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The Washington times., 1920-05-21
Alexandria Child-B -Beater Is Sent
Back to Cell Pending New Probe
Court Turns Little. Victims
Over to Home for
Orphans.

"McCabe. the proper place for you
is behind the bars" said Justice Bar
ley, of Alexandria corporation court
to James McCsbe as he ordered the
mans. three little daughters to tho
care of st. Vincent de Paurs Society,
and remanded McCabe to Jail pending
a more thorough investigation. The
children, Anna, Q; Lillian. 8. and Ade-
laide, II months. slept at the Saliva
tion Army Home since their father
was sent to Alexandria county jail on
the charge of cruelty.
A fourth child. girl eof three
months. died at the home, May IS,
physicians say from lack of nourish-
ment. Fellow workmen OF McCabe's
in the Alexandria shipyard at one
time threatened violence which re-
suited in Police Justice Thompson
sending him secretly to Rosslyn for
safety
McCabe was brought to court this
morning on motorcycle. He sat in
apparent unconcern as his older two
daughters, who he was charged with
beating with trunk strap, came
into court in charge OF Captain Hell.
wege, Of the Salvation Army. Nc
Cabe was called before the Judge.
Everybody on Patrick street SEEM
ed to be against me when | moved
in he said. my wife died when
the baby was born. The children
were untidy about the house. and ]
was forced to punish them. but l did
not do what they said I did"
Captain Helwegc described condi-
tions as he found them at the Nc
Cabe home.
"The older two girls bodies were
mass of bruises and the younger
two had not had enough to eat. Peo-
pie across the street were kent
awake nights when he beat the chill
dren. McCabe refused to let any out
siders have anything to do with the
children until he was locked up"
Little Anna and Lillian were called
up to the judges desk, where CAPTAIN
Helwege exposed the welts on the
children's body and limbs and marks
on Lillian's eyes and ear. The chill
dren told the Judge these marks were
inflicted by their father.
"It is fortunate thing these
babies did not die or you would have
been sent to the penitentiary," said
Judge Barley. 81 am amazed that snv
man could 30 far forget humanity or
the ties OF fstherhood and so mistreat
his own children"
Judge Barley. In sending McCabe
back to Rosslyn jail, instructed At
torney James Howard Smith. who rem.
Continued on Page u. Column 81
The Washington times., 1920-05-21
RAILROADS TO
GET TMORECARS
Present Needs of Carriers Call
For 1000 Additional
Locomotives.
FUND TO BE ALLOTTED MAY 20
Companies Must Assume Part
of Financial Burden, Com
mission Decides.

The proposal of the carriers that
$125 100000 of the $500, 900 re-
volving fund provided by Congress
under the new act to aid carriers
be made available for buying needed
equipment, including locomotives.
freight, and refrigerator cars, has
been accepted by the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Hearings May 20.
In announcing it's decision to rec
ommend the expenditure of a part Of
the fund for this purpose. the COM
mission stated IL would proceed at
once to determine the apportionment
OF the fund among the various lines
Hearings will be held here on tho
question of apportionment on May 20.
The commission set forth that the
minimum needs of the railroads now
are 1000 locomotives. 900 freight
cars. including 10000 refrigerator
cars. Some of this equipment is al
ready being constructed or has been
contracted for, the commission an
nounced. The remainder of the re-
Quirements of the roads for equip
ment purposes has not been ordered.
The $125. .OOO. 900 is probably less than
rs per cent OF the cost of equipment
for which orders must be yet be
placed.
The Commission in its statement
said that "it is evident that the equip
ment required to meet the transpor-
tation needs of he public can not be
secured unless the carriers, with the
aid of the 90 per cent to be ad
vanced by the government, themselves
assume the burden of financing the
remaining 10 per cent"
Distribution Plan Incomplete.
No definite or agreed plan for the
distribution of the entire fund of
$500, 5000 900 has been submitted. The
commission hoped for such co-opera-
tive action, 1t announced, but this ap-
parently has proved impracticable.
The applications of some of the
Continued on Page 10, Column 81
The Washington times., 1920-05-21
TIDAL WAVE0F
PRICE CUTTING
Small Dealer Profiteers Seek
To Unload When Banks
Shut Down.
BIG STORES LEAD IN SLASHES
Shoes Sold for $40 Drop to
$3.50-Men's Suits Less
Than Half.

