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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-18
May l May Be Named
American Day for City

A letter received by Mayor Zim-
norman from the National Security
league, Of New York city, relative to
May l celebration advocating Amer
icanism was referred to him for ac-
ton by the board Of works Thursday.
The board will concur with what
ever action the mayor takes. A pro-
clamation may be issued making the
day a holiday, and that parade and
other demonstrations will be held.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-18
FORT WAYNE NEWS
PuRIISHER SUCCuMRS

FORT WAYNE, Ind, March 18. -
Clarence F. Bicknell, president of the
News Publishing company and pub
Usher of the Fort Wayne News and
Sentinel. died at hospital here early
today, following an illness of several
~seks He was IS years old.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-18
RED CROSS HOLDS
POWER IN ESTHONIA

REVAL Esthonia, March 1S.-Two
governments are holding power in Es-
thonia One is the regularly consti-
tuted executive body of the country.
and the other is the American Red
Cross commission under command of
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Ryan, of
Scranton, Pa. This commission has
been vested with authority to take
any measures, politicacl or economic,
to stamp out the typhus plague raging
here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-18
Gen. :ruille Mandate Suit
Will be Argued April 8

Conclusion OF the testimony in the
mandate suit of the town Of Center
Vile against the T. H. l. & E. Trac-
ton company was reached in the r
cult court late Wednesday aftern0 .
Argument has been set for April 8.
Centerville seeks to have the trac-
ton company reroute it's tracks tenn
porarily so that the completion of
the paving of the main street may
be made,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-18
BIRDS FLY AS SHERIFF
LEAVES; FINDS JAIL EMPTY

Sheriff w. T. Baker awoke this morn.
ing to find the county jail empty. Some
time after midnight, the eight prison
ers all held on various charges, sawed
and cut their way to liberty. Search
ers failed to fi1sl trace of them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-18

For Wayne County. by w. e. Moore.
Rain tonight and Friday night;
warmer: southeast winds will Shift to
south with increasing force.
General conditions-The storm re.
ported over the west continues to
move eastward and rain will begin
falling tonight and continue at inter.
walls Friday Cold weather continues
to prevail over North Dakota and
Minnesota, ranging from zero to eight
below, while a marked rise in tenn
perature is taking place over the
middle west. This storm will be fol
lowed by cold blustery weather, tenn.
peratures going below freezing after
the storm center passes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-18
Weather Forecast

For Indiana. by the United States
Weather Bureau-Rain tonight and
probably Friday; warmer, with tenn
peratures above freezing.
NactarHau
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
opened on Thursday night with bill

opened on Thursday night with bill
OF ak Keith vaudeville acts and two
photo dramas. The Coliseum seats $500
persons and is only exceeded in size
by the Capitol and the Hippodromc.
This 10 one Of the theaters in which
the B. F. Keith Circuit will be asso-
ciated with Mr.. Moss, who planned and
began the magnificent structure with
Eugene de Rosa as architect, and then
associated himself with the Keith Cir
cult just in time for E. F. Albee to
take personal direction Of the interior
decorations and furnishings. The color
scheme is rich ivory, gray, soft French
gold and the caressing red of the Amer
lean Beauty rose
The women's boudoirs and the mems
smoking rooms are fitted with the
finest modern furniture. Rare mezzo-
tints and fine paintings by modern
American masters decorate the walls.
The dressin grooms backstage are rich
ly furnished with every modern con-
venience, including pier mirrors Of
plate glass, rugs and carpets.. Their
color scheme Is gray and cream. The
Coliseum is equipped with magnfi-
cent built-in organ and will have an
orchestra Of twenty-five instruments.
There will be two performances daily
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19

who translated "Guibour" for Yvetse
GHuiibert, has also translated "La
beg'nning at Christmas time, the
playhouse will resume its policy OF
Weekend performances only, and the
Festival Dancers will revive their pro
Sduction of the ballet, "Le Boutioue
Paantastique" ("The Magic Shop"),
others plays secured for the Neighbor-
hood Players include "The Harlequin
ade," by Granville Barker; "a Fool and
His Money" by Laurence Housman;
Young Heaven" by Miles Malleson,
and The Lover" by G. Martinez Sierra.
In February the Neighborhood Players
and the Festival Dancers will present
"Salut au Monde" based on the poem
of Walt Whitman, with music especial.
~ composed for it by Charles Griffes,
The young American composer had Just
completed the score for "Salut an
Monde" at the time of his tragic death
last spring.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Isi,xf /. Murray Advises
versatility as Valuable
Ass, ASSET i'm Stage Work

