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Smyrna times., 1920-10-27
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN
CONVENTION At MAGNOLIA
L. NJ. PRICE, OF SMYRNA. AGAIN
ELECTED A VICE-PRESIDENT
Howard R. Moore, of Milford, Elected
President.-PrOgram of Interest.
Rev. Eckard and Mr.. Buttery.

~ hOOre, OF Milford, Elected
President.-PrOgram of Interest.
Rev. Eckard and Mr.. Buttery.
The annual convention of the Kent
County Sunday School Association
was held in the Magnolia Methodist
Episcopal Crurch last week. At the
morning session, Tuesday morning,
Review and Outlook was given by
President Howard Moore, and reports
made by the Hundred Secretaries.
"Our Works." by L. Elmer Perry,
chairman State Executive Committee,
was interesting and instructive. "Get
and Give" was discussed by the Rev.
j. Mcintosh Eckard, Smyrna. The
afternoon session follows: Devotional
exercises by the Rev. C. w. Moore,
Camden; "Things Worth While" by
Mrs. R. E. Mccoy; Trained Work
ers," by the Rev. Milton Mccain.
The Rev. Gilbert H. Gehman and the
Rev. R. w. Cooper gave talks. Even
ing session follows: Devotional ex-
ercises, the Rev. w. w. Sharp, of
Frederica; DR.. Budd, of Wesley
Collegiate Institute, made the evening
address. Officers were elected as fol-
lows: President, Howard R. Moore,
Milford, vice president, L. M. Price,
Smyrna; recording secretary, Mrs.
Thomas Warren, Wyoming; chorister,
A. w. CarrOw, Frederick; chairman
executive committee, Wesley Webb,
Dover; corresponding secretary and
treasurer, Jefferson Cooper, Ches-
void; Department superintendent
Young Peoples Division-Girls, Mrs.
Samuel Phillips, Wyoming; Boys, Gill
bert H. Gehman, Dover; Educational,
the Rev. ]. M. L. Eckard, SMYRNA:
Adult and Home, Theodore Hall, Mil |
ford. Hundred Secretaries-Duck |
Creek, John Buttery, J. Herman An
derson, Kenton; N. Murderl1ill, Jacob
3. Brown, S. Murderkill, Thomas
Clark; Little Creek, Edward Wilson:
East Dover, Mrs. Fl. c. Taylor: West
Dover, Gilbert IT, Gehman; Milford.
Walter Dill.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26

You must admit 1t was a good
press agent stunt. That is, you'll
probably admit it unless you happen
TO be one of the Washington copettes
who spent many hours last week and
trudged many miles searching for in
formation that would shed light on
the supposed suicide in New York of
Miss Yuki Onda. of Washington,
ID. C." ''.. ..'
Maybe il isn't quite right to kid
the copettes about IL. And to sort OF
even things up, the reporters are per-
fectly willing TO stand for little
kidding themselves. Because, after
all it happened TO be the reporters
who started the copettes on the
search.
And IL was a press agent up in
New York who. in a moment OF flick
ering genius. started the story that
started the reporters who started the
copettes looking for the aforemen-
toned information
The japanese, embassy. which play
ed hands OF" in the search. may now
congratulate itself.
Because Miss Yuki Onda. who was
reported to have committed suicide in
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
GIRL SHOOTS CHUM
TO GET CLOTHING
Victim Walks Mile to Mountain
Cabin. Where She
CoIIapSeS.

