fitting
i, the measurements should be:
Instep, s& inches.
Waist Ground the hollow Of the
foot), ~ inches.
Ball. 7x inches,
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
Masonic

The committee having charge of
arrangements for the excursion of
Lebanon Lodge. No. Z. +. A. A. N.
to Marshall Hall on July 29 is
working overtime to complete its
efforts to make it a real family
affair. The chairmen of the sew
eral committees are: Reception.
Past Master Blair Mckenzie; tickets.
Senior Warden A. G. Fessenden
sports. Past Master c. d. Shackel-
ford: lemonade, c. w. Cox: dancing,
w. G. Belts: prizes. Past Master
Thomas S. Sergeon; music. Past
Master William B. Freeman: fire.
works, Past Master L. J. Kelley;
kiddie games. c. Ed. Beckett.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
Spanish War Veterans

John Jacob Astor Camp, at its
meeting last Monday night accepted
one member by transfer and voted a
donation to the Gen. N. Emmett
Urell Monument Fund. The camp
expects to increase its membership
at the next meeting by mustering g
several recruits.
Department Commander William
L. Mattocks, Assistant Quartermas-
ter General James ]. Murphy, Past
Senior Vice Commander Frank c.
HUM and Past Commander in Chief
Daniel V. Chisholm are in attendance
at the State encampment held al
Binghamton, N. Y, during the past
week.
Col. James S. Petit Camp met last
Tuesday night and elected James NJ
Dean as delegate to the annuai en-
campment to be held at st. Louis in
September. The meetings scheduled
for the second Tuesdays of July
August and September will not be
held.
The department commander nas
announced his legislative committee
consisting of John Lewis Smith
.(chairman), c. A. Belnap, James e
Maynard, James c. O'Brien. Richard
l.. Lamb, H. M. Knight, George B
Parker, r. z. wallace, w. T. Heri.
tage and Robert H. Wood. ReIiei
committee: Col. w. s. Hodges ,chair-
mani, Frederick Zulch. w. z. Rink
Harry Myers, j. NJ. Heller, z. A.
Roberts, A. II. League and Johr
Murphy.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp expect.
ITO mvster in a class Of candidates a,
its ueetinO Tuesaav auarin- -
transact some very important bust
ness. This camp Is making great
strides in recruiting and Is forglnx
to the front.
The department commander and
his employment committee are striy-
ing to have all comrades reinstated
who were released when the reor-
ganization went into effect in the
several government bureaus, and
are meeting with some success.
The Pension Office is, IL Is said,
constituting the Sells Pension law to
mean that pensions can be granted
only to veterans who have 90 days or
more actual service, exclusive Of fur
loughs, which affects a great many
veterans who were held in the sery-
ice during the armistice.
Gen. NJ. Emmett Urell Camp
which meets Wednesday night. will
open its doors to applicants for mus
ter and visit the Ladies' Auxiliary In
session in another part Of Pythian
Building. where refreshments will
be served.
The crawl of the Snaix In the
woods back Of Congress Heigh q
yesterday afternoon was the first OF
Its kind to be pulled OF In this vic1u-
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
GOLD SMUGGLERS
REAP $4,000, 900

Rangoon. July lit is stated
that certain firms made a profit last
year of sl4.000,o00 by successfully
smuggling British and American
gold coins into Burma.
The Rangoon customs officials. in
searching a Chinese ship recently.
came upon a tank filled with water
to the depth of nearly twenty-one
feet. One of the party dived into
the water and discovered that the
tank was lined with shelves. on
which were a number of bags Of
coins. They were found to contain
1887 Queen Victoria sovereigns
and e,o33 American $50 gold pieces.
The profit on this shipment. had
II been successfully smugGled
through, would have been about
$500, 200.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
BY s. b. CONGER.
CWashington Herald-Public Ledger
Service-specinl Wireless Dispatch.l