.Aas I was o boy l used to get
R,,S & hearing my {, elders quote the
r. I .a.se: Jack of all trades, master
.sne.," says John T. Murray, one
e. leading comedians in "Cin-
's..,la on Broadway at the Winter
.,n sBecause q lad was ambitious
1 I. sssated to be able to do all sorts
~ NJ, r.; 1yas no reason why he should
~.Js fun of. Why shouldn't he
,.ss sole to do several things we'll
! 1 BE- applied himself seriously to
Rsning how:
lave for the tncater. set about
ne ss,ne mo- everything | could. wanted
asas we'll. sirg we'll. and dance we'll.
70 sp IsS experience increased, IT seemed
I to learn how to do other
s'a 60 il came about that | could
s.Tn.the tight rope. do bit of jug
zrs,sever saw a fcllow-sctor per-
ap, ncW ~tii.,. . 4A> MT happy
aI vii / coulA Do lae same thing.
sM,. sM'" d,6 ~,y ne. have
/ ,..vs wanted 70 he good actor as
s'NA' A s.u.lnE md 0ancing come
H.. IT,. So ! tried ior Characterization
80" a,erv role | va cast for. | never
=. " .n opportunity Of watching good
ss 70 whether in the legitimate or
.ssies! @ comedy productions: won't
- want to play the serious roles,
8Ny Z. Ic
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
New Coliseum Theater
On Washington Heights
To Be Opened Thursday

The new Coliseum Theater, owned
by b. S. Moss. at the northwest corner
of Broadway and 1Slst Street, will be
The Washington times., 1920-08-01
Commissioners Face
Busiest Month; Toll
Nights and Sundays

Hearings on both zoning and gas
will be held during the last two
weeks of August. The coming hear
ings will take up the greater part OF
the day, from August 0 on, while the
gas hearings will last only several
days. However. n great deal OF time
will be consumed by the commissioners
in considering the establishment OF
new gas rates or continuation of the
present rates.
The Commissioners not only have
two big pieces OF work to complete,
but must attend to the routine mat
ters of District Commissioners. With
one commissionership vacant, Brown
low and Kutz have been forced to
shoulder the work OF the third man,
thus increasing their work as Dis
trict official.
However, both men are entering
into next months work with smiles.
Whether they will come out in Sep
tember with smile remains to be
seen. Never before, probably in
their careers In Washington have
they been so overburdened with work.
The Washington times., 1920-08-01
C.G.bARTEMAND DEAD
| 70 YEARS ON FORCE
Death of Tenth Precinct Police.
man Results After Illness
of One Day.

Policeman Charles G. Barteman, of
Tenth precinct, died carly today, fol-
lowing an operation at the Previ-
dence Hospital. The death of the Of
ficer was a shock to his comrades, as
he had been i'll only one day. Death
was due to strangulation of the in
testines.
Appointed to the police force twenty
years ago, Policeman Barteman was
assigned to Tenth precinct July /,
1918. Prior to that he served in
Ninth precinct as bicycle police
man. He leaves his wife. His home
was at TO Tenth street northeast.
"Barteman was one of the finest
men in the Washington Police De-
partment,' declared Capt. Thomas
Judge, OF Tenth precinct, this morn
ing. "He was man of exemplary
habits and had host of friends. His
Death IL a shock to all of us. as he
was apparently in n fine state OF
health until Saturday morning, when
he was sent to the hospital
The Washington times., 1920-08-01

As members of the Public Utilities
Commission and the Zoning Commits
sion, District Commissioners Brown
low and kutz today are facing one OF
the businest months in their careers
at the District building.
Confronted with the task of COM
pletely coming Washington before
September I, kutz and Brownlow will
find themselves overburdened with
work and forced to spend nights and
Sundays in their offices at the Dis
trct building.
In addition 20 the stupendous task
OF coming, the Commissioners are con-
fronted with many public utility prob.
lens. Chief among them is the rate
to be charged for gas by the Wash
ington Gas Light Company.
The present rate, S1.25 per thousand
cubic feet, Is ineffective after Septem-
ber and automatically on the first
Of this month the rate returns to 90
cents per thousand cubic feet. The
gas light company will file in the next
three weeks petition asking for
either a continuance OF the present
rate or a greater rate.
The Washington times., 1920-08-01
Wounded Yank Would
Start Fund for Woman
~ Who Had to Sell BABY

wounded soldiers to contribute, and
raise fund for Mrs. Margaret
Nulty, who recently offered her child
for sale in New York for $3.50.
The dollar bill which he encloses
with his letter to The Times Is being
returned, along with a letter explain
ing to the cx-soldier that the little
girl has been adopted and is being
cared for in the home of j. Il. Sweet
man in Brooklyn.
I'VE are willing to take what little
we can from our allowance and do
our best to take care OF those for
whom we fought and gave up our
health and our limbs" the letter to
The Times said.
The Washington times., 1920-08-01
j. S. WORKERS
MEET SEPT. 6
Fourth Annual Convention Of
Federal Employees to Be
Held in st. Louis