LEXINGTON. Ky, July 2G.--Be-
cause she coveted the others inner
clothing, Miss GoIdic Sturgill, twenty
years old, shot three times and prob
ably fatally wounded a friend on
the wya to visit her and then left
her lying in a lonely mountain road,
it is alleged by the prosecution OF
the girl at Whitcsburg, Ky.
Miss Sturgill. charged with attempt
to murder Mrs. Alice Hammock.
twenty years old. Andover. Wise
grand jury under $1,000 bond. In
default of bond she was placed in
Jail.
According to Mrs. Hammock, who
is believed to be dying in a mountain
cabin into which she staggered after
walking a mile, she and the Sturgill
girl had long been chums and left
Andover to walk to the Sturgill
home in the mountains, eight miles
from WhitesburgI where she was 10
visit. She carried parcel contain
ing clothing.
After they had been in Kentucky
for some time, according to Mrs
Hammock, the other girl lured her
to lonely place in the hills and
shot her in the shoulder without
warning, when her back was turned.
When she started to run. she said, the
Sturgill girl ordered her to walk
back. As she obeyed and fell to her
knees. begging her not to shoot again,
the Sturgil girl fired five more shots.
One entered the top of her forehead,
ranging downward and another
pierced the right knee.
The SturGil girl then fed with the
bundle of clothing AS her victim lay
IN the road, according To Mrs. Ham
mock The wounded woman draggch
herself up the road a mile to the
home of William Crecch, where she
collapsed. When she revived she
told her story and the Sturgill girl
was arrested at the home OF her
father in the Pine Mountains.
Shoes, stockings, and several
dresses, found in the Sturgill home,
were Identified by the wounded
woman as those taken from her.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
EARTHQUAKE AGAIN
ROCKS WEST COAST
Two Tremors StartIe Los Ar
ge!es-No Serious DAM
age Reported.

Los ANGELES. Cal. July 2Gr \
sharp earthquake was. felt here at
40 a. m. today. The first shock wa
followed a few minutes later by
second lighter shock. No serious
damgc ws reported.
The tremor was of the same ma
ture as those which rocked the city
ten days .ago--a sudden jolt--but it
was not of the intensity of those
quakes. and. so far as can be learned,
there was NONE. Of the slight damage
-yhich followed the earlier tremo,rs.
Owing to the early hour at which
the shock Registered" it found the
ma jority of people in their bods. and
great many were not awakened.
There. Wps NO .copfusion downtown,
although in some of the smaller
hotels a few persons ran out in their
night Clothes fearing additional
tremors. The cool fog of the early
morning soon drove them indoors
again.
. Short ly- after tho shock, power on
some of the local street car lines went
out for few minutes. but. no traffic
tie-up of any consequence resulted
and powe- MTi< ouiclIly restored.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
EXCITED OVERSU|T,
WOMAN SUCCUMBS
Mrs. Anna L. NicodemuS Strick.
en- With Heart Disease at
Home Here.

During trial of suit at Frederick,
Md, in which she was plaintiff, Mrs.
Anna Louise. Nicodemus. of this city
died here Saturday night Of heart
disease thought to have been brought
on by the strain of the court action.
The suit was instituted by Mrs
Nicodemus against w. Harmon Nico-
demus, of Washington, to make him
account for the property of his
grandmother. Mrs. America +. B.
Nicodemus, of Frederick.
Nicodemus admitted in his testi-
mony he had his grandmother COM
mitted to a Federal insane asylum
after she had transferred to him
property valued at $4,000. After her
removal to the asylum, she died.
Nicodemus testified he had used The
securities obtained from his grand
mother to defray expenses Incurred
for her.
Mrs. Nicodemus brought suit in the
interest of her two daughters, Isabelle
Louise and Eugenia Browning NiCo-
dcmus, eight and ten years old. d.
The trial was postponed Saturday
for three days, Mrs. Nicodemus lc-
turning to her home, S23 New Jersey
avenue northwest. Saturday night
she was stricken. dying within a few
hours. She was thirty-five years old.
and was the widow of DR.. Robert c.
Nicodemus. She was employed in she
office of the registrar of wills.
The funeral will be held at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon alta the II. NJ.
Perry chapel. 20 II street northwest
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
ENLIST BOY SCOUTS
FOR SAFETY DRIVE
Washington Youths to Aid in
National Campaign Begin
ming August 30.

