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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-21

BALTIMORE. March 21.---Charges
involving the Rev. DR.. William p.
shriner, a Methodist Episcopal cisrgys
man of waynesboro. Pa. are made In
the divorce suit of Col. William H.
Thearle, of the United States Medical
Corps. instituted yesterday in circuit
court No. 2, against his wife, Mrs
Birdie NJ. Thearle. Colonel Thearls is
stationed at Walter Reed Hospital.
DR.. Shriner 10 named correspondent
in the suit, which was filed by At
torney Harry B. Wolf. According to
Mr. Wolf, the Waynesboro clergyman
will be faced by witnesses who Will
attempt to show that his interest In
Mrs. Thearle, while her husband was
with the fighting forces in France,
was more than pastoral.
Coincident with the introduction Of
the clergyman's name Is a report from
Waynesboro that the Central Penn
sylvania Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence at Harrisburg has called DR..
Shriner before the conference in exc
cutive session on account of his name
being mentioned in the suit. Colonel
ThearIe is asking for divorce on stat
utory grounds.
Mr.. Wolf said he was not in posi-
tion at this time to discuss the case.
Colonel Thearle recently returned
from France.
A dispatch from Waynesboro says
that DR.. Shriner is highly respected
there, is a forceful pulpit orator. an
active worker In public affairs, and
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VETS AND DRYS LOOKING
TO u. S. SUPREME COURT
Highest Tribunal Expected to Hand
Down States Rights" Decis-
ion Tomorrow.

. VETS and drys again today are
looking expectantly toward the Su-
preme Court, which Is scheduled 10
pour out new flood OF decisions
tomorrow.
The court tomorrow, II Is hoped'
will make known It's decision on the
question of the right of states to de-
fine the alcoholic content OF beer ana
wine.
This decision will clear the contro-
versy over the right of New Jersey
to enforce it's law permitting the sale
Of beer containing 3.5 per cent al
cohol. Minnesota has similar law.
The yolstead law prohibits sale OF
beverages containing more than one
half Of one per cent alcohol
The Supreme Court also has betore
II many other phases OF the wet ana
dry controversy, so that a series OF
decisions on the subject Is assured
for many weeks to come. The de-
cisIon on the constitutionality OF the
Eighteenth Amendment, sought by
New Jersey and Rhode Island, IL ex-
pected to be delayed some weeks
Meanwhile, the wet and dry aues-
tion Is engaging more and more the
attention of politicians OF both
parties. openly pretending to treat
the question as n mere incident not
likely to get into the campaign, lead
ers Of both parties are secretly giving
~ careful study.
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out and favored with a guaranteed
return?
The farmer must take his chances
on rain, drought and hail. He may
be delayed by a late spring or caught
by an early frost And after he has
taken all the chances that fall to the
tiller of the soil. he must engage In
4 hand to hand conflict with the bulls
and bears OF Wall Street. But the
Government does not single him out
and soothe his nightly sluumber with
a guarantee against loss.
And so with the little merchant and
manufacturer. They have to take
their chances on the market and run
the risk OF being squeezed out OF busi-
ness by the big, overgrown corpora
tions. But their plea for a guarantee,
II they made one, would not reach the
ears of the lawmakers at Washington.
Not so unfortunate Is the railroad
magnate: his lobbyists are ever near
the Senate and the House. The rail-
road is able to help its friends and
punish it's enemies, and the railroad
is in politics as 1t has seldom been
before. But while there Is no excuse
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Loue Him to Death,'
N Nolv Says Mrs. Chaplin,

