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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-23
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT
BEGINS AT WINSTON SALEM
Harralnurentr Sermon VIII lie
Preached Today by President
Honathnier, of the College.

Especial 20 The m.S-DispatchD
WINSTON SALEM, y. c.. May 22-
The llSth annual commencement Of
Salem College opened this morning
with graduating exercises of senior
class which were attended by Il large
audience of patrons and friends.
This afternoon Miss Pennington, of
spencer, gave her graduating reel
tai. Tonight a play entitled Ian
celot and Elaine" was given on the
college campus by students with
pleasing effect.
The baccaiaureatc sermon will be
preached tomorrow at IL o'clock by
President II. l.. Ronothalcr. OF the
college. sunday evening senior ves-
per services VIII be conducted by
Rev. ]. X. Pfohl, in the home Mora
van church.
Monday will be alumnae and senior
day. The morning will be devoted TO
class reunions and senior exercises
IN the afternoon. Monday evening
Haydns famous oratoTio, The crea-
ton" viii be rendered
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COMMITTEE FREE TO ACT
AS TO IRISH RECOGNITION
Colby Says No Facts In Connection
With Foreign Relations to
Deter Proposed Action.
IDy Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. May 22.--Sccretary
Colby wrote Chairman Porter. Of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee. to-
day that there were mo facts" In
which should deter the committee
from any action on pending resoiu-
tons dealing with Irish freedom
which is dictated by good judg-
mcnt" and the committee felt CON
scicntiously impclled to take
The secretary added. however. that
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ABSENCE OF U. S.
3 HANDlCAPS ACTION


\ implies the abridgement OF certain
French, rights are outlined in the
Original treaty. France finds herself
such abridgemcnt unless the inter
& national loan gives her the certainty
that she would be able 10 recover
within reasonable measure her war
: losses.and within reasonable time
I. proceed 10 renewed and prosper
! Gus existence under the Franco
British understanding OF the en-
forccmcn, OF tho financial clauses
of the peace treaty.
PoincarcH Resignation Important
The+most importan, current event
of the week has been the resigna-
tlon OF cx-Presid.n' Poincare from
the craftsmanship Of the commission
OH PREPARATIONS. This had been cX-
q nected, since Poincare is not man
Il who will endure being left in "A help
less position and the commission on
reparatioDs had been able 10 achieve
very little in the way OF effective
work .because 1t had ben handicap
ped from the start by internal dis
agrccpncnt soon becoming chronic.
Furtht rrrore. he sternly isapproved
the conc e6sions made TO Great Britain
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AS the almost certain leader OF the
eventual new ministry it is obvious
+ that he has determined TO keen
b c'ear go. an MilieFahd commitments
to the British. During the past two
months he has not hcsitn,cd To ex.
& .,f ~ eN
\ press soNerjhis signature In the press
his dscontcnt and II is rumored tina,
Lloyd George at Hythc frankly
pointed out to Miiierand what seemed
"'" ""'' seemed
10 hipi inc c!ash between Monsieur
Poincare's official position and this
journalistic attitude. even riving
4 strong NFit'th expressions on the
subject.
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keen siIen, u,h,r ,ao,t. ~
senti5t and fully realizing the in
congrhity of holding the scuiiudicial
position OF chairman OF m. con,ni,,a.
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CONTROVERSIES with regard In o,hcr
matters which n. toI, -,
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KEANE GETS PRISON TERM
Mcnt Packer Convicted OF Defrnudinr
and Sentenced 10 ~ Months
md S5,NN Fine.
my Associated rrcssl

NORFOLK. VA. May ,2.-T. T..
keanc. a Washington meat packer.
was today in tho United States Dis
trict court fined $1,000 and sentenced
to eighteen months in prison on the
charge of conspiracy to defraud the
government in furnishing meat 10
the government
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mier. This might he most distaste-
full to Great Britain.
The issue is likely to be decided
during the conversations which Will
occur in London during the next few
days and Mt the conference which will
occur at Ostend early in June.
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
HARDING: THE BLUE VOID.