Washington Boy Scouts will take
the principal part in the safety-irst
campaign to be conducted in this city,
beginning August so.
Plans for the campaign, which is to
be held under the auspices of the Ma
tional Safety Council, have not been
completed, but it is expected the
scouts will take part similar to that
borne by them in the "walk-rite"
campaigns held i'm this city several
years ago. in which signs advising
people to "keep to the right" etc,
had prominent place.
Lectures on safety first by MEM
bers of the National Safety Council,
members of the Washington traffic
squad and scout leaders also are en-
pected to figure in the campaign. For
two weeks, in every city in the Coun-
try where there are members of tho
National Safety Council, a contest
will be conducted to select Boy
Scout delegate to the ninth annual
safety congress to be held at Milwau-
kee, September -. with fun expenses
paid by the council as a prize.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
Franco British Brains
And American Money to
Help Develop Palestine

LONDON. July 26.--The develop
ment OF Palestine as the Jewish
Homeland will be under Franco
British Triumvirate-L Lord Reading.
Alfred Mond, British Minister OF
Public Works; and James Roths.
child. son of the baron.
Mond has donated Sl25,0O0 for the
work. lie will have charge OF the
engineering end, which includes
damminr the River Jordan for
electric power.
BothsChild was n Major with
Allcnbys's army in Palestine.
While French and British brains
will direct the work. American
money Is depended upon to finance
tho greater part of II. bernard
Flexncr. Of New York. is the only
American to get q place on tho
Zionist board OF trustees Mrs.
reter Schwcitzcr. OF New York, has
announced S5oOoo donation.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
cox TO TELL WORLD
WHERE MONEY GOES
Democratic Nominee Wants
"PitiIess Publicity for Cam
paign Expenses.
By HARRY l.. ROGERS.
News Service.

DAYTON, Ohio. July 26.--Plans for
"pitiless publicity" on campaign eN-
penditures will be worked out In de-
tail by Governor James NJ Cox, DEM
ocratic presidential nominee, at his
conference. probably today, win
senator Atlee Pomerenc OF Ohio.
II Senator. Pomcrene arrives too
late this afternoon. arrangements win
be made for q meeting with the gov
crnor at Trails End tomorrow.
Senator Pomerene, who IL mem
ber of the Senate campaign eXpendi-
lures committee. is coming TO Dayton
upon the request OF Governor Coz,
who wired him Immediately after the
meeting Of the Democratic national
at Columbus, last Tuesday.
when resolutions were adopted de-
manding that The "slush fund inves-
tIgatinE committee continue tt- ses-
sions throughout the campaign.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
D. c. Copettes Fooled
By Press Agent Stunt
In Yuki Onda Suicide

New York. and for whose body the
police of that city dragged one Of the
Central Park lakes for twenty-four
hours. was the leading; woman in Tho
Breath OF the Gods" a story OF n
Japanese-American war, which is be-
ing shown in New York movie houses
this week.
Yes, it was good press agent
stunt But the copettes who worked
on the case probably feel with the
reporters that there's such thing
as carrying joke too far.'s
And. in conclusion. here's word
Of cheer for those same cOpettes: If
you think it was a mean trick TO
put over on you. think of tho poor
men cops up in New York who are
nursing aching backs and weary
bones as a result of the twenty-four-
hosr dragging OF the Central Park
lake, all because an ambitious young
press agent had seen fit TO have de-
posted near the lake the hat OF I
woman and handbag containing
slip of paper bearing the rsme Of
Miss Nuki Onda, OF Washington.
ID. c.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
QUAKERS PLAN TO FEED
100000 GERMAN KIDDIES

BERLIN. July 2G.-- American qua
kers announce through the Berlin
press that they have secured contri-
buttons in the United states sufficient
to enable them to feed 100000 under
nourished children. These contribu-
tions come from al' classes OF Amcri-
cans
1--WE arc arranging to feed 100000
children in seventy different German
cities" says Gcheimrat Professor Doc
tor Czerny. director of the Berlin
University clinic who Is chief medical
adviser of tho American Quskers.
"ln order that the money may do
the most good all children fed viii
have n medical examination at which
II must b. definitely determined that
they arc undcrnourished. only chill
dren between the ages of two and
fifteen years will bt fed
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
GIRL RIOTERS CURSE.
AND SHREK IN JAIL
Din by Refractory Prisoners
Continues on Day Follow
ina Outbreak. q.