insists on dragging my name about.
/ shall have to defend myself and
charge publicly what know"
'Tried to Make Him Happy"
"I did all in my power to make
Charlie happy" said Mrs. Chaplin,
but 1t didn't matter. He wanted to
so, and went.
"The next thing / knew he ap-
peared at the house Unexpectedly with
demands that I divorce him or he
would divorce me. / still could not
understand and said SO. Then he told
me he would give me $25,0 to go to
Nevada and obtain a decree.
"Of course, like any other woman
whose life has been blameless and
who is facing the loss of her husband,
I suspected there was another woman.
Only time will prove IL this is true"
Chaplin Not to He Found.
Chaplin has again disappeared from
public view following his statement
in which he accused his wife OF
spending $4,000 in addition to her
salary OF $1,000 a week. Efforts to
locate the film comedian to have him
answer Mrs. Mildred Harris Chaplin's
reply to his charges today proved in
vain. Chaplin was not to be found.
inquiry at his studio, his attorneys
offlce,S and efforts to have his secre-
tary, Thomas Harrington. give the
information were fruitless. The sec
retary asserted he was unable to To-
cate the comedian. Other people said
Charlie had not been around"
Mr.. Chaplin's statement merely as
serted he had provided his wife with
sufficient money for her needs.
The divorce action Of Mrs. Chaplin
probably will be instituted when she
finishes her present picture. accord
ing to the most authentic informa-
tion.
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LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 21.-
Mildred Harris Chaplin. who was Arm
yesterday in her determination to d.
yorce her celebrated husband, Charles
Chaplin, because of his stinging pub
lished rebuke of her allegations OF
nonsupport, has today let her heart
rule again" and declared in An inter-
view with newspaper men that she
wants Charlie back 'if he will come"
"If he will come back to me l will
be only too glad" she said. II love
him to death. 1 have never changed
since our happy honeymoon.
'I will do anything Charlie wants
me to. do not want to do anything
that will hurt or Inconvenience MI.
Chaplin.
"I may even 60 to Nevada II he in
sists that 1 get a divorce. as he has
several times said that that was his
desire"
What sudden change Of heart
prompted Mrs. Chaplin to declare that
she would conform to her husbands
wishes is the subject of conjecture
here among motion picture people.
Hints At Other Rival.
Recently she insisted that IL Chap
lin persisted in his desire for d.
vorce she would contest the action
and name a correspondent.
"There is another woman back OF
all this" Mrs. Chaplin charged yes
terday, with tears in her eyes. 1t
Is a woman he used to go with before
he knew me. That is why, since he
has no grounds to get a divorce from
me, that he is trying to compel me to
divorce him.
'T still love Charlie unto death.
the young star protested, but don't
want to hold n man who doesn't want
to be held. And IL he files suit ana
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The photograph herewith looks like
Irwin s. Cobb, which may possibly In
duce the phrenologists and physi-
oRnomists and anatomists to believe
thew can classify people by outward
appearance.
The belief might be more nearly
confirmed when 1T became known
that the above portrait also repre-
sented a very high-priced writer. He
gets 500 for the fifth line of the
above limerick. The other four lines
were contributed free by DR.. w. s.
Gibson, Of the Navy Department.
The 500 man is +. Il. Henabray,
who, when he Is not poring through
stacks of accounts in the auditing
department of the Bureau OF Animal
Industry. Department of Agriculture,
ia usually found at 1915 Euclid street
northwest, attending to n little fam
iIy of wife and four children, the
Youngest two being twins.
Mr.. Henabray never wrote for pub
lication before, but he and Mrs.
Henabray have had a good deal Of
fun fashionlng last lines to the Times
Limerick contest.
"Thatli buy six pairs of Shoes"
unused Mr.. Henabray. when told that
his last line had been chosen.
The line had close competition from
these:
"'Twill equal an Allied spring
drive" by Miss Louise Il. Stevens,
room 1872, state, War and Navy build
ing.
"a nail is the best I can drive"
by Corliss Cramer. Clarendon, Va
wind shields must be strong to
survive" by willis Dagnsll. 1447
East Capitol street.
BY autosuggestion he'd thrive" by
George Willis Patterson, 1900 Bel
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The circumstances leading up to
the shooting are stili shrouded in
mystery. A special court of inquiry
is conducting an investigation and
endeavoring to locate two other wo-
men who were guests aboard the
destroyer just before the shooting.
Ensign Collier visited the hospital
again today to inquire about Mrs.
Waldorf He appeared greatly per-
turbed. and the deep lines in his face
gave mute testimony of the strain he
has been under since last Sunday
night, when the tragedy occurred.
Today, at the hospital. he reiterated
his statement that IL Mrs. waldorf
died he wanted to die also.
Mother At Bedside.
Mrs. Elizabeth Young. Of Washing
ton. mother of Mrs. Waldorf, arrived
at Norfolk yesterday and spent the
entire day at the bedside of her
daughter. Hospital officials permit.
ted Mrs. Young to remain longer than
the regulation hours in the hope her
presence might buoy the courage Of
the girl and reawaken a desire to
live.
Mrs. Young was unable to shed any
light on the circumstances that had
prompted her daughter to attempt her
life. Mrs, Young declined to see
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-21
Pastor Correspondent
In Yank's Diuorce Suit