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Berlin, July 17.-Germany faces. in
the current fiscal year. q deficit of
at least 10000. 100000 marks and an
, increase of the public debt to al
most 100000. 100000 marks by the
end of the year.
Financial critics derive these ap-
palling figures from an analysis of
the gloomy expedition of the Ger
man economic and financial position
iradc by Minister OF Fiannce wirth,
who Is able. even with the assist
ance of 5000, 100000 marks in new
taxes yet to be granted, to foresee
an income OF cnly 2s,000,00 900
marks against prospective expendi-
tnres of $4,000. 100000. Herr wirth's
estimate of expenditures was some-
what less. but he failed to include
interest and service on the addi-
Iional debt.
The additional revenue of 3,000,-
100000 marks in new taxation also
highly uncertain, since Herr
Wirth announced yesterday that he
had abandoned. on account of the
economic depression. the proposal To
increase the coal tax. upon which he
proposed. in his budget speech in
April. to base q considerable part Of
the new taxation.
The financial critics in the news
papers today naturally are aghast
at the figures, and discuss the i'm
possibility of providing the neces-
sary additional revenue by any nor
NAL system Of taxation; but, like
Herr wirth himself in his speech,
none of them attacks the problem
from the other side. viz, the Dre-
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
|. 0. R. M.

Great Sachem Bergman and stan
raised the following chiefs at the
meeting of Sioux Tribe, No. Is;
Sachem, A. @. Gompers; senior saga
more, Samuel Felman; junior saga
more, w. c. Nicholas: prophet
Jacqne Heidenheimer. and chief OF
records. Joe Levy. Retiring Sachem
Heidenheimer was presented with q
framed past sachem's certificate and
also large cake. In appreciation OF
his efforts for the tribe. Henry J.
Gompers and p. G. S. WIG. White
made the presentation speeches
Delegations were present from
Mineola and White Eagle tribes.
Great Keeper Of Wampum T. H
Dennis and p. G. s. w. B. Garner
raised the chiefs of White Eagle
Council. No. &. At its last meeting
Great Chief Of Records Bunch and
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
Woman's S Benefit Asso-
ciation of Maccabees

National. No. 1. will have an ex-
cursion to Marshall Hal. Tuesday.
All members and friends are urged
to attend the outing. The review
will meet in regular session Friday
evening. Liberty Union. Columbia
and Mount Vernon, will meet In
regular session this week. The D.
e. Union guard team held a rehearsal
Wednesday eveningI also busi-
ness meeting. The rumnnase sale
and the lawn party held recently
were successfLl despite Indictment
weatbex.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
L. 0. O. NJ.

Columbia Lodge No. 126 held its
annual excursion to Marshall Hall
on Tuesday. The attendance was
the largest in the history of Colum-
hia Lodge. The afternoon was de-
voted to sports and many valuable
and useful prizes were eagerly
competed for. The following MEM
bers composed the program, COM
mittee: r. Beatty and J. Apolonio,
starters. F. May and A. w. Gath.
Judges. Frank Howard, assisted by
NJ. Black and ]. Lewis, masters Of
ceremonies. Secretary II. c. Hopper
distributed the prizes.
Singing and dancing on board the
Steamer Charles Macalester made
the homewad trip an enjoyable one.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
LONDON WOMAN, Is,
BALKS WASHER, II

London. July IA woman of IS
years sought the protection of the
West Ham magistrates yesterday
against the persistent attentions of
a man of a who wanted to marry
her The court missionary was
asked to caution the undesired
Lothario.
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Service, IncD
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
Campaign to Rejuvenate Postal.

London, July II. - Members of
Parliament are leading in a cam
palsn TO reJuvenate the humble
postcard as the common method of
correspondence. With the letter
postage rate now raised to cents.
the postcard remains at cents, and
the postoffice is printing thousands
in anticipation of a rush.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
RACE SUICIDE ABSENT
FROM FRENCH CABINET

Paris, July 1.-THE impetus given
recently TO the national movement
against race suicide is said to have
been derived from the example set
by members of the French cabinet.
Five of the ministers have a total
of twenty-six children between
them. Commerce Minister Isaac
leads with nine. Premier Millerand
has four children, NJ. Francois Mar
shall. Minister of Finance. has six:
the Health Minister has five, and NJ
le Troquier. Minister of Public
Works. has three daughters.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
FRANCE CURBS
GAMING FEVER
Present Bills in Chamber of
Deputies to Clear Up
Crooked Gambling.
JOCKEYS THROW RACES
Bookmakers Cheat French
Government Of Million
Francs a Day.
JOCKEYS THROW RACES
By HENRY WILLIAM FRANCIS.
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Service, Special Cable Dispatch.)