BEDFORD, y. y" July 26.-The race
riot at tho state Reformatory for
Women Saturday was not renewed
yesterday, bat the wailing, shrieking.
and cursing of refractory prisoners
continued from morning until night
Locked in Rebecca Hall. the prison
building of the institution. the un-
ruly inmates pounded. their cell doors
Tor hours. The regular Sunday pro-
gram of religious songs was omitted.
Miss Florence Jones, superintendent
of the institution, the six husky State
troopers who remained on duty for an
emergency and members of the board
of managers of the institution agreed
that no further outbreak was likely.
Seventy inmates. including white girls
and negroes, are locked upsin the re-
formatory prison The three girls
who escaped have not been caught.
MISS JONES RESIGNS.
Miss Jones will leave the institution
August /. She announced Saturday
that her resignation had been for
wardcd to the board of managers. IL
is believed that Miss Helen Cobb, who
was succeeded by Miss Jones. VIII
return as superintendent. In a ts]e-
gram received yesterday from Miss
Julia Minogue. formerly Miss Cobb $
assistant she said that she would re-
turn if requested to do so.
William Barrett. for ten years on
the board of managers, said Yester-
day that Saturdays riot is n vindica-
tion of Miss Cobb's system of man
agement. Miss Cobb is vindicated,
he said. and my position in resign
ing from the board in sympathy with
E1hh Vol r
had to send for the police or outside
help to maintain order" Miss Jones,
in resigning. complained that she was
not given free hand to maintain
discipline.
Johs :. Kennedy, president of the
state Commission Of Prisons. who rec
ommendcd the removal Of Miss Cobb
as reformatory superintendent, sald
yesterday that he is still of the opIn-
ion that the feformatory could be
properly managed in the hands of the
right person.
"It is necessary" he said, Ito clas-
sify and segregate the different
classes of prisoners. Kind firmness
should be used. No one is of the
opinion that any institution can be
run without discipline" ..
SAYS HANDCUFFs ARE NEEDED.
Attendants of the reformatory at
tribute Saturdays outbreak to the
fact that handouts and other equally
severe methods of restraint are no
longer used. "Thc sentimentalists,
said one veteran attendant were hor-
rified at the use of handCuffs by the
former rCgime-that is, during MISS
Cobbs administration. Saturdays s
riot could have been stopped very
o.lickly if the leaders had been hand
cuffed and isolated when the trouble
started"
Several of the prisoners. both white
and black. are under treatment for
injuries they suffered in yesterday
clash. The five Bedford policemen
who responded to the riot call were
suffering from numerous cuts and
bruises.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
WOMAN KILLED HERSELF
TRYING TO ROB JEWELER

VIENNA, July 26.--A young Aus
trian. woman invited Nicnnese
jeweler to her hotel, saying that she
had some valuable jewels for sale
The icwcler went to the hotel taking
large sum of money with him.
on his arrival the girl offered him
some beer which he refused She
thereupon. hit him over tho head with
the empty bottle and attempted to
ca,ape with the money and the jewels
The jewoler. however. was not
badly hurt, and went FOR help. On re-
turning to the room he found his
client dead on the noor. tho beer hav-
ing contained prussiC acid.
Tho woman had taken tho poison
she had intended for him.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
AFFINITY FORGIVEN
BY FEARFUL WIDOW
Mrs. POindexter Extends Hand
to Girl Found With Husband
When Slain.

