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The Washington times., 1920-04-14
FRENCH WAR ORPHAN IS
PICKED UP IN CAPITAL
Boy of IA Held for Baltimore Chill
dren's Aid Society-Rsn Away,
Officials Claim.

Mrcel Lebon. q fourteen-year-old
French war orphan. was picked up at
the Union Station early this morn
ing by Headquarters Detective Harry
Evans and taken to the house of de-
tention. Lebon, according to q letter
received by the local police from the
Henry Watson Children's Aid Society
of Baltimore. ran away from the home
provided for him by that organiza-
tion In the Maryland city. q week
ago.
According TO the story told by the
lad, his parents were killed during
the War and he was q prisoner of tho
Germans for three years. being res
cued by the American trops in 1878
and remaining with them until his ar
rival In this country,
He says that he came to the United
States with the 70th Division last
June, and went to New Jersey camp
with the troops for rehabilitation.
Since that time, he told the officials
of the aid society, he has lived in
Camden, N. J.. and Wilmington. Del,
making his living by selling newspa-
pers.
I The boy has brown eyes and dark
curly hair. He talks fast. with many
gestures. in a typical French manner
and accent. He will be turned over
to officials OF the aid society.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
CARNIVAL LIGHTS ARE
SAFE AGAINST STRIKE

II the lights of the Capital are turn
ed out tomorrow night by strikes. II
will not interfere with the froiic OF
famous folk that the League Of Amer
ican Penwomen Is putting on In the
form Of \ carnival and ball ct the
residence Of Mrs. Francois Berger
Moran. 1916 Massachusetts avenue.
This spacious house in provided with
q private lighting plant OF It's own.
and in addition there is the plan of
increasing the 'itera~v atmosohere by
converting It into "The House Of Q
Thousand Candles"
The Penwomen had planned
Beaux Arts denouement to their en-
tertainment, and to that end had In
vited many Of the theatrical people
playing here to come out after their
performances were over. II the thea
ters have to close, the Penwomen will
have the pick of this talent to help
enliven an evenings program already
rich in novelties.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
Police Admit Search
For Slayer of Woman
Has Frozen FruitLess

Although a number of clues have
been run out, Detective Sergeant Pat
rick O'Brien yesterday told n jury
convened at the District Morgue by
Coroner J. Ramsay hewitt that the
authorities have been unable to fix
the identity Of the man who attacked
and killed Mrs. Gertrude H. Mann,
music teacher. in Cleveland Park
March IL.
"We have not a single thing which
would point to the identity OF Mrs.
Mann's assailant," Detective O'Brien
told the coroner's jury. As q result
of the detectives statement that the
Police Department was at sea as to
the identity of the assailant Of Mrs.
Mann, the jury brought a verdict that
the woman came to her death from
injuries inflicted by someone un-
known to the jury"
No Clue to Identity.
The attack on Mrs. Mann, who was
the divorced wife of William A. Mann,
prominent attorney of Chicago and
San Francisco, and who has a home
at Palm Beach, was made while she
was returning home after giving q
music lesson to Miss May Gompers,
granddaughter of Samuel Gompers,
$500 Thirty-nfth street northwest
Miss Gompers was a witness before
the coroner's jury yesterday, but she
was unable to throw any light on the
probable identity OF the music teach
er's assailant
Because OF the similarity Of attack
made on Mrs. Mann with that made on
Mrs. Mary Gleason and other women
in the suburbs Of the Capital last
July, several OF the detectives are in
clined to believe that the same man is
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
SUES HER HUSBANDS
PARENTS FOR $4,000

Alleging that her parents-in-law.
Henry and Maria Gathgens. alienated
the affections of her husband, Clause
A. Gathgens, Mrs. Louise Gathgens
today filed suit against the couple for
500, 900 damages. She also asks a linn
tied divorce, alleging cruelty on her
husbands part.
Mrs. Gathgens, represented by At
torney John 4. Garrett, declares that
while her husband was in France she
lived with his parents, and had to
bear their alleged insults. She also
affirms her husband permitted his
parents to order her from their home,
February / last, and that she was
obliged to seek refuge with neighbors'
The Washington times., 1920-04-14