The fourth annual convention OF
the National Federation OF Federal
Employees will be held In ST. Louis,
beginning September @. The call
was Issued from the headquarters In
Washington yesterday by the Federal
council headed by Luther c. Steward.
president.
The call emphasizes as the big sub
tect for consideration the necessity
for general rehabilitation OF the en-
tire civil service. with a minimum
wage OF SO a day and rates above
that hgure in proportion TO skin.
training and responsibility. The fed
Grafton demands a new deal in the
Government service. with a new wage
scale and new employment policy.
The federation includes every class
OF clerical. professional, and mechan-
ical worker In the Government en-
ploy not exclusively claimed by other
organizations affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor.
Besides President Steward the call
Is signed by the following officers.
who constitute the executive council:
w. E. Junker, Brooklyn, N. Y: NJ.
J. Leonard. Jamaica Plain. Mass:
Miss Florence Etheridge. Wewoka.
ohId.s - Dan dtM-
cisco. Calf: Charles +. Nagl. chr
cago; g. Tyson Kinsell. Philadelphia:
Charles L. Weigand, Baltimore: Miss
Gertrude NJ. McNally. Washington:'
c. A. Perkins, Ell Paso, Tex. vice
president. and +. J. Newmyer, secre-
tary-treasurer, Washington, ID. c.
The Importance to the American
Federation of Labor Of the four af-
fiiated national organizations of Gov
ernment employees will be recognized
al the meeting OF the executive coun.
Gil OF the latter body in Atlantic City
tomorrow when consideration Will be
given TO the establishment Of civil
service department In the general
body.
The committee, which filed the re-
quest for the establishment of this
department, was composed OF Lutnor
c. Steward, president of the National
Federation of Federal Employees:
Thomas f. Flaherty, secretary, treas
urer OF the National Federation OF
Post Office Clerks; Edward ]. Gaynor,
president OF the National Association
of Letter Carriers. and Edward J.
Ryan. president Of the Railway Mail
Association.
The Washington times., 1920-08-01

He's a wounded soldier. And he's
taking vocational training to At him.
self to begin life all over again. But
he isn't so busy thinking about his
own troubles that he can't take a
few minutes on to sympathi,e with
a mother who through desperation
and poverty Is forced to offer her
child for sale.
A. n. Hamilton. OF 1897 Fourteenth
street northwest, doesn't feel that he
did enough by going to France and
giving his health in the interest OF
the mothers and children OF this coun-
try. Now he wants to take some
thing from his allowance and put II
with money which he has asked other
The Washington times., 1920-08-01
Walter Reed Veterans
Get on Trail Of Crook
Who Took Nurses Gems

Every war veteran at Walter
Reed Hospital today has consti-
tuted himself a detective. Each of
the Yanks is trying to get a clue to
the identity of sneak thief who
last night ransacked the room OF
Miss Mary DE Grange, a nurse ut
the hospital, stealing jewelry val
ued at more than 500.
Miss DE Grange was administer
ing to the sick in one of he wards
when the thief obtained entrance
to her room. She discovered her
loss at midnight. A report Of the
theft was made TO Acting Inspector
Of Detectives Guy &. Burlingame,
and detectives are assisting the
veterans in running down the thief.
The Washington times., 1920-08-01
HEAT COSTS LIVES
OF 26 D. c. BABIES
MortaIities for Week Alarm
Health Officials; One to
Three Die Every Day.