Service, Special Cable DispatchJ
Paris. July 17.-So notorious have
the scandals of the turf become this
season. and so widely has the gam
bling fever spread its hold on
France that the government is push
ing "A series of bills through the
chamber of deputies to "clear-up'
the racing situation and curb the
crooked gamblers.
Though betting is Illegal in
France except in the pari-mutuels,
set outlaw bookmaking is general.
Ten million francs are bet through
the clandestine bookmakers every
racing day, and as result the
treasury of France loses 100000
francs a day. its ten per cent COM
mission fixed on the mutuels which
are permitted.
Crooked Riding Prevalent.
Crooked riding. and the fixing
of races are prevalent. Maurice de
Rothschild. the owner of big rae
ing stable, charged in the cham
Der of deputies that jockeys were
systematically pulling their horses
and that they were in the pay oil
crooked bookmakers 10 throw the
races against the fast ones.
The public has been cheated out
Of millions of france by this crooked
riding.
De Rothschild charges a big
syndicate of crooked gamblers has
bought up a group of jockeys and
is manipulating the races as II
wishes. One jockey who confessed
TO throwing races has netted the
ring many millions of francs.
Bin Provides Prison Terms.
One of the governments bills
provides long prison terms for in
reference in a race; another
penalties anyone making books on
races. The latter will be difficult
10 enforce. however. All the French
clubs have secret arrangements-to
handle their members betting, ana
fhe bookmakers have more than
1000 agents in Paris who accept
bets from the public. These agents
are mostly wineshop keepers.
BARRIERS. newsmen and hotel en-
ployes.
/. Then. too. there is strong public
opposition to the governments re-
strictive plans, as the gambling
fever has been running high since
the armistice.
Suggestion that the government
Itself open pari-mutuels throughout
the city Is opposed by the city
Fathers as bad government.
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The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
Of AH The WH FLASHED Direct The CapaaZ M Cak Wireless
Kaiser Gets Steadily Weakey
Has Series Of Painting Spells,
And Spends Hours in Brooding

Il the best form of governmen Mt for
6ermany forever. but such persons
may rest assured that opinions of
thls Kind will meet with no response
on .he part OF at least 80 per cent
Oh the followers of the right"
The Berliner Lokalanzeiger."
more diplomatic and cautious, says
practically the same, however, in
tnese words: IF the democratic par
ties take the standpoint that all
propaganda and activity In favor Of
monarchy must cease at ence or
'oe fought to a standstill. they trans
gress the limits of the constitution
oil the German empire"
That Germany must bear a heavy
part OF the responsibility for the
tearfui msssacres In Armenia dur-'
ing the war is openly admitted by
the special correspondent OF the
"Berliner Tageblatt." Herr Alfred
Kerr In an article describing a con-
versation he has Just had at Venice
with the well-known Armenian
monk and patriot, Pater Awkjer.
During the early part of the war.
Pater Awkjer came to Germany to
appeal to Herr Erzberger. the all
powerful leader OF the Center. who
was a personal friend OF his, to use
his influence with the Turks to save
the Armenians from being murdered
by the 10000. Erzberger promised
to do al! he could to persuade the
Sultan to put an end to the mas
sacres, but shortly Afterwards he
wrote to Pater Awkjer that he had
received positive Information that
the reports of cruelties committed
were highly exaggerated and formed
part OF the propaganda against
Germany.
Denies ExaEgeration.
There was absolutely no exag-
geration in these reports" said
Pater Awkjer to 'Berliner Tagc-
blatt's" correspondent. 1T was not
the German people, however. who
condoned the unspeakable horrors
committed by Turkey. but most de-
cidedly ONE OF the German mill
tarists did so. l am very sorry to
have to say so. but German officers
were not satisfied to look on but
took a very active part in these
butcherics. Why? Because war
unchains the beast in man, and
animal passions appear to have the
mollNe, rather tnan pre-cOncelVed
policy. But a heavy guilt. never
theless, lies on the policy of Ger
many. The arch-criminal was Herr
Won Wangenheim, German ambas-
sador to the Porte. This policy
was a dreadful mistake-instesd of
trying to win over the Armenians
they were made slaves and sent
into outlying districts where the
local population was useless for
railroad construction"
German Justice may be loath to
condemn the great war criminals.
but it deals mercilessly with the
smaller fry even WITHOUT any pres
sure from without.
At Dessau the other day a Ger
man Judge had before him the three
privstes, Dietrich. Schmidt and
Schauer of the Reserve Corps OF
the guards. who. while billeted at
Armentieres in August. 1918. robbed
the proprietress OF a public house
of 1000 francs, besides some sau-
sages and other provisions. They
were sentenced to two years i'm
prisonment and three years loss of
their rights as German citizens.
tCopyright. 1920. Cross-Atlantic Newspaper
Service, Incl