responsible for the series of assaults.
However. Lewis Randall was con-
yicted in the District court for the
attack on Mrs. Gleason and is now
awaiting execution at the District
Jail. Another negro, Forrest Eaglan.
Is serving q twenty-year sentence at
the Maryland penitentiary for attack
ing Miss Mary Saunders, formerly Of
the army Intelligence service, and
now a student at Yale University.
Believe Men Innocent.
1t has been openly asserted by some
Of the detectives that they believe
both Eaglan and Randall innocent Of
the assaults, and that with the cap
ture Of the negro who attacked Mrs.
Mann the police would find the man
guilty Of the other assaults. The po-
lice advance this theory because OF
the fact that all three women were
attacked in a similar manner and
each had cord tied around her
throat.
There have been large rewards for
the arrest of Mrs. Mann's assailant,
her daughter, Margaret F. Mann,
twenty years old, student at Smith
College, Northampton, Mass. and 9TH
er relatives having offered cash for
the arrest and conviction of the fiend
who attacked Mrs. Mann
A number Of suspects have been
taken In custody by the police in
connection with the assault on sdrs.
Mann, but after they were questioned
and their movements on the day OF
the killing were Investigated they
were freed. One negro was arrested
in Dayton. Ohio. and brought back
here by Detective O'Brien, but he also
established an aIibi and was released
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
HouliDg Pigeon Knocks
At Window and Applies
For Job as Messenger

Possibly applying for q Job a.
messenger, a lively young homing
pigeon tapped at the window or
the Newspaper Enterprise Asso-
citation, on the eleventh floor OF
the Munsey building yesterday
afternoon.
The bird hung around the win
dow all day and was fed crumbs
by employees. 1t had a band on
it's leg marked "a ] x 1865"
and was gray with purplish green
feathers around the neck.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
NEARALTAR,HE
REVEALS TITLE.
Aviator Count Keeps Identity
From Fianoee Until Hour
Before Wedding.

Imagine the surprise OF pretty
war worker when she was told just
before her marriage on March IL that
her husband was count and that
the tying OF the matrimonial knot
made her a countess!
That's what happened to Miss Helen
,HArdey Hammond. daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. william p. Hammond, OF
Reisterstown. Baltimore county. Nd.
who, up to her marriage to Count
Eric Haquinius. OF Sweden. former In
structor In aviation at Cornell uni
versity, was employed as stenogra-
pher and file clerk by the United
States Food Administration In wash
inHton.
The marriage Of Miss Hammond and
Count Haquinius was the elimination
of q romance which began at the
bathing beach last summer. IL was
q case OF love at first sight.
Keeps secret Through Ceurtship.
Count Haquinius AAd Miss Ham
rnond were guests NJ the Lodge at
the beach. and their courtship CON
tinued during the winter. Count Ha-
quinius did not take his fiancee into
his confidence and tell her Of his title
said a word to Miss Hammond OF his
title until an hour before the we'd
ding when they were being taken to
the parsonage of St Johns Episcopal
Church, where the Rev. Dr. Roland
Cotton Smith performed the marriage
ceremony.
SO after the wedding, which was
attended by a few friends OF the cou-
pie. and was kept a secret by MISS
Hammond, Count and Countess Ha-
cuinius left for Charlestown. .. c..
and today they are at San Domingo.
where the count will serve the United
states Geological Survey as an air
pilot
Unsvaxe He Was Count.
The parents of Countess Haquinius
live in fashionable Green Spring VAL
ley. near Baltimore. They knew OF
her engagement to Haauinius, put
were not aware that he was titled
Swede until after the marriage OF
their daughter. All last summer.
count Haauin.us was detailed with
the United States aviation service at
boiling neld, and his sweetheart
while working for the Food Admin
istration, lived 1T tho home OF an
uncle. John w. vAn SAINT At 1858
Ninetoenth street northwest
Countess Haquinius was one OF the
rnost popular Of the wAr workers OF
the Food Administration and the
United states Grain Corporation. Her
marriage was o surprise to her large
circle OF friends. particularly 50 when
they discovered she had married q
count and hereafter would be Count
ess Helen"
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
LIVING COSTS HIT
BOARDING HOUSES
Housekeepers Feeding Govern.
ment Employees Find II Dr.
ficuIt to Break Even.