one of the rfour-minute men" who
spoke throughout that section for the
war loan sdrises.ss-@S - ,gr--e~scs q
Mrs ThearIe Is SAID to bo q u(nl-
ber OF q highly respected family of
waynssboro.S 1t IL undsrstood that
she IL making her home temporarily
at Lancaster. Pa. They have two
children, an eight-year-ol boy. who
Is with Colonel Thearle, and a six
year-old daughter. who Is with Mrs.
Thearle. They were married on Sep
tember 4. 1910. and separated Au-
gust 80, 1919.
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newspapermen. She Is staying at
private residence.
II was reported today that Mrs.
Waldorf Is in a very critical condition.
and there is danger of pneumonia de-
veloping. The wound in her breast
made by a steel bullet from a navy
regulation revolver Is an ugly one,
much larger than IL 1t had been fired
from a distance. Flesh about the
wound is powder burned.
Loved Him More Than Life.
Mrs. waldorrs only explanation of
the shooting was contained In note
hastily penned a moment before she
shot herself. In this note she de-
clared she loved Ensign Collier more
than life, and did not wish to wreck
his future.
Before her marriage to w. A. Wal
dorf nearly two years ago, Mrs. Wal
dorf was Miss Anna Young. She
lived with her mother in Washington.
Soon after the outbreak of the war,
she obtained employment at the navy
yard as a yeoman (F). She Is a
beautiful woman. of striking type.
Naval authorities have learned that
Mrs. Waldorf was about to institute
divorce proceedings against her hus-
band. Ensign Collier, 1t Is said, had
on several occasions asserted he
would marry her as soon rs the d.
vorce was granted.
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NO TRACE OF men WHO
KILLED MAYOR OF CORK

CORK, March 21.-No trace has
been discovered OF the men who shot
and killed Thomas Maccurtain. lord
mayor OF Cork, in his home here
Friday night, but Mrs. Maccurtain.
who was witness to the killing.
says she is certain she can Identify
the men by their voices and general
appearance, although they had dis.
guised themselves by blackening their
faces.
The city Is in mourning for the
lord mayor today. Flags are at half
mast everywhere, and many houses
are draped In black.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-21

The railroad magnates TOOK very
active part In the election of 1918.
Believing that the war was nearly
over. they looked ahead to the work
of re-adjustment and the one big
read dJustment on their hearts was the
return of the railroads.
After having done everything pos
sibIe to make Government ownership
a failure. they worked with an activ-
ity not equaled since 90 to get a
Congress that they could control. and
they succeeded. The new railroad
law is a sure-enough railroad meas
ure in the sense that 1t embodies
what the railroads have been seeking
for long time, or as much as Con-
gress dared to give.
The papers which are under the
control of railroad infiuence-and
their name is legion-have diverted
attention from the chief features OF
the bill to matters of relatively minor
Importance.
Road Taking Ne Chances.
Much has been said about the guar
antee which the Government gives.
and there is reason for indignation.
Why should the railroads besingled
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-21
GERMANS SEEK REFUGE
BEHIND BRITISH LINES

AMSTERDAM. March 2i.--German
government troops loyal to the Ebert
regime are fleeing from Spartacist
forces and taking refuge behind the
British lines in the Rhine zone, ac-
cording to advices reaching here
this afternoon The British are dis
arming the Germans "a quickly as
they enter their lines.
A Soviet republic Is reported es
tablished at Essen. one report
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ENSIGN Longs With War Worker Who Shot Self For LoUe
Mother Rushes From
Capital To Bedside
OF Dying Daughter

NORFOLK, Va. March 21.-Resoutely clinging to her
determination to de Mrs Anna Waldorf, Washington war
worker who fired bullet into her body while guest OF
Ensign W. B. Collier aboard the destroyer Haraden week
ago. is still lowering between life and death
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mont street northwest. who has been
a consistently good limericker, al
though never yet quite n prize win
ner.
Limerick No. - and rules OF the
contest Will be found on another
page.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-21
Rail Guarantee.S .SholUs
Big Systems Control
Congress, Says Bryan
By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

The expected has happened The railroads are back IN
the hands of the private change that has been
certain ever the returns of the last Congressional eec
ton were published.
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TROOPS
FIGHT REBELS
Clashes In Outskirts of Capital
Numerous-MartiaI Law In
Full Effect.
SOLDIERS ARE MASsACRED
Four Towns Now Under Control
of Workers Con-
tinues to Spread.