The large number of babies dying
during the hot weather has been so
great as to attract the attention OF
the District health authorities. Dur
ing the past week twenty-six babies
under one year old have died, the rec
ords show. One to three babies die
every day.
The exact cause of the deaths is
not always ascertainable," said DR..
William c. Fowler, District health Of
ficer. but the hot weather and over
feeding may have some thing to do
with il. or course more babies die
in the summer time than any other
time.
The records show that IS per cent
OF the infantile deaths during the
past week were caused by gastro-in-
testinal trouble. stomach disturb
ances can usually be traced to over
feeding and hot weather. DR.. Norris,
assistant health officer stated, after
examining the records.
Parents were warned by DR.. Fow-
lcr to be extremely careful about
feeding the babies during the hot
spells. They were warned especially
not to overfeed. and to keep the baby
cool.
Dress lne DaDy IN rs le" ciotheo
as possible. Do not bundle him up
and almost suffocate him. Use mos
quito net to keep the flys away. Feed
the baby the same quantity of milk
as you do in cold weather. The baby
requires a prescribed amount of milk
a day, and the weather does not alter
It, On the other hand, the tendency
in the summer Is to give baby his bot
tie to keep him still, and the result
is that he Is overfed. Avoid that by
ALI means. and see that his bottle Is
sterilized before each feeding.
The Washington times., 1920-08-01
PLAGUE
Reports Of Bubonic Gases
Alarm Woman Who
Writes City Heads.
GARBAGE FILLS ALLEY
Southeast Resident Also
Fears Dead Cats
Spread Disease.
PLAGUE
GARBAGE FILLS ALLEY

Reports OF bubonic plague cases
have alarmed at least one resident
OF this City as rs -
This bsearns known today when a
woman In southeast Washington
wrote TO the Commissioners be-
seechins than, to remove the grab
age" and dead cats from her al
ley otherwise the city surely will
be in the grip OF this plague.
The writer, In beginning her let
ter, first assures the Commissioners
she Is lady" and respectfully
asks their aid as gentlemen" The
letter, received by Daniel r., Garges,
secretary TO the Commissioners.
follows: '.s
Il wrote to you gentlemen. as a
lady, asking IL you would not see
IL the grabage was emptfed in the
alley at the back. And not one
thing was done from Monday until
Friday, Grabage sitting at the
gates this hot weather, from Mon
day until Friday.
Il pay taxes for the place ! am
living In, and a few days ago I am
fined: and yet / can't get a little
bit % grsbage taken from my gate.
Dead cats all along the alley. Sup
posed to be a clean city. But we
poor people. IL we do not pay up,
our homes are taken from us.
am poor but believe in cleanliness
above all. We will soon have bu-
bonic cases from cats In that alley"
DR.. Fowler leaves Washington to-
night to attend a three day con-
ference with health officers in Gal
weston. Tex. to discuss the bubonic
plague. He will return next Sun
day.
The Washington times., 1920-08-01

Right now they're up TO their ears
in circuses, house parties. truck rides,
swimming parties. dances, moonlight
boat rides, and everything. SO you
can see for yourself that from this
varied mass OF recreational activities
II really would be quite difficult to
tell what was the beginning; and the
girls who're being permitted to take
part In these festivities say there
isn't going to be any end.
The circus is thing of the past,
this particular enterprise of the Y. w.
c. A. having taken place last night in
the Blue Triangle Recreation Center,
at Twentieth and B streets. The hun
dreds Of persons-'small boys and
their fathers''-attending the circus.
say that while it wasn't quite In the
class with Ringling Brothers and
Barnum & Bailey. II was some circus.
They say, moreover, that there was
more real feminine beauty on display
in that circus than there ever was
seen under big top"
Two hundred and ffty girls took
part and they proved that all the MIN =
BILE athletes and trapeZe performers
and all the comical clowns aren't with
the big tents.
SO much for the circus. And now
Cor word or two about the things
that the Y. w. c. A. is planning TO
give interest and pleasure to Wash
ington girls during the remaining
summer months.
On the second Saturday in August
there will be a trip to Luray Caverns.
Virginia and on the last Saturday in
August there will be a boat trip to
Norfolk And the important thing
about these trips is that girl doesn't
have to be a member of the Y. w. {.
A. to get in on them. All she has TO
do is to send in her name, and make
the necessary preliminary arrange
ments with one of the secretaries.
KEEP UP THE MORALE.
"Of course many of the girls who
during the summer months become so
keenly interested that they join the
association and become regular club
girls" said Mrs. Theodosia Cox, who
has recently come to Washington
as recreational leader of the Y. W
G. A.
But even If the girls never come
into the association we feel that we
are doing a great work iC we furnish
them with good wholesome entertain
mcnt during the summer months.
"Of course, it isn't hard to under
stand the effect these entertainments
have on the morale of the girls
There are in Washington--as in every
city--dance halls and such places
which make their appeal to the
young girl away from home in
strange city, as are so many of the
girls of Washington.
THE lirls who come to the Y. w.
G.. A. are not--for the most part
girls who would be ensnarcd by the
dance hall. But any normal girl must
have recreation. If she doesn't have
wholesome recreation, such as we Of
fer. she probably will drift into the
other kind. II probably has driven
more girls to desperation and suicide
than any other one factor.
The local Y. w. c. Aworking in
connection with the National Y. w.
c. A. is offering many summer at
fractions at the Blue Triangle, at
Twentieth Street and B. Miss Con-
stance van Inwigen has recently come
The Washington times., 1920-08-01
DISTRICT BEGINS $4,000
SUIT AGAINST TERMINAL
Claims Pay for Street Lighting
From August, 1917, To
June, 1920.