NEW YORK, May 21.-The tidal
wave of price cutting continues to
roll, and groceries are inundated.
Prices have fallen in the anxiety
of the small dealer profteers and
middlemen to unburden themselves
of the contents of cold storage ware
houses from which the banks had
withdrawn loans. Clothing, shoes,
and other Wearing apparel continue
their decline. Price cutting has be-
come an epidemic. 1t is country
wide.
Shoes Hit the Ground.
Some shoe and clothing dealers are
making a pretense at maintaining the
war standard of prices, but nobody is
patronizing their stores.
The big department stores have
taken the lead and prices are being
slashed in every direction.
Shoes that had been selling for SO
have dropped to $3.50.
I Mems spring suits, intended for
salc At 500 to 800, are going for
Mems shirts that have been soaring
around the SO mark, have dropped to
$3.50.
Straw hats are still listed at q
minimum of $3.50, but nobody is buy
ing. They are the same quality that
few years ago sold at ST.
Wall Street yesterday showed ad-
ditional losses of l to 3 points below
the previous day, which had estab-
lished new low records. The market
recovered bit at the close hut the
outlook is recognized by the brokers
as exceedingly dark.
The attack on high prices made by
the banks, in accordance with the
policy Of the Federal Reserve Com
mission for general dcfiation, had its
eject Banks everywhere withdrew
loans Local banks received mes
sages from their out-of-town corre-
spondents testifying to the rising
tide of the price-cutting movement
Wall Street brokers are resigned to
period of inactivity. The books
Continued on Page 3. Column g.
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Before being put to the sanity ex-
perts. tho hypothetical question was
submitted to Judge Brown, presiding
at the trial That emotions, aroused
when she saw the man who had cast
her aside in company with other
women, crazed her to such an extent
that she lost control OF her faculties
was the theory upon which Miss Zim-
mernRn's attorneys contend that she
was hot responsible for what fol-
lowed.
Twenty-Five witnesses have been
summoned by the Commonwealth
for rebuttal testimony. The defense
The Washington times., 1920-05-21

MEXICO CITY, May 21.-Indi-
cations today are that Adolfo de la
Huerta will be chosen provisional
president of Mexico by a large
majority, when the election is held
in congress on Monday. s.~ :.
Troops are arriving from all parts
of Mexico for great military
demonstration, while the balloting
is in progress. The soldiers will be
led by Gen. Alvaro Obregon, Gen.
Manuel Pelaez, Juan A. Lamazan,
Pedro Gabay, and other chiefs who
took a prominent part in the over
throw of the Carranza regime.
Padres Made Chairman.
Congress was formally organized
with Gustave Padres as chairman. He
is one of Obregon's trusted lieutcn-
ants.
Reports that Carranza is on the
point of being captured were revived
today. These reports were said to be
based upon official advices.
Carranza's refuge in the Sierra
Madre mountains was reported to be
almost surrounded by revolutionary
troops.
Prof. Jose Natividad Macias, for
, mer rector Of the national university.
and formerly one of Carranza's ad-
visers, has been captured near Vera
Cruz and brought to this city.
The majority of deputies in the
Mexican congress. in session here to
elect provisional president, are said
to favor de La Huerta. The deputies
have adjourned, however, without Sc
lecting a successor to Carranza and
will meet again Monday.
Carranza and his party, on fleeing
Mexico City, carried away 100000
pesos in gold and silver coins, Con-
gress was informed. The loot was
taken from the national treasury.
Sentiment among the deputies after
the announcement portends that Car
rama will be impeached, IL captured.
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in return receives no war or
any other kind of service what
ever.
at is now eighteen months
since the armistice was sign
I'd. With no war demands
upon the roads, with no War
Board giving arbitrary priority
orders, and no interference with
the fullest and freest oper-
alton and control of the rail-
roads by their owners, they
run up the white flag and
make an unconditional surren-
der to the Government, con-
Tossing their inability to give
service to the public in time Of
perfectly normal conditions,
that the Government was able
to and did give during actual
hostilities and for fifteen
months thereafter.
"The alleged reasons for
asking the Government to take
over the petitioning roads are
not temporary in character, nor
sudden and unforseeable.
"Car shortage is in no sense
such an emergency.
"How long is this self i'm
posed Government operating re-
ceivcrship to continue? How
long viii, it take, under Gov
ernment operation, for the pc
titioning roads to rehabilitate I
Will anybody venture a guess
car shortage, track shortage,
age, money shortage and creo
porary and transitory, or is it
"My diagnosis Is that N
private ownership and operatio
the public is to receive the 8
reasonable rates, it will have
without profit on investment 9
The Washington times., 1920-05-21
CARDINAL GIBBONS MAY
OPEN G. 0. P. CONVENTION