Harding is modest, they say. He will not try to do everything him. self. He will not make rubber stamps of his cabinet officers. He will sur round himself with abler men than himself, who, as a body, will run the government as no single man, no mat ter how much of a superman, could run it. Think of Harding's appointees as a brilliant circle of stars, with Harding the blue void within. Is that not a sufficient reason for voting for him? Surround yourself with men abIer than yourself. Excellent advice, but try to apply it, and see how often you will be disillusioned, even if, like Harding, you have so little to start with that the chance next conner ought to be capable of nagnifying you. The men who succeed through this plan have to be men of sure judg- nent ard independent will at the very least. But Harding? His nlodesty ought to go further. He ought to an- nounce not that he will select the men of superior ability to surround him, but that he will let them surround him of their own initiative, or, per- haps, at the initiative of those po- litical leaders who selected Harding for us as the kind of President we deserve. Elect Harding, and the blue void is guaranteed; but the brillian circle remains to be materialized.- The New Republic.
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
ONLY UNDERTAKER CAN MAKE HIM
 LEAVE POSITION

Hartford, Conn., Aug. 3-It was re- ported at Boston today that Federal Prohibition Enforcement Director for New England William J. Mccarthy of this city had refused the position of assistant revenue deputy collector rather than satisfy certain political interests and former liquor dealers of New England who have attempted, through Washington it is said, to have him removed from the office he now holds. The director of the dry forces in this section returned from Washington Monday.
 "New England is credited with be- ing the cleaneSt district in the coun- try, according to Chief Kramer at personally I intend to keep it so; and with the allowance of fifty more oper- ators next week I should be in a position to increase my work here and I assure you that, in spite of great opposition we are now receiving this department will cover every nook and corner of New England.
 "I am back here, and here to stay. All the rumors about my resigning have no foundation whatever. I am not going to resign because certain | political interests are constantly en- gagged in spreading rumors as to my being detained in sanatoriums and in- sane hospitals and other rumors of a malicious nature. John F. Kramer, prohibition enforcement chief at Washington, recently suggested that l take the position of assistant deputy collector, This I refused, not intend ing to satisfy certain politicians and former liquor men of New England The appointment would have meant considerable more money and ad- vancement.
 '"The state of Rhode Island has not compiled with government prohibi- ton laws any too well,'' he said 'The l only man who will take me off this 1 job is the undertaken" he concluded
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
OBSERVE
 JITNEYS HERE
Officials of Other Cities Seek Information As To Situation Here Operation of the Buses Becoming More Emci- ent.

Bridgeport, Conn, Aug. 3, 1920.
 The j!tney officials are in receipt of requests for information in regard to the situation here from cities all over the country where the trolley service has fallen down and attempts are be- ing made to eliminate the jitneys for the benefit of the trolley companies.
 Special correspondents from papers in Massachusetts and New Jersey have been in this city getting data for their papers on the situation here and Bridgeport seems to be making his tory on transportation requirements.
 The operation of the jitney buses throughout the city and on suburban routes is becoming more efficient every day and very few complaints are now being received by the jitney oficials of lack of transportation fa- cilities.
 The crowds during the rush hours are being moved more quickly each day of the trolley strike.
 There seem to be no chance of the trolleys resuming operation in the near future and nothing was done by the mayor or aldermen at the meet ing last night and there seems to be no prospect that the city will take any action to comply with the demands of President Storrs that the competition of the jitneys with the .trolleys in this city be eliminated,
 There was considerable anxiety al the meeting on the part of both the trolley company and the jitneymer who attended the meeting. In the audience last night were a number of trolley inspectors and friends and also the officials of the jitney associa- tions who believed that sorne reso.u' ton bearing on the situation would bt introduced.
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
ADVERTISING'S
 ECONOMIC EFFECT