BERLIN, March 21.-With the
dead in the counter revolution
ary fighting estimated at up
wards of 1000, fresh armed
clashes conatantiy occurring
throughout the country, and
Berlin menaced by a Red army
estimated at $4,000 men, there
10 every indication today that
the capital may witness further
violent fighting before order is
established.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-21

Schopenhauer's opinion Of wom-
ems friendliness for each other
you will gather from the follow
ing:
aThe natural feeling between
men IL mere Indifference, but be-
tween women II is actual enmIty.
The reason OF this Is that trade
}cnlousy--odIum fgulinum-which
In the case Of men does not 20 be-
yond the confines Of their own par
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His mother, Johanna, we'll
known authoress. wrote "Sidonia,"
"lThe Aunt" and other successful
novels. Schopenhauer, jealous
even Of his mother, told her she
would be remembered only be-
cause he was her son. That turn
ed out to be true.
Schopenhauer, born 1872 years
ago, died just before our civil
war started.
The Ordway new era., 1920-09-03
AW SOLDIERS OF FIVE WARS
iohn Pemterton Oak Has History
Probably Unequaled by That of
Any Other Tree.

Soldiers of FIVE wars have been
drilled beneath the John Pcmbcrton
oak tree, Bristol, Nirginia-Tcnnessce,
nominated, for II place in the hall
of fame of the American forestry
association M Washington by Mrs. IL.
+. Lewis. secretary of Virginia for
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution. Under this tree Col. John
Prmbcrton mustered his troops for
III" battle Of Kings Mountain. A
marker las been placed ON the tree
by the Sycamore Shoals chapter, says
the American Forestry Magazine. in
making the announcement. The sol
di"rs Of the War Of 1872 met here.
Then came the Mexican war and the
old tree saw men again leave their
homes 10 fight. Next came the
struggle between the states, and the
oak witnessed the drilling Of men to
fight one another in their own coun-
try. Then came the world war and
again the veteran Oak saw our boys
answer their united coumtry's call.
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IMMENSE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT
ARE LAID UPON AMERICAN LABOR

not only in many cases complicate la
Dor problems but will add to then
something which very shrewd men in
sist will work to the advantage of la
Dor and of society in the end"
Thomas A. Edison is not the onl,
man with a vision who has recently
spoken In cheerful prophecy concern
ing labor in America. Mr.. Edison ha,
been called n conservative. Other meT
of more radical view are not less con
fident of advance, and Labor day tllii
year acquires n high significance as ar
occasion for confident. constructive
rallying cries. What the coming veal
may bring forth as to the vexed mat
ter of industrial democracy" no ont
may now surely foretell, but even the
most retIcent or reactionary of oh
servers have seemed ready 10 believe
that extraordinary changes may occur
Instances of broadly conceived expert
ments are already giving occasion fol
eager speculation.
But aside from the vital and far
reaching question of organization oI
cooperation, the answers to which are
not without presumption TO be pre-
dicted, the outstanding fact of thu
hour is the worlds growing recogni-
tion of labor's relationship TO all that
is implied by the significant word Re
construction. REIMBURSEMENT might be
word of equal Significance. 1t has
been said again and again in varying
ways that labor must reconstruct the
world, and In that reconstruction, he
cause the United States must play sc
important part, American labor must
assume immense responsibilities.
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fine HOME OF
union PRINTERS
Institution of Which Organization
Has Right to Be Proud.
NEARLY THIRTY YEARS OLD
8enefeent Work Done In PaiatiaI
Abode at Colorado Springs Would
Be Hard to Overestimate-
Union Has Glorious Record.