Rapidly increasing prices on food
stuffs. touching high points which
were not dreamed OF during the war.
to distraction. A num-
Der OF persons who have made a busi'
ness OF furnishing breakfast and din
ner TO Government workers. have de-
clared that II the increase continues
they will have to go out OF business.
Before tho war and during the war
I managed to make q little money"
said one woman who has maintained
a home dining room for ten years,
FOR the last four months ! have
merely been living into the money
that I saved. don't know where
tho finish will be-"
EverythisK Increased.
Limitations OF Government salaries.
which furnish the living for most
of the boarding population OF Wash
ington, set a limit on the price which
they can pay for meals and lodging.
The boarding housekeepers come In
direct touch with the workers. but
the dealers and the jobbers and pro-
ducers from whom they buy do not.
So the boarding housekeeper Is the
buffer and just now Is being badly
pinched.
almost every separate item has
been increased" said the woman
quoted. During the war we thought
II hard when sugar, which once
brought Q cents a pound. was In
creased to IA. I have been getting
my sugar for 17h. but when 1 went
to the grocery yesterday, j could get
only two pounds and they charged
me 20 cents
"The biggest increase is on meats.
Never during the war did ! pay more
than 81 cents q pound for q whole
ham. am now paying A cents
Butter rose from 80 cents to 10
and now have to pay moro than 80.
the eighth of q barrel. Only for a
short time was flour higher during
food administration days.
Potatoes are almost prohibitive.
I have been getting them from the
country At 80 a bushel. but whom ran
short the other day, they cost mo at
the rate Of - a bushel
PerDIexed Over Outisek.
-Eggs, are somewhat cheaper just
now, because It is. the flush season.
They are higher than I ever remem-
ber them at this season of the year.
81 buy from dealers with whom I
have traded for years, and get some
Of my things from the country. i
keep close watch of everything and
work hard myself, and yet 1t Is impos-
sible for me to make ends meets I
am using up a little surplus that l
had hoping that the tide will turn. II
At doesn't. Just don't know what I
will do.
"So.nebody Is getting the pront 1t
isn't all going into higher wages for
the. men, because the men don't get
wages in proportion to prices. OF
course, my boarders are mostly Cow
ernment workers. but I know that
this Is the case from outside.
"And know that there have been
lots of millionaires made during the
war. And the manufacturer and mid
die man isn't getting It all, because
my grocer has handsome new auto
mobile"
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
| CAN IT Be DONE?
+ + p
Labor Dept Allows One
$3.50 Dress Every Two
Years for Working Girl.
i + +
|S234 FOR EVERYTHING
+ + +
Little Silk Lingerie Permit
ted in Budget Estimated
BY Experts.
"a FOR EVERYTHING
+ r j.

How many -dress-up" dresses
should the working girl Of Wash
ington have in q year? How
many suits or coats should she
buy In twelve months!
Officially. she Is limited to one
of these fundamentals of feminine
attire every two years Her
bean must $50 her in tho same
old ~dressup" dress for twenty
four consecutive months-unless
the young lady brushes aside tho
solemn statistics Of the Depart
unent Of Labor and runs her fash
ion budget according to her own
whfm-
A working girl in Washington
who earns tho minimum wage Of
SI6.BO q week should spend $3.50
Of this sum on clothing. or &23<
a year. She cannot do with less
in these days Of sky-rocketing
prices, say the experts
There are scores OF instances
reported In the city where work.
ing girls spend much more than
this on their dress- They 60
without suppcrs in order to buy
silk stockings, stinting their
stomaeh 30 that no one, when
they venture out in their best
attire, may criticise their appear
aoce. II IL this tendency that the
Dopartment OF Labor Is seeking
10 prevent by telling tho working
xiri what she ought to buy.
She IL allowed, under the
standard budget. eight waists, at
81 each per year: one dross waist.
At 81: one wool drcss every two
years, at $3.50; one wool skirt,
at $40, and two summer skirts,
At IS; three hats-summer and
winter work hats and dress hat,
every two years, s1<; two wash
dresses, at IS; four pairs OF shoes,
s2l; three pairs of gloves, one
Kid and two cotton, s24: twelve
pairs Of stockings, at $3.50; two
oorsets. 80; four summer union
suits, IS; three winter union suits,
ss.2s; six corset covers, s<so;
four nightsowns, at 50. and two
white petticosts, 81. One dark
underskirt. two dozen hsndker-
chiefs, eight aprons, one kimono,
one purse, one umbrella, one pair
overshoes. neckwesr, and repairs
TO clothing and shoes. totsiiing
sas. complete the yearly budget
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
DONATE SITS TO STOP
FRAUDULENTADVERTISING