Advertising has a profound effect on retail distribution and it's works for efficiency.
 It is complained by merchants that there are too many people in their business. There is @ common tend ency, when a few men get a good trade built up and are serving the push in and divide up the trade Sometimes the new men do better work than the old ones. In most cities, retail trade could be conducted with better service to the public if there were fewer stores. A few eff cient stores give better service than a lot of places that do too small a busi- ness to do it on close margins.
 Advertising is the means by which this tendency is corrected. It elini- mates the unfit, and makes it impos- sibIe for an inefficient store to sur vive, or to get any considerable share of business.
 Advertising tends to concentrate business in the advertised stores. As these stores get larger volume of trade, their expenses are relatively less. When they double their trade as the result of publicity, the charge that has to be made against each article for overhead expense, clerk hire, etc, is reduced.
 It makes a, big difference in the cost of goods, whether space occu- pied, clerks employed, overhead ex- pense incurred, are large or small for the business done. Advertising en- abIes a store oacquire a sufficient volume to keep it's plant and working force running on an economical basis. This does not always mean that the large store sells cheaper than the small one. If the small one stays in business it is usually because it rend- CTS some service exceptionally well. But as it increases sales through ad- vertising, it is in position to sell cheaper than previously.
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
JAPANESE DENY
 SMUGGLING CHARGE:

San Francisco, Aug. 3.-The charge of Representative Albert Johnson, chairman of the House Committee on Immigration and Naturaliza ton, at Tacoma, Wash, yesterday that Jap anese association in Pacific coast states have assisted in the smuggling Of Japanese into the United States was characterized in a statement issued here today by K. KansalSi, seer etary of the Japanese Association of Amer ica, being 'tas astounding as it is groundless.
 tions not given assistance to Japanese attempting to enter the United States from Mexico or any other country, :" but they have co-operated With immi- grafton authorities in preventing
 smuggling and in loca ting and identi- flying those who have entered the country unlawfully, the statement de- olared.
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
EAGLE RODE ON
 SALM0N'S BACK

Seattle, Wash, Aug. s.-Every man aboard the schooner Roosevelt, from
 the master to the cook, in from a re- cent voyage, said they would take an
 oath that they saw a, huge bald eagle
 take a wild ride on a salmon's back
 Nudge and Seymour Narrows, Gulf
 of Georgia: And they brought the
 eagle to Seattle to prove it.
 The Roosevelt was on its way to
 Seattle from the fishing banks in He
 cate Strait. Shortly after passing
 Seymour Narrows members of the. crew said they noticed a bald eagle
 flying close to the water, near the ves-
 sel. As they watched the big bird
 skimming near the surface, a spring salmon, estimated to weigh about 20 pounds, leaped clear of the swift nov
 ing current Quick as a flash the eagle drove his sharp talons into the fish'S back.
 There was a great splash as the big
 springer dived, taking the eagle be- heath the surface All hands rushed to the rail to watch the struggle. | Three times they said, the fish and the bird disappeared in the water while the Roosevelt steered a course close behind them.
 Finally the eagle loosened it's hold on the salmon and Topped over on the surface of the water completely ex- hausted. It had put up a game fight ! but had lost it's prey. The crew of the Roosevelt pulled the bird aboard with a bait hook. The eagle was nearly drowned but on deck it soon recovered and showed fight. While the battle between the bird and the fish was in progress two other eagles, the Roosevelt's men said. l flew around the vicinity Screanin g | loudly. Captain Barney Pedersan pre- sented the captured eagle to one O be local r,1l,1jo marks
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
NEW HAVEN KICKS
 ON GAS INCREASE

New Haven, Aug. S.-As far as the Board of Aldermen is concerned, the service charge for gas just put into effect by the New Haven Gas Light company IS not to go unchal1enged. The board upon motion of Afderma n Richard Kenyon. at its regular month ly meeting last night passed a resolu ton directing the lighting committee to wait upon the proper auth critics of the gas company, and inform them of such popular protest against the insti- tutlon of the service charge of the company as has reached the members of the board.
 Alderman Kenyon stated that the service charge is unfair and inequit- able to the small consumers of gas, who could better afford to pay an in- crease in the cost of gas itself. because they could economize upon their total consumption, but he opposed a fiat in crease as absolutely unfair
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
NOTE RESULTED
 IN FREEDOM FOR
 CHINESE MAIDEN