CHICAGO, July 26.--"I believe my
brother was murdered for money; I
cannot accept the story that he killed
himself" said r. T.. PoindcNter, of
St. Joseph. Me. today concerning the
death of his brother, Max. oil and real
estate promoter, who was found shot
In hotel room here. The brother
added:
- had warned him to be careful
OF crooks. He may have been trailed.
Only last March someone tried to slap
him with a mixture of slow poisons."
He identified the revolver with
which his brother was killed, saying
it was one he borrow from his sister.
He continued:
my brother got the gun from his
eph on July 10. lie promised to re-
turn it. On July 3 | had a long talk
with him.
81 asked him why some one had
tried to kill him with poison. He
said he did not know, unless ii was
to get his money. He told me three
poisons were used in the attempt.
There was no motive for suicide. He
had lost $54 900 in oil, but he could
lose and smile. He came to Chicago
to close S2o3,00O realty deal"
DO you think Miss Ora Walters.
of Memphis, who had an adjoining
room. is hiding the true manner OF
your brothers. DEATH" he was asked.
II am not inclined to think so," he
answered.
Miss Walters has won forgiveness
from PoindeXtcr's widow. Weeping
and pleading. she extended her soft.
well-kept hands until they touched
the rough hands Of the widow. Tear s
flowed from Mrs. PoindcXter's eyes.
II think think j can-I do for
give you," she said.
Miss Walters was then taken back
to her cell to await the coroner's in
quest Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
TRAPPER BEATS DEATH.

MACHIAS Me- July 2G.--With one
arm shattered. the result of an aCci-
dental gunshot wound. Edgar Dowl-
ing. aged fifty, trap2cr won race
with death by successfully reaching
tho Massachusetts Institute OF Tech
nology camp Mt Gardncr's Arms. After
receiving first aid the arm was am
putated.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
MAKES. YOU CLIMB.

PROVIDENCE, Il. J.. July 26.-Ed-
ward \. Markham. .twenty-siX, found
on roof. was fined 81 and costs in
police court on a charge OF drunken
ness. Though patrolmen used all
their persuasive oratory. Markham sat
on the roof and said: you're kiddin'
me-
lie had been drinking Jamaica
ginger. moonshinc. looic and pepper
sauce" he admitted. after that you
30 climbing up.' he explained.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
Tiger, "Lloyd " George
III, Like President,
From Treaty Worries

for several weeks. After his return
from Egypt he called in DR.. Lauby,
the noted specialist from st. Raphael,
v no H. said to have confirmed the
fact that the Tigers" health is
far from satisfactory.
SO far as Lloyd George is concern
ed. the holding of the next session
OF the supreme council at Geneva
was q foregonc conclusion, as long
b before the announcement at Spa the
British premier had been ordered 10
spend a month in the Swiss noun
tains. and his colleagues dt spa
merely chose the meeting place near
the retreat he has selected IN a
mai effort Ia avoid a mental and
physical breakdown.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26

PARIS. July 26.-With the health
Of lloyd George and ClcmcnCeau un-
dermined by tho worries of treaty
making that sent President Wilson
TO his sick bed. all Of the Big
Three" who shouldcrcd the grave
responsibilities of Steering the Ner-
saiilcs compact now arc paying the
penalty for Undertaking an abnor-
nal share of the momcntous task
Of rcconstructing world peace.
Lloyd George and ClcmenCeau
both arc really seriously III. ac-
cording to statements from authori-
tativc sources. The Briusn premier
Is defying the advice of his physician
in keeping on with his work.
NJ. Clemcnccau is now at NIchy.
where he has been taking the cure
The Washington times., 1920-07-26