According to an announcement at
the Advertising Club luncheon yester-
day afternoon a total of $7,775 has
been subscribed toward the establish
ment of a better business bureau to
protect the Washington public from
fraudulent advertising and to elimi-
nate misleading statements and in
accuracies from local advertisements.
Following Is the list of donations to
the better business bureau fund:
Washington newspapers, $1,000;
Peoples Drug Stores, 800; National
Cash Register Company, 800; Lans-
burgh & Brother. $500; s. Kann Sons
Company, $500; Woodward & Lothrop.
$500; M. K. Cavanaugh, 5000; the
Hecht Company, $3.50; William Hahn
a Co, 5000; Palais Royal, 5000:
Parker, Bridget & Co.. $500; D. ].
Kaufman, $3.50; Saks & Co., $3.50; Mel
win Behrend, 800; r. Berberich's
Sons. 800; J. e. Cunningham & Co.,
800; E. p. Derby. 500; Family Shoe
Store, 800: Joe Goldenberg, 800;
Goldheim's, 800: r. Harris & Co.
800; House g. Hermann, 500: Hub
Furniture Company. 800; Joyce En-
craving Company. 800: Kings Pal
ace, 800; M. A Leese, 500; Mayer &
Co., 800; The Mode, 800; Moore's
Printcraft Shop. 800; Old Dutch Mar
ket, 500; Oppenheimer Unique Shop,
800: Philipsborn & Co. 800: Potomac
Oil and Gas Company, 800: Shannon
& Luchs, 800: Charles Schwartz &
Son, 800; Raleigh Haberdashery,
800: b. Rich & Son, 800; Typothetae
of Washington, 800; Sidney West,
800; Arthur Burt, $50; p. J. Nee. s25;
J. d. Henderson. S25: Charles II.
Mayors. $25; Peter Grogsn & Sons,
$50; Lansburgh Furniture Company,
$50; Edmonston Shoe Company, $50;
Hirsh, $50: w. b. Moses, $50; Kafka,
s25; Secretary of Agriculture Mere.
dith, 375; Madrillon Restaurant s25.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
CHEVY CHASE CITIZENS
issue NEWS MONTHLY

Volume one, number ono, of the
Chevy Chase News, the official organ
of the Chevy Chase Citizens Associa-
tion, is just OF the press. This pub
lication Is to be issued monthly. It's
purpose Is to weld more closely the
community spirit.
A representative selected from the
citizens association, Parents and
Teachers Association, Red Cross, Boy
Scouts, and Girl scouts will furnish
the news OF their organization for
publication in the Chevy Chase News.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
NJ. and M. WOULD PRESS
MOTOR TRUCKS INTO use

Seeking the most complete coop
Grafton during the present railway
crisis with merchants and manufac-
turers in other cities, the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association of
washington yesterday sent the fol-
lowing telegram to similar organiza.
tions in New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore:
Don't let motor trucks come to or
leave washington empty. Merchants
and Manufacturers Association will
help with return load during strike,
Food first consideration"
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
3 SOLDIERS HELD ON
CHARGE OF JOYRIDINC

Charged with joyriding, three sol
diers stationed at Walter Reed Hos
pital were held in $500 bonds each for
the action OF the grand jury by Judge
Robert Hardison In the United states
branch OF Police Court this morning,
The soldiers are Francis T. Petit
rofisa. Fred shsia, and Henry Nodov.
They admitted taking the car, stating
that they were drunk at the time and
that ,hey had no Intended stealing
the car. when arrested they were
IN Trenton, ". J.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
ACCUSED OF THEFT, IS
SUING FOR ISLANDER

Elizabeth G. Suydam today filed
suit against Clara Sitz for $4,000
damages alleging slander.
Plaintiff, represented by Attorney
Howard Boyd, alleges that September
1, last, Mrs. Sitz said within the hear
ing of others that plaintiff had ian
awful police record and was a Sew
enth street woman" and accused her
of stealing a basket of fruit.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
ARMY ESSAY WINNERS TO
BE ANNOUNCED TUESDAY

National winners in the school
essay contest on what Are the Bene-
fits of an Enlistment in the United
States Army?" are to be announced
next Tuesday, according to, . bulletin
issued today.
, Loving cups and medals are to be
awarded. Plans are maturing. II is
said. for the reception of the school
children following their arrival here.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
KIWANS CLUB TO HEAR
WAR CORRESPONDENT

Frederick William VILE, former
war correspondent OF the London
Natl and now Washington corre-
spondent Of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. will be the speaker at the
Kiwanis Club luncheon at the WASH
ington tomorrow noon. He will dis
cu.s present political conditions in
Europe.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
SOCIETY ATTENDS
AUTHORS CARNIVAL
Attractive Exhibition Of Literary
Work and Art Offered by
PenW0men.