In the year 1850 there was a gath
ering Of union printers in the city of
New York, composed of representa-
tives from q dozen different cities, and
the foundation was there laid for
what was destined TO become the
worlds greatest labor organization"
From this modest little meeting the
International Typographical union
was called into being, and ever since
that time II has been the purpose of
union printers to spread the gospel of
trades unionism throughout the world.
In the early days Of its existence
the international Typographical union
met with problems that threatened It's
very life, but those self-sacrificing
pioneers of the trades union move
ment, through patient and painstaking
effort. overcame the perplexing diff
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DAY REPRESENTS AMERICAN LABOR,
NOT ALONE THE ORGANIZED PART

long will substantial results appear.
There is no danger that the Ameri-
can people Will lapse from the condi.
tion of mind which, in this respect.
Is to be noted today. The laboring
element being predominant in this
country, this element is privileged.
whenever 1t so desires, to form or.
ganizations for the promotion of con.
ditions and for mutual bargaining
What we call labor unions or brother.
hoods have prospered. They rightly
take to themselves n share of credit
for obtaining higher wages. shorter
hours and more healthful surround.
ings. The gains thus made have not
been limited to the principals, but
through necessity have been shared
with the great mass of laboring people.
This suggests something which, per.
haps, we are inclined 10 forget. La.
bor day represents American labor,
not just organized labor. II typifles
the millions of men and women who,
whatever their calling, are helping to
produce.
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CAUSE OF HUMANITY BOUND UP IN
PROGRESS OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT

ment is for the purpose of protectin,
the oppressed against those who hav,
the power to enforce their interests
The work of the labor movement Is
struggle in which the success oi
The workers depends upon their power
either exercised or held in reserve
The agency upon which workers n.
well as all other members of society
rely Is power.
The power of the workers is the es
sential service that they contribute
TO society-that is, their power to pro
duce, their ability to work. Whoever
controls the producing power of tho
workers controls the workers.
When employers control this work,
ing power and dictate the terms un-
der which il is to be used. then EN-.
ployers dominate the workers and Op
preston results. When the workers
control their own power TO produce
and have the right to determine when
they will work and under what terms
and conditions, then the workers have
real freedom, they are free men anC
women, are able to protect themselves
and their own interests.
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Learning to Save.

Persons who have never practiced
thrift Will find that the first 500 they
save Is the most difficult part of the
undertaking, says s. w. Straus, Il mil
lionaire many times over. After they
have reached this amount they begin
to reap the mental and financial bcne-
fits of their economy. They find
themselves stronger and more easily
able to resist the temptation to squan-
der money. They gain n sense of sta
bility and moral courage which was
not theirs before. They realize that
ut hest they are on the right road.
They are headed in the right direc-
tion. They are on their way to happi-
ness and success.
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"EatOnic Worth
Its Weight in GOld'

Writes Mrs. Il. l.. Griffin from her
home in Franklin. n. ii. II feel like
a new person. Stomach feels fine af-
ter eating-all from taking your won
derful eatonic. It's worth Its weight.
in gold.'
Millions of sufferers from sour, acid.
gassy stomachs, heartburn, Indigestion
bloating, full feeling after eating
should try eatonic. Just try it-that'S
all, and get relief, new life, strength
and pep. 1t produces quick, sure and
safe results, because eatonic takes up
the harmful acids and pOisons and
carries them right out of the body
OF course, when the cause is removed,
the sufferer gets well-Quick!
The cost is trihe. Your druggist
will supply eatonic, so, if you want
better health, all you need do is-try
it TODAY. You will surely feel big
benefits at once. Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1920-09-03


1t is predicted by more than one
of recent commentators that grades
of productive work will never again
be so widely separated as they have
been in the past. The war doubt
less has done much to prove the es-
sential dignity of all labor-of all real
work. And one of the often astonish-
ing features of the labor situation is
the influence now proved to have been
exerted by women in industry. That
influence may frequently have been
exaggerated-so sensational depar-
ture was bound to result in exaggera-
tive predictions-bu the fact remains
that labor justice no longer has sex
dividing line as 1t once had. Woman
Is no longer solely the figure that
waits at home for the fruits of man
labor. She herself is in the fray. and
her presence creates issues which will