CHICAGO. May 21.-Cardinal Glib
bons, highest Roman Catholic digni-
tary In the United states, may pro-
nounce tho invocation at the opening
OF the Republican national conven-
ton here, It was reported today fol-
lowing the action of the convention
committee on arrangements in send
ing a telegram to the Cardinal ask
ing him to be present on the opening
day, June 10.
Cardinal Gibbons will be in Chicago
June TO take part In the seventy
ffth anniversary celebration of the
establishment OF the Chicago diocese
and the silver jubilee of Archbishop
Mundelein-
The Washington times., 1920-05-21
Beating Children Held Rossbn Jail Escape Violence
!. c. c. GRANTS ROADS $125,ooo,0oo TO END JAN

McCae auhor
Armyof
hodies
The Washington times., 1920-05-21
81 CARLOADS OF SUGAR.
SOUGHT BY u. S AGENTS

CHICAGO, May 21.--rifty-one
freight cars loaded with 3 OG0 600
pounds Of sugar are being sought
In the railroad yards here by Federal
agents.
1t is said the sugar has been shifted
around on side tracks for two weeks
and, according to Information in the
hands OF District Attorney Charles II.
Clyne, no attempt has been made TO
unload the cars Sugar ls being sold
at ~ cents a pound retail
The Washington times., 1920-05-21
Mexican Congress Expected to
Make Him Provisional Execu-
tive Monday.
PLAN BIG DEMONSTRATION
Carranza Reported on Point Of
Capture in Sierra Madre
Mountains.
MEXICO CUTS H. c. |.
WITH EMBARGO

By placing a strict embargo on
the expectation of foodstuffs,
hides, and other commodities. the
provisional government OF Mexico
has within a period of a few days
materially reduced the cost Of
living. according to advices reach
the State Department through OF.
fcial channels.
The price of the best cuts OF
beef, 1t was stated, had fallen to
Sh cents, Mexican, per kilo. or ap-
proximately . cents a pound.
The Washington times., 1920-05-21

alienists will again testify, and then
Dr. L. Vernon BrisSs and Or. A. War
OF the prosecution, will go on. No
session OF the court will be held to-
morrow. There was no indication to-
day that the case would go to the
jury before the middle OF next week.
The Superior Court was in an up-
roar yesterday when the lie was
passed between District Attorney
Wright and Peter Balkin. n witness
in behalf OF Miss Zimmerman.
Prior to the testimony OF BalkIn
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Zimmerman Girl Not
Sane WhenDoctor Was
Slain, Defense Claims

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 21.-The battle of alien
lists in the trial of Miss Jennie Zimmerman accused Of say
ing her cousin, DR.. Henry Zimmerman, began today
The opening gun the introduction by the defense of
hypothetical question: 1000 words in length for subms
sion to two alienists-Dr Paul Waterman, of Hartford,
Conn. and DR.. Thorton E. Vail, of Enfield Conn.
The Washington times., 1920-05-21
DUMPS BEANS IN BAY.

MOBILE, Ala. May 21.-The Boston
Tea Party was paralleled here yester-
day when an Eastern Shore produce
trucker dumped his cargo of snap
beans into Mobile bay rather than sell
them to local produce men at so cents
a bushel.
The Washington times., 1920-05-21
JAPS TO SIGN
BRITISH PACT
China Anxious Over Agreement
of London and Tokyo to
Renew Alliance.
FEARS FOR SOVEREIGNTY
Britain Indicates Doubt OF
Leagues Ability to Protect
Her Far East Interests.