San Francisco, Cal, July 31.- Shuffling homeward through the fog in Chinatown the other night, Chin ese youth noticed a piece of white paper flutter through a circle of light from a street lamp and fall to the pavement. He picked it up, and read its message, in Chinese characters:
 II am a slave girl. I wish to get away from my cruel masters. l have been kept a prisoner six years on the fourth floor of Ills Stockton street My name is Loi Mui. I was brought here from China when I was a little girl. I have a friend who says if can send word to the man who passes in blue clothes with a star they will help me. I want to go back to China. Please help me-
 The young Oriental to whom the
 note had fallen happened to be American born. He knew that it was dangerous to interfere with the girls captors and to inform might mean
 death for him and his family. He went to the Hall of Justice with the note and his name will never be known to anyone but the police. Police Captain O'Meara, with fed eral officers and a representative of a Chinese mission, raided the place i an hour after the letter was dropped 1 out of the window. They battered l down three doors and on the fourth l floor they found Loi Mui.
 1 The girl is held in the city prison 1 while federal officers investigate the story. She may be deported. She i said she was sold as a slave in China 1 when she was 12 and brought to 1 this country afterward. Detectives say | she was held by the Hop Sing tong one of the strongest factions o1
 Chinatown.
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
lO8 HURT HERE IN
 MONTH
Bridgeport. Conn.,, Aug. 3, 1920. 268 Accidents in Traffic During the Month of July-About the Same As the Record of Last Year-61 Jitneys, Sc Trolley Cars Figured.

The monthly report of the Traffic Department given out this morning at Police Headquarters shows that there were 268 accidents occurring during the month of July. Of this number there were 108 injuries to persons resulting and two persons were killed. There were 61 jitney buses concerned in the accidents, 36 trolley cars and 364 other vehicles figuring in the remainder of the acci- dents.
 Compared with the record for the month of July in 1919 the records for the same month this year show a slight increase. There were 230 ac- cidents reported for July, 1919, with 75 persons injured and four deaths resulting. There were 79 jitneys that figured in the accidents, 31 trolIeys and 2S9 other vehicles.
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
Planned To Steal
 Child, Daring Arrest

she expected to be arrested in that as Bolshevik, Mrs. Moiseyeff said. "She always went into a back room when strangers called. She intend ed to leave on Tuesday for the coun- try, she said, but I believe now Mrs. Sokolowsky was going for her little girl. She was very good to Leon, but she was sic in bed for two days. Once she came in looking deathly pale and told me that she almost fell down. Then I said that she couldn't carry Leon around and would have to look for another place.
 A reporter was talking with Mrs. Sokolowsky in the Tombs yesterday when her former neighbor Mrs. Wal ter Kelley, walked in with Detective Currier of New Haven. The prisoned threw out her arms and cried:
 "Oh Mrs. Kelley, where is my lit tie Girl?"
 Mrs. Kelley replied that the New Haven authorities had charge o1 Adona, and Mrs. Kelley departed. She was called merely to identify the pris- oner.
 T did not want to kill my hus- band" she said, brokenly. 'I want to keep him. I'm afraid he leaves me again and Adona have no father So I pour carbolic acid. Other wom- en they care for his good looks, l him, just the same without good looks
 She showed no emotion when ar raigned in the Tombs Court. Mag istrate Earl A. Smith committed her here for thirty days, pending extra dition. Coroner Eli Mix of New Ha- ven interviewed her.
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06

New York, Aug. 3-Todsy Mrs Alexandria Sokolowsky meant to visit New Haven. risk arrest on the charge of killing her husband, find Adona, her daughter of five, and lead her away into hiding.
 Instead of that she sits in the Tombs, forlo-n figure of an actual Russian tragedy.
 Frank Sokolowslzy, the husband she tricd to keep from other ~omen by disfiguring him with carbolic acid on June 26, is lost to her forever. She faces the charge of murder. It is probable that the little girl will never be in her arms again
 The police received last night from Mrs. Araham Moiseyeff, of 501 West l22d Street, clothes which Mrs. Soko- lowsky had hoped to use to capture her child. They included a neat boys suit Of blue, intended as a disguise Tor little Adona, and a black veil, a new hat and other bit of dress that might have hidden Mrs SokoIowsky's identity.
 Mrs. Sokolowsky had been taking care of Mrs Moiseyeffs baby Leon curing her ten days in New York Leon is seven months old, has curly
 
 when Mrs Sokolowslxy went away with the detectives She had been singing strange Russian lullabies to Leon and making much of him.
 Mrs Sokolowsky had nearly finish ed making two pretty white coats for Leon, when detectives caught her out walking in red suit which had been mentioned in a circular about her.
 She had told me as a joke that
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
Ponzi Line
 Fills Before
 Break Of Day
Today's Crowd of Creditors Promised to Be the Big
 gest Yet In Run