washington society. members or
the Diplomatic Corps. Congressmen
and their wives attended the "Au-
thors' Carnival" one Of the unique af-
fairs In literary circles, on the. open
ing day.
When the doors were opened this
morning At the residence Of Mrs.
Francois Berger Moran. 2311 Massa-
the most attractive exhibitions ever
held In wsshington was seen.
Ossspy Fsrty nssaA
Manuscripts. books, paintings. and
the whole gamut in the workks Of art.
representing the efforts OF over 100
artists, and authors Of national fame,
were shown. The exhibition occupied
forty, rooms of the spacious mansion
of Mrs. Moran.
The object Of this unique affair 10
to raise funds for tho establishment
of q literary center in Washington.
with q clubhouse. containing studios
and an auditorium. It 10 under the
auspices OF the League Of American
Penwomen. 1722 H street northwest. =
Mystery Resn.
One Of the attractions is the 'Mys-
terry Room" Guests will enter blind
folded. and be allowed two minutes
to pick one Of the prizes, donated by
Washington merchants Berry &
whitmore contributed a silver frame
costing $50, Woodward & Lothrop
eight parasols; Brentano's, a COM
plete desk set. A surprise 10 prom
ised in the balloon contest. One Of
the prizes awarded guests will be
"six Of the sweetest girls in wash
ington," which IL the surprise. The
theaters have donated tickets. One
gave six box seats
The exhibition was held from IL
a. m. to p. m. So great were the
crowds attending that 1t Is planned to
continue IT another day.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
new SCHOOL TO OPEN.

Registrations for the st. Johns
College new school OF commerce and
finance, to open next September. may
be made any day at the college Of
flee, 1925 Vermont avenue northwest,
the advisory council announced today.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
/" Perfect Circular Letters u

Our Mettos Alse ~FrOm the Idea 10
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ment. We give quick service at res
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The Washington times., 1920-04-14
McvEY HEADS NAVY YARD.

At noon today Captain Mcvey. for
the past eight months assistant com.
mander at the Washington Navy
Yard succeeded Admiral Grant In COM
mand Of the yard.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
GIVE PLAY NEXT WEEK.

isFor One Night Only, tho annuaI
sprinr play OF ST. Johns Collsge. 10
to be presented In Carroll hall. Tenth
ana a streets. northwest, Wednesday
and Thursday nights OF next week.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
MISS HELEN HAR-
V DEY HAMMOND,

former clerk at Food Ad-
ministration here, who
learned at the altar that
her husband-to-be was q
count.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-01-23
LIGHT RAYS CARRY SPEECH
Operation That Seems Simple Ex-
planned by Scientist at Meeting
in London Recently.

Speech has now been clearly trans
mitted at least a mile and a half on
beam of light. The light telephone
depends upon the change in the cleo
tric resistance of a selenium cell, and
acts through reflection to this cell of
an intermittent beam of light from a
mica diaphragm vibrated by the voice,
the vibrations varying the resistance
and reproducing the sounds in tele-
phone in the circuit with the cell.
With his photophone or radiophone of
40 years ago, DR.. A. Graham Bell sent
spoken words to the selenium receiver
few hundred feet away by light ray
broken up by a rotating perforated
disc. In the apparatus lately described
by A. c. Rankine to the Physical So
ciety of London, the vibrations of the
diaphragm beneath the operators
mouthpiece are reproduced in small
concave mirror, which receives sun
light or arc light concentrated by a
lens and split up by grid with one
tenth inch space between the bars,
and the reflected light is passed to an
other mirror fitted with second grid,
then to the selenium cell at the re-
ceiving station. When at rest, the
bands of light of one grid exactly fit
between the bars of the other, the
maximum illumination being passed.
AS a person speaks into the mouth
piece, the bands of light play across
the grid bars and spaces, magnifying
the effect of the selenium cell.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-01-23
CHAPTER vL-continued.

Baptiste sprang at her, seized her
by the sleeve of her dress, and tried to
pull her from her seat. Hilary saw
Nanette protesting angrily; he could
not hear Baptiste's excited exclama-
tions, but he heard family the scream
that came from Marie's lips. At once
there was a general movement toward
the group. Some of the lumbermen
interfered. Baptiste turned upon them
with menacing fists. The little man
was beside himself with fury. Then
Simeon came waddling down the room
with his ducklIke shuttle. and took
Baptiste by both arms. With slow
but inexorable force he led him toward
the door. 1t seemed almost as if Bap-
tiste, struggling in vain and mouthing
incoherently, was In the grip of some
machine, for the momentum of Sine
on's movements was composed much
more of bulk than of velocity. Amid
the jeers of the crowd Baptiste was
thrust from the door, and Simeon
turned and waddled back into the
room, where the dancing was in full
swing once more.
Hilary saw Marie flying round in
the arms of a gigantic woodsman. Bap-
tiste. seated upon the step before the
dance hall, was weeping pitifully. The
little drama came home to Lafe with
equal poignaney. Hilary saw that his
eyes were blazing.
"welI get that girl away from
here" he said.
Lafe nodded. and the two went in.
At first they were not recognized
through the clouds of rolling smoke. 1t
was Nanette who saw Hilary first. She