The British and japanese govern
ments have reached an agreement
to renew the Anglo-Japanese Alli-
ance which expires this year. Under
this agreement japan looks after
British interests in the Far East
along certain lines and Great
Britain performs similar service
for Japan in Europe and elsewhere.
League Enters Question.
II is known to Americans in high
places that British statesmen did not
desire to renew the alliance for an
other term of years provided the
League of Nations became an effec-
tive force and England could depend
on it to protect adequately its inter-
ests in the Orient, together with the
interests of other member nations.
japan. on the other hand. at all
times has been anxious to renew the
alliance, since to do so would further
strengthen. her prestige throughout
the, world. go,
L Tne 0eCIttOn o1 bifsa'" W
ia construed as meaning English
statesman have real doubt OF the ef-
! fectiveness of the League OF Nations
without the United States as mem
her In the circumstances, Britain
has taken a step which Is conceoed
here to be wise IL British interests IN
tho Orient are to be looked after
properly.
The Versailles treaty requires that
any treaties entered into by nations
which, are members of the League OF
Nations or between members and non
members shall be submitted TO the
league. This will be done with the
,, new AngIo-Japanese treaty when the
draft is perfected and signed.
Renewal Expected.
There have been intimations OF an
alliance between Japan. soviet Russia
and Germany, but the renewal or the
Anglo-Japanese alliance is expected
among other things, to put An end TO
any speculation about a treaty ar
rangement between japan and Ger
many. however, Germany might well
come such an arrangement, more
especially il it included Russia.
A report from Peking says the
Chinese foreign office has instructed
it's diplomatic representatives in Lon
don and Tokyo to request the British
and Japanese governments to first
consult China IL a revision OF the
Anglo-Japanese treaty shall include
any clauses which aim at the integ-
rity Of China.
such a provision in a treaty be-
tween two foreign nations, the Peking
government holds, would violate the
principle of national equality and in
| fringe upon the sovereignty of China.
Warning has been given that the
Chinese people will not accept re-
vised Anglo-Japanese treaty contain
ing such provisions.
LONDON. May 21.-The Chinese
Cabinet has decided to decline to en-
ter into direct negotiations with ia
pan regarding a settlement OF the
Shantung question, as requested by
the Japanese Ambassador at Peking,
The Washington times., 1920-05-21
Private Control of Rails Is
Failure, Says Sims
BY THETUS w. SIMS,
Chairman Of the House Interstate ConAmerce Conn
cratic Control Of Congress-


"The railroads have acknowledged their inability
time Of and while in receipt of Government subsidy
They have asked the Government through the Interstate
Commission control and to again operate them
fed by the exercise Of arbitrary
all that exercised by the Government during
"At this time state profound
affecting railroads
cepon that the Government is paying rental practically
The Washington times., 1920-05-21

leir physical and financial condition? ?
The railroads are suffering from
terminal shortage, locomotive short
Il shortage. Is this condition tenn
permanent?
I patient is sick unto death; that
, is a emonstrated failure; that, IL
srvice Of transportation at just and
to be furnished by the Government
I'd operation"
The Washington times., 1920-05-21

IL you contemplate q trip to New
York, the Washington Times Hotel
Burcan will. without charge, rcs~xve
r~"sns fo~ yoA Gall Main b2eA
The Washington times., 1920-05-21

LONDON. May 21.-The Chinese
Cabinet has decided to decline to en-
ter into direct negotiations with ia
pan regarding a settlement OF the
Shantung question, as requested by
the Japanese Ambassador at Peking,
according to a dispatch to Reuters
from the Chinese capital.
The Washington times., 1920-05-21
WEATHER

Partly eiossy sssssht
aaS tsaerve~t little
ehsaSe IN Temperature.
Teapsrsssre ~ . .. sa-.
- degrees.
The Washington times., 1920-05-21

! Mr.. Willard, president of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany, says he is against Govern
ment ownership, because it would
end magnificent, independent
manhood"
He says, 81 do not fear, as some
do, that Government ownership
of railroads would destroy our
form of Government" But he
thinks our splendid country, with
its magnificent, independent man
hood, would be seriously damaged.
Has Government ownership of
the Postoffice and parcel post,
the only distributing agency work
ing efficiently just now, destroyed
Sny magnificent manhood? Is a
letter carrier in the uniform Of
Government necessarily less in
dependent than any other worker?
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-03

right up to the climax. She got dead serious for
once, and told him she'd never had any idea what
life meant till she met him. So he suggested help
ing her to fight all the battles of life and all that
rubbish that man talks when he's embarrassed
and don't know what to say-and the little divvil,
pardon me, it's all can call her, laughed in his
face. Said she didn't want to marry him, that he
made elegant summer beau, but too fighty
for husband"
shell get punished for 1t, mark my word"
Mrs Briggs insisted.
"She did-last Tuesday. That's what I'm COM
ing to. She went back to New York, and did
the tall girl, and Stan went to the demnitOn bow
vows for awhile. Then he braced up and went
into the cold cream business. Just happened to
get into that line Of manufacturing and he's
rolled up barrels of money. The little girl mar
ried an Englishman with title and cut swath
in London society for season. Then she had
trouble, when her husband found out she really
didn't have as much money as she pretended.
So he divorced her, after he'd BACKED one of her
brown eyes and called her several kinds Of pet
names. After that she had various kinds Of hard
times, and finally about year ago she went to
STAN Walked right in and gave him to under
stand that she'd recOnsidered the queston-and
wouldn't he please take her back to his heart and
love and support her. don't you know? And she
appealing about it that he almost went in
to the old madness about her. The only thing
that saved film was an Easter card. He adver-
tised last January for sketches in color, with
prizes amounting to thousand dollars, for six
cards to be sent out to the trade, and one of the
designs, submitted without any name or anything
to show who painted it, gave him awful Jolt.
1t was the facade of an old Roman tomb, and the
tomb was empty and half dead rose vine that
climbed the marble had burst into foliage
and flowers just above the door, and over It there
the most wonderful light Oh. Stan didn't
consider putting it in the contest. He had 1t
framed to hang in his bedroom, where he could
it the first thing in the morning, to inspire
him for the day. Under 1t that text from
Corinthians, old things are passed away; behold,
all things become new He sent out the other
prizes, and then he asked the artist who painted
that one to come and get her money Said II was
worth $500 to hirl, and she came-and let me tell
you, it was the tall girl he'd turned down fifteen
years ago."
you don't mean it," "What do you think of
thatl A chorus of EXPLANATIONS burst from his
hearers.
'Yes; the same tall girl with the serious dark
eyes and the rich cOntrato voice"
Then whatT
HE married her that very day."
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-03
A LEOPARD CANNOT
CHANGE ITS SPOTS
Mar. Dodson, the oliver Tone" Man,
Tells the Treachery OF
CaIomei.