For lighting FIVE subways under
the tracks of the Washington Termi-
nal Company and maintaining two
street lights near the Union Station.
the District of Columbia yesterday
began suit against the terminal COM
pany for $10,007.54.
Under contract made in 1908, tho
Terminal company pays the District
for maintaining lights in streets
crossing and adjoining its property.
The present claim covers a period
from August, 1917, to June, 1920.
The claim is for 1S0 sixty-candle
power lights in the II. X. l., and N
streets and Florida avenue subways,
and two gaslights.
The Washington times., 1920-08-01
W0MANF|GHTS
THUG IN HOME
Divorced Wife of Cop Attacked
As She Prepares to
Retire.

A city-wide search was instituted
by the police today for negro, who,
shortly after 10 o'clock last night en-
tered the house at IS Q street north
east and, in earshot OF more than a
dozen neighbors, attacked woman.
lighting with her until she lost un-
consciousness.
Clad only in a nightgown and dazed
by a blow on the forehead from a
lead pipe, Mrs. Mabel Greene, thirty
two years old, divorced wife OF Police
Sergeant J. w. Greene. for nearly half
an hour fought with the negro.
Mrs. Greene's condition today was
much improved. She is under the care
of her physician and her life is not
believed endangered.
LOCKING UP FOR NIGHT.
1t was 1890 o'clock when Mrs
Greene was attacked. She had come
downstairs to lock the kitchen door
AS she entered the dark kitchen she
was struck on the forehead.
II did not know what had struck
me-" Mrs. Greene said this morning,
describing her experience. II fell to
the floor. The next thing l remember r
was that someone grabbed me. ]
opened my eyes and saw a negro
leaning over me.
81 fought with him the best
could. I scratched at him and tried
my best to get my arms free. 1t was
useless. AS I scratched him he grab
bed me tight and dug his nails into
my skin.
II don't know how long fought
with him. 1t was not until ] was too
exhausted to move that I finally stop
ped fighting. then fell into uncon-
seriousness. ] don't know what hap
pened after that
FOUND BY SON.
And in this condition Mrs. Greene
lay on her kitchen floor for more than
an hour. She finally managed to drag
herself into the dining room. when
she again lost consciousness.
1t was not until l o'clock that she
was found. Her son, willard Greene,
twenty years old, returning home. un-
locked the door and heard groans.
-"Mothern he called out. There was
no answer. Mother" he called
again, louder this time.
Receiving no answer, he entered
the dining room. Lighting the gas he
found his mother stretched out on the
floor and Just regaining conscious
ness.
Fearing the negro might still be in
the house, the son, against the pleas
of his mother, began to search. He
went from attic to cellar, but the man
had disappeared. Carrying his mother
to couch nearby, the boy then
called the police.
FIND PIECE OF PIPE.
In less than half an hour more
than a score of police and detectives
had arrived. They searched the house,
and on the kitchen floor found a piece
Of lead pipe a foot long.
The Washington times., 1920-08-01
Patrick Walsh Dying
In Texas; Police Seek
Relatives in District

Are you related to Patrick
Walsh, a stone mason, who is
about seventy-fvc years old, and
who for several years has lived at
Houston, Tex?
II you are. get into touch at
once with Acting Inspector OF De-
tectives Guy c. Burlingame, at
Police Headquarters in the District
Building.
This morning Inspector Bur-
lingame received a telegram from
Dennis Walsh. at Houston, stating
that Patrick is dying and that he
is asking for relatives supposed to
be living in Washington.
The Washington times., 1920-08-01
MORE FLANNEL NEEDED
BY BABIES IN EUROPE

Another appeal for pieces of outing
flannel, even in short lengths, which
can be made into baby blankets. is
made by the women OF the District
Red Cross chapter. These layettes
are to go to the babies of Europe.
1t has been accurately reported
that many of these infants, on their
arrival in the world, have to be
d~apped in newspapers. Donations Of
material will be received at the chap
ter headquarters, 16 Jackson place
northwest, or will be called for, IL
the donors will phone Main 1910.