Richard II. Taylor, ono of the best
known investigating officers in the
Government service. who for a num-
be- of years has been in charge of
the nVestigating work of the United
states immigration Bureau through
out the United States, has resigned
after more than twenty. years of
Secret Service work, and intends open
ing "A private bureau of investiga-
tions on the Pacific coast, with head
quarters in Los Angeles.
Taylor first came into prominence
as Secret Service official when as
signed to protect the late President
Roosevelt at the time the latter as
sumed the Presidency following the
assassination of President Mckinley.
He continued in that capacity for a
number of years. and probably no Of
fetal was ever more closely associated
with Colonel Roosevelt than "Dick"
Taylor, as thS Colonel called him.
HANDLED BIG CASES.
During his many years of Govern
ment secret service work Taylor
probably handled greater variety
of Investigations thar any other of
hccr ever engaged in similar work.
He participated in the original "heef
1 Y
resulted in the assessing OF the famous
twentv-ninc million dollar fine against
the packers; the notorious Green
Gaynor conspiracy. which disclosed
frauds of over three million dollars
I'm connection with improvements
made by the Government along the
Savannah river He had charge of
the Oklahoma land fraud investiga-
tions. which involved the criminal
prosecution Of the first governor of
that state, with many other OF its
prominent citizens, who were shown
to have obtained large tracts Of land
from the Indians in violation of law;
the notorious naturalization frauds.
through which large number OF
ships officers received their licenses
at San Francisco by means Of fraudu-
lent naturalization papers; and car.
ried on many similar civil and Grim
inal Investigations.
For some time Taylor was chief Of
the New York district OF the United
states secret Service and made an
cnviablc record i'm capturing many
dangerous counterfeiters. He LEFT
this assignment to take charge OF
criminal Investigations for tho United
states immigration Service. which he
has been engaged upon for number
of years. His recent crusade against
those involved in smuggling Japanese
into the United states from Mexico,
resulted in tho prosecution OF over
two score OF smuEglers aud the ap-
prchcnsion and deportation OF hun
drcds Of japanese laborers who had
boon clandcstinelN imported some
OF the leading Japanese ranchcrs in
The Washington times., 1920-07-26

Voters of Mt. Rainier are taking
considerable interest in the special
election being held there today to de-
termine whether the bill passed by the
last General Assembly authorizing
the mayor and town council to issue
bonds for the building Of streets and
sidewalks shall become law.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26

the lmperldl NalleN' were lOunu 10 W
involved il these frauds and many
are now serving SubStdntlal pcnilfn-
tiary sentences.
WELL POSTED on CRIMINALS.
Because of his long and varied SER
vice, Taylor probably has greater
knowledge of criminals and their OPP
erations than any other investigating
officer in the Government service.
During his connection with the
United States Secret Service he was
assigned on Several occasions to the
important duty of representing the
S'"tn Department with foreign no
tables who visited this country, in
.uuIng the present King of Siam. who
before his ascendency to the Siamese
throne. made an extended tour OF the
United States. as well as Prince
Fushima, head of the Japanese army.
During the world war Taylor served
as a volunteer aid in the Naval Intel
1igcnce at the port of New York and
was responsible for the arrest and de-
tention of more alien enemies than
any other officer engaged on similar
duty.
HOLDS MEDAL FOR NALOR.
Taylor is member of the Army
and Navy Legion of Nalor and is the
holder of IL Congressional medal be-
tsowed upon him for conspicuous gal
lantry which resulted In the saving
of an American warship during the
great hurricane at Samoa a number of
years ago, in which many ships and
a large number of lives were lost.
After resigning from the naval serv-
ice Taylor studied law at the National
University in Washington before en-
tering the Government service. lie is
a native of Virginia, but has been a
resident of California for "A number
of years, and recently purchased a
beautiful foothill bungalow in Holly
wood where he will make his home.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26

It is announced that the Evansville
+ ,rmers' club will hold its next meet
inr August 81 at Snowden Hall.
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
What HYATTSVILLE
PEOPLE ARE DOING

EVANSVILLE. Nd, July 26,-The
mayor and city council Will meet in
monthly session tonight
The Washington times., 1920-07-26
<*Dick" Taylor Leaves
Secret Service; Many
Big Jobs to His Credit

the Imperial valley were found to be
involved il these frauds and many
are now serving substantial pcniten-
tiarV sentences.