Calomel loses you day! You know
what caIomel is. It's mercury; quick
silver. CalomeI is dangerous. 1t crashes
into sour bile like dynamite, cramping
and sickenng you. Calomel attacks
the bones and should never be put into
your system.
When you feel bilious, sluggish, con
sfipated and all knocked out and be-
lieve YOU need a dose of dangerous cal
omel just remember that your druggist
sells for a few cents large bottle OF
Dodson's Liver Tone, which is entirely
vegetable and pleasant to take ana IS
q perfect substitute for calomel. 1t IS
guaranteed to start your liver without
stirring you up inside, and can not
saiiyate.
Don't take calomell 1t can not be
,arusted any more than a leopard or II
wildcat. Take Dodson's Liver Tone
which straightens you right up and
makes you feel fine. Give 1t to the
children because it is perfectly harm
less and doesn't gripe.-Adv.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-03
Sore Eyes, Blood-Shot Eyes, Watery Eye
Sticky Eyes, all healed promptly with night
" applications Of Roman Eye Balan.-
Adv.
Identified.

1t was dark night and the car
was Speeding hOmeward at terrible
rate.
"What road have you taken, Jamesr
cried Mrs. Blithers, as the car jolted
her high in the air.
"The regular boulevard. Mrs. Blith
ers." returned the chauffeur.
But never noticed all these thank.
you-marms on the boulevard before
protested Mrs. Blithers.
"Oh." laughed the chauffeur, those
were not thank-you-marms, Mrs. Blu
ers! They were just few people VINO
couldn't get out of the way"
Whereupon Mrs. Blithers laughed
too. What a droll mistake 1t was %
be sure Pittsburgh Sun.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-03

called the nuns scourge," suggesting
to the Gallo mind the Negotiations of
the penitents. In Belgium the nastur-
tium is named the ''capuchin.' because
its shape suggests the hood of Capuch-
ms. In England the cowslip is some
times called st. Peters wort, because
1t is supposed to show the bunch of
keys that is st. Peters symbol The
Germans call it "the key of heaven"
and as such it figures very beautifully
In Hauptman's 1.-THE Sunken Bell"
The speedwell, or veronica, from early
times was associated with the legend
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-03
PLAN UNIQUE FOREST SYSTEM
New Workers Aim to Make County
One Continuous Park, and Have
the Trees Pay Taxes.

To make the lOafing acre work is
the plan of Otsego county, New York.
which has started a campaign to plant
a forest of 100 acres on the waste
lands in each of the "a townships of
that county.
The plans, says the New York Times,
are to develop county system similar
to the city park plan, with its har-
monized system of connecting boule-
wards. The project involves the de-
velopment Of comprehensive highway
system.
The forests will be located so that
they will serve as green nature sign
boards along the highways, to adver-
tise to the world that the county has
its own forests, owned, planted and
maintained by the public for the fu-
ture generations.
AS the trees mature they will pro-
vide in the future an income which
will mean an actual cash return to
serve as an offset against taxation.
European towns often pay the cost of
operation of their government from
their forests, having no taxes, but this
requires greater area of forest than
is proposed for Otsego.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-03
FLOWERS OF EASTER TIME

Trinity; the monks regarded the pansy
as the flower of trinity or herb trim
ity:" name also given by the Fa-
theirs to the triple leaf of the anem-
one The amaranthus, as far back
as the Greeks, was symbol of i'm
mortality, and still in some Roman
Catholic churches 1t is used for decora-
ton or Ascension day. The variety
we best know as Notwithstanding, I"
because Of its coler. IL in France