Boston, Aug. 3-Anxious note hold CTS in the 'N50 per cent in 90 days'' investment proposition of Charles PonZi began to form in line outside his offices long before daylight today clamoring for the return of their money. The first claimant appeared at the rear entrance at 8 a. m. He had no chance to get lonesome for soon after other noteholders began to arrive. A score were on hand by five o'clock and as the usual opening hour of o'clock approached the line grew rapidly, giving indications of the big gest crowd of creditors since Ponzi began paying back money more than a week ago.
 Many of those in line were from other New England cities where Ponzi has maintained branch offices. Man
 agers of several branches had an- nounced that 48 hours notice was re-
 quired before money could be with
 drawn, explaining that the delay was
 necessary in order that funds might
 be obtained from the head office in
 Boston, and many investors preferred
 to come to Boston for their money rather than wait.
 Ponzi. in a statement again asserted
 that lis buSin ess was solvent and that he was prepared to meet all demands.
 He estin ated that up to last night he had paid out about $5, 800, 900 since the run began. He asserted that he would have millions left'' after meeting all obligations and that he was still con | sidering the offer of a New York banker whom he did not name. to buy his business. ''The banker and his French partners" Ponzi said, will have a conference with me today Edwin L. Pride, federal auditor, said l it would require several days more to ! h n m | had found no indication of criminality l thllS far
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
MANY THEFTS OF
 BICYCLES HERE

Tfaaa sniore. thefts of bicycles were reported to the detective bureau at Police Headquarters today. The epidemic of missing and stolen bicy- cies is taking up a lot of the detec- tives. time these days. It must be that since the trolleys absented them selves from the streets that the bicy- cle Is doing a comeback and regain ing its old popularity. There are eleven bycles being held in the detec- tive bureau at the present time which have not been claimed by the own CTS. The victims of the lost mac1ines that reported their losses yesterday were Benjamin Harris of z5' Beard sley street: Anthony Fibre of 1105 yIindley xtreet, and Clifford Fox of JBo Black Rock avenue. There were four machines reported lost strayed or stolAn yeztArdax.
Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
SEVEN STITCHES
 TO CLOSE WOUND;
 ASSAILANT. HELD
Bridgeport, Conn.,, Aug. 3, 1920.


 John Howard of 531 Housatonic avenue and Claude Moore. of 102 South avenue, who were arrested last night on a charge of breach of the peace and assault were in the City Court this morning before Judge Frederic A. Bartlett. Howard was bound over to the September term of the Criminal Superior Court under bonds of s1000 and Moore had his bonds of $500.
 colored, are alleged to have assault ed George Nickel, white, of 52 George street, about 12 o'clock last night in a free for all fight that nearly caused a riot, but which was quelled by the prompt arrival of a squad of police Nickel who was sitting in an automo- bile in front of the Connecticut Lunch on Congress street, when the fight started claims that he was slashed on the neck by a sharp pointed in strument but whether it was a razor or not was the chief point investigated in the City Court this morning. Nicke was treated at the Emergency hospital by Dr. J. A. Maxwell, who took seven stitches to close the gash in his head. One witness testified in court this morning that he saw an instrument in Towards hand but he could not say what it was. When searched d there was no razor found on How ard.
 When the police arrived on the scene Howard and his companion fled but were captured after a chase up Main street when they neared Wheel CTS lot. Howard testified this morning that Nickel called him names as he was passing One of the men in the fight hurled a chair from the dunch room which went through the windshield of the car in which Nicke! was sitting.