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The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
FREE GIRL who
KILLED FATHER
Shot Fired to Halt Charles
Jefferson Justified Coro-
ner Decides.

Annapolis. Nd. Jan. 3s.-Coroner ".
s. welch announced tonight that
Ruth Jefferson, Naval Academy tele-
phone operator who shot her father.
Charles Jefferson. a wee ago to pre-
vent him from killing her mother. and
who died last night. will not be
prosecuted
Only a hospital attendant was at
Jefterson's bedside when he died. He
was IS years old.
According to Miss Jenterson's story.
her father. who she said was subject
to fits Of insanity. came to his home
in Eastport and declared he was
going to kill Mrs. Jefferson. a threat
he had made before. The girl hid
her mother in a closet, and procured
pistol Her father asked for the
mother. she said. and when told Mrs.
jefferson was out. Jefferson forced
the muzzle Of a revolver in her mouth.
Thereupon she shot him.
Jefferson leaves ten children
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
GERMAN FISCAL
CHIEF ISSHOT
DIR. Erzberger Slightly Hurt
By Bullet Of Young
Assailant.

Berlin. Jan. 26.-Germany's mill
tarists and nationalists came with
in an inch today of celebrating
their first great triumph since the
armistice.
An aristocratic would-be assassin
who had posted himself at the
criminal courts building fired three
shots at DR.. Matthias Erzberger.
finance minister. as the latter was
coming from a hearing in his libel
suit against DR.. Karl Helfferich.
Only one bullet struck Erzber-
ger. slightly wounding him in the
shoulder.
The assailant. who gave his name
as o. Won Hirschfeld. was arrested.
He is 20 years old.
Erzberger. accompanied by his
counsel. was entering his automo-
bile when the shots were fired
Helfferich is the spokesman of
the monarchists, a bitter foe OF
Socialism. while Erzberger, one of
the shrewdest politicians Germany
has had in decades. and past
master in the art of compromise,
is the undisputed leader of the
powerful Centrist. or Catholic,
party. During the war he toppled
two imperial chancellors, Beth
Inann-Hollweg and Michaelis, and
was the father of the famous
Reichstag resolution for peace,
adopted by the party bloc" which
he formed.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Mrs. Hobart Hits G. o. P.
For Favoring Suffrage

Trenton, n. j., Jan. 8.-Mrs. Gar
rett A. Hobert. widow of former Vice
President Hobart. declared in a state
ment to day she will not contribute to
Republican party funds so long as it
advocates women suffrage.
'As a woman. l am opposed to the
enfranchisement of women" she said.
Mrs. Hobart said that woman suf-
frage would socialize institutions,
demoralize the electorate, and i'm
volve the modesty Of woman hood" in
controversies.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
PEACETREATY
FIGHT ENTERS
new DEADLOCK
Minority Leader Hitchcock
To Issue Democrats Def
This Morning.
STICK ON ARTICLE x
With G. o. P. Ranks Split,
Borah or Johnson May
Take Leadership.

Senator Hitchcock will tell Re-
publican Leader Lodge at 1880
o'clock this morning that the Demo-
Gratis will never vote for the ratifi-
cation of the treaty Of Versailles
unless the Republicans agree to and
accept a compromise on Article Y.
Senator Hitchcock. speaking for
the Democratic minority. will reply
to Senator Lodges "utimatum" to
the Democrats yesterday, that no
change in the reservations affecting
Article X OF the Monroe Doctrine
provision will be acceptable to the
Republicans
The action of the "irreconcilables"
.on Friday in holding a club over
Senator Lodges head and threaten
ing to defeat the treaty entirely if
he consented to a compromise on
Article X or to any modification of
the original Lodge reservations. has
served the purpose of dividing the
Republicans into three separate
camps. and the Republican majority
in the Senate now has three lead
ers instead of one.
Ledge Faces UItimntum-
The irreconcilables. headed by
Senator Hiram johnson, include Sen
stors Borah. Mccormick. Moses.
Sherman. Poindexter and other Sen
stors who have promised the ring
leaders of the bitter ender" group
that they will vote to defeat the
treaty il Senator Lodge yields to
the Democrats and the mild reser-
vstionists. &.
There is the mild reservation
group. of which Senator McNary is
perhaps the most active figure. in
cludinG Senators Colt, Kenyon. Cum
Minis. Nelson, Sterling. Spencer.
Jones OF Washington. Townsend.
and Keyes. This number may possi-
bly, be augmented to fifteen if the
lrsaty comes to a show down.
|, sally. there is Senator Lodges
'pra aDculsr group, including Senators
Capper. Curtis. Paige, Dillingham;.
Mclean. Sutherland. Penrose and
Elkins-
-Bitter Enders- Threat Fails.
As things stand. the bitter enders'
cannot make good their threat, for
they will have only approximately
twenty votes with which to attempt
to force through such a program. in
CONTINUED On PAGE FOUR
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Wood to Meet Poindexter
In South Dakota Debate

Chicago. Jan. 26.-Maj. Gen. Leon
ard Wood will accept Senator Miles
Poindexter's challenge to debate in
South Dakota. as provided in the
primary law, it was announced at
Wood headquarters here today.
Whether the general will appear in
person has not as yet been decided.
The debate will be held in Pierre.
the state Capital. between January
80 and March %.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Soviet Cavalry Reported
In Persia and India

London. Jan. 26.-Russian Soviet
cavalry has entered Persia and
India a Warsaw dispatch today
quoted Bolshevik sources as report
ing.
office showed the Bolshevik forces
500 miles from the Indian frontier
A Moscow wireless communique
announced that Admiral Kolchak.
former head of the all-Russian.
anti-Bolshevik government. had
been made prisoner and was held
with his ministry at 1rkutsk.
Siberian insurgents. the commu-
nique claimed. have handed over
seven carloads of silver to the
Soviet government. The Red ad-
vances in Siberia continues.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Man Robbed in Lobby
Of Chicago Cathedral

Chicago. Jan. 26.-The church
was no haven of refuge for Edward
Sovak here today. Novak. who was
secretary and treasurer of the
Sovak Grocery Company. was en-
quite to the bank with the days
receipts. When he reached tie
Cathedral of SITS. Peter and Paul he
vas accosted by three men who or
1ered him to throw up his hands.
Novak refused. and ran up into
he lobby of the church. The
bandits followed. beat him into un-
consciousness and escaped with the
money.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Russ Reds Glad to See
Comrades from America

London, Jan. 2s.-The Red army gave
can radicals when they crossed the
border at Terijoki. Finland. Mos
COW communicate said today. The
communique referred to the depcrted
American Reds" as "our comra des
from across the ocean"
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Flu Attacks Lou TeDegen;
Actor Now In Jacksonville

Atlanta. Ca. Jan 3.-Lou Telieren.
movie actor. is seriously m at Jack
sonville. a telegram received here to-
day canceling his engagements stated.
lTeellegen is believed to be suffering
with the Inflenze. He suffered a col
lapse following his performance at
jacksonville Friday. Tellegen will re-
turn 10 his home In New York for
rest as soon as he is abe to make he
trip. IL wns stated 4
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Look for Reds in Trade Board.

c. W. Miller, of indianapolis, has
been chosen special counsel for the
Senate Interstate Commerce subcom-
mittee which is to investigate charges
OF Bolshevism among employees OF the
Federal Trade Commission. Hearings
will begin next week. Chairman Town
send said.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
DR.. Equis Conviction Stands.

The Supreme Court by declining to
review the case yesterday allowed de-
cisions of lower courts to stand hold
ing DR.. Marie Eaui. I. W. W. advocate,
of Portland. Ore. guilty Of violating
the espionage act She must pay a
fine of 500 and serve three years in
the penitentiary.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Laborite Quits British Cabine.

London. Jan. &C. n. Barnes.
labor member of the British cabi-
net. resigned today. according to
the Daily Express. His resigna-
tion means the severing of his con-
nections with the coalition and his
rejoining the iaborites.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Oil Ship Sunk
ByU.S.Subst to
Put Out Blaze

The Shipping Board steam
ship Marne. with a cargo Of
fuel oil caught FIRE yesterday at
Cristobal dock. and at the re-
quest of the Panama Canal au-
thorities was sunk in the har-
Dor by sunhre from subma-
rines. the Navy Department
was advised yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Increase In Divorces
Due to War In Britain

London. Jan. Sat the Hilary ju-
iicial sittings just opened. there are
.sA divorce cases for trial. over Loo
more than at any previous sitting.
these cases are largely due to war
lime ruptures in family relations.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Hunt for { Counterfeiters
Of War Savings Stamps

Baltimore. Nd. Jan. 26.-counterfeit-
ing of war savings stamps was declar-
ed to be at the bottom of a raid by
government agents upon dealers in the
stamps. More than $4,000 worth of
the stamps were seized.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Kansas Coal Fields
n.p0re -rrotest Strike

Pittsburg. hans, Jan. IA prv-
test strike" has begun in the Kansas
coal fields as a result Of passage of
an industrial court bhl by the state
legislature, it was said at operators
headquarters here. Four hundred men
are reported idle.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
On eDead, Loss 100000
As Detroit Hotel Burns

Detroit. Jan. S.-one was killed and
three injured in a fire which swept
the Hoffman HoteI here today Tne
loss was estimated at 10000 The
dead man. a guest. was identified as
A. c. Wigle, address unknown.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Bishop Of Essex Buried
In Coffin I IL Feet Long

London. Jan. %. = Britain's biggest
clergyman. the Catholic Bishop of Es.
sex. was buried this afternoon. He
weighed 2ss pounds and was more than
six feet tall. The cofiin was seven
and half feet long.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
La Toilette Goes to Mayo
Hospital for Treatment

Madison. Wis. Jan 8-United
states Senator Robert NJ LAFollette
eft here today for the Mayo Hospital
It Rochester. MINI. for treatment !
" an infection In his mouth
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
HINTS MUTINY
MENACED SHIP
Rep. Britten Charges Pow
hatan and Other Trans
ports Red Ridden.

Disabling of the army transport
Powhatan, now reported drifting help
lessly 60 miles off Halifax, was due
to the deliberate plugging of a ST.
phon ash ejector. which allowed the
water to flow into the boiler room. It
was charged in a resolution introduc-
ed in the House yesterday by Repre-
sentative Britten, Republican. of hi
nois.
The resolution also charges that a
state of practical mutiny and gener-
ally disreputable conditions have OBJ
tanned aboard several other trans
ports.
1t calls on the Secretary of War to
supply Congress with complete infor-
nation as to these charges. and to
state whether or not. in his opinion.
the disabling of the Powhatan was not
the deliberate action of bolshevism
aboard ship"
Halifax, y. S, Jan. 26.-Thc army
transport Powhatan. which has been
battered about in mid-winter storms
since January Is. is now in tow of the
American army tug Relief and the
revenue cutter Acushnet. making her
way slowly to this port, radio dis
patches received here today said
The Lady Laurier failed in her Sec
ond attempt to tow the disabled trans
port when another hawser broke this
morning.
The Pownatan is expected here to-
marrow noon s,--.--. .--
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Grenades Kill Five.

Verona. Italy. Jan. 26.--Five per-
sons we're killed when hand gren-
AIDES in a munition dump exploded
here today.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Venizelos Reaches Rome.

Rome. Jan. 2e.--Premier Veni-
zelos. of Greece, arrived today
srom Paris.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27

2 MORE YEARS
UNION DEMAND
Farmers in Delegation frosp
Wisconsin, Minnesota
And Nebra. Ia.
GDBT MEN 0yERPlIo
:. .agressiona| a. -iicat .
Into .}-ls Of ailroa /.
Officials Demanded.

Extension OF COVER lnlC1. opcra-
tion OF the railroads iOE swo years
from March i and an investigators
of charges OF mismanagement of
the roads by certain officials for
the purpose of discrediting govern
ment ownership were demanded Of
Congress yesterday.
The demands were presented TO the
conferees on the Senate and House
railroad bills by a delegation Of half
hundred Representatives OF trades
unions. railway brotherhoods and far
mers' organizations Of wisconsin.
Minnesota and Nebraska
Resolutions embodying these de-
mands adopted at a conference Of
the three classes Of workers I'm
Milwaukee on January q were
submitted 20 the conferees and
delegates from the other two
States told of similar resolutions
adopted by their organizations.
ia. EiIs ... T'r-c- vss en-
t. "a gH'. To-. q - -rsic
- rhsrEC - tr5- .rr ia ..s..--
-s.- % -raa E~nJ -.-a r-hlr
-. rr a. a-lsrs
the return OF the ROADS 10 pt..... ~
troll. William Coleman. assistant busl-
ness manager Of the Federated Trades
Council of Milwaukee. promised that
the proposed investigation would
bring out many startling facts
"Ashsm~d to Take Money
He told OF a labor meeting in
Northwestern Wisconsin last year at
which representatives Of the railroad
shopmen stated they were making
from sll to tl4 a day, and were
ASHAMED to take the money" he
CONTINUED:
Where three or four men were en-
ployed before the government took
over the railroads. ten or twelve are
now assigned. They are told 20 take
il easy. and the Wisconsin men said
they spent most OF their time dodE-
ing in between box cars to make IL
appear that they were busy.
AT the end OF the regular eight
hour day they were taken in a car
further down the track and hidden
out. SO that they might put in de-
mand for overtime pay"
Senator Kellogg. Republican. OF
Minnesota. asked IL the witness
was aware that the Director Gen
eral fixed the wage standards.
Yes" replied Mr.. Coleman. but
the orders that the men be made to
put in unnecessary overtime was
not issued by the Director General"
The witness told of another in
stance OF fragrant waste and eN-
traVagance." A railroad bridge
erected over a river in the middle
northwest. he said. was approved
by two inspectors and then a third
inspector came along and ordered
ii wrecked.
Asks Thorough InvestiEatioa-
The contractor was instructed.
however. to not wreck IL in such
way that il could not be used again.
The government was going TO
spend another s5OO.OOO on a bridge
at that point. the inspector wa.
quoted as having declared. and the
wrecked structure would be rebuilt
at another point about ten miles
down the river.
ANY OF the delegates here could
cite numerous instances Of that
ooNT1SuED oS PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Mildred X. Bdrbour's

REMoDELING A WIFE
Appears Today on Page 8 of
The Washington Herald
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CONTINUED OK PAGE TWO.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-03-12

Monday, March Seville, Ohio,--
We'll say now here is good one)
The correspondent went to the Mer-'
,ry Matron Club, last Friday night
and one of the women, "a widow lady
said she was dizzy with joy. Of
course the correspondent thinking she
had landed man and was dizzy with
(ioy), you know folks do get dizzy
with Joy sometimes, asked her for par
ticulars, who was going to tie the knot
etc. Oh, she said, / have been read
ing the Seville Journal in the Sentinel
and the news items were SO mixed up
it made me dizzy to read them. Now
guess it is up to us to make the cor
rections. It was T. E. Taylor, who
sold his Main street garage instead
of F. E. Frazier and Mrs. O. II. Nc
Dowell and daughter Helen Bee, OF
Medina had visited the Misses Sarah
and Francina Mcdowell on Thurs.
day instead of being operated on fol
appendicitis, (quite contrast) anc
that Mrs. Florence Fetzer was install
led as Picket instead Of Mrs. Florence
Immel, in the Maccabee Lodge ant
that in the item of the School Inspec
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-11

cents and finds it retailing at Is (,
few hours later, he realizes that he is
not receiving his proper share of the
proceeds of his product He is not
profteer."
General Wood said that while the stor-
age of food supplies is absolutely neces
sary to feed the people. since crops are
not produced throughout the year, the
boarding of food supplies should be Sc
verely punished and vigorously sup
pressed Regarding the question of ex-
tending credit to farmers, General Wood
said:
Secure provision should be made to
enable farmers to obtain adequate credit
SO as to extend the farming interests
of our country. Steps should be taken to
increase the production of necessary
fertilizers, so that the farmer may never
be without an adequate supply Steps
should be taken looking to the increase
production of nitrates.
Il believe in the gradual abolition of
farm tenancy. In our country the typi-
cal farmer has owned the land has cul-
tivated it with the aid of his own sons
and a few hired men. We do not wish
this type of farmer to be supplanted by
one who holds his lands as a tenant.
We do not wish to see the farmers alb
sorbed by the big land holders to the
detriment of our best farming interests.
1--WE want to maintain the traditional
| type of farmer-the man who lives upon
and owns the land. To do this we must
make his life and surroundings as at
tractive as possible. The man who owns
the land and tills it is the man who
stands for good government, conserva-
ton, the rights of property, law and
order-in fact, for those basic principles
(which give nation stability and life.
Il believe in wide extension of the
present farm bureau system, which, in
co operation with various state agricul-
ture departments and local committees
seems well fitted to solve many of the
economic questions which confront the
farmer, problems which are ever vary
ing problems of production and distri
button All this work to be done under
THE expert advice, guidance and assist
ance of the government.
"One of the great problems which con
fronts us is not only to keep up an agri
cultural population, but to increase it
, We are now a self-sustaining nation
, largely because of our agriculture TIL
moment the output of our farmer fail
below the demands of our people ney
and grave problems win confront us
| I'VE shall have to provide for sue
. sea control that we shall never be Gu
e off from the necessary supplies overseas
Our relations with the outside world Wi
be modified in that we shall cease to b
a self supporting people. In order t
e keep up increasing interest in agricu
r tue we must give heed to existing COZ
/ ditions of discomfort and take intelliger
V steps to remedy them
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-11
SAYS PRESIDENT
is ABLE MINDED
Dr. Young Declares There Is Steady
Improvement In His Left Arm and
Is Mentally Alert.

BALTIMORE. Nd. Feb 1.-THE
Baltimore Sun today published a copyat
righted dispatch from Washington in
which was given an interview with DR.
Hugh s. Young of johns Hopkins hos
pital al Baltimore on the condition of
Pre- dent Wilson. DIR. Young has been
one of the physicians in attendance
upon the President. DR.. Young in part
Sad:-
From the very beginning the medi-
cal men associated with the case have
never had anything to conceal When
| first saw the President in October,
crisis had arisen of such gravity, owing
to the development of prostate obstruc
tion, that an emergency operation to re
lieve this situation was made unneces-
! sarv by a fortunate and wholly unex-
pected change in the President s con
dition when the obstruction began to
| di, appear
The Improvement in this respect
/ President was organicaliy sound when
| visited him last week but further all
the organs were functioning in a per
fectly normal. healthy manner
''The President S general condition,
and, specifically, the, slight impairment
of his left arm and leg. have inn
proved more slowly, it is true, but sure
ly and steadily. There have been no
setbacks, no backward steps, and ru-
mors to this effect are rubbish.
As you know, in October last, we
diagnosed the President 5 Illness as GER
ebral thrombosis. which affected his left
arm and leg but at no time was his
brain power or the extreme vigor and
lucidity of his mental processes in the
j slightest degree abated. This. condi-
ton has from the very first shown q
steady unwavering tendency toward
complete ABSORPTION. The increasing
utility of the left arm and leg, greatly
impaired at first, have closely followed
on this improvement. The President
4 walks sturdily now, without assistance
and without fatigue, and he uses tn,
4 still slightly impaired arm more ant
I more every day.
i AS to his mental vigor, it is simply
prodigous Indeed | think the Pres
dent is in better shape than before tn,
illness came
You can say that the Presindent il
4 able bodied and that he is giving splen
did attention to affairs of state anC
that we have every assurance that HI
will become progressively more activ,
in these matters with the advent Of
q spring and sunshine, which cannot nov
4 be long delayed. >
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-11
PROTESTS ABOUT
CONDITION OF ROADS
DR.. Lynch Calls ON Town Officials and
Street Railroad Company to Remedy
Existing Conditions

Editor of The Reformer:
l want to enter a protest through the |
columns of your paper concerning the
condition of our village roads lest who
ever are responsible for their condition
be guilty of criminal negligence. Dur
ing p years it has been my pleasure to
be frequent user Of most of our streets.
Since the beginning of this winter no
attention has been paid to them and it
is my opinion that if serious accident
should occur the expense to the town or
the Brattleboro Street Railway Co. would
be far in excess of the amount it would
cost to put our roads in passable condi
ton. We have the farmer who brings
his produce to town, the lumbeman, the
| milkmen, the coal men, the express, the
| shoppers, the pleasure drivers, the UNI
dertakers, and last and perhaps not the
least, the doctor who has to make fire.
quent trips both night and day over our
streets. If the health conditions should
grow worse, to make calls viii be phys
zeal impossibility unless we are given
passable roads to travel on. In Gull
ford, Halifax, Marlboro, Dummerston
| Putney, Chesterfield and Hinsdale, when
they call the doctor they open the roads,
but here in the village we are expected
to pillow our own roads. Canal street and
Western avenue are unsafe. The snow
from the electric road and the sidewalks
has completely DISTRACTED the highway
and the waves of the Atlantic ocean in a
storm can hardly surpass the sensation
lof going through the cradle holes on those
two highways leading into our beautiful
Brattleboro
This condition can hardly be laid to
the Brattleboro board of trade Perhaps
four selectmen might give some attention
or perhaps our road commissioner might
enlighten us to some extent on some so
luton of this matter. We have put up
pretty well with our roads in summer
although they have been bad. My per
sonal opinion is that we have too MANY
high salaried men, and not enough of wei
paid laborers. There are plenty of goot
teams which might be procured easily
provided they were to receive fair com
. pensation for their labor This is not ;
i political issue, but when YOU find your
self underneath your sleigh with your
self and drifer being dragged behind
pair of horses, YOU begin to realize tina
|. You are not receiving square deal
I our present force of town officials are no
able to give us roads let's go back t
some of our Has Beens. Perhaps Warrel
Walker might resurect the old snow rol
Ter. Perhaps with little persuasion tn
\ Street Railway Co. might furnish a it'll
extra electricity and remove the noun
tain of snow which they have throw
laway from their rails so that when W
fall the fall won't be quite so great.
Get busy Mr.. Road Commissioner an
we will all give you helping hand
Yours very truly,
le EDWARD r. LYNCH, NJ d.
rat Brattleboro